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31st January 2017 in Categories Ilustration 1
In this exercise we chose a word to illustrate. I chose journey. The illustration could be of objects or in a ‘more narative style’. I started off with a mindmap of words relating to ‘journey’ and then expanded this with a search on Google to create a moodboard. I then sketched out some thumbnails based on what I had so far. The ‘journey’ that stood out for me was the one inferred by the saying/endearment “I love you to the moon and back” and I decided to go with this thumbnail.
Notes for ‘journey’
Moodboard of Google search on ‘journey’
Thumbnail showing the horizon as the significant part of a journey.
Thumbnail sketch of mountain as a destination with flag on top.
Thumbnail showing an astronaught standing on moon looking back at his/her journey of love back to Earth.
Line Drawing of ‘to the moon and back’
Having printed out the line drawing and the negative I cut pieces from the negative to complete the line drawing. I chose to cut some pieces and tear other for interest. I cut some sections out whole, like the space around the word love and connected it to the Earth. By keeping this section whole I hoped emphasise ‘love’ as the path back to Earth. I added back in white ‘stars’ at the end to complete the image.
Negative of line drawing used as collage material.
Experimental colour option of piece.
Final collage using the negative print out.
Overall I was pleased with the outcome of this image and I used the negative pieces to create a piece using colour as an experiment. I quite enjoy graphic style illustrations as many of them can be really clever. I found some examples online at http://fearlessflyer.com/9-inspiring-graphic-designers-and-their-distinct-design-styles/. Avinoam Noma Bar’s work is very direct and I enjoy the elegance of Shigeo Fukuda’s piece about freedom for writers (or at least that’s what I think it’s about).
