OUIL505- Broadcasting Tower- Final Image

Below is the final image for the Broadcasting tower poster. Overall I think this may be my least favourite of the 6 images. I think the area where this one suffered is through lack of development. I think I was so happy with the original drafts of the image that I neglected to see if i could push the image any further through refinement and experimentation. However, as an advertising image I think it works quite well, its bold and stands out so on that front I'm not too displeased with it, just aesthetically.

OUIL505- Sheffield Winter Gardens- Final Image

Here is my final image for the Sheffield Winter Gardens illustration. The image hasn't really changed much from the development stage of the image, the biggest change being the change in character and the change in the foliage that I've used.




I am pretty happy with the final outcome of the image, and I think it advertises the location really well I think it is quite an eye catching image for a poster, worth the bold lines of the arches really standing out against the pale background.

OUIL505- Saltburn Pier- Final Image

Producing the final image for this poster was probably the most frustrating one of all, for some reason the composition of the image hasn't transferred well to the layout of the poster as some of the other posters, which is really annoying as it's the one I probably have spent the most one on so far. I think if I were to go back and produce the image again I would definitely produce a few more roughs and experiment with the composition a bit more.

If I'm perfectly honest I don't even know why the image doesn't work. I jus think it doesn't look as polished as the rest of them. I think it could be something to do with the colours in the just don't seem to sit well. 

OUIL505- Yorkshire Moors- Final Image

I am really pleased with the final image for my Yorkshire Moors poster. I think the compostitiom of the image is really good, and I especially like how this one has turned out.

The main differences I have made with this one between the development and now are the removal of the clouds and the biker. The reason I removed the clouds is because I thiouht it would make the image look a bit gloomy, and obviously I am trying to advertise the location so I want it to look as attractive as possible. And the reason I removed the biker was because I thought not everyone would be interested in cycling, so I thought about adding in a more universal activity, so just adding in the silhouette of the mans walking the dog I think made the image look a lot better.

I think out of all of the images I've produced so far, the colour scheme works the best in this one. I think the colours balance really well and the colour gradient in the sky is really subtle in this one.

OUIL505- Runswick Bay- Final Image

Below is my final image for the Runswick Bay poster. I am pretty pleased with the clinal outcome of the poster for this one, I like the compostitiom and I like the solid blue colour used for both the sea and the sky.

The main thing that I think adds a lot to the image is the addition of the smaller character in the foreground, I think it adds a little but more detail that the image was probably lack and helps it fit in with the rest of the images. I also decided to add in the silhouette of the seagull, mainly just for compostitiom a sale as I feel the sky was lacking a bit. As well as that it enforces the idea of the image being at the coast.

I decided to leave out a face of the houses in the final image as I felt the cliffs in the background were a little bit too noisy, so I wanted to clear them up a bit and simplify them so give the impression of houses but not to overcrowd it. Which I think whorls really well.

OUIL505- Poster Layout

Because I'm coming towards the end of finishing off the images, I have started to think about how the images will work with text on the page. I sketched out some examples and ideas of how the words could be laid out and eventually I decided that the way to make it look the best would be to have the text quite small at the bottom of the page with the Y logo in the top left corner- with the potential to move it around to other corners should the illustrations dictate it.

I was slightly worried that the text might be too small for the image, especially if the images were only A3, it might be a bit too small if it's far away. However, I've made it so that the shapes in the image are all vectors so they can all be easily adjusted and resized to fit other sizes, which is good should I need to resize them, however I have specified in my proposal that I wanted to make A3 images. Oh well, this can be changed easily.

OUIL503- Summative Evaluation

OUIL503- Project Report

OUIL505- Subtlety in Gradients

One thing that I am finding myself using more and more in my work is this almost grainy gradient when transitioning colour, especially in shadow. I really like the look of it and I'm really enjoying using it. This is starting to really influence my practice, and I hope to continue to keep using it in future.

The other thing I'm really starting to use a lot more in my practice is really harsh shadows. I think it really adds to the drama of my work and I think it helps to cut away from the simplicity.

OUIL505- Sheffield Winter Gardens- Development

After moving forward with my finalised initial idea for the Sheffield Winter Gardens illustration, I worked on my iPad and tried to get the developed rough looking as close to the finished product as possible.

I wanted to focus on the values of the image a lot more during this stage, especially because I was not really wanting to think about colours at this point.

I am really pleased with how this image is progressing. I think the composition is really interesting and I love the calm and relaxed mood of it. The one thing I am worried about is using the plants in the image. I think the way I have drawn the plants looks quite cartoony, and I wanted the final images to have a more realistic feel to them to better reflect that the winter gardens are a real place. This is something I will look to address in the final development of the image.

OUIL505- I'm smarter than I think I am

From the developed images, I have noticed that all of the images seem to have a similar composition in that they all seem to move upwards and to the right (see image below), this was not intentional, but I think it helps to tie in the image to one another and helps them seem more cohesive as a set. I could probably try and argue that the up and right direction of the images symbolises progress and positivity but I don't think I'm that intelligent (or pretentious?). However it's a good thing to talk about, maybe I could squeeze a few extra marks out of the module if I mention that it was intentional and I meant to do it from the start. Or maybe not.

