Dan Woodward
Responding to a Brief - Research 2.2: Fashion Illustration 1950-1990
The 'Golden Age' of fashion illustration where it peaked in its breadth of use in modern media was the first quarter of the 20th century...
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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...
Dan Woodward
Jul 6, 20236 min read
Reflections - Responding to a Brief Part 1
It's wonderful to write a reflection post feeling the warm glow of inspiration and motivation again. I think I needed to have the...
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...
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...
Dan Woodward
Jun 15, 20236 min read
Responding to a Brief - Research 2.1: Courtroom Dramas
For this exercise, I was tasked to look into the quick-paced reportage of courtroom sketch artists, specifically Franklin McMahon. His...
Dan Woodward
Jun 11, 20239 min read
Responding to a Brief - Assignment One: Invisible Cities
Introduction Finishing this assignment took me much longer than I had anticipated. I think all-in-all I have put about 50-60 hours into...
Dan Woodward
May 30, 20234 min read
Responding to a Brief - Research 1.4: Flat surface design
In this research task, I needed to find examples of illustrators who have made designs for flat surfaces and explore how they play with...
Dan Woodward
May 30, 20232 min read
Responding to a Brief - Exercise 1.4: Visual Depth
I've had to tackle perspective a number of times over the course of my studies, and it is something I enjoy yet am slightly obsessive...
Dan Woodward
May 28, 20235 min read
Responding to a Brief - Exercise 1.3: Less is more
For this exercise, I needed to explore colour palettes. Specifically the challenge of using a limited palette. As I was writing out...
Dan Woodward
May 28, 20237 min read
Responding to a Brief - Exercise 1.2: Mixing and Matching
This was another fun exercise that I was pleased to complete at the start of this module, it really managed to get me back in the swing...
Dan Woodward
May 18, 20233 min read
Responding to a Brief - Exercise 1.1: Draw, draw and draw again
I was looking forward to this exercise. When I read the brief it seemed like a really good way for me to let go of some of my...
Dan Woodward
May 15, 20231 min read
Responding to a Brief - Research 1.3: Visual Language
Throughout my degree, I have collected visual references and imagery. I have never really been one to keep visual diaries or grab files,...
Dan Woodward
May 15, 20235 min read
Responding to a Brief - Research 1.2: My own work
For this research point, I was asked to review my own work in order to identify work that best reflects a personal voice. I store all of...
Dan Woodward
May 14, 202317 min read
Responding to a Brief - Research 1.1: Who’s out there and what are they doing?
For this research task, I have been asked to familiarise myself with what is going on in the industry at the moment and to pick out...
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