Cabmen's Shelter

This was my Final Major Project for my last year at Hertfordshire University. I had to chose a colour and produce either a book or film from this. I chose the colour green and from there I decided to a project about the bright green Cabmen's shelters of London.

These shelters are lovely old cafes for cabbies. They are dotted all around London. There are only 13 left and have been around for over 140 years. They seem to go unnoticed even though they are bright green and stand out. They are still in full use today and you can buy food and drink from them. Only Cabbies are allowed in the shelters which make these even more interesting.

They are lovely things and I loved producing a book about them. For the illustrations I wanted my images to be lose and expressive. I used a one line drawing then went over the line with inks using a pallet knife and glue stick. I wanted the images to be rough just like the shelters themselves because they are so old and seen so much the age adds to them. The surviving 13 have been through two world wars and decades of changing London. They are part of London Heritage and I would love people to know more about them. Also to look around more notice those little things that usually go unnoticed because you could be missing out on gems like these.

Newspaper Project

 For this module I had to produce a newspaper about a subject that interests me and doesn't usually get that much press. I wanted to produce a paper about aliens and alien abductions. I am fascinated about the subject and really wanted to do a project about it.
I went without using line again. I thought by doing this it would lend itself to being reproduced on newspaper because you may lose detail. I also used a limited colour pallet because again it worked with with the media. I really enjoyed this project and producing the work for it.

 I did a story about two American teenagers who got abducted while staying at a summer camp. They were two workers and one night whilst sat next to the lake they saw a UFO in the sky. It danced around the sky and then they saw the beings in the UFO and they then got abducted and tested on. It was a really interesting little story.

Folio Society

I produced these images for the Folio Society. They were for three interior illustrations for different Ghost Stories. I wanted to produce image differently from what I would usually do. I would usually use outlines and pro markers but I din't think that this was the right medium to use. I decided to try out using paints and a pallet knife. I also tried out cutting out images into collagraph card and then saturated the pealed away paper with paint. I think this technique worked well for the brief and it was nice to work in a different way then usual.

  

Anorak Magazine

 These are my two images that I produced for a self initiated project at  university. For my project I decided to produce a double page spread and front page for the children's magazine Anorak. I also chose a theme of robots because I really like creating new characters and machines.

I really enjoyed this project and really liked being able to produce something for a magazine that I love.

I also really liked producing the front cover and making it look like a blue print.  I also made the double page spread interactive so you had to find the little robots hiding in the image. I think this made it fun and interesting.

Sound Sessions Typography

This is my piece that I produced for the London Print club Sound sessions. I did the typography of the song "No Problem" by chase & Status.

I had to produce an image and because I really enjoying drawing typography I thought that this would be a great opportunity to get to do some type.

I chose the colours blue and orange because I wanted the type to stand out and be vibrant.

If I were a film

This was another week long project. We had to produce a poster for a film which we did in our style. For this I wanted to produce something like a 1950's B-Movie.

I used rollers and paint to produce the image. I cut out where I had put the paint down and then put the whole thing together on photoshop.

If I were a place

For this project we had to produce a piece of work in our style that also reflected our personality.

I went for a beach scene at night. I produced it without a final image in my head and this is what happened.

We only had a week on this so I think sometimes it's better to produce things without over thinking it makes it more free and there's not as much pressure to get it right.

Palindrome

Mad dash Saddam

For this project we had to produce an image with the palindrome given to us. My Palindrome was Mad dash Saddam. A added element to the image was it had to be able to be viewed from more then one way. I produced a image that was based on Arabic patterns. I also made it into a camel race where the camels are running around the pattern. I also drew it on squared paper I think this makes it more contemporary and interesting.

The Guardian

What I'm really thinking

For this project we had to produce an image within a 5cm circle, which was quite constricting.

It had to be about something we feel strongly about, I did my piece about a disease that my mother suffers with, which is coeliac disease. 

I felt it isn't that well known so that's why I choose to produce a article about it. It is where someone is wheat and gluten intolerant. So they have to have a life long gluten free diet.

That is why I produced an image with baguettes that look ominous and dangerous looming out of the circle. 

Lady Luck

Luck be a Lady

 These are my two finals I produced for the project entitled "Luck" it was for a magazine article which went across two pages.

I choose to illustrate with typography so I drew out the song Luck be a Lady by Frank Sinatra.

I wanted it so be solely made out of typography and have a flavour of the 1950's.

London Stories

This my final for the London Stories project. We had to produce a poster or image about stories of London. I decided to produce a image consisting of all little stories of London. I used watercolours for this but I think I might redo it a bit later by colouring it in digitally.

My France Journal

This is a journal that I took on holiday this year. I enjoyed filling all the ages with the new experiences and people that we saw. These are just a few of the pages in my journal : )

Mr Mole

This is my last comic from the book I produced. It involves Mr Mole finding some treasure which is being in the arms of an octopus. I would love to develop my Mr Mole character more and definitely have more comics with him in.

Mr Mole

This is my street mole comic it's about a mole who insists he doesn't need glasses but ultimately all mole would need glasses!!!

Mr Mole

This a comic I have produced about Mr Mole going to the moon. It is in a simple style and quite bright and colourful.

Mr Mole Intro

These are the first opening pages for my Mr Mole book I have produced.
 It is a children's book with comics of Mr Mole's adventures. I really enjoyed creating it and I hope to develop it over the summer.