New Work Space.

I haven't been working very well over this entire project.  I have trouble concentrating in the studio, and my room is far too small.  So most of my work I have been doing in the kitchen.  This can also be a very distracting place to work.  So I have decided to make myself a good work space in my housemates room as he basically lives in his girlfriends room it is a good place for me to get on and not be distracted.  This new space has really helped my productivity and I am finding it much easier to get on. 

Portfolio Images

 This is an image from the Fairytales project that i was pleased with and I will be using it in my portfolio.  I like this image because of the colours I used and the quality of line created by the mono print.  

 This is a quick colour test image that i did on canvas for the F.M.P and I was pleased with the way it turned out so I think I shall also use this in my portfolio.  I like this Image because it is striking and has good composition

These are 2 images also from the fairytale project that I was pleased with.  They might need a bit of editing and cropping but I think these will be a good edition to my portfolio.  

Video Diary 20

More Influences

http://www.tugboatprintshop.com/PRINTSHOP_DeepBlueSea.htm

This is a website showing and selling work by a screen printer called Paul Roden.  I am a big fan of his use of colour.  The way he overlays and uses limeted colours gives the image a very organic look.  I would like to use screen printing as a technique for my final images but i thing they may be too detailed and also it is a technique i have used quite frequently and I think it would be better to explore different methods.  However i would like to use similar effects that he has such as the overlapping of colours and possibly involve some stenciling in my images,

Doodling

This is a line drawing I recently created on the mac.  I was just mucking about really but the way it turned out I was actually quite pleased with it.  I decided to leave it with out colour.  But I may come back to it. 

Influences and Inspiration

I stumbled across this image on an online magazine called " GizMag"  It's a magazine for designers and illustrators and there are some very inspiring and helpful articles and images.  I love this images because of it's great use of colour the artist has a similar palette to mine and also it is a very busy image with a lot going on which is also what i hope to achieve.  I want something new to look at every time you view the image.  this is a great example of an image that does this successfully.

http://gizmag.eu/pdfmag/

Outside Work

Something has popped up out of the blue for me which is rather exciting.  Last year one of our projects was to create a childrens book.  I did this with a series of nonsense poems that i wrote and illustrated.  towards the end of the project i sent samples of the book off to several publishing companies just in case.  Over a year later I have heard back from a company called 

who have said they would like to talk about publishing my book "No Explanation Required"  So I have also got a lot of work to do with that and I am hoping to get it published. 

This is a slightly cropped image of the front cover of the book i am hoping to get published.