Thursday, 26 February 2009
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
See! My Diary Strips aren't made up!
So, today I did spend most of the day in the House cafe in Camberwell doing some drawing and catching up with people from my course. Here's a sketch I did of one of the people working there...
I like the effect of just using a limited amount of colour on my sketch, and will try some more drawings using this style...
I like the effect of just using a limited amount of colour on my sketch, and will try some more drawings using this style...
Monday, 23 February 2009
23/02/09: Paul's Amazing Technicolour Pen Set
Now that my Research paper is finished (and handed in!), I can get back to doing more drawing! To celebrate, I bought myself a new set of colouring pens, and decided to combine testing them out with producing my comic strip for today...
Sunday, 22 February 2009
Saturday, 21 February 2009
21/02/09: Research Paper R.I.P.
So, I've missed drawing a strip for the last couple of days - I was having to knuckle down and finish off my Research Paper. Now that it's all done and dusted, I hope to get back to producing a new strip each day...
(...I actually finished writing yesterday, but didn't have time to draw about it till today)
Monday, 16 February 2009
Sunday, 15 February 2009
Saturday, 14 February 2009
Zombie/Bling Printmaking Party
Last night I went to a party. Huzzah! There was a combination Zombie/Bling theme, so – by way of a costume – I drew a picture of me as a zombie (with screenprinting slidey thing... I don't know the techinical name), and put it on a t-shirt using some transfer paper I had...
Thursday, 12 February 2009
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
11/02/09: Art Stinks!
I wanted to try something different today, combining photography with my drawing. I think it's an interesting effect, and would like to experiment more...
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Monday, 9 February 2009
Sunday, 8 February 2009
Happy Birthday part 3
Yet another birthday card I made for a friend. She's well into photography, and I tried to do something a little bit different, having the cake out of the frame, but reflected in the lens of the camera.
Happy Birthday part 2
Another birthday card I made for one of my friends who has a guinea pig that she loves! I used an ink brush pen to draw this to get the right look for the fur...
Happy Birthday part 1
A birthday card I made for a Japanese friend. The writing on the right says Happy Birthday in Japanese - thank you, Internet! I enjoyed using the limited colour palette, and am happy with the end result...
08/02/09: Sweet Dreams Are Made Of These
I was busy working on my Research Paper yesterday and then went out in the evening to a party and didn't get in until 4, so I missed out on creating a comic strip yesterday. Today I've been very tired and trying (and failing) to do my Research Paper, but managed to do a strip! Some of the images in my dream relate to things that happened over the weekend, and others are just random things that cropped up in my head while I was sleeping. I'm trying to just use felt pens to colour these strips and am enjoying the challenge of trying to create different tones and colours using only a limited medium...
Friday, 6 February 2009
Thursday, 5 February 2009
Wednesday, 4 February 2009
Tuesday, 3 February 2009
03/02/09: Bad. Bad. Bad. Good!
Day two of my experiment with producing a daily comic strip. One thing I'm doing with these is abandoning any preliminary drawing and going straight in with a black pen. Initially some of the perspecive and forms may be a bit off, but I'm hoping that by doing it this way, it will improve my drawing in the long run, as well as give the strips a spontaneous feel. Time will tell...
Monday, 2 February 2009
02/02/09: Snow Days
A quick comic strip I produced about the day's events. I'm looking at the daily sketchbook diaries of James Kochalka as part of my research paper for my MA, and it's inspired me to have a go at it myself. This is my first entry...