Guest Lecturer, Michael

The guest lecturer today presented a few of his pubished and work in progress pieces. His process of working was that of print making, his work striked me as very bold, but by the sounds of it also very expencive to keep reproducing!

Unlike some of the other lecturers, Michael was only out of education for a year or two... giving us more of an idea of what exactly to expect when we finish our degrees and go into the world of being a professional Illustrator. One thing that was very much the same as some advice we've been told, was that builing up the one style that we deem what we do best, and built on it as best as you can. to make a successful portfolio and to be known for what makes you, you.

Alongside to emailing / posting your work to art directors, he made a big point of making yourself known by networking at openings as much as you can.

Drawing idea's

• Draw the inside of my wardrobe
• A big pile of washing before it all gets cleaned
• Draw parts of my room before i clean it
• Draw myself painting my toenails
• Draw my hand holding a mutible of objects
• Draw a crowd - what is thier individual style?

Proposal Tutorial with Derek

To go with my style of using magazine cuttings combined with ink drawings, Derek suggested that i work on existing magazines (such as vogue and glamour), to make them my own and subject them by working on top of them - Taking pages from these high end fashion magazines that are very glossy and finely finished, to something more edgey and almost have a fanzine type appearence.

This could include sketching into the pages, changing around their existing text to something relevent to my subject matter of excess and indulgences and cutting out and using / replacing my drawings.

He also suggested that i look up

• Graham Rownthwaiye
• The book; Fashion Illustration Now Vol 1
• Collage artists / illustrators such as Robert Rauchenberg
• Riot in old street
• Virgin in flight magazine (shoes Illustration)
• Fanzines (e.g Punk Fanzines)

Fashion Event Sketches

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Rebecca Kitchin



For a long time now i have been strongly insfluenced by the workes of the fashion Illustrator Rebecca Kitchin. She mainly creates her work via painting over photographs, drawing into them and creating layers with paint. She is famous for work that she sold to be window designs to the department store Debenhams. 

Style

The style in which i work best and will be working in throughout my FMP is that of Mixed Media, being a very contemorary mixture of ink drawings, watercolour, acrylic paint, magazinge cuttings etc.

Some Illustrators that i am influenced by are Rebbeca Kitchin, bla bla bla ..... (write more. n add images)

Guilty Pleasures. Editorial or Advertising?

To kickstart my project i have been doing sketches revolving around the primary idea of doing some work around the idea of 'Guilty Pleasures'.. expanding this into the area of excess and different peoples pocessions and collections (this being a study on anything to what individuals buy in a low time, for example junk food.. or what makes them tick - music / clothing style / interests).

From developing this idea, of taking the more editorial route i have dicided its time to cut from this end outcome completly ... at 1st i was very attracted to going down the advertising of a fashion event too dounting, but now believe that this would push me more in the area of what i really want to do, even after uni ... making my FMP more challenging yet something that will keep me interested and hopefully show my full potential.