Owl Illustrations

These stylised drawings were a set of 'postcards' I designed as part of my Illustration course. They were inspired by my love of owls and dream-catchers, so I mixed the two together using extra fine liners :)The owls were based on photos of real birds; the barn, pygmy, long eared and eagle owl (in order) were the birds I chose to draw, mainly due to their distinctive features.

Edited Version

This is the final, edited version of my illustration piece and was made through use of photoshop. Usually I prefer to work in pencils rather than editing, but I am happy with the results and will definitely use photoshop again :) 

Journey's Project - final piece

This was my final piece for an illustration project I finished today, and this is the unedited  original version which I drew in pencil on brown sugar paper. It is based on my sketchbook I made specifically for this project and it is a combination of the different aspects of each day as I traveled further and further away from my home. I am very pleased with the overall effect as I wanted it to have quite a childish feel to its composition, as it links with my memories and my attitude towards the places I grew up in. :)

Drawing Day sketch

This is my most recent sketch, and although a cutlery drawer isn't the most inspiring thing to draw I am happy with the result. :) I drew this because of the 'Drawing Days' we have at college which help us build up our portfolio's, learn new techniques and refine our drawing skills. The original photocopy is below.

More doodles

Doodling in my cath kidston notebook :) Again using extra-fine pens and cross hatching.

Final Design and Close Ups :)

This was the design I chose to make into a screen print, it was actually one of my first ideas but experimentation is a vital process!! ;) The design was enlarged up to A1 size, printed onto acetate paper and then exposed onto a screen.

Screen Printing Design Ideas

 These are my original ideas for a screen print based on objects we considered to be 'Indispensable'. A few of my objects represent friends and family, but others are just things that I literally couldn't be without :D I drew them using 0.5mm fine liners and used the cross-hatching technique. Thank god for photoshop, otherwise I'd never have made this many design ideas in such a short amount of time :)

doodles

To be honest this was just a doodle in my sketch book... college was boring that day ;)

Illustration

This was the title page for the illustration project for my Foundation Course. Pencils again :)

My attempt at using oil paints :)

This was my first attempt at an oil painting I did over the school holidays. I'm really happy with how it turned out, as it was quite a large canvas and getting the oils the right consistency was really tricky! I don't usually use colour either so this was a difficult piece for me to get right :)