visual distortion

Visual distortion i found this exercise difficult and i tried my best with it, im not really a fan of patterns and have yet to really properlly explore textures in depth. i think think that the picture didnt turn out well, it lost some of the "cuteness" maybe in the eyes. 

a tattoo

tattoing is a anicient art and has been found all the way back to 3200 bce on the otzi mummy.  

the practice has risen in popularity making it fashinable to have a tattoo or two, it is seen as a way of indiviulism and self expression.

They can range in style. 

Japanse influenced tattoos

Celtic influance tattoos

polynesian tribal tattoos

filipino tribal tattoos

India /hindu

The above is my design for my Mother specifically, ironically enough my brother asked me for a tattoo for both my mother and farther who have both passed away.
so i decided to kill two birds with one stone and design the above. my mother always used to help us make lavender bags to sell to the neighbours as children. she was also born in febuary and there is a corrrelation between her birth stone of amythyst and the colour used for the lavender flowers. i included flourish to make it more feminine.
it is a simple design and i like it alot.

a menu card

i found this exercise a little on the unintersting side, probably because i dislike fish! i did various research into fish and what other resturants would use drawing out plates and fish upon the plates. in the end i choose the square format to compiment the more rounded shapes of the fish.

i choose a contrasting purple and a golden yellow orange for the fish, i hope to make it appertising. 

a childrens book cover

a childrens book cover

i appoached this assignment with enthusiasm, i started by sketching various animals from the world, then refining the characters to a more stylised approach.   when i had decided upon a style i rendered other animals in the same style.

The characters where rendered in thee or four colours making a striking composition, i tried to pick colours with a distinctive contrast to make them stand out.

i then set to work on the covers i wanted allot of bright primary colours, the first design i chose a block approach separating three chosen animals.  the animal panels are in there environment. this is my personal favourite.

the second cover i tried to include more of an around the world approach, in a more litral way. i think this however while converying animals around the world lacks the punch of the first one. i think aswell that the text is in the weomg place and is not as clearly shown, this is a fault with bad planning on my part. 

the last one has more of an emphases ln the text and title then the other. perhaps i should have included more animals in the middle. i am also not happy with the contrast of the world word.