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Dan Woodward
Sep 25, 20207 min read
Reflections - Illustration Sketchbooks Assignment 5 & Assessment
I extended the deadline for this assignment as I wanted to do it justice. Following my work from section four, I had really enjoyed...
Dan Woodward
Jul 1, 202014 min read
Illustration Sketchbooks - Assignment Five: Application and Context
Deciding Which Option So here I am the final assignment of the unit. There have been moments when I was not sure if I was going to make...
Dan Woodward
May 4, 20203 min read
Illustration Sketchbooks - Exercise 5.3: Constructing a Visual Journal
From the point of reading through what I had to do through section five, this exercise was definitely the one I had the most problems...
Dan Woodward
May 3, 20205 min read
Illustration Sketchbooks - Exercise 5.2: Making connections
For this exercise there are two parts: Use techniques like SCAMPER to composite images Create collections of the composites to create...
Dan Woodward
May 1, 20202 min read
Illustration Sketchbooks - Exercise 5.1: Making an action plan, visually
I like to work visually, and a large part of my professional work involves helping people to visualise their work. For this exercise, I...
Dan Woodward
Apr 29, 20204 min read
Illustration Sketchbooks - Research 5.0: Visual Language
"Trying to reflect and comprehend the world through what we see and not through what one has to say with words, engages the mind in a...
Dan Woodward
Apr 28, 20206 min read
Illustration Sketchbooks - Exercise 5.0: Taking Stock
The exercises for section five are actively reflective in nature. Going through the coursework it seems that they build on each other,...
Dan Woodward
Apr 20, 20207 min read
Reflections - Illustration Sketchbooks Assignment 4
I finish this section of the course feeling quite optimistic. This section was one that I was looking forward to. In fact, it was one of...
Dan Woodward
Mar 31, 20207 min read
Illustration Sketchbooks - Assignment 4: Building Stories
Taking Stock I started the assignment by following the recommendation of the coursework and taking stock on my reflections so far through...
Dan Woodward
Mar 19, 20204 min read
Illustration Sketchbooks - Research 4.3: Story Structures
"All models are wrong, but some are useful." - George Box Nigel Watt’s Eight Point Arc This research task introduced me to Watts'...
Dan Woodward
Mar 19, 20205 min read
Illustration Sketchbooks - Exercise 4.4: Using basic narrative structure
This exercise had three parts, each showing elements of transition and how they are used to tell stories. Each part is designed to help...
Dan Woodward
Mar 18, 20202 min read
Illustration Sketchbooks - Exercise 4.3: Conversations with Pictures (Interpretation)
Wow, so this exercise was a good deal of fun! To start with, I had to review my sketchbooks and add in dialogue to the characters. The...
Dan Woodward
Mar 15, 20202 min read
Illustration Sketchbooks - Exercise 4.2: Storyboarding
For Research 4.2 I looked into the work of Brandon J Wallace and the way he created storyboards from TV in order to understand framing,...
Dan Woodward
Mar 15, 20202 min read
Illustration Sketchbooks - Exercise 4.1: Description and Depiction
I found the prospect for this exercise really intriguing. For this exercise, I had to go to an interesting location and then depict it in...
Dan Woodward
Mar 5, 20206 min read
Reflections - Illustration Sketchbooks Assignment 3
My notes for these reflections have sat mostly-finished for weeks, as I struggle again with frustration and how that then affects my...
Dan Woodward
Feb 16, 20203 min read
Illustration Sketchbooks - Exercise 4.0: Fill it up - FAST!
For this exercise, I had to fill up an entire sketchbook in one sitting! To make it a little bit less daunting, my instructions told me...
Dan Woodward
Feb 14, 20202 min read
Illustration Sketchbooks - Research task 4.1: Top ten Visual Diaries
In research exercise 4.0 I was introduced to the use of sketchbooks as "Visual Diaries". For this exercise, I was asked to research as...
Dan Woodward
Feb 13, 20207 min read
Reflection - Taste
At the time of writing, I have just finished Assignment Three and I am waiting for my tutor's feedback. I've had a whole weekend full of...
Dan Woodward
Feb 3, 20202 min read
Illustration Sketchbooks - Research task 3.5: visual research
For this research exercise, I was tasked with reading an article by Pam Smy, and her work in illustrating the character Lob, the Green...
Dan Woodward
Feb 2, 20206 min read
Illustration Sketchbooks - Assignment three: Illustrative people and places
This Assignment pulls together aspects from all of the work so far, and plays it back in one go, letting me put into practice all that...
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