Moving Image Collaboration

Recently I have been working with 3rd year moving image student Kirsty Newman. I was asked to produce illustrations that would be used in an animation that runs alongside a piece of audio.


This project is for the radio station Capital FM. I was given a rough storyboard to work from but was given creative freedom to offer up suggestions. The ending result is a short piece of animation where elements of the conversation are shown in a literal image form.


I really enjoyed working  on this project and am very impressed with the finished work. It has made me more enthusiastic to collaborate in the future. I have loads of ideas for animating some of my characters to create short walk sequences or short clips where the character would interact with an object. This is something I would really like to incorporate into my final major project.


Below is the finished animation... Enjoy...

Exhibition Space

For a change this year we are submitting our work as a mini exhibition on the 5th floor instead of just laying the work out on our desks for marking like we usually do. This is also to give us a taster of what it will be like putting up our final major project. 


Although the presentation of the work isn't being marked I still wanted to try something a bit different. I thought it would look funny if the work looked as if it was being held up by flying creatures.
I am yet to put the exhibition up but I will be submitting some photos as soon as I have done.

I want the work to seem more alive and give it movement and even a story. Why are these creatures carrying the work? Make people think a bit more and hopefully make it stand out more because it's different.


I would love to do something similar for the final major project. Could have containers screwed into the wall to put business cards into. I know that I want to illustrate children's book so I would want my exhibition to be appealing to children as well as adults. I love the idea of utilising all of the space, perhaps having a tree painted or stuck onto the wall the the work is stuck in or growing from?

Illustration Digital Future

I personally feel that technological advances can only help the future of illustrators who work in similar ways to myself. Digital illustrations have the potential to be developed into animations for websites or TV.


I think that artists who use more traditional methods will find it more difficult to develop their work into animations. I don't think it's impossible, just a little more difficult and could possibly make them feel more reluctant to do so. 
I think to become a successful illustrator in the world we are currently living in you have to be ready and willing to embrace digital ways of working. Being able to do more things with your work will also make you more appealing to potential clients because you are versatile. 


I see technology such as the I-pad having great potential for illustration, in particular children's book illustration. The I-pad could allow for interactive picture books where the children can interact with animated characters in the story and make the concept of learning to read much more exciting.
A children's book illustrator called Oliver Jeffers has already embraced this way of working and has produced a brilliant interactive story called 'Heart and the Bottle' that I find greatly inspiring.

Video

I have been collaborating with a moving image student recently to produce a short animation piece but it has made me want to learn how to animate myself. My hope is to learn basic skills in animation to prepare myself for more product advances like the I-pad.
The only challenge I think illustrators would face would be having to think how their illustrations would move. Usually as an illustrator your images exist statically on the page but in order to embrace animation you would need to take into consideration how they would move when designing anything new.
Below is another example of a picture book being adapted for the I-pad.


Video


I also think that advances in technology mean that we can become more creative and experimental with websites. Illustrators websites are becoming much more interactive for example Keri Smith's website gives you the chance to submit a drawing of what you see around you and you can add it to a gallery. 
This wouldn't have been possible several years ago and makes me excited about what might be possible in the future. 

Second Portfolio Visit: Stuart Price

On Thursday I had my 2nd portfolio visit with Stuart Price from Thoughtful.


His studio was based within the college in the main building where the student shop used to be. I was welcomed into the studio and thanked for turning up, I then thanked him for the opportunity. After the presentation on portfolios I had revisited the layout of my work and decided to make the first page my Craig Oldham poster because I feel it is one of my strongest pieces.


Stuart loved the poster. He was most impressed by the text in the speech bubble which surprised me because I felt that the dinosaur character was the strongest aspect of the poster. I was really happy with this feedback because this was my first serious attempt at creating my own text from scratch. 

Next he looked at my Nana knits cats work and my 8x8 work. They are situated together on a double page spread. Stuart suggested that I keep the two projects separate so that people don't get confused and that I should include more examples of each project, minimum two A3 pages on a double spread.

Next we moved onto my daily monster pages. He was massively impressed with them and said that they looked incredibly confident on the page. He suggested that I make the images slightly smaller so that they have more space on the page. He also said this about my first attempt at a wrapping paper pattern. 

Earlier in the day Ian had suggested I design a poster including all of my monsters (over 200) and then draw onto it, circling my favourites and crossing out the ones I don't like. Stuart also agreed this would make for an interesting idea.

