ep: ohhdeer pillow fight

i decided to enter the ohhdeer cushion competition 'pillow fight'. i thought i would enter this for one, further extending my practice much like the thortful competition, trying to push myself to enter a few different things just to see what happens. and i think that my designs would be quite popular as they have a 'cute' aspect and also i decided to submit my Hermione design, so i will also have the audience of harry potter fans. 

i hope that i do well in this competition, it's hard for me to be confident because i always doubt myself and my practice so i'm trying to keep a positive outlook.

ep: wuntu/thortful failure

got an email today saying that i was unsuccessful with the competition. even though i failed at getting through, i still think it was really important thing for me to do as part of understanding my practice. i really enjoyed doing the card designs and feel like it could be something that i will carry on in the future.

ep: travelling man

although this brief was technically before the module started (completed it in september) i wanted to do a little post for my travelling man poster. it was one of the first things that i submitted to which is hanging up in a shop! the theme that we chose to do was 'british pop culture' so i decided to go with harry potter. of course.

here is my hermione from harry potter poster:

ep: lifting tower

a new brief has been presented to us in the class, a project which will be a public art piece projected onto the old lifting tower building. 

i decided to do this brief as it is a good chance for me to collaborate, which is something that i might have to do in the future as a professional, so i want to try it out as much as i can whilst at university. also, as someone who is not well versed in animation, it will be a good chance for me to learn some new skills and meet some animators.

update/

an animator approached me and we have decided to work together with the help of someone else from illustration. i think that we have a good team and hopefully we will be able to create something exciting.

ep: who am i? self portrait #1

my first self portrait of the year! it feels good to be back but at the same time terrifying because i don't know what to expect. for my self portrait i decided to make myself into a little egg. it seems like it could be trying to portray the imagery of new life, like easter, and how i am becoming a new illustrator this year. however, at the same time i decided to be an egg because it's sort of a nickname for me because i have such an egg shaped head. i tried to play around with digital for this one, as i feel like it gives more of a professional feel.

ep: wuntu/thortful competition

my flatmate who is on the network '3' sent me a competition that's being held on the app wuntu from the website thortful, a seller of cards made by creators.

i thought this was a good opportunity to extend my practice as card design is something that i haven't done before but thought i would be quite good at.

here are the final designs that i submitted:

I tried to keep the designs simple, yet playful with funny slogans and some bad language as those are the cards that i usually like to buy.