Personal Assignment

I was hoping to possibly do a personal assignment over Summer, maybe create a poster for an event or even a separate project. I wasn’t really concerned about what it could be for; I was more interested in continuing to work on my techniques and to improve my style. I didn’t want the summer to fly by without making any further progress leading onto my third year. So when I found out on Sunday at my church about doing a fun day for children in September, I had to volunteer to design the posters and flyers! They were happy for me to do so and I think this could be a real challenge for me, as I know my interest in creating detailed black and white drawings can’t really be used for this type of event. So....I have a vision to try and incorporate my detailed patterns into the poster but using colour instead of black and white. I'm a little bit nervous as I’m not sure if this is going to work! I want to make the poster look fun and exciting for children so I want to use a vibrant colour scheme and draw pictures of some of the events that will take place.

Watch this space for rough drafts...

Dave McKean

Bought this book on Dave McKean 'Carte Postale' that I stumbled across. It has lots of different black and white paintings in it. However, it is not particularly detailed and refined more free and unpredictable. But still a good book to look at.

Redbubble.com

I found this site which has quite a few black and white pen and ink artists on it, some of the work I really liked.

http://www.redbubble.com/people/blythart/writing/3850697-black-and-white-pen-and-ink-artists-on-redbubble

Deanne Cheuk

Mike recommended Deanne Cheuk for me to research into as her style involves a lot of pattern and detail, I think her work is amazing. I would like to look at her for my GARP I think as she is a good modern illustrator to look at.

http://www.deannecheuk.com/pattern/

Anita Klein

I found an interesting female artist who I thought used black and white really well, it is not as detailed as the work i prefer but I like the way she creates a positive ambience even though they are in black and white. It is also clear she has a refined style as all of her work links together.

http://www.ponyhide.com/anitaklein/small-prints.html