Finally he looked at my work for the Uganda children's book project. I was very pleased when he described it as 'magical'. He suggested again that I make the images slightly smaller to allow them more space which Ian had also pointed out earlier in the day.

Ian had also pointed out that I should line the images with the text descriptions to make the pages look neater and more thought out.

Overall Stuart felt that my work was very confident and was at a professional stage which gave me a huge confidence boost. He also said that he would be more than happy for me to come for a follow up visit to see how my work was progressing. I still feel like I have much to learn before I consider myself to be a professional but it's nice to know that people appreciate my work despite it's student status. 

Portfolio Presentation: Thoughtful

Last week I got the chance to see a presentation by a graphic designer called Stuart Price who is a part of Thoughtful based in the main building of the college.

The presentation was greatly helpful. He discussed the more preferred ways to make initial contact with industry. He also gave us great examples of Dos and Don'ts when making first contact and during portfolio visits.

He showed us ways to express your personality in your portfolio without being too over the top. There were also short video clips of designers who were asked what advise they would give to new graduates trying to make their way into the design world. 

I think the most interesting part of the presentation was where he talked about the importance of the way you present yourself in a portfolio visit. The way you hold yourself, the way you dress and even the way you transport your portfolio can influence someone's opinion on your work as a whole. 

I think the transporting of your portfolio is important because you need to come across as if you care about your work. I have been carrying mine around in a large canvas bag so far. An idea occurred to me that I could print my own design onto a new canvas bag and this would be an added way to present my work and show that it can be used in many different ways.

After the presentation myself and a couple of my other classmates approached Stuart and asked if we could arrange a portfolio visit with him to get some feedback. He was more than happy to help us out and a visit was arranged for the following week.

Graphics Gurus: Rose Loyd

A while ago we had a mini event in college during which we were introduced to our Graphics Guru. I was put into a group with a past student called Rose Lloyd who produces digital illustrations using textures similar to myself. She also uses lots of strong shapes in her work which I really like. 
Below are a few examples of her work.

After the meet up we were encouraged to keep in contact with our Gurus and send them examples of our work. Below are some of the emails exchanged between myself and Rose.

Hi Rosie

It was nice to meet you this afternoon. This is the email account I use for illustration.

I don't know how this is going to work out but I hope I will be of help to you somewhere down the line.

I googled your name and found your blog, do you have a website?

I liked your characters and your penguins reminded me of Oliver Jeffers.

If you like his work and need to contact illustrators he is extremely nice. I met him at a book signing.

Thanks

Rose

Hi Rose,

Was lovely meeting you too :)

I've seen some of Oliver Jeffer's work around the studio but never knew who he was! Thank you very much! I really love his work :)

I'm looking forward to getting your opinion on my recent work because it's always interesting getting feedback from people other than the tutors.

I don't have a website (yet) but I do have a Facebook page for my illustration work which I update regularly.

 Link

Let me know if you can't get onto the Facebook page and I can send you some images via email instead if that ok?

Many Thanks,

Rosie

Hi Rosie

Sorry for the delay in replying.

Thanks for your link to your Facebook page. I can see that you obviously want to go into children's books and at the moment I think there is still quite a bit of work there.

I think your work is very good, I  love the characters and your bold colours. Do you think the people in 17 perhaps could be in various poses rather than all looking the same (it's only an idea so feel free to ignore it) 

You may know this but here is Oliver Jeffers email address oliver@oliverjeffers.com

Rose

When she mentions the "people in 17" she means the human characters featured in my work for the Uganda children's book. 

Hi Rose,

Thank you very much for the feedback. I agree with you 100%, and hated that many of the characters and background elements are repeated throughout the book. Unfortunately this was because of the limited time for the project. Gary said that if I was working on a real children's book it would be heavily art directed, but I'm not fully sure what he means by that.

Recently I've been finding it hard to focus on working (especially now during the holidays). I was just wondering how you stop yourself getting distracted? Does having the studio space help? And do you do work in small bursts or put aside whole days to work?

Many thanks,

Rosie

Hi Rosie

I have looked at your recent work on your Facebook link and it seems to me you are motivated and focused.

As for the way I work... once I get a brief in then I seem to go into another gear and just work until I am happy with the illustration.

I sometimes get so focused that I work till quite late and I have been known to get up in the middle of the night and come down to the computer if I can not sleep and ideas are flowing.