OUIL505- Colour Scheming

So as the images are beginning to develop, I have started to consider what colours I want to use for the final images. I tihgout about using really bright and bold colours, as the images are supposed to be for advertisements, so to stand out more, however I just didn't feel like this scheme really reflected what Yorkshire is all about.

I wanted to stick to the root images people have of Yorkshire. So I decided that I wanted to use lots of greens and browns, to reflect the countryside aspect, as well as a lot of blues to add a bit of brightness to the posters. I also thought about the application of the images, and who they were going to be made for. I looked on Yorkshire.com and their main choice of colour is pink, so I decided that I wanted to include a bit of pink in some of the images.

I am actually really glad that ima considering colour this late on, it gave me a much better opportunity to focus on the values and balance of the images rather that being hung up on which colour should go where and it has made limiting my colours down to just 5 colours really easy.

I wanted to keep all of the 'human' elements in the images pure black, I think this adds to the ambiguity of the images and will hopefully help- them to engage with the viewers a lot more.

OUIL505- Change in Character

I am really pleased with how my use of character has turned around during this brief. At first I was convinced I wanted to use a more ambiguous shape, to engage the viewer a little bier more, however upon reflection I don't think the characters I was using during the early stages of the brief would have fit in with the final outcomes of the images at the point they are at now, so I'm really glad I decided to change them up.

OUIL505- Viaducts- Development

Moving on from my roughs of the viaducts. I was expecting them to change quite a lot during the development stage, however they really haven't changed much at all. I'm. Not too worried about this, as I'm quite happy with how the image has turned out and I looking forward to getting it finished.

I did however simplify the background of the image a lot more, as I think that enforces the impressiveness and height of the structure itself, and with the addition of the character as discussed in the feedback session, I think the image is looking as detailed as it should.

I love they use of plain white on the side wall of the viaduct, as I think it really makes the image look a lot more dramatic and adds a l to of interest to the image. However I do think it could be in danger of looking a bit too plain in the final image, but well cross that bridge when we get to it. 

OUIL505- Yorkshire Moors- Developement

The development stage for this image was quite easy, as I think a lot of the development for the idea actually went on in the roughing stage after I messed up my first roughs. The main thing thing I wanted to do with the development of this idea was looking at the values of the image and see how I could get the image looking as dramatic as possible.

I added in some clouds, just to add a bit more interest to the sky as well as some hot air balloons, which I've totally made up and weren't actually there when I visited but who's going to know that? I thought it would add to the idea of exploration and adventure, which I think it does.

OUIL505- Saltburn Pier- Development

I really enjoyed the development of this image, it didn't really change much from the roughs in terms of composition however it lead me to be able to play around with the composition of the image A lot more.

I decide to remove the drink form the image, not only did the curved shape throw off the angular look of the rest of the poster but I thought it could have taken away from people's view of the town. Maybe it made it look messy and uncared for? Or maybe I'm just paranoid.

The other thing I'd f0rgotten about in this image is the idea of character. So it's probably a good thing that I removed the drink as it allowed me to move the Pier up slightly and include the image of the mans leg walking across the beach. I think this is definitely a good thing as it allowed me to tie in the image to the rest a lot more.

OUIL505- Development- Method

For the development of the images, I decided to work a lot more on my iPad. This meant it was much easier to move around the elements and play with values in the shapes a or more. This is not something I have done before, usually sticking to developing the images on paper, however, I am really happy with how the process went. The process was much smoother than usual, and the way that the app I use is set up means it was easy to flick between focussing on one image and closing the image to see how they all work as a set.

This also should save me a lot of time when it comes to finalising the images as I also have them digitally produced and ready to go, with values and composition already set up how I want. I have yet to work out the colour scheme I am going to use, however I know I want to stick to the same colour scheme throughout all of the illustrations so they work more cohesively as a set. 

OUIL505- Broadcasting Tower- Developement

The development for this image has been relatively smooth. I am pretty happy with how the layout of the image is looking, however primitive it may look? I think this one will be relatively easy to push further than this and shouldn't actually take that long to get a final image out of it. I need to look at what sort of character I want in the front of the image- I think I'd like to have a silhouette stood looking up at the building, just to emphasise the scale, and I'll possibly have to work on the actual scale of the character too.

OUIL503- MUBI Brief- Presentation Board

OUIL503- Brush Design- Presentation Boards

OUIL503- Illustration Friday- Presentation Boards

OUIL505- Runswick Bay- Development

The development for this one was weird. It was the first image I did roughs for but the very last one to move on to the development stage so it was a bit of a struggle getting started with it again. Similarly to a few of the others, not much changed with this one between now and the development, just the values really, which definitely makes it a lot easier to move forward with.

