So I've finished my pieces for the House Of Illustration competition. I'm happy with the end result, however. Looking back on the project, I feel I would have done it differently. Looking at them I feel I would have done them more painterly, and a little bit more grown up. Although with the stories I read I'll have to admit the audience was hard to put my finger on. With that project aside now, I now have till the 30th to do the Kelpies book cover. I am looking forward to it and i also feel that I have already learnt an awful lot from the H.O.I. competition. I also have to admit I am also really glad that I have roughly two weeks to complete the Keplies book cover.
I am also hoping to get started back to my main project, as I feel I have majorly been neglecting it. I also hate to say it, but my dissertation is due in the 6th of March. So I will have to get back into fixing that. And doing more work for that, although I think till the 30th I will be mainly focusing on the Kelpies project. But doing a wee bit of research and things for my main project on the side. Just to get the ball rolling. So yea, that's it for me today, hopefully will have sketches up tomorrow of what I plan on doing for the book cover for the Kelpies.
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So I have literally been working on my computer since I got up this morning. I have changed one of my designs and I am almost completely finished with the full set. Not going to lie I am beginning to lose the will a little. But nothing chocolate and a good nights sleep won't cure. So here are all four of my pieces so far, I am hoping to have them all completed by tomorrow. I am a little worried they all might be a little too dark, which is something I am definitely planning to work on and finish off tomorrow. I am still not completely sure if these look like a set. I feel as though I have been staring at them all too long to really think straight about them. They all however have the same textures, colours, and techniques within all of them. So They all definitely link within that category. I have decided not to use use any text within the images. If I am miraculously chosen as the the winner of this competition (fat chance) I would prefer House Of Illustration to chose their own font. So yeah, hopefully my next post will be how happy I am with my finals and not working into the night.
I also might be going out tomorrow night to take some star photos. Just hoping it's not too cold, and the weather will be good to us, but I am looking forward to it. I haven't done any photography in a while so it'll be nice :) Been so busy I didn't even notice I missed a day of Blog. Sorry! So I uploaded little glimpses of the images I am preparing to upload for a competition. I have finished 3 of 4 images, although I am still going back and forth and tweaking a lot of the images. the images I last uploaded are not totally different and have developed more. My only regret is really not kicking my ass earlier to get it all done. I have given my self a week, which is pathetic. I still know I can get it done and even so far I have learnt a lot. So here are my 3 images so far. they may again totally change before I upload them for the deadline which is Monday.
So, I have been doing a fair wee bit the past 4 days. I have now returned back to Uni for my final semester, then back home to face the big scary world. At the moment I have been mainly trying to catch up on uni work, which I have definitely been lacking in over the Christmas period. As well as getting settled back into my flat. So, for the house of illustration book competition. I have been working my ass off. I now have three of the four pieces that I am to submit started, one of them is done. I am quiet proud of it if I'm honest. However, the second piece I have been working on. I have kept running into difficulties. With the image looking a bit too cartoon like, more than I would like. I have just started on the third image, in hope that time away from the second piece I will be able to go back with a clearer mind and fix it. These are little snips from each of the three images. The first image on the left is the image I am having the most problems with. The middle image is, in my eyes finished. The third Image I have literally just started. These three images are also in order of the stories. The Treasure Of Abbot Thomas, The Upper Berth, and finally A Tale Of An Empty House.
I have also been looking around the ViewBug website and have noticed a "Challenge" tab. The challenge tab is more what I have been looking for within ViewBug. It is very much as literal as it sounds. Other photographers, giving challenges. I have decided to do the challenges than the competitions. As I feel this will improve my photography skills and I feel I will learn a lot faster. I am also meeting up with my tutor tomorrow, pretty certain I will be getting my ass handed to me. My first two weeks or so with being back at uni I know will be hectic. But I believe that I will be if not fully up to date I will at least be a hell of a lot more organized. Will let you know how tomorrow goes.... eek! So, lots done today. Started really getting stuck into the ghost story brief. Been doodling all day as well as really familiarizing myself with the brief, as yesterday i got pretty confused by it. Here is just a wee image of my sketch book. Also looking into the deck of card brief I'm doing, I was researching royalty. Came across a random quiz. "See what King or Queen you are", So I took the quiz just to see what would come up. I had to answer all sorts of questions on what kind of leader you'd be. I'm not very into politics so most of the questions were random picks. I got: I asked my mum to see if she knew who she was, mainly due to my laziness of looking it up on Google. Her response was "She was really manly"..... So, yea. cheers mummy LOL. I feel like I'm learning!
Today, I have been a lot more productive. I have been doing a lot more sketches and beginning to really start designing for the 3 ghost stories, due on the 19th.
I also realized I had read the brief slightly wrong. I am to design 3 portrait images for each story. As well as designing a book cover, combining elements from all 3 stories. A wee bit of a pain in the arse, but I believe I can do it on time. I have also been doing more research into the deck of cards, I have been thinking of doing a few different themes. I have decided to go a bit old school for the mean time, and have been researching the old kings and queens of Britain. This is just one of many however. I am hoping to look into zombies, alcohol, and getting my geek on with a few popular tv shows. I even had a little study buddy with me today. She however was not very helpful, but very entertaining. Safe to say she thought my work was a snooze fest... Hello!
Firstly Happy New Year! hope everyone had a good night last night, and your heads aren't pounding too badly today. This is my first blog on my new website. As you can probably already tell, the website it's self is still being set up and I am slowly but surely putting up my work as well as some new work. To explain my new name Craicin Designs. I wanted to be known as a "Norn Iron" artist. So Craicin, being Northern Irish slang for "cracking". It's more of a play on words. I am hoping this will be a new beginning for my art as well as myself. I am currently in my last year of university, Soon I will have to be an adult and get a big girl job. I have had a few problems with getting started and really trying to find myself in what I want to do within art. One of my problems have been, trying to learn too much and do too much. This being a problem as I haven't really been able to specialize in anything. So I have taken a big step and decided to keep things simple and keep to my photography and illustration. I am aware I have spoken about this before on my previous blog. So I am up for doing more photoshoots, working with new people within the industry and if anyone wants to work with me, on either. As a model, make-up artist, hair stylist, fellow designer. Or simply wants to give me a job. Awesome! I will be a very busy bee the next few days as I have 3 different deadlines for 6 different pieces of work. To be handed in before the end of the month. This includes 4 book cover competitions and 2 images for ViewBug competition. I shall leave you with one of my favorite images I took nearing the end of 2014. I know Christmas is over, but I don't care :) Again guys Happy New Year! |