What I also notice is that I think an illustration is looking okay but after a good nights sleep I look at it and see something needs altering so if I have the time left on a job I sleep on it before sending it to the art director.

As for being directed by the art director I find with my most recent illustrations it is the editor that has asked for things to be slightly tweaked.

I do not know a lot about books but my friend who has done a book was given quite a lot of information on the layout of the book and quite a few people had to pass comment on each page so it became quite a lengthy process.

I loved your polar bears and they looked as though they had different personalities which is good.

This is only my personal opinion but the patten around your type takes your eye from the illustration and I prefer the typography to look as though its part of the illustration.

Again I must stress that you can just ignore my advise as everybody seems to have different ways of working.

Regards

Rose

Since then I haven't thought of any more questions to ask Rose. However I am very excited to start the FMP and get some feedback from her on my future ideas and character designs! 

BLAB MINI 3

Last week I got the opportunity to attend an event called BLAB MINI 3 with a few of my class mates. It's a monthly event where guest speakers talk for 20mins on their own interpretation of the same topic.

There was also a competition for the best Christmas jumper and a raffle in which I won a £50 Magma voucher!

The topic was "things I've seen" and the guest speakers were Kate Towey, Simon Griffin, Jeffery Bowman, Katie Moffat and Jake Smith.

The first speaker was Katie Moffat who chose to talk about the 9/11 memorial. She explained how the names had been put together based on who they knew or worked with rather than in alphabetical order. She showed us how a computer was used to organise all the names but also said that it would have been impossible for the computer to have that sympathetic human input that was needed for such a project. I found this aspect interesting because I like the idea of traditional human techniques being used alongside technology. 

Sadly I can't remember much about Simon Griffin's talk other than an amusing video with dubbed voices.

The third speaker was Kate Towey who expressed a strong hatred for brown bananas but went on to talk about how she had turned this into her own little project. I found the idea of taking something so random and making it into a personal project very interesting.

The fourth speaker was Jeffery Bowman who talked about his love for rural landscapes and how despite living in the city he is still able to find things that remind him of the things he loves best. He showed examples of this with photographs he had taken around town.

The final speaker was Jake Smith who talked about his love of music and film making. He showed a selection of short films and music videos the best of which was the music video that featured the work of an illustrator called Matthieu Bessudo. I really loved the quirky look to the characters, they reminded me of the little sack character in the game Little Big Planet.

Music Video

Website Research

I have been looking through lots of illustrators websites recently and I think that I am now at a stage where I can discuss which features I would and wouldn't like if I were to design my own website...


DO NOT WANT!
I wouldn't like people to be able to copy any of my images. I've seen lots of examples where the ability to "save as" has been disabled. I have no idea how this is achieved but I would love for my website to have this feature. I know that it's still possible for people to print screen the page but I think that the initial inability to save the image will discourage the majority of people.


I also don't want my website to be too confusing. Below is a link to the AOI website which I personally find very confusing.


http://www.theaoi.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=41

There is too much text and too many different pages. For this website in particular it's probably very important, but for my own I wouldn't want that much information. I want people to be able to find what they want quickly and easily. I don't want people becoming confused or bored by mountains of text. I also only want to include the work I am truly proud of just like in my portfolio.

DO WANT!
Here are some examples of website designs I love!
http://www.lemoneyed.com/contents.htm
http://www.kerismith.com/
http://blakesuarez.com/work/

Really simple and clean looking websites. Limited text and lots of room for images. I find it very easy to navigate around all three of these websites!
I really love the interactive aspect of Keri Smith's website. I hadn't looked at her website for a long time but the interactive feature stuck in my mind when thinking for this blog post. It might be too complicated for me to achieve at this stage but I would love for my own website to have some kind of interactive feature to keep it memorable in peoples minds. Perhaps a character that makes a sound when you click on it?


On other websites I have looked at I've noticed that when you click to see a larger version of an image it opens with a black background, making it look more like a page in a portfolio and removing the distracting elements of the website behind the image. I really like this feature!


I would also like to have a section of the website that links to my Twitter, blog and Facebook page so that people can follow my work easier.


Another thing I want to include is a logo. I'd like the logo to be featured on every page of the website and for it to link back to the homepage when clicked on.

FMP Thoughts And Ideas

Realised I was supposed to include this in my Hopes, Fears and Opportunities blog post...


