Stop Rushing!

Another thing I have learnt, while doing the editorial piece. Is that I need to stop rushing! I have plenty of time to get things done! After realising this, I started creating shapes which were neater instead of rushed messy lines. Need to keep this in my head for every project!!

Well Spring Finished Piece

Final image for Wellspring newspaper.
At first I had two legs beck to back but they began to look they they were two legs on one body and it looked a little bit silly and strange, so I decided to switch the legs around like this so you can tell that it is meant to be two different peoples legs. I decided then to place the larger titled text in between the two legs to hold the image together better, as they looked to separate before. I then placed the route of the run (not exact) underneith the legs and trainers, with some text inside this, (i think when printed in the newspaper, this text was straight and not slanted) and at the bottom are two web addresses of two runs from wellspring, which Johnathon himself asked me to put on there.
Over all I really like the piece, but once again think my main problem is my composition, I need to find a way around this and making my compositions better and less 'scatterd' or over crowded.

T.S Spookytooth

Hi Rebecca, Many thanks for your comments about my work, please find the answers to your questions below. I hope they help.RegardsT.S

What are your inspirations? and is there anyone you inspire to be like?

My inspirations just come from life, I can see something in everyday life that will just inspire me or give me an idea.

How do you come up with ideas for project which are set for you, how do you get started?

I normally just brainstorm ideas and start by drawing and find that things just happen and ideas flow. Ideas will come in the bath, on the bus, anywhere really.

When/If you get stuck, or have no ideas, how do you dig yourself out of a 'hole'?

Walk away and take a break, that normally does the trick for me.

Is there any routine to the way you work? For example, drawings onto illustrator, etc.

I start by brainstorming/then researching/rough sketches and ideas/ then develop them into more refined drawings/then final colour artwork. I rarely use computers in my work.

Is there any advice you could give to a student trying to make it in the illustration business?Draw every day, enjoy it. Get on the promotion trail and get your work seen by as many people as you can, nowadays it's not good enough to be a first class illustrator, you have to make sure the right people see it. Get yourself a good clear website created to showcase your work.

Short but sweet answers!

Playing with Textures!

Here I was playing about with something I drew on photoshop, Instead of just normalling colouring it in with paint bucket I decided to add some textures to it in different ways. Getting very into working with textures lately, enjoying it very much!

Amy Martino

Again, Love the use of textures, in the background and the element itself. Works interestingly in both these different approaches. Very unique.

Composition is very simple, main element placed in the middle of the image, it works really well as the image is lengthy in size and fits really well along the height and width.

The top image works really well and the background is hetic and crazy and the main element in the foreground is a bold colour to make it stand out.

Random selection of colours works well for these pieces, interesting.

Russell Fei

Lovely use of textures even though some of these seem to be create digitally (not completely sure though). Great shapes, very interesting and fun, makes me feel like they were possibly collages, but again not completely sure.

Compositions are lovely, Characters placed in the middle surrounded by some lovely natural shapes and scenery.

Anne Wilson

I'm inspired by this piece, I love the use of textures with in the background and then the bold block shapes in the fore ground. Interesting piece and a lovely illustration. I also like the use of colour, using shades of red and pink for the background and main image and then other random colours in small shapes, creating patterns and repetative shapes which work really well and it makes the image stand out even more than it already does. As I have been playing with alot of texture im my imagery lately, I hope to try something similar to this where I create textures in my backgrounds and leave my elements/imagery plain to help them stand out more. I think this would be an interesting way of working.