Illustration Sketchbooks

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...

Illustration Sketchbooks - Assignment Five: Application and Context

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...

Illustration Sketchbooks - Exercise 5.3: Constructing a Visual Journal

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...

Illustration Sketchbooks - Exercise 5.2: Making connections

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...

Illustration Sketchbooks - Exercise 5.1: Making an action plan, visually

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...

Illustration Sketchbooks - Research 5.0: Visual Language

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...

Illustration Sketchbooks - Exercise 5.0: Taking Stock

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,...

Reflections - Illustration Sketchbooks Assignment 4

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...

Illustration Sketchbooks - Assignment 4: Building Stories

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...

Illustration Sketchbooks - Research 4.3: Story Structures

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'...

Illustration Sketchbooks - Exercise 4.4: Using basic narrative structure

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...

Illustration Sketchbooks - Exercise 4.3: Conversations with Pictures (Interpretation)

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...

Illustration Sketchbooks - Exercise 4.2: Storyboarding

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,...

Illustration Sketchbooks - Exercise 4.1: Description and Depiction

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...

Reflections - Illustration Sketchbooks Assignment 3

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...

Illustration Sketchbooks - Exercise 4.0: Fill it up - FAST!

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...

Illustration Sketchbooks - Research task 4.1: Top ten Visual Diaries

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...

Illustration Sketchbooks - Research task 3.5: visual research

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...

Illustration Sketchbooks - Assignment three: Illustrative people and places

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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