Making changes to Skye's hair.

Backgrounds for reference

Professional Practice Website

https://jemdewolfillustrator.wordpress.com/

Experimenting with chalk

When using chalk to colour I found it very interesting to use, I was limited to using only 5-6 different colours within the packet and had to work with the materials I had. I enjoyed using chalk and was interested in the way the chalk blended together when using my finger to smudge it. I found that the chalk worked really well when outlined with pen.

Concept art books

Useful link, what is concept art: https://www.creativebloq.com/career/what-concept-art-11121155

Practising digital backgrounds

For my graphic novel, I want the backgrounds to have a lion king feel to them, as the lion king is my main inspiration when it comes to my art style. Line-less backgrounds I feel work the best as it makes them look more attractive and fits the style of my graphic novel better than a background with line work on it would. I feel as though backgrounds are not my strong point and so I feel this background still needs a lot of work, although I have been studying tutorials on how to make backgrounds work well and have a better understanding of how to make them look better.

Professional Practice - Toy Design

Today we had to work as a group and come up with an idea for a toy that has the most minimal packaging possible or with packaging that could be recycled. The toy also had to be recyclable but have an on going use for it so that children would not get bored of it within a few weeks. The reason for the toy and its packaging being recyclable is due to the amount of toy waste found in landfill which aren't recyclable and are taking up unnecessary amounts of space which doesn't help the environment.

In our group of 4, my group came up with the idea for a weekly magazine made from cardboard which had cardboard parts in a sleeve within the magazine. The magazine would give information about recycling and show pictures of what other kids have made with the cardboard pieces within each weeks new pack. The cardboard pieces would be specific shapes with cut outs that could be slotted together to build something, for example a funky looking spaceship. The target audience is mainly boys of the age of 6 - 10 years old, although certain aspects of the design for example colouring and doodling on the bits of cardboard would be quite interesting for girls too. If you subscribe monthly to the magazine then you will get unique parts to add to your creations. There will also be step to step guide's inside showing kids what they could do with cereal boxes rather than just disposing of them but instead make furniture etc for their bigger creations provided by the magazine.

This activity was slightly difficult as we only had an hour to complete the task, although it was also enjoyable and out of our comfort zones as we had to design a toy, something a 3D modeller would usually do and we were quite successful when given feedback for our idea.