Key Steps in Illustration 2/3

Illustration 1, Exercise 4.4 - A Menu Card

Dan Woodward

May 2, 20194 min read

Illustration 1, Exercise 4.4 - A Menu Card

For this exercise the challenge was to create an illustration that would be used on a menu card, but also - if suitable - could be used...

Illustration 1, Exercise 4.3 - A Children's Book Cover

Dan Woodward

May 1, 20193 min read

Illustration 1, Exercise 4.3 - A Children's Book Cover

For this exercise, I was tasked with something that I was quite apprehensive of - creating a children's book cover. I have always...

Illustration 1, Exercise 4.2 - Museum Posters

Dan Woodward

Apr 29, 20195 min read

Illustration 1, Exercise 4.2 - Museum Posters

The objective of this exercise was to create colour visual for three museum posters, and then prepare finished artwork for at least one...

Illustration 1, Exercise 4.1 - Identifying tools and materials

Dan Woodward

Apr 5, 201910 min read

Illustration 1, Exercise 4.1 - Identifying tools and materials

The aim of this exercise is to explore a selection of illustrators that use a particular medium and see how they use their preferred...

Dan Woodward

Mar 18, 20193 min read

Illustration 1, Assignment 3 - A Poster

This assignment was to create a poster for a music event. I had a choice of three, and I decided to challenge myself with creating a...

Illustration 1, Exercise 3.8 - Making a Mockup

Dan Woodward

Mar 16, 20194 min read

Illustration 1, Exercise 3.8 - Making a Mockup

For this exercise I had to make a mockup of a book cover. It sounds easy enough, right? Well I thought so at first, but soon came to find...

Illustration 1, Exercise 3.7 - Client Visuals

Dan Woodward

Mar 16, 20194 min read

Illustration 1, Exercise 3.7 - Client Visuals

The aim of this exercise was to take 2 finished illustrations, then distil the essence of their language on paper at a size double the...

Illustration 1, Exercise 3.6 - Viewpoint

Dan Woodward

Mar 14, 20192 min read

Illustration 1, Exercise 3.6 - Viewpoint

The objective of this exercise was to start from the following possible themes: Festival, The morning after, Summertime, & Workshop. I...

Illustration 1, Exercise 3.5 - Giving Instructions

Dan Woodward

Mar 14, 20193 min read

Illustration 1, Exercise 3.5 - Giving Instructions

I was very excited to get started on this exercise, but I wasn't immediately sure which topic out of "Making a cup of tea", "Getting to...

Illustration 1, Exercise 3.4 - Abstract Illustration

Dan Woodward

Mar 10, 20194 min read

Illustration 1, Exercise 3.4 - Abstract Illustration

This exercise required me to create abstract artwork in response to instrumental music. I spent an evening listening to different works...

Illustration 1, Exercise 3.3 - Image Development

Dan Woodward

Feb 24, 20196 min read

Illustration 1, Exercise 3.3 - Image Development

For this exercise, the task was to take an image, and crop it multiple times to create different contexts, images and storytelling. I...

Illustration 1, Exercise 3.2 - Reading an Image

Dan Woodward

Feb 13, 20194 min read

Illustration 1, Exercise 3.2 - Reading an Image

This exercise doesn't involve me making anything - boo! But I also read a quote this week that went something along the lines of - "don't...

Illustration 1, Exercise 3.1 - Illustrating Visual Space

Dan Woodward

Feb 4, 20193 min read

Illustration 1, Exercise 3.1 - Illustrating Visual Space

This exercise made me procrastinate a lot. It seemed straight-forward enough at first, but the more I read it the more I felt confused....

Dan Woodward

Jan 22, 20198 min read

Reflections - KSI Assignment 2

I have recently received my tutor feedback for Assignment 2. It's time to look back and reflect on section two, but I also want to...

Illustration 1, Assignment 2 - Point of Sale display

Dan Woodward

Jan 13, 20196 min read

Illustration 1, Assignment 2 - Point of Sale display

The brief of this assignment can be summarised as: Images for a supermarket campaign The supermarket has a brand identity for quality The...

Illustration 1, Exercise 2.11 - Visual Metaphors

Dan Woodward

Jan 12, 20191 min read

Illustration 1, Exercise 2.11 - Visual Metaphors

This exercise seemed a bit different, as there wasn't a final illustration to make. I have been doing sketchnotes and graphic...

Illustration 1, Exercise 2.10 - Choosing content

Dan Woodward

Jan 12, 20193 min read

Illustration 1, Exercise 2.10 - Choosing content

This exercise was to read a passage from The Daffodil Affair and select information from the content to answer three questions from the...

Illustration 1, Exercise 2.9 - Using Black & White

Dan Woodward

Jan 12, 20192 min read

Illustration 1, Exercise 2.9 - Using Black & White

I had been dreading this exercise. On the OCA Illustration Discord, I had seen other student seek help, advice and feedback to complete...

Illustration 1, Exercise 2.7 & 2.8 - Objective and Subjective drawing

Dan Woodward

Jan 12, 20193 min read

Illustration 1, Exercise 2.7 & 2.8 - Objective and Subjective drawing

The next two exercises were really interesting. I often approach things from an objective perspective, trying to create accurate and...

Illustration 1, Exercise 2.6 - Exploring drawing and painting

Dan Woodward

Jan 12, 20192 min read

Illustration 1, Exercise 2.6 - Exploring drawing and painting

Ok, this post is not going to have a lot of commentary, mostly because I had to make notes in my sketchbooks, and they detail my learning...

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