One big thing that changed during the development stage of this image was the changing around of the foregrond, (see below). I'll explain why in my next post.

OUIL503- Penguin Cover- In Cold Blood- Presentation Boards

OUIL505- Yorkshire Moors- Secondary Ideas

After re evaluating my initial roughs for theYorkshire Moors image, I decided to add in some elements of activity with them. I thought about what people were doing there when I visited, as I thought this is would give me a good reflection of the types of thing people would actually want to do there. The main things I saw people doing there were cycling ], walking dogs and just generally walking around the place. I thought that the cycling would be the most interesting element to add into the image so I produced a few more roughs based around this idea.

I am pretty happy with how the roughs have turned out, I like the idea of having a cyclist in there but not actually cycling, just standing and taking in the view. I think this will lead peoples eye a lot more towards the moors, rather than just focussing in the cyclist himself.

OUIL503- In Cold Blood Final Cover

I have chosen to submit my boot print cover for the brief. I think the design effectively communicates the concept of the story and the content of the book. I think this cover is one of the best things I have produced whilst on the course and I'm genuinely quite proud of it, it has also influenced my practice in quite a large way.

I thought about how the design could be implemented into different applications. I thought about fan art, and advertising for the books so I made a couple of mock-ups of what potential prints would look like (1 screen-printed print has already been sold). 

OUIL503- In Cold Blood- Cover 2 Final Design

Below is my second final cover for In Cold Blood. Overall I'm not particularly happy with the cover, I think the concept behind it is quite strong but I don't think my execution of the idea lived up to standards.

OUIL503- Illustration Friday (HOT)

Research

I wanted to keep the research for this one quite minimal, as I thought it would be easy to get hung up on illustrating a particular place rather than focusing on the 'hot' element. I googled colour palettes and then simply went ahead with the sketching of roughs.

I thought this would be a perfect way to tackle my issues with colour. Being colour blind, I struggle to really experiment with colour schemes and ways of using colour effectively.

I wanted to create a feeling of the place being hot, without using direct signifies. I didnt want to worry too much about the composition of the image, so I used an isometric grid as used in a previous Illustration Friday, this meant I could focus much more on the colours I use in the image.


I actually really like this image, I think the colour scheme is really successful and I think the image works well as an illustration for 'hot'. The work flow for this brief was smooth and I didn't really run into any issues along the way. Quite a successful brief overall.

OUIL505- Borascasting Tower- Initial Ideas

I wanted to really focus on the scale of the building for the broadcasting tower image. Because of this, the use for eh fingered is imperative in this poster. Again, I wanted to use quite and usual composition in this image, rather than just having the tower stick straight up, I wanted it to almost curve with the perspective to really show off the scale of it.

I also wanted to focus on the simple clean lines it has, again to reflect the more modern side of Yorkshire. I wanted the building to be quite ambiguous in its shape, as I thought focussing too much on one specific building would dampen the idea of Yorkshire having so many other buildings to explore, so I tried to keep the design quite simple.

OUIL505- Research

The first few weeks of this brief were spent researching different places around Yorkshire. At first it felt like I wasn't really getting much value out of the process and I felt a bit like I was wasting my time. However, upon reflection I really think this part of the process has been the most influential over my practice for a while. I think research is something I have often overlooked in the past, often diving straight into the design stage and ignoring the thought behind the illustrations.

This first part of the brief has not only helped me to decide which locations I wanted to use, but it also inspired me to get started and producing some ideas. I almost with I would have taken my sketchbook with me on location rather than just taking pictures as I think I could have produced some more ideas on location.

OUIL505- Yorkshire Moors- Initial Ideas

My initial ideas for the moors were mainly focussed on the idea of walking and hiking and just generally exploring the location. So I wanted to use one of the signposts you always see when you're walking in these types of locations with the arrows on. I thought that this would portray the idea of using the moors as a place to walk around and explore. However when I thought about it it didn't really make sense to have a post with a directional arrow on it in the middle of an open field, so I guess I'll have to go back and produce a few more roughs that aren't as dumb this time.

Aside from the post, I really like the layout of the image, I think it's probably a good idea to have the ground as close to the base of the image as possible, as I think this enhances the idea of the expansiveness of the moors, and also allows me to play around a bit more with the sky and potential elements within it.

OUIL505- Saltburn Pier- Initial Ideas

For the Saltburn Pier poster I wanted to really focus on the composition of them image. I wanted to use and unusual viewpoint to keep the image separate from the Runswick Bay image, which will likely focus heavily on the coastal aspect. I chose to produce the image with an almost isometric viewpoint, not only to keep the image interesting but also to reflect the impressive engineering of the structure, almost as if it was from a technical drawing image.

I really like how the roughs were going, however, similarly to the viaduct images, I think I definitely could have explored more ideas and compositions, however I'm really happy with how the image is starting off.

I decided to add in the image of a drink sat on the Pier, as I think this reflects the livelier aspect of the town. Weather this will make it to the final design is yet to be seen.