ILLUSTRA-TED| End of Project Reflection

Within this project; Illusta-ted, I have learnt a lot about myself and my practise, from materials and techniques to metaphors and story telling. I have been able in this project to express and find my feet within my practise. Throughout the past projects I have found it hard to find what I want my practice…

ILLUSTRA-TED| Outcome

For my final outcome i decided to only present the images that represented the story of a wife trying to find her husband again after he came back from the war. The outcome is three editorial pieces which allow the viewer to experience and get a glimpse of what the wife is feeling towards her…

ILLUSTRA-TED| Composition and colour

i decided to take the images i had already created and crop them down to make them seem more editorial and to fit the story to make them more emotional and pleasing to the eye. throughout this process it is clear to see that i struggled quite a lot with the cropping  because i wasn’t…

ILLUSTA-TED| Colour Development

Following the creation of the images above i decided to insert them into Photoshop and colour correct and alter the hue/saturation to give myself an inclining of what different coloured outcomes would look like which helped me distinguish that the originals were by far the most impactful outcomes.

ILLUSTRA-TED| Detailed on Colour

As to add depth to my images i was inspired by Laila Shawa and began to experiment on coloured paper using coloured gouache however no harsh black lines. by doing this i have broadened my material practice and skill in detailed coloured images which is something that i am not used to doing. my normal…

ILLUSTRA-TED|Laila Shawa

Whilst looking for inspiration throughout this project i came across an artist i had never seen before. Laila Shawa. A fine artist London based. her work is based on a heightened sense of realism and targets injustice and persecution. Her work often comes from her own photography and is created using bold colour on a…

ILLUSTRA-TED|Colour on Colour the Beginning

Whilst i was producing the start of this project i felt as if there was something missing. so i took a risk and tried something new. I am and pretty much have always been a fine liner traditional colours person within my practice so with this project i decided to switch it up a little…

ILLUSTRA-TED|Eyes to the Sole

These images i created to focused on one particular quote from the TED talk ‘come back to me…find me when you can…’  which is something that the Ted talker said was a quote from a wife to her husband who had just came back from the army and writing love letters was away of her…

ILLUSTRA-TED|Combining Text

i decided to start combining text into images which i believe can help enhance the meaning and emphasis of the metaphor. working on nonwhite grounds also i believe helps to convey the message however the way it is drawn and the emphasis of the text, ie. the quality and composition of the typography can effect…

ILLUSTRA-TED| TED Talk Storyboard Breakdown

After listening to the TED Talk i chose i decided to make a story board to express ideas literally based on what the speaker was saying. By doing this i have created a basis for this TED Talk so i have ideas to bounce off easily and quickly to build up development. However i found…