Exercises

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 5.1: Writing a rationale

Dan Woodward

6 days ago4 min read

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 5.1: Writing a rationale

For this exercise, I was asked to go back to the three briefs in the first research task . I was then tasked to think about how I would...

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 4.3: Self Publishing

Dan Woodward

Oct 303 min read

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 4.3: Self Publishing

This exercise was completed out of turn from others. Given I have had mental health struggles I have not completed much personal work in...

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 4.7: Contemporary ceramics

Dan Woodward

Oct 235 min read

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 4.7: Contemporary ceramics

For this exercise, I was asked to create illustrations for contemporary ceramics that drew on the visual history and symbolism of...

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 4.6: Paper Circus

Dan Woodward

Oct 169 min read

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 4.6: Paper Circus

For this exercise, I was tasked to create a poster to advertise a circus coming to town, with all the relevant information available to...

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 4.4: Pixelated images

Dan Woodward

Oct 35 min read

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 4.4: Pixelated images

For this exercise, I was asked to create a series of illustrations that explored my relationship to digital technologies. I am of the...

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 4.5: Street Art

Dan Woodward

Sep 113 min read

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 4.5: Street Art

I completed this exercise out of order, so that I could respond to the brief as practically as possible. Given that made things...

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 4.2: World Affairs

Dan Woodward

Sep 112 min read

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 4.2: World Affairs

I struggled with this exercise. On paper, it made a lot of sense and seemed straightforward. However, I was also suffering a lot from...

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 4.1: Caricature and character

Dan Woodward

Jun 24 min read

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 4.1: Caricature and character

Barry Fantoni’s portraits of 70s and 80s television celebrities, while exaggerating facial features and expressions for comic effect, are...

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 3.5: Animal Farm

Dan Woodward

Mar 293 min read

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 3.5: Animal Farm

For this exercise I was tasked to create some character design for an anthropromorphic character, making sure to show them in a variety...

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 3.4: Flick-books and animated gifs

Dan Woodward

Mar 282 min read

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 3.4: Flick-books and animated gifs

For this exercise, I was asked to put together small animations based on the idea of action movies using flipbooks or software. My first...

Responding to a Brief - Research 3.6: Interesting Sequential Illustration.

Dan Woodward

Mar 246 min read

Responding to a Brief - Research 3.6: Interesting Sequential Illustration.

For this research task, I was asked to pick examples of work I find interesting in sequential illustration. While I was completing the...

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 3.3: Girl Meets Boy

Dan Woodward

Mar 193 min read

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 3.3: Girl Meets Boy

For this exercise, I had to create a one-page comic that followed the general premise of girl meets boy, girl loses boy, girl wins the...

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 3.2: Once Upon a Time

Dan Woodward

Mar 195 min read

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 3.2: Once Upon a Time

In this exercise, I had to create a series of black-and-white illustrations for a popular fairy story or folk tale. I had just introduced...

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 3.1: You are what you eat.

Dan Woodward

Oct 20, 20234 min read

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 3.1: You are what you eat.

I thought this exercise would be relatively simple. On first reading the exercise text seemed to be fairly self-explanatory. However, as...

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 2.5: A rose by any other name

Dan Woodward

Aug 27, 20232 min read

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 2.5: A rose by any other name

For this exercise I didn't find any suitable plants in the house, and cuttings I took from plants outside proved difficult to draw. So I...

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 2.4: Architectural illustration

Dan Woodward

Aug 21, 20236 min read

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 2.4: Architectural illustration

In this exercise, I explored aspects of architectural illustration. The task specifically asked me to create an illustration that "shows...

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 2.6: There and back again

Dan Woodward

Aug 4, 20233 min read

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 2.6: There and back again

For this exercise I was tasked with documenting a journey, focusing on the beginning, middle and return. I had been wondering how to do...

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 2.3: Everyday Fashion

Dan Woodward

Jul 17, 20239 min read

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 2.3: Everyday Fashion

For this exercise I was tasked to draw a range of people in different clothes, varying my attention to sometimes draw the whole outfit...

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 2.2: Drawing on Location

Dan Woodward

Jul 5, 20232 min read

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 2.2: Drawing on Location

While I was due to go to a concert in the end, I decided not to use that event for this exercise. I wanted to be fully present for my...

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 2.1: Drawing on the familiar

Dan Woodward

Jul 5, 20234 min read

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 2.1: Drawing on the familiar

When I started this unit I saw it as a welcome opportunity to get back to using my sketchbooks to draw from life. During and after the...

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