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! 

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.

What I have learned

At the end of this project we were asked to think about what we have learned and what motivates us...


I think my motivation is the fear of failing and also pressure. I tend to leave all the final work til the very last minute. So far this has worked out well for me but I don't enjoy the stress.
I need to plan my time better and think about what exactly needs to be done. Also need to try to not get so stressed all the time and panic about all the "what ifs".

Here are my 4 final double page spreads. I haven't used the versions with the text because I felt that the images look better without.

This is my least favourite of the 4 pages. It was also the first one I finished. I think the lac of background texture is what spoils it. I could have spent more time making different textures and trying them out.

I really love this one mainly because of the bubbles at the top of the page. This was by accident but I think it's worked out really well. This page could have been better with more elements such as different types of sock fish, sea weed or a sandy floor?

I really like this one because I think the colours fit in with the season being summer. I also like the way the texture blends out at the top and bottom. I think it could have been improved by having more clothing on the line maybe? Also maybe some indication of the ground?

This is my favourite of all the 4 pages. I think the texture works really well and all the colours blend in well despite being different. I've used the same idea from the underwater bubbly texture in this image. I think this one could be improved by the children on the left side having more movement like they do on the right? Give them more life and character maybe...

In my feedback from the class it said that the planning in the rough book was good and also the combination of hand drawn and digital. My "kick up the arse" was to experiment with more textures and also to experiment more with handmade typography. I wanted to have more textures anyway, but was lazy. Hadn't even considered handmade typography. Deffinatly something to consider in future projects.