Friday, 13 January 2012

Illustration Applications




 Different mini projects for our Illustration Applications module.






What protects woodpeckers from concussion?

Illustrations for a book cover for the short story The Rocking Horse Winner by D.H.Lawrence.

Started by drawing rocking horses, then moved on to the boys bright blue eyes, which are mentioned a lot in the story.





 Different titles for various subjects.









Packaging for different types of tea bags.
green tea
Green Tea
Need to be tidied up, but my final designs for our tea packaging project.. I have chosen green tea and a strong breakfast tea. Created with tea bags and inks!
Strong Tea

Need to get better quality copies of these... final tea packaging. 



Green Tea - The healthy alternative pick me up tea.

Strong Tea - You cant beat it for strength

Making Felt

I have been making my own felt for a few years, but now i am incorporating it into my university projects.











Felted stone



Book Arts Project

We have been learning how to make all different types of book binding. We have been researching book artists and paper engineers and I am now beginning my final piece, which is a concertina book illustrations a forest. I am also making felt to cover the board to create the books cover.



 Long stitch binding.
book box with hardback book inside.



Concertina prototypes

handmade felt cover
Cut outs on pages of the book..










Paper engineering workshop