Note to self: READ THE BRIEF 


As usual I have already decided what I want to do and feel reluctant to think of any other possibilities. I know that I would love to write and illustrate my own children's picture book. I have not however, decided on which story I want to move forward with...


I want this book to take the successful aspects of the Uganda Children's book project and move those onward but also to think about the unsuccessful aspects and make sure they don't happen again.
This book will be aimed at younger children aged around 3-5years. The story will need to be simplistic, have a happy ending and also convey and important message. 


I have considered going back to the My Nana Knits Cats story and re-writing it so that it ticks all the above requirements. I spent too much time explaining how the cats were created but have since realised that children just accept these factors when looking through a picture book. You don't need to explain why the animals can talk or how they understand each other.... They just do!

Another thought was to go even further back to a story I wrote in my foundation year about a lost chameleon called Moe. The story is strong enough to not need a re-write so would give me more time to focus on the illustrations. 


A final possibility was to write a new story idea from scratch. I've been thinking a lot about colour theory and the brilliant effects that can be achieved when used.
I came up with the idea of an Ugly Duckling inspired story about a pig that is born bright blue onto a farm where everything is a various dull shades of brown. The pig would be treated much the same way the ugly duckling is treated until she realises (thanks to her mothers unconditional love) that it doesn't matter what you look like. Soon after this the pig realises it's magic and that it can make objects and the other animals all the colours of the rainbow just by pressing her snout against them. Then all the animal realise that being different is ok, blah, blah and so on...
This story would require time to write before starting the illustrations so I would need to consider how much time I have to complete this project...

Creative Reviews

Realised that I never wrote about the last creative review so this will be a case of 2 birds 1 stone!

BOOKS

For the most recent creative review my book choice was Words About Pictures, The Narrative Art of Children’s Picture Books By Perry Nodelman. 

I've bled this book dry for my critical journal! It goes into great detail about various aspects of children's book illustration that you might not have considered before. Such as how the paper you print your images onto can create very different responses to the book overall.

It also compares the work of many different children's book illustrators from the old and traditional to the new and dynamic. 

I highly recommend giving this book a read if you are interested in children's book illustration!

Last time I talked about a book called Illustrating Children’s Books, Creating Pictures For Publication By Martin Salisbury. Another book that I have referred to for my critical journal. This book is more about giving you helpful hints rather than explaining the methods other illustrators have used. I still think it's greatly useful if you are interested in this subject. I've definitely picked up a trick to two from it.

FILMS

For the second creative review I chose to talk about a film called The Fox and The Child. The story itself is quite predictable but still a heart-warming tale. I actually recommended it because of the scenery throughout the film. The whole film is beautiful to look at and has the same effect on me that a documentary narrated by David Attenborough would. 

Really recommend giving this one a watch if you are inspired by nature like I am!

In the first creative review I talked about Studio Ghibli films. I tend to prefer the ones directed by  Hayao Miyazaki. I think that the best examples of his work are Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle. They are both animated films but in my opinion are more suited for adults than children. I really love the all the attention to detail in these films, they are stunning to watch and really nice stories too! 

EXHIBITIONS

For the first creative review I was unable to talk about an exhibition because I hadn't been to any, Whoops... However this time I chose to talk about the Illustration and Writing symposium that I attended at Manchester Metropolitan University. It was a two day event with a wide selection of guest speakers. 

The most interesting speakers for me personally were Martin Salisbury and Katherina Manolessou who discussed the importance of a sense of place in a picture book. Although not all the guest speakers discussed topics that were directly of interest to me, I found the two days overall to be very interesting. I would recommend going to future events similar to this one.

ARTICLE 

Sadly for this most recent creative review I was unable to find an article that was relevant to me in time. However for the first review I discussed an article I found in Juxtapoz magazine on an illustrator called Jeremy Fish.

It was an interview where he was asked about his working method. He talks about finding the balance between needed to shut yourself away from the world to produce work and needed the influence of social interactions to produce work. I found this interesting because I myself struggle to produce work when there are social distractions around me, however I do find that my best work is born from my own life experiences. 

 

Lord Whitney

Last week we had a visit from the talented Lord Whitney (Amy Lord and Rebekah Whitney). They gave a talk on how they met and how their creative journey has evolved over the past few years. I found their work hugely inspiring!
They don’t get bogged down thinking about the materials they don’t have, they use what is around them to produce amazing installations and costumes. I think I was more impressed by the costumes rather than the sets. It made me think about producing character designs with what I know rather than worrying about not having the right textures or not knowing their proper anatomy.

