Category: Blog
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Methodology
This assignment has surprised me in many ways, most notably the development of both my writing, ideas and practice influences. I assumed that I would follow a course of writing about design theories that would run alongside my Semester A module, Practice One, but over the course of the blog posts I have been far…
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The Impact of Gig Economies: A Reflection
Throughout these blog posts I have intended to look at my practice in various ways. I have so far done this by investigating processes and where they might be headed as well as current social and economic issues that might affect my illustration work in various ways. Now, I would like to dedicate some time…
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Metaverse and Illustration
Throughout the blog posts written and Semester A’s module Practice 1, my research has veered into technology, and eventually ends up there even when unintended. A topic that continuously comes up within technology is the Metaverse. The Metaverse is a colossal subject that could be investigated from many different angles but what is important to…
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Colour Subscriptions
The Adobe creative cloud is a huge part of a designer’s toolkit and has been for years. It is industry standard to use the Adobe software’s and is famously expensive to have use of the full suite. So, when Adobe announced in late 2021 that they were removing Pantone colours from their programs and putting…
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Art Style: Breaking Into Trends
An illustration style trend has been gaining traction for a few years now and has really developed this year. Hand drawn illustrations laid over 3D models or a combination of 2D and 3D within the same scene have been seen in well received titles such as Arcane and Klaus, previous titles such as Coraline look…
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Is Colour Theory a Dead Language?
The notion of colour is something that only human beings experience in terms of ‘this is blue’ or ‘that is green’. We can interpret a certain frequency within the world as colour by using 3 cones in the back of our eyes. We then, as humans do, name them and have a base foundation for…
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Cartography and it’s Application in My Own Practice
Practice 1 has invited me to start understanding why I create the things that I do. Although I believe that this is a deeper subject that will not be decided completely yet, I have started reflecting at first on what other practitioners do differently to me. In practice 1, I am looking at mapping technologies…
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BFG in Pictures
‘BFG in pictures’ is a touring exhibition of Quentin Blakes illustrations for BFG by Roald Dahl. It contains sketches of the original character design through to final designs and finally colour work and variants for later editions. I had the amazing opportunity to go and visit this exhibition in person where I learned a great…
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Sustainability: is it Possible?
In a lecture we were asked the question “What makes us a responsible designer?” The group discussions that followed allowed us to explore this question, specifically revolving around sustainability, within our field of practice. I was able to narrow down the topic into some key areas including the eco-social challenges on illustration within the current…
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Artificial Intelligence in Illustration
Within the induction and first weeks of the course I specifically landed in an area of study called emerging technologies. This is something that I have been interested in for a while and so possibly that’s why I was drawn to it. Being a predominantly traditional artist that uses technology as a tool, I find…