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My First Paid Commission
The Brief I was very fortunate to be approached by a local charity, Kidney Care UK to complete a commission for them. Every year they...
Dan Woodward
Sep 30, 20193 min read


Key Steps in Illustration - Module Reflections
I last did any meaningful art in 1996. I got a B in my GCSE Art & Design. My portfolio had many interesting and accomplished pieces, but...
Dan Woodward
Sep 25, 20193 min read


Reflections - KSI Assignment 5
It's the end of the module! I am not going to go into too many details here about how I am feeling generally, as I am going to be writing...
Dan Woodward
Sep 22, 20193 min read


A Navigation Guide for OCA Assessors
Assessors, read this first!
Dan Woodward
Sep 22, 20191 min read


Illustration 1, Assignment 5 - Seven Days
The end of the module. Time to bring together everything I have learned so far...
Dan Woodward
Jul 31, 20199 min read


Illustration 1, Exercise 5.7 - Educational Strip
How to help teens tackle puberty using sequential illustration and a little bit of empathy!
Dan Woodward
Jul 29, 20195 min read


Illustration 1, Exercise 5.6 - Working For Children
Stepping into the unforgiving world of children's illustration
Dan Woodward
Jul 28, 20195 min read


Illustration 1, Exercise 5.5 - Packaging
Putting extinct animals onto the packaging of kids biscuits!
Dan Woodward
Jul 28, 20195 min read


World Illustration Awards 2019 & House of Illustration Summer Fair
I took a day trip to London to visit the House of Illustration, its Summer Fair, and then the World Illustration Awards exhibition.
Dan Woodward
Jul 14, 20195 min read


Illustration 1, Exercise 5.4 - Text & Image
Getting to grips with using typography to express the characteristics of words.
Dan Woodward
Jul 9, 20193 min read


Illustration 1, Exercise 5.3 - Travel Guides
Creating a book jacket for a travel guide, thinking about how to make your own fonts and how you incorporate that in a page layout.
Dan Woodward
Jul 8, 20194 min read


Illustration 1, Exercise 5.2 - Editorial Illustration
Extra, extra read all about it! Creating an illustration to amplify the message of a newspaper article
Dan Woodward
Jul 8, 20194 min read


Reflections - KSI Assignment 4
I reflect on the feedback I received for section four of Key Steps in Illustration.
Dan Woodward
Jul 6, 20194 min read


Illustration 1, Exercise 5.1 - Your Own Work
Ok, so for this exercise I might have skipped ahead a bit... I actually noted this exercise while I was completing earlier sections. I...
Dan Woodward
May 24, 20194 min read


My helpful illustration that made complex ideas simple
How I added a narrative element to a diagrammatic business illustration to help people learn all about Lean delivery.
Dan Woodward
May 22, 20194 min read


Illustration 1, Assignment 4 - Magazine Illustration
This is the culmination of Section Four - Style. From what I can gather from my research around the web, my conversations with other OCA...
Dan Woodward
May 6, 20196 min read


Reflections - KSI Assignment 3
I'm writing this reflections post at the end of section four, rather that at the start of it. Section three ended up being quite...
Dan Woodward
May 5, 20193 min read


Illustration 1, Exercise 4.7 - Character Development
The objective of this exercise is to take some first steps into character design and development. This is something that has always...
Dan Woodward
May 5, 20193 min read


Illustration 1, Exercise 4.6 - Visual Distorion
The exercise starts off by telling you that it's designed to push you through a deliberate process. Well it did that, and really pushed...
Dan Woodward
May 3, 20196 min read


Illustration 1, Exercise 4.5 - A Tattoo
This exercise was really enjoyable! The task was to create a tattoo for a male friend around the theme of "Mother". The catch was it also...
Dan Woodward
May 2, 20198 min read
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