I GOT THE INTERNSHIP!

And my best friend is over from ireland.

we got tattooed.

Everything is great right now.

and this is hers...

Finally something to blog.

I have so much news!!

Tomorrow morning i have an interview for 'Illustrated people' as a studio assistant.

Just work experience/internship, but I'm scared but also actually really excited!

I hope it goes well!! (If anyone has any advice please please fill me in)

And that evening i'll be picking my best friend up from the airport, she's over from Ireland.

And TUESDAY, you will see this tattooed on me.

Stars.

Little Peche.

I was lucky enough to win a necklace from Little Peche

Cargo

Couldn't upload the photo onto facebook so decided to blog it.
Last night was great.

Initial Ideas.

I loved working on this project. At the beginning i was stuck for ideas of what to do and could only get started once i had thought of what to make for my final piece.

I wanted to make a product at the end instead of just some images.

My initial ideas were anti bullying and how to make people think about the sadness coursed by it but also to create a happy message within it. These were going to become posters which you would see every where, outside, inside, on the street.

But posters seemed to boring and the idea of combining a happy message with bullying obviously wasn't going to be as successful as i wanted it to be.

During this idea i also researched happiness quotes and asked people what makes them happy.

With the response i got i started drawing things that made people happy. This idea didn't develop as much as i would of liked because i was just going to create an image that a particular person said made them happy and give it to them.

With the quotes i started thinking about where people would least expect to find them but would also put a smile on their face when they saw it, like napkins and on the pavement.

General.

Not necessarily have i changed my style for these projects but used a range of mediums and techniques as well as my typical drawing style.
Choosing Mumford and Sons it scared me that i chose such a folky band when my work is very dark... but i adapted very well by using collage.
And for my self initiated project the same happened.
I chose to do something so happy and cheerful when normally my work isn't.
But having so many ideas and using to many mediums and combining them together i created a happy piece of work.

Billboard

And here is an example if it were a billboard.

I'd love to see this final piece as a stage set and an instillation.

If i had time i would of made a 3d instillation.

When you don't have time on your hands... 

photoshop is your friend.

Second set of greeting cards- photographed

The problem is that being sad is too easy
and everyone finds it hard to be happy.
We can't single handedly solve the worlds problems so why not start with the people around you.
Cheer someone up.
Be Happy.
I have created these greeting cards because the ones you can easily find in shops are all for pacific celebrations.

To provide people with the opportunity to send an uplifting message at anytime outside of the conventional celebrations such as birthdays and weddings.

I think i have done this.

With ALOT of time 

and 

ALOT of effort

I did this pretty well.

Spread the word.

Be Happy.

These photos look evil.. they don't in real life! promise!

Trying.

to show you what i mean.

Here i'm showing you it as a window display

ideally it would be a 3d window display not just one big flat image/poster

with the trees at the back of the window display and the figures being more in front.

LIKE A SET!

that's what i'm trying to say.

It would be like stage set, with props, wall hangings and figures.

HAND DRAWN HAND MADE

I had been thinking about photocopying my bunting but didn't know if it would turn out any bit successful
but my tutor mentioned it so i thought i'd give it ago
I think in this you can see more detail in each letter
I just used fabric pens... had to test out a few to see which actually bled on the material or not
so pleased with it.

A long process for something i just used as text but it was part of the process.
I like how i had a couple idea (balloons, greeting cards, bunting) and they all came together as a final piece.

Took about 2 hours per letter (near the end when i got use to what i was doing)
sewing the bunting up and onto the string took about 5 hours at least.
So worth it though.

Reinventing.

Using one of my final pieces here i have shown how it would be presented.
My designs would be every where in the shop but also just parts of it like a flower hanging down from the ceiling. Little things make a huge difference.
It would have a magical feeling, and definitely give off a feeling that mumford and sons do.

Just an example

I will try and do more to show what i mean.

Blood, sweat and tears.

Was getting agitated and anxious about the fact i haven't had anything to blog about the last couple of days.

Just been busy doing my greeting cards and sorting my portfolio out.

So much blood, sweat and tears has gone into this module.

I really hope it pays off.

I took two of my drawings and part of the lyrics to 'white blank page' by mumford and sons.

Works nicely.

I like the composition and use of negative space.

It's simple but effective.

better colours.

Obviously these colours are better and happier.

Second designs for greeting cards.

THIS ONE IS MY FAVOURITE!

MAKES ME VEEERRRYYY HAPPY!!

I hope it makes you happy too.

I stopped doing them like the top on because the bunting was covering the balloons

but i think i may try and work it out.

stayed tuuuned.

Got to do the back on the cards now and print them out and photograph them for my portfolio.

Greeting cards.

Finally photographed the greeting cards i did during easter.
I love the idea and i hand made the font.
I took the photograph as well and i drew the illustration and combined them all together.
I thought i needed a logo for the back too so that's also what i did.
These were my first ideas but now I've done my balloons and bunting i'm going to design some more.

How do i do this?

Experimenting with ways to edit the bunting to put on a greeting card
I went into uni and took advantage of their white walls and big space,
I hung my bunting up and photographed it.
Turns out white background doesn't work so well...
photoshop didn't like it.

Ended up having to photograph one letter at a time otherwise the letter wasn't very clear.

And then on photoshop i put each letter together...

Here i only did two.

Think i've found a quicker way to do it.

Second song illustration.

Hold onto what you believe.

This is my final FINAL piece.

I wanted to do this like i did the previous one...

all by hand, cut out and stuck on to give it more texture.

If i had my own way I'd have this and my other final piece every where in hmv and music shops.

with trees and flowers every where and hanging down from the ceiling,

so when you walk into the shop you feel like you're in mumford and sons world.

TRYING to try and show this on photoshop at the moment.

Bunting finished... BUT

the problem now is photographing it properly to be able to put on some more greeting card designs...
problem!

Final zine- colour version

Finished.
Main factors of this zine are that it is quirky, funny and dark.
Target audience is young people but also older ones who still remember what it was like to be a kid.

Final Zine- black and white

I decided to base my zine on childhood fears.

The location photography was round the home of places where children would be scared monsters would be waiting, or popping up.

This is my black and white copy.

This zine was very successful.

How i created the images was by a kind of collage.

I used the photographs i took and i also drew the monsters and the text.

the monsters i drew and cut out and placed in the photographs by hand by cutting up the photographs also.

i ended up using the images i photographed instead of scanned because the photographs had more shadow in them, which made it look more 3d like the monsters were coming out of their hiding places.

The font on the front and back i made by hand.

the monoprint i made of the monsters i made into a large pattern and cut the letters out of it and placed on black card.

Enjoy.

SEWING FOR HOUURRSSS!

with my new sewing machine.
thought i'd treat myself after allllll the work i did over easter.
but then again... i'd rather be paid with amaaazzzing grades then gifts
we'll see if it all pays off...

2AM SEWING!

soooooo NEARLY done!!

my back hurts!!!

just incase you're wondering,

here i was just sewing up my bunting.

i'm going to photograph it hung up somewhere tomorrow

and on photoshop use it in some more designs for greeting cards for 'BE HAPPY'

I realise it's a lot of effort to just make some font type for my greeting cards.

but i wanted the greeting cards, bunting and balloons to be part of my final piece.

and this way they all are.

I like the big progress i have made from just the idea of be happy and greeting cards.

the balloons and bunting helped me do this.

we'll see how they turn out.

excellent i hope.