Badger

Badger is a character im really struggling with i couldnt get him right at all, so i tried the same technique as i did with the flowers and tried pressing the ink and these are the outcome, I think having less control of over the outcome has worked in my favour.

Mole

These are my experiments so far with the character mole!! The bottom image is my favorite and is the one working the best so far, he is a mix of ink drawing/press and water colour.

Toad

My drawings for the character Toad!!

^ I dont like this at all it looks a bit like kermit the frog!^ 

 

Flowers

Ink drawings ! 

Some experiments with colour too!! I created these flowers by putting drops of ink onto the paper and pressing them, i love the effect it gives and how the different colours merge together. 

The Wind In The Willows

The latest brief i am working on is a competion based brief for Penguin Books, The project is to create a book cover for The Wind In The Willows.

To start with i have created a sense of place board in my work space, i havent read the book yet, only a short overview of the story,so iv created my board purely around how i see The Wind In The Willows in my mind, and what colours, characters, settings i imagine there to be.

For now i am just playing with my sense of place ideas, but once i have read the book i will get more understanding of the setting, story and characters.  

Market Hall Lino Prints

These are the lino cuts based on the front of the Market Hall in Stockort i think they have worked really well and i am pleases with the outcome, my initial idea was to combine them with my ink drawings some how tho im not sure how well that will work, i think i need to re print them and get the pressure right so the colour is more even before i try playing around with them on photoshop.

Ink Drawings

These are my Ink Drawings for my Stockport Heritage work, I wanted my drawings to show the busy atmosphere of a market place and its stalls and have a sense of movement, i think the mix of scratchy and fluid lines convey the sense of movement i was aiming for well, however i would improve my drawings by making a clear contrast between the lines of the figures and the lines of the market stalls, i think the market stalls need to have straight and more solid lines, i need to think about my quality of line in comparison to what it is i am drawing.