Ugandan Maternal Healthcare Adjustments.

My feedback from the Uganda Maternal Healthcare illustrations. I have a few adjustments to make this week...

'Thank you so much for this great work. am in love with them already. just a few suggestions. is it possible to increase the visibility of pregnancy in Alice's work that is, make the tummy more protruding. and also make the garden green in the scene where the woman is feeling dizzy while digging. another edit is to improve the visibility of the blood patch on the woman's dress while she is in the market may be she can wear another white dress where the patch can come out well. otherwise its tremendous work. really great. and can Eleanor make the pregnancy visible too? wow, the work is great. cant stop looking. thank you people soooo much.'

IMPROVEMENTS

I did these improvements for her and sent them off, however I actually was really unhappy with the visuals, particularly the backgrounds, of the illustrations. I decided to take a bit of time to try and adjust them slightly to fix this issue for myself. I didn't like the smoothness and faded nature of the background - it wasn't how I create work usually, and it didn't seem to reflect the culture nor the art of Africa. 

I decided to add some brighter, bolder colours and some more textured brushes to the backgrounds. This really helped me to be happy with my final resolutions. This reminds me how important analogue techniques (even if rendered digitally with brush tools) and colour is to my work!

Follow the link below to my ISSUU document of the small changes I made to the final resolutions: 

Vagina Dentata Digital Illustrations Update!

Here are a few progress shots of my Vagina Dentata illustrations so far on Photoshop. 

I have used this program to add colour to the images using Layers and the Paint Brush Tool. The illustrations are in CMYK mode as they are made for print in a magazine, however I will probably create some that are also of RGB mode if the client wants to use them for an online means such as social media. 

For this illustration I have used the colour scheme of pastel colours; blues, yellows and pinks. I did this to imbue a sci-fi and feminine feel to the work- powerful and female. I also thought these colours were very prevalent in the mood boards I made based on the Vagina Dentata instagram account showing their inspirations. I have quite a lot still to do for this illustration but I think I have made a good start on planning the base tone and feel of the illustration. 

This illustration has also had the base colours added. It is using a darker colour scheme because there is already quite a lot of white/negative space visible in the outfit. I will be making the smoke more space-like and adding more deatails to the skin, face and hair. I will also be adding some more elements to the gun and dress although I am not sure how sketchy to keep those parts yet. 

This illustration is using turquoise and purple as a colour scheme. I had quite a lot of problems finding vibrant colours, which I wanted for the sci-fi theme, to work in the CMYK mode. But I found these colours and I think they work well to compliment each other and the effect of the illustration. Keeping negative space in mind, a lot of the flag and outfit will keep the colour white as well as the background.

An example of colour blocking the base colours before I had adjusted the percentage of opacity for the layer.

For this illustration I have used a range of colours; blue, green and orange, but I hope to keep it at that. Providing negative space in the white background to try to balance out the colourful content. I have kept a pastel colour scheme to connect with the sci-fi theme of the work. I cant wait to get working on this, once details such as the fur on the cat are finished the work will come to life. 

Vagina Dentata Illustrations in Pencil!

I have been working on this brief for a while alongside all of my other work, including COP3, however now I have some more time to focus on these illustrations. During this time multitasking on other briefs I have managed to finish all my initial illustrations for the four portraits, these were done purely in pencil on regular A4 sketchbook paper. They were then scanned in and slightly edited (e.g. cropped and brightened) using Adobe Photoshop. I am really happy with all of these illustrations but I still have a lot of work such as colouring to do digitally. 

This is my illustration of  Barbarella. Fonda explained how she saw the character:

'The main thing about this role is to keep her innocent. You see, Barbarella is not a vamp and her sexuality is not measured by the rules of our society. She is not being promiscuous, but she follows the natural reaction of another type of upbringing. She is not a so-called 'sexually liberated woman' either. That would mean rebellion against something. She is different. She was born free.' 

I used a reference image for Barbarella's clothes/pose and face. I then drew her sat on a world, to fit into the theme of Sci-fi. I wanted 'space' coming out of her gun. I will work into these elements much more digitally.  

This is my illustration of Wonderwoman. 

 She is gifted with a wide range of superhuman powers and superior combat and battle skills. She possesses an arsenal of weapons. Her depiction as a heroine fighting for justice, love, peace, and gender equality has led to Wonder Woman being widely considered a feminist icon.

'Wonder Woman is psychological propaganda for the new type of woman who should, I believe, rule the world.'

In a 1943 issue of The American Scholar, Marston wrote:
'Not even girls want to be girls so long as our feminine archetype lacks force, strength, and power. Not wanting to be girls, they don't want to be tender, submissive, peace-loving as good women are. Women's strong qualities have become despised because of their weakness. The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman.'

This is my illustration of Princess Leia. Leia has been called a 1980s icon, a feminist hero and model for other adventure heroines.Anthony Breznican of Entertainment Weekly describes Leia as a 'diplomat, spy, warrior, undercover agent.'

Mark Edlitz calls her 'a smart, feisty, brave diplomat and warrior' in The Huffington Post. Fisher told Rolling Stone in 1983:

'There are a lot of people who don't like my character in these movies; they think I'm some kind of space bitch. She has no friends, no family; her planet was blown up in seconds ... so all she has is a cause. From the first film [Star Wars], she was just a soldier, front line and center. The only way they knew to make the character strong was to make her angry. In Return of the Jedi, she gets to be more feminine, more supportive, more affectionate.'

This is my illustration of Ellen Ripley. Ripley is often considered one of the most significant female protagonists in all of cinema, and is a prominent figure in American popular culture. John Scalzi, film critic and president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, wrote in 2011:

'She’s not a sidekick, arm candy, or a damsel to be rescued. Starting with Alien, Ripley was a fully competent member of a crew or ensemble — not always liked and sometimes disrespected, but doing her job all the same. As each film progresses, she comes to the fore and faces challenges head-on — she’s the hero of the piece, in other words... Ripley isn’t a fantasy version of a woman. Science fiction film is filled with hot kickass women doing impossible things with guns and melee weapons while they spin about like a gymnast in a dryer. As fun as that is to watch, at the end of the day it’s still giving women short shrift, since what they are then are idealized killer fembots rather than actual human beings. Ripley, on the other hand, is pushy, aggressive, rude, injured, suffering from post-traumatic syndrome, not wearing makeup, tired, smart, maternal, angry, empathetic, and determined to save others, even at great cost to herself. All without being a spinny killbot.'

Q&A Saturday: Graphic Design Student Liam

I finished my drawing of Liam for my Q&A Saturday blog post. I did this quick sketch in pencil, adding block colour in orange for the back ground and a bit in the glass. I wanted to add this pop of colour to just add some visual interest into the work. I worked the pencil carefully at first, aiming to get the right perspective and dimensions in the portrait, once I was happy with these elements I then was a bit more free and 'scruffy' with some of the line work.

http://awaspinawig.tumblr.com/post/138338913215/300115-this-saturdays-qa-is-with-third-year

Follow the link below to view the rest of my Q&A Saturday posts:
http://awaspinawig.tumblr.com/tagged/Q&Asaturday

Embroidery Artist: Ann Teresa Barboza

She is fascinated by the variety of concepts an artist can arrive at using embroidery. The human body is a prevalent theme in her art. She often works with photographs printed on fabric, then embellishes them with stitch. She also embroiders decorative patterns that serve as camouflage.

http://anateresabarboza.blogspot.co.uk/

Embroidery Artist: Lauren DiCioccio

She explores the impact of mass-produced media; magazines, newspapers and plastic bags have all been used as inspiration, and the imagery found on them as the basis for work that is powerful and provocative. She engages the viewer with a sense of nostalgia as embroidery as a media becomes rarer.

http://www.laurendicioccio.com/

Embroidery Artist: Kazuhito Takadoi

He takes nature as his subject matter and frames it in a minimalistic and contemporary setting. He uses materials sourced from nature by drying them and then stitching. Shadows also intrigue him, playing a vital role in his work, to add another layer of depth and interest. 

http://www.kazuhitotakadoi.com/work.html

Embroidery Artist: Inge Jacobson

She uses found commercial imagery and thread to reinvent classic advertising. She physically alters the pictures and appropriates their meaning with embroidery; Jacobson has named this process ‘hijacking’. She recently worked on a commission for American Express, who wanted an original perspective on 3 of their classic cards to use in a social media advertising campaign.

http://www.ingejacobsen.com/

Embroidery Artist: Debbie Smyth

This textile artist is best known for her stitched illustrations. She plots pins with acute accuracy and then stretches thread between them, she creates beautiful and disconcerting work; the boundaries of textile art, fine art sketches, embroidery, and illustration are become blurred.

http://debbie-smyth.com/

Ashmolean Museum

I recently visited the Ashmolean Museum to view there collection of Indian artifacts and there specific exhibition on the Hindu God Ganesha. 

http://www.ashmolean.org/exhibitions/mughalindia/indianart/

Q&A Saturday: Graphic Design Student Liam Bailey

Here are my questions and answers for my next Q&A Saturday brief. Now I need to do an illustration of Liam to accompany it. 

Q) How would you define graphic design?
A) Graphic Design is communicating a message be it threw type or whatever, but you know it could be just setting type on the back of a biscuit tin, so even as boring and trivial as that.

Q) When did you realise graphic design was something you wanted to pursue?
A) When I was in school I was into music and album art work was something I thought people must get paid to do. So when I went to college I discovered it was an a-level called Graphic Design 🤔 So I took it as one of my a-levels realised its much more than album art work and that it saves lives too.
Q) You're from Liverpool, do you like the Beatles?
A) Who are The Beatles?

Q) What are your biggest inspirations for your work? (Helena? haha)
A) Biggest inspiration for my designs, visually is Swiss design, very minimal and nothing will get in the way of the message. Clean design is a safe bet. So all the rules from that follow on today with flat design, you know, keep it clean. 

Q) You study at Leeds College of Art, so is graphic design art?
A) Arguably yes, it's art. However in my opinion it's not art, if my girl friend is to leave me I don't design a logo or a new typeface to express my sadness that's what musicians do, write a song like James Blunt, (you're beautiful) or paint a picture, that's art. Graphic Design is used because we need to say something like the toilets are this way, it's a bit like a language. Suppose we use things artists use like colours or pens but beyond that I don't think it's art, maybe my view on it will change when I get older.

Q) How can you spot a graphic designer?
A) Usually the walk.

Q) What is your favourite piece of work you have done?
A) Favourite piece of work I've ever done is always my last piece of work and that the Tokyo Olympic posters I did for COP.

Q) Have you done many collaborative pieces?
A) Not this year no, last year I did a few. It's been all self driven with COP up until now but from now on in its YCN briefs and stuff like that so I'll be kicking on with them and a few will be collaborative yeah.

Q) Whats next? (in the future? either uni work or after?)
A) After uni is a job in Graphic Design I'll be glad to land any job in the industry. I actually have an interview tomorrow with liverpool council for a position as graphic designer so maybe that'll come off if not I'll apply for similar jobs until someone says yes!

Q) Whats your dream job? A) Dream job... Somewhere like Apple, senior graphic designer or google somewhere were they're serious about design.

Project Proposal: India Brief

Leeds College of Art BA (Hons) ILLUSTRATION	Level	06
OUIL603 Extended Practice	Credits	60
STUDIO PRACTICE Project Proposal

Name	Alice Dear	Blog Address
Date	29/01/2016	http://a-dear1316sp.blogspot.co.uk/
Rationale
In this project I intend to create work that imbues and evokes the raw emotion and atmosphere of India and my experience there. That is the driving force behind the brief but print, patterns and paintings will be carefully considered in order to do this. People, colour, pattern, detail, emotion and the natural world will be important elements in this project.   I also want to focus on being experimental with my choice of media and colour palettes during this project. In my tags it will be under ‘Studio Brief 9’. It started with my initial research and research trip in November, and will end with the OUIL603 Module deadline. I will create a collection of prints, photographs and other multimedia work based on the trip. Create a range of books based on this (one for photographs, one for prints, one for line drawings? Ranging in size/quantity of pages/format… could be really small one for line drawings etc.). Or just create one big book filled with them all? Perhaps both… the one large one could have all the originals, the others may just be copies/digital printed vesions?
Themes / Subjects
People, pattern, colour, detail, emotion and the natural world; based on my trip to Southern India, specifically Kerala and the Tamil Nadu border but also using extraneous factors as influence for example the photographer Steve McCurry.
Audience / Context
The audience will be anyone interested in India, art or photography. The projects purpose will be to depict India through art and different types of art will be created, for example prints, so anyone may be the audience for this, someone not interested in India, but who loves coconuts, may love the Indian coconut seller print.
Products / Methods of Distribution
Either a range of books… ·         On photography from my research trip. ·         On prints such as lino, inspired by my research trip and other influences such as Hindu gods and other photographers work. ·         On drawings, such as line drawings. OR/and a big fine art style book with all of the originals aka prints etc in. Filled with material, sewing, drawing painting etc.
Practical Skills / Media / Formats
·         Printing (analogue) Lino, screen print, etc. ·         Painting. ·         Drawing. ·         Sewing/material. ·         Collage ·         Photographs.

Additional Project Information

Contextual References

RESEARCH ACTIVITY: Organise Photographs	Deadline	February
Details Organise photographs from research trip into categories like ‘Shop keepers’ ‘People’ ‘Gods/deities’ ‘Black and White’ etc.
RESEARCH ACTIVITY: Do a range of drawings	Deadline	Feb - but continue
Details Start creating a range of drawings, mainly focussing on line drawings and thinking about form and negative space. Also think about not relying on reference fully by perhaps turning the images into cartoony/character based such as Quentin Blake style drawings- this will help to imbue some emotion and atmosphere to the work.
RESEARCH ACTIVITY Do a range of lino cuts, and print.	Deadline	March
Details Start cutting and designing some lino prints. Then print! Print on loose paper and be experimental with colours and media such as paper stock with material stuck or sewn on.
RESEARCH ACTIVITY Research other artists and photographers with this topic.	Deadline	Feb/March
Details Continue to research into other artists and photographers which base their work on the topic of India.
RESEARCH ACTIVITY Sewing/Embroidery	Deadline	Feb/March
Details Buy some scraps or pieces of material, best off with Indian material but if not it is not crucial. Then use sewing or embroidery to ‘draw’ images onto the material. These can depict animals, nature like flowers, or people and buildings like the Chai Café etc.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

BOOKS / TEXTS  - (Harvard Refernced)

Steve McCurry –India Embroidery book

MAGAZINES / JOURNALS / ARTICLES – (include publication date and details)

ON LINE REFERENCES  / WEBSITES / ARTICLES (include specific urls)

Photography: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ https://www.instagram.com/stevemccurryofficial/ http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/tags/india/ http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/india-guide/ http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/faces-of-india-photos/#/dressed-lord-krishna_6754_600x450.jpg http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/varanasi-rooftop-dreams-ngpc2015/ http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/afternoon-veils-ngpc2015/ http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/mouse-hole-home/ Embroidery: http://www.alisonholt.com/ahthum.php?siz= http://www.textileartist.org/10-contemporary-embroidery-artists/ Textiles: http://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/section/fabric-of-india Reportage Illustrators: http://www.georgebutler.org/

OTHER REFERENCE MATERIAL (Films, events, exhibitions, conferences)

The V&A Indian Textiles Exhibition – I was unable to attend this but there is some online resources based on the exhibition. The Pitt Rivers Museum – they consistently have a collection of Indian Hindu/Buddhist artworks etc there but they also had a recent Ganesha exhibition which was really useful.

ACTION PLAN – use this section to identify specific tasks that you need to complete in order to resolve the brief.
Brief	What do you need to do?	Deadline
1	Organise Photographs	FEB
2	Create some line drawings.	FEB /MARCH
3	Create some lino print designs and cut.	FEB /MARCH
4	Research other artists creating work on this topic of India.	FEB
5	Research other photographs creating work on this topic of India.	FEB
6	Create some illustrations using sewing and material.	FEB /MARCH
7	Think about layout and formats of the books, any larger scale work? Frame? Presentation? Etc.	MARCH/APRIL.
8
9	Design covers for books.
10	Bind books. (Decide on quantity – also analogue or digital?)

Statement of Intent RETHINK

Leeds College of Art BA (Hons) ILLUSTRATION	Level	06
OUIL603 Extended Practice	Credits	60
STUDIO PRACTICE Statement of Intent

Name	Alice Dear	Blog Address
Date	10/10/15	http://a-dear1316sp.blogspot.co.uk/
Rationale
Create work that imbues and evokes the raw emotion that is the driving force behind the brief; do this by the combination of carefully considered colour, pattern, detail and media! About my practice; Colour, Pattern, Detail, Emotion, The natural world. I want my portfolio to include; Broad range of media, Mixed media, Visual research/experiments, Colour palettes, Work finished to a professional standard, Simple/symbolism, Good drawing ability.
Themes / Subjects
Themes in my work… Colour, pattern, people, creativity, culture, emotion, psychology. Subjects in my work… Promotion, branding, reportage, human relationships e.g. parent and child, culture e.g. Africa, festival culture etc, fashion.
Products / Methods of Distribution
To produce; Promotional material – canvas bags/leaflets/stickers/posters (L.R) Editorial material – picture book/magazine/editorial illustrations (Uganda maternal/VD mag) Analogue prints – (ADAD Collab/ India/ Run the World) Range of 3D products (SUND.I.Y) Paintings (portraits Q&A Saturday)
Practical Skills / Media / Formats
Practical Skills: Collage, Print – lino/screen/canvas bags/stickers, Sewing & embroidery, 3-D making, Experimenting with paint. Non-Practical Skills; Communication – presenting in front of groups, networking, Documenting Evaluating Organisation – Fail to prepare, prepare to fail! / Arriving early!

Brief 1: Ugandan Maternal Healthcare Book	Deadline	November
Rationale: To produce illustrations for the first chapter of the book. These will be informative and tell a story based on the paragraphs sent by the others working on the project. The illustrations will be analogue and digital; first drawn out in pencil and then worked into on Photoshop. These are finished but now need one correction with the colour of grass in one illustration.
Brief 2: Lone.Rascal Promo Products	Deadline	June
Rationale: Produce promotional material for the Lone.Rascal clothing brand. This should include a design that interacts with the logo/name of brand that can be used on a canvas bag, leaflet, sticker etc could propose some ideas, such as a fun fluffy keyring etc but should definitely produce the canvas bag! Fun, free spirited, festival vibe, boho, hippy, emotion, happy, creative, colourful, vibrant, young, retro, musical!
Brief 3: Q&A Saturdays	Deadline	June
Rationale: To post on blog (Tumblr and embed to Blogger) weekly, every Saturday, a short Q&A featuring someone that has inspired me that week. Mostly no more than ten questions; best at about 5 key questions in order to keep it short and sweet, as interviewees are more likely to answer the questions and the audience is more likely to read it. I will be providing my own illustrations for each either a portrait of the interviewee or an illustration of something that symbolises them. I will also be providing examples of their work or links. The tone of voice will depend on the interviewee and what they stand for. I am assuming that I will be able to get hold of a photograph reference of their face so it should be a portrait alongside other key elements in their working life/passions. I want to use a limited colour scheme for these and lots of negative space as the background as this will create a clean and simple look to the blog post and will allow the illustration to merge with the blog background, with the text underneath.
Brief 4: SunD.I.Y	Deadline	June
Rationale: In order to expand my use of media and 3-D materials I have set myself the task of spending 1-2 hours on a Sunday creating a small creative D.I.Y project. I will be uploading this as a blog post every Sunday onto my A Wasp in a Wig Tumblr under the page SunD.I.Y. I am not expecting the results to be perfect but the aim is more so to investigate and explore other materials and practice not being so preoccupied with perfection in my work. The tone of voice will be fun and not too serious. I want to be experimental and carefree with this brief and not worry about how the work looks, it is all about the process of making and trying out techniques and creating 3-D products I would admire, on Pinterest for example, but never usually actually set aside the time to make myself. I was thinking of focussing on simple designs such as Anthropologie style flower and pattern surface designs to decorate them, with perhaps a letter to symbolise someones name etc. This will be helpful to my creative practice as I want to start thinking about simple surface pattern more which will allow me to focus on the role of shape and colour in media more.
Brief 5: ADAD Analogue Print Collaboration	Deadline	Easter
Rationale: Create illustrations based on the themes of animals in folk law or based on our trip to Berlin. These will then be passed on to Aggie Davies, an Illustration student at Portsmouth. She will apply her working practice to these illustrations. She works in a more print based medium and is really interested in that process. I love her work and I think it will work great with my own illustrations to add depth, visual interest and atmosphere to the work. Yet to be confirmed. However I really like the tone of voice of the artist’s work I am collaborating with so it would be cool to follow in that and it would work really well with the content of our project looking at animals in folk law. Slightly disturbing/magical.
Additional Project Proposals Studio Brief 6: Vagina Dentata Magazine Editorial Illustration To draw a couple of well known Sci-Fi characters. Currently working on four portraits, these focus on Wonder Woman, Princess Leia, Barbarella and Ellen Ripley. I have finished drawing them in pencil, and I have done the base colours for them on Photoshop but I will need to finish them off quickly over the next week if possible because I want to hand them over ASAP. Studio Brief 7: The Houlder's Christmas Portraits Deadline: Christmas 2 A3 Paintings as part of a set for a Christmas present. In the same style/media (acrylic paint) that I used for a previous painting. These are finished. Studio Brief 8: Run the World Create an illustration that celebrates the project 'Run the World', including symbols of the countries, continents, number of miles etc. Deadline for this is June but I can definitely get it done in a day if needed, so I may work on this on a day when I have some spare time. Studio Brief 9: India Brief Deadline: Start in November end in June. Patterns! People! Colour! Work investigating into the role of colour, patterns and people in India. Create a collection of prints, photographs and other multimedia work based on the trip. Create a range of books based on this (one for photographs, one for prints, one for line drawings? Ranging in size/quantity of pages/format… could be really small one for line drawings etc.). Or just create one big book filled with them all? Perhaps both… the one large one could have all the originals, the others may just be copies/digital printed vesions? Studio Brief 10: Arthritis (JIA and other illnesses that Arthritis Research UK fund research for) Awareness Campaign. Yet to be made specific. In order to do this I will have to talk to people campaigning/working for this cause already and find out what my illustrations can do to help most effectively. Be it an animation, a character design e.g. in wheelchairs etc, posters or canvas bags to raise money etc. I will also contact people dealing with it such as the communities on social media platforms like Instagram. How do charities such as Arthritis Research UK fund research that affects young people… YOUNG PEOPLE ORIENTATED. This has now been redirected towards the brief working with Crispins Orthotics. Designing some surface pattern designs etc for prosthetics etc. Studio Brief 11: Featherhead People Promotional Material This brief is a very short brief I can just do a few illustrations to promote the brand for social media/handouts etc. Studio Brief 12: Guardian Editorial Brief Create 3 illustrations depicting Leeds College of Art for three separate but linked articles. These are finished, but I didn’t win.