Another main topic of discussion was the idea of taking as many opportunities as possible. Sometimes you might be doing creative work for free but they explained how it can pay off in the end. It gets your work seen and could lead to paid work. This is something that will stick with me when I venture off into the wide world of illustration.

They talked a lot about the idea of play and about how producing work that you want to produce is often your best work. This ability to bring aspects of yourself into your work is greatly important. I’ve found that thinking in this way has helped me to overcome the struggle I’ve been having with my current brief (brothers grim book cover). I’ve been focusing on what it needs to be rather than what I would like it to be. I feel much more confident about the brief now and this is thanks to the wise words of Lord Whitney.
After the talk we all went back to the studio and were given a new brief on compound nouns. The idea was to put together two nouns into a word and produce an illustration or installation based on the word. I initially wanted to do a series of 3 tall rectangular illustrations based on different words. I only managed to complete one for the deadline and have since completed a second image. Bee-Frog was the illustration I sent off to Lord Whitney and received feedback for. 

Hi Rosie,


Thank you so much for your submission to the compound noun brief. We
really enjoyed working with you all and really hope you got something
valuable out of the exercise.


We really liked your entry, do you have any plans to carry it on any further or has it sparked any other ideas off for you?


Good luck with your work,


Bek and Amy

First Portfolio Visit

Today I had my first portfolio visit with Helen at Taylor O’Brien Brand Inspiration.


http://www.taylorobrien.com/index.php

I was very nervous at first but soon felt more comfortable after being eagerly welcomed in. We sat and discussed the work in my portfolio. I explained what the projects had been for and how I felt about them. She really liked my monsters and suggested I try making them into wrapping paper or children's birthday cards. I'm very excited about this idea and can't wait to start looking into it!
She also really liked my pages that showed the initial sketches, leading up to the finished image. she said it showed that my sketches look very much like the finished thing, which would be helpful for someone commissioning work because they would know that the sketch is what they would be getting in the end. She suggested I add more pages with sketches and also examples of how my characters develop. 
When looking at my work for the Uganda children's book she suggested that I think about how my text is placed. She said it seemed very separate from the illustrations and it would be nice to see them working together more. I agree with this and have written about this subject briefly in my critical journal.
She also suggested that I annotate the pages with a little more detail. At the moment the pages only have the name of the project and the year it was produced. I need to have some brief explanation as to what the project was for so that it puts the work into context.


Overall I found the visit to be greatly helpful in terms of strengthening my portfolio. Little was said about ways to improve my work but I would hope that this means that my work is looking good. She suggested I get some business cards and start having more blurb books printed with examples of my work. 
She was very encouraging about my desire to write and illustrate my own children's books but pointed out that this can be a daunting thing to go at alone. She asked if I had considered collaborating with writers, which I think could be something to look into after graduation possibly.


In conclusions today was very helpful and enjoyable. I feel much more confident about future portfolio visits. Bring it on! 

Hopes, Fears and Opportunities

The degree is coming to an end much quicker than I ever thought. This blog post should really just be called fears because all I ever seem to do is worry. People keep asking me what I want to do next and this worries me. I’d like to think that my work would be seen my someone influential and that they would simply allow me to write and illustrate my own children’s story books for the rest of my working days. However, it’s not that simple.


My main hope is that I will get this all important chance to get my foot in the door and be noticed and thought of as a real illustrator and not just a student or graduate. I hope that my work will continue to improve the way it has done over the past three years. I feel as though my work has come a long way and I have much more confidence in it but I still don’t feel confident enough to think of myself at the same level of quality as some of the children’s book illustrators already out there.
I defiantly think too negatively about my work and myself a lot of the time but this is mainly because I don’t want to build myself up for a greater fall. On the rare occasion where I have felt my work is actually decent it’s not been seen as such by the people who matter. I hate being negative and desperately want to break out of it. My hope is that I will someday be able to do this with every piece of work I produce.
Another hope is that I actually pass the degree. The actual act of illustrating is something I enjoy greatly so I have no worries for this side of the grading however the written and academic areas such as this piece of writing are the areas I worry about and struggle with. I dislike writing and reading with a passion and tend to leave it until the last minute so that the worry and pressure will force me to do it. This is another habit I would hope to break out of by the end of the degree. I want actually to enjoy reading and writing. I’m defiantly more of a visual person.
I hope to eventually end up with my own studio space so that I can focus on work and not be distracted by things around me. I’ve noticed other people getting studios in groups but I think this would be a waste of time for me as I am easily distracted by other people. I need a space I can lock myself away from the world.


