Assignment 4: Reflection on Tutor Feedback

Following tutor feedback on my assignment for part 4 I have included this post to collate all of the following links to coursework completed as Part 4 and amended as a response to feedback. I agree that, with the adjustments in place, the exercise on museum posters is much improved with a preformed (Times New

Part 4: Assignment 4: Guilty Secret

I arranged my chosen objects to represent the phrase Guilty Secret like so and made a quick sketch. I then photographed this and printed it off for experimentation. The above image lacks focus I feel. The bra draped over the wine bottle, not sure about that. The shape of the cup too closely mimics the

Part 4: Exercise 7: Character Development

For this exercise I was called upon to research different characters and to produce two different ones of my own, to illustrate them in different positions to express their differences of personality. I looked through lots of examples of character design within the books on my bulging shelves. Here are just a few: Above is

Part 4: Exercise 6: Visual Distortion

I have two images of this dog, named Jake, who was a close personal friend of mine back in the noughties. One image is more characterful than the other. The following was drawn using a 2b pencil and brown and grey coloured pencil crayons. Although it’s more accurate a portrayal of how the recently groomed

Part 4: Exercise 5: Tattoo design

This has to be one of my least favourite exercises so far, as I am no fan of body art, but here goes… My initial problem was, as it is a design for a male friend/client, to not make the design too “girly”. These are some of my initial ideas: I think I’m going to

Part 4: Exercise 4: Menu Card: “l’ailette bleu”

I began this exercise by giving my fictitious restaurant a name, L’ailette bleu, or The Blue Fin. It came to me in response to a memory of eating at my favourite fish and chip establishment in St Leonard’s-on-Sea, The Blue Fish. Things always sound more sophisticated in French, unless of course you are actually French.

Part 4: Exercise 3: Animals from Around the World: Cover design

When I set about researching this project I found a lot of books online with photographs of animals or photo realistic imagery. This left me a little cold. I preferred those with cover designs that were clearly hand drawn: As a warm-up exercise I turned instead to an illustrator by the name of Terry Runyan

Part 4: Exercise 2: Outcome for Museum Poster

I showed this line visual to my partner who commented that the Venus I’d depicted looked “a little broader in the beam” than the original figurine. For the purposes of the colour line visual I’ll continue to use this sketch and upload it to my iPad to play around with colour combinations. Then, when I’m

Part 4: Exercise 2: Museum Posters

I began this exercise by researching contemporary poster design as well as those from the past. I researched objects at my local museum in St Albans, The Verulamium Museum. I took many photographs, but narrowed it down to just three items. There were other contenders for the shortlist, such as this delicate and attractive glass

Feedback on tutor report for assignment 3

I tweaked three of my exercises as a result of receiving feedback (largely positive) from my tutor, including on assignment 3, the music event poster. The following links will show the full story on each with the refreshed outcomes right at the end. Part 3: Assignment 3: Part 2: Poster Music Event: Toyah Part 3: