SkateDeck Illustration

Our last weekly assignment for Illustration for Design was to create a pro model skatedeck. This is the end product! We had to include our full name for recognition purposes and also have a tri colour palett. This proved to be quite difficult but I am happy with the end product. It is designed for females but if the dudes like it, thats cool too (y)

Portrait Illustration- Juliet

For our next major Illustration assignment, we were to create a portrait of anyone! I originally planned to create it with watercolour but soon discovered that we dont really get along. Im sure if I apply myself to it, we can resolve our issues and work it out :P
But, I really really wanted to do traditional graphite on the ole' paper. What a good feeling that was! I took this photo at the beginning of this year, she's my cousins daughter and has the most magnificent eyes I have ever seen. She's just gorgeous and I really wanted to capture that in the drawing. The first sketch I did was ok, borderline horrendous but I used a method that our lecture suggested, drawing in grids. So round three, I was set to go! Im glad I tried the grid method although I do feel like I was cheating a little bit... if my life drawing teacher saw the grids, she might just have an aneurysm...
I also went into the art shop and purchased paper smudging things, been wanting to try that for ages and Im glad I did!

Overall, I'm really happy with the finished product! There are some inconsistancies with the mouth but I think it adds character as I believe its not meant to be perfect, otherwise I could stick with the photo! That's about it, hope you like it!

Illustration for Design

For last weeks assignment we had to recreate a wine label that didnt have any illustrated elements on it. I chose a Brown Brothers Rose Moscato because it had alot of potential and tasted great! The girl you see in it is my friend Kelsey, she's beautiful and I tried to capture it in this illustration :) Im pretty happy with the end result too so yay!