My fears and worries are numerous. I fear that I wont pass and that I will feel like it was all for nothing. Obviously it hasn’t been a waste of time, but to come out with no qualification after three years of hard work would be devastating to me. I fear that I won’t find work and will end up working in retail for the rest of my working days. In the past during summer holidays or breaks from producing artwork I almost forget how to draw when I come back to it. I fear that this will happen after the degree, I will be more focused on finding a short term job and somewhere to live and will stop producing work. I’ve learnt that I need something to force me to produce. A deadline or personal goal. For about half a year now I have been producing a “daily monster” to an art website called Deviantart.com. The few followers I have enjoy the monsters and this is what keeps me going. When I have 150 monsters that I love I intend to have them printed into a book to show on future portfolio visits or possibly to sell. 
During the foundation course I did before the degree a tutor said to me that my drawings had no purpose. They only existed on the paper and were nothing more. This is another one of my fears. I want the monsters to be meaningful. In my head I see them as living, moving creatures and I want other people to see them like that too. I think that writing stories alongside them is the best way to give them some meaning in life.
Another fear of mine is the fear of rejection. The occasional no is bearable but I worry that if I hear no too many times it will knock me down to a low point and I will stop producing work. And without the push of a deadline or a tutor, how will I get back up again? I need to work on my own self motivation. Make lists, personal goals and imaginary deadlines.


In the meantime before the end of the degree I want to focus on work confidence and self motivation. I have really let things slide over the past few weeks and the fact that I am now rushing to complete everything required for PDP is perfect evidence of this. 
I want to get to know more people involved with illustration outside the class. I really enjoyed meeting new people at the Draw North West event. I’d love to go to more things like this and force myself to talk to new people. What’s the worst that could happen?
I also enjoy getting feedback from people other than the tutors. I often worry that I’m getting on peoples nerves with all the questions or pestering them to look at my work. Need to remember that if you don’t ask then you don’t get.
I also want to use the remaining time to learn more about adobe illustrator. I figured out my current way of working by playing around with different tools but I often find myself saying “there is probably an easier way of doing it but I haven’t a clue what half the tools do”. It would be nice to learn some more advanced skills before leaving.


Finally my aims before graduation are…


To become self motivated!
To become more confident!
To think positively!
To improve my time management!
To not get lazy!
And to talk to new people!

Craig Oldham Poster

I am so pleased with how this has turned out! A big thank you to Ian for putting up with me sending him draft after draft after draft haha!


Having the colour restriction really helped with this I think. A website I found massively helpful was http://www.colourlovers.com/ 
Really good for getting ideas for colour pallets to use :)


Doing this poster had made me realise that I need to practice more with creating my own text. I think it could have been a lot more creative. 
I also need to make some more textures! Need to take advantage of the A3 scanner in college! 

Feeling Festive

 A few Christmas illustrations I've been working on the past few months :)

Finished Children's Book

 Below are all my finished pages for the personal project. I'm so happy with how its turned out. Have tried out lots of new ideas and learnt lots of new things. There are few things that I would change with more time but I think that the book is very effective overall.

The night time images were much more fun to produce. I really enjoyed getting to experiment with lighting and the starry skies. 
My next step is to learn how to use Indesign to print a few copies of the book. I would also like to have a hardback copy of the book printed using blurb.com. 


My plan for future projects is to make lots of new painted textures and also to find more experimental textures such as scanning fabric or even foods! This will give me much more to work with and hopefully make my work more visually effective.

Character Designs

Have been playing around the past couple of weeks with character design. Alongside the Uganda Children's book project I have been continuing with my daily monster (over 140 of them now) and have also been producing some other random characters...


Here are some examples.

Angry Bear. Was playing around with over exaggerated features. I still think he could be more exaggerated!

Little Robot Character. Came up with him absent mindedly and thought he deserved to be finished with colour :)

Wanted to see if I could produce different animals in the same style as I have been using for the Uganda Children's book project. Really want to write my own story where the African animals travel round the world meeting and learning about other animals.

A more recent daily monster. Really love the colours on this guy :)