Alien

To further develop the way of working i sort of stumbled across for my last project, ive been doing some more pieces with a similar graphic feel.
This first one is an image inspired by the famous chestburster scene from Alien that Im sure most people are aware of.

Ive got a few images to show how the final piece comes about.

Firstly, this image shows the initial sketching, note making and experimenting with cutting the black card.



Next, i draw out and cut the final design, creating the black stencil like frame, which i will later stick coloured paper to the underside of.



Before sticking the paper on, i like to use them as stencils.



The final step before sticking on the paper, lighting them from behind and taking the photos, is to scan the black stencils, and to colour them digitally, in order to work out colour schemes, various shades and whatnot. Obviously the final image will appear differently, due to the nature of the light, the paper thickness and quality, and the photo, but this is enough for a rough guide.



Photo of the final created image

Perfume-sixth image

This is the last image from the Perfume series.

Illustrations for 'Perfume: The Story of a Murderer'

These are 1-5 of the 6 images i created to illustrate Patrick Suskinds novel.
Due to the religious undertones of the book, i decided to create these stained glass window-esque pieces. After designing the scene and drawing it on paper, i traced it onto a black sheet of card. Then I cut out all the shapes in between the lines, and stuck different coloured and textured paper over the gaps on the underside.
These where then lit from behind and photographed.

(the last image will be in the next post)

It was quite a tedious process, the first two images taking a good few days to work out where to cut and what paper to use, but overall im very pleased with the results and will definitely look into using this way of working in the future.

A few pieces.

Here's a few things just to get this whole blog a-rollin'

Lets Begin

Unfortunately this Easter break I havent actually done a great deal of work. Lots of plans for personal projects, no real progress.
Ive spent a lot of time filling up my mind with other illustrators work though, in preparation for next term. Here's some of them..

- First, Warsaw-based studio Homework currently have an exhibition at the Kemistry gallery in London

- Then, Some nice old vintage book covers

- Then, some of Noma Bar's fantastic celebrity portraits

and thats all for now.