Applied Illustration: Project Report

Here is my project report for OUIL505:

Applied Illustration: Studio Brief 3: Presentation Boards

Here are my final presentation boards for studio brief 3:

Applied Illustration: Studio Brief 2 - Final Outcomes

Here are the final outcomes for studio brief 2:

Applied Illustration: Studio Brief 1 - Visual Journal

He are a selection of the stronger pages within my Visual Journals:

Applied Illustration: Printing Session 2

Today I finally got my work printed off. Finally.

I spent a good few hours in the print room today (luckily I dealt with James this time). He is much more efficient, although he did mishear me a few times (see A2 Matte leaflet and 150gsm glossy bookmarks for examples). Regardless - I now have all of my studio brief 2 work ready for hand in on Thursday.

On a side note, after much deliberation and recommendation from my peer review, I decided to print my pink Scarlett Letter Poster as the final version for hand in.

I feel that my forward planning in securing an additional print slot several months back really paid off. I had no idea it would play such an important role in this module, but I am glad it was there. Going into Level 6 I'm going to make several bookings around the deadline dates so I am prepared for such emergencies as encountered within this brief.

Applied Illustration: Final Peer Review

This morning I took part in a final peer review for OUIL505. My feedback was quite positive with only small issues arising.

Here are the boards that I presented:



Firstly, Becca and Rosie both informed me that they liked the pink Scarlett Letter One Sheet poster - luckily I have another print session booked before the final hand in so will be able to amend this issue.

Secondly, my blog needs a small bit of work. I'm aware that my blog has fallen behind in the last few days due to how busy I've been, but overall I am very happy current my blogging has been throughout this module.

Becca also pointed out that my presentation boards would look better if the descriptive text was below the imagery.

Additionally, they failed to see how ITV ties into the Cineworld and Waterstones aspects of my project. It turns out that this was due to them not reading my boards or blog correctly so I won't consider this an issue any longer.

So this evening I spent my time making alterations to my boards (see below), prepping my pink Scarlett Letter Poster for print and getting the remaining few days of my blog up to date. Overall I am very happy with how today went. I feel that with no outstanding issues apparent the next week should go quite smoothly.

Applied Illustration: Leaflet Completion

My leaflet is finally completed! Designed as a prologue to the Scarlett Letter (both book and TV Event) in a way to whet the visual appetites for the viewer. I am quite pleased with the outcome. However I decided to go back to the pink Scarlett Letter imagery as this looks more visually interesting than the oil coloured one I made. The downside to this is that the colouring between the front imagery and the narrative inside is somewhat at odds. Given more time I would have liked to have recoloured the front to match the quality inside.

Applied Illustration: Printing Session 1

Due to my detour into acrylic paints etc, I unfortunately didn't have much work to print today (specifically my leaflet). I put this down to poor time management - I should have realised I didn't have time for such experimentation as a late stage of my project. On the flip side of this, I wouldn't have found the Kyle T. Baker brushes that I have quickly taken into my illustrative heart.

Concerning the prints I did have -
My bookmarks were sized incorrectly due to my own idiocy preventing me to print them today. I will have to rectify these at some point. In the future I will have to double check all of my document sizes to prevent this issue from happening.

My A1 poster printed very well. I settled on printing my redesigned cinema one sheet as feedback suggested this was the better of the two. I personally felt that the older one would actually look better printed at such a size.

Finally I attempted to print my stickers and well, it didn't happen - sort of. The new digital print guy is a bit of a tool in my opinion. When I booked the print slot James informed me that whoever was on at the time would be able to walk me through the technical side of sticker printing so I could prepare them myself in the future (in turn making the process much easier for the staff). However, when it came to making them, the chap seemed annoyed that I asked to make stickers and instead of walking me through it, grumbled (obscenities) to himself and quickly prepped them. I still have no idea how to do this process. Hilariously they, after printing, failed to cut so he informed me I would have to wait roughly two hours to get them done as he had a back log of other print bookings. I am more than annoyed and have decided to instead cut the stickers myself. I don't look forward to using digital print again next week.

Applied Illustration: Scarlett Letter Refinement

This morning I printed off my digitally drawn pages in cyan with the intention of drawing over the work to give it a hand made feel. This process resulted in great looking line work that feels like it was hand crafted rather than the cold digital line work of before. These images were then scanned in and the cyan removed. Following this I felt a bit lost, I had no idea how to colour my work with a tool that would be quick to use and give an aesthetically appropriate quality. I spoke to Joe S. and he recommended I download a digital brush pack from Kyle T. Wester. This brush pack has a variety of paint like brushes including acrylic and oils. I intended to use the acrylic brushes but found that one of the oil brushes worked so much better! So I decided to use these regardless as it added the aesthetic quality I was looking for.

Using these brushes I also coloured in an additional Scarlett Letter One Sheet. It is common for films and events to have a range of posters before their release so I have acknowledged that here. Additionally, I have made a small range of items that could use this design.

Applied Illustration: Acrylic Experimentation

Following on from my research into different Acrylic artists I spent the day playing with textures for pages that I drew digitally over the past few days. I felt that these textures looked really good and would add an interesting aesthetic to the pages I have drawn.


I added these textures and ones that I found on the internet. Admittedly they did look visually intriguing and added a bit of soul to my work, however this process took a large amount of time to produce and put into the drawn pages. With my print deadline on Wednesday (two days away), I fear that this process will take too long to make, I need to find a quicker, yet affective process to help get my work made.

Applied Illustration: Artist Research

In response to yesterday's tutorial I began searching for illustrators who use acrylic paint before research specifically the artists that I chose to research yesterday. I found that while some of their work was used quite realistically there were those that used their skills for a somewhat abstract illustrative aesthetic. I don't feel that this is the way to go with my work despite the inspiration I found from looking at these artists.


Follow Tommy 'Zoom''s board Marianna Sztyma on Pinterest.

Follow Tommy 'Zoom''s board Hope Gangloff on Pinterest.

Follow Tommy 'Zoom''s board Laura Carlin on Pinterest.

Follow Tommy 'Zoom''s board Coles Phillips on Pinterest.

Follow Tommy 'Zoom''s board Penelope Dullughan on Pinterest.

Applied Illustration: Tutorial

I had another tutorial today with Eleanor which I found very usefully as I've felt somewhat cold towards my work since jumping back onto it post Responsive and CoP hand in; needing a bit of guidance.

We came to the conclusion that I have the 'Applied' aspect of this module fully realised but I'm lacking in the 'Illustration' side of things. I told her that I've been working digitally a lot lately as I find I can sit at a computer to work longer than I can sit in front of a sheet of paper with a pencil. She recommended that I sit down and have a play with acrylic paints as this would add to an aesthetic that would compliment the timeframe of my work. This would also help what I have produced earlier in Studio Brief 1 tie into what I am doing in Studio Brief 2. At this point in time I feel that there is a disconnect between the two so appreciate that they need to inform each other more.

After the tutorial I went to the library to find contemporary artists that use acrylic paint to work with and withdrew several books.

Before Tuesday I will have experimented and played with acrylics to the point where I have something useful to develop further.