Contextual References

RESEARCH ACTIVITY: Go to India	Deadline	December
Details Go to India and investigate the colours, patterns and media of India and its cultures! Investigate into animals role in Indian society; e.g. animal deities etc.
RESEARCH ACTIVITY: Find out about African dress.	Deadline	November
Details Research into Ugandan dress, such as headgear and dress; could look on social media like Instagram for dress makers/designers over there. (Not high end just casual/tribal)
RESEARCH ACTIVITY: Find out about animals in folk law	Deadline
Details Find out about animals in folklaw so that I can choose an appropriate story to focus on and propose to AD illustrations for our analogue print collaboration.
RESEARCH ACTIVITY: Interview guests for Q&A Saturdays	Deadline	weekly
Details Create a set of questions – individually focussed and email them.
RESEARCH ACTIVITY: Research into different media for D.I.Y activities.	Deadline	weekly
Details Keep a Pinterest, notes, and possible media such as empty egg boxes, in order to be prepared in advance for my weekly blog post.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

BOOKS / TEXTS  - (Harvard Referenced)

Masters of Fashion Illustration by David Downtown New Icons of Fashion Illustration by Tony Glenville The Business Book, DK A Child Is Born, Lennart Nilson, - for research for the Maternal healthcare book Steve McCurry India Photography Book.

MAGAZINES / JOURNALS / ARTICLES – (include publication date and details)

Magazines such as ID, Another etc for interview research.

ON LINE REFERENCES  / WEBSITES / ARTICLES (include specific urls)

Wikipedia for India location research Pinterest/Instagram for India and Uganda culture research Pinterest for DIY research

OTHER REFERENCE MATERIAL (Films, events, exhibitions, conferences)

V&A Fabrics of India Exhibition The Pitt Rivers Museum & Ganesha Exhibition

ACTION PLAN – use this section to identify specific tasks that you need to complete in order to resolve the brief.
Brief	What do you need to do?	Deadline
1	Studio Brief 1: Uganda Maternal Healthcare Picture Book Illustrations as these must be done by the end of October. Pencil illustrations leaving clothing and background plain/negative space. Then use Photoshop to add colour and pattern to clothing and garments.	November
2	Studio Brief 3: Q&A Saturdays  Prepare questions Create illustration Create blog post	weekly
3	Studio Brief 4: SunD.I.Y Prepare and make weekly Create blog post (document and evaluate)	weekly
4	Studio Brief 9: India Brief, initial research and preparation must be done as I will be leaving for India at the end of October. Research into the culture and arts there. Also research into reportage illustrations.	End of Oct
5	Studio Brief 6: Vagina Dentata Magazine Editorial Illustrations can be started as soon as I know what I'm drawing, to be done to her deadline… still to be confirmed.	ASAP (Feb)
6	Studio Brief 7: The Houlders Christmas Portraits, can be done consistently throughout the next few months until Christmas, best to start ASAP but need to find out size and get paper, and have reference images.	Christmas
7	Studio Brief 5: ADAD Print Collaboration, either based on Berlin trip or animal stories from folk law for the illustrations. There is a print studio near our houses.	Easter
8	Studio Brief 8: Run the World, as this is only one image I can get this done in about a day I just need to find time to fit it in, luckily no urgent deadline as the run is currently in progress however would be good to get ticked off the list!	June
9	Studio Brief 2: Lone.Rascal Promotional Material.	June
10	Studio Brief 10: Arthritis Awareness Campaign/ Crispin Orthotics designs.	To be Confirmed

  

BA (Hons) Illustration - Level 06

OUIL603 Extended Practice

STUDIO PRACTICE

Project Proposals

10 steps to producing persuasive project proposals

1.    Set clear aims and objectives

2.    Be SMART

(Specific , Measurable , Achievable , Realistic , Time Conscious)

3.    Use words from your brief

4.    Justify the need for your proposal

5.    Describe your audience

6.    Describe your motivations

7.    Consider the reader

8.    Eliminate vagueness

9.    Visualise the ending 

10. Assume nothing