Days Dragged By...

This is the next piece, i wanted to pay more attention reproducing technical, architectural based subjects like the structure of the boy's house, as this is again something i have not woked hard enough at.

I feel that this is quite successful, i may change some hues althought i would like to keep the mute tones to compliment the rest of the story.
The father is introduced more at this point of the story so he turns up in the background as a secondary character who eventually becomes the main reason for repairing the boy's happiness.

New Piece

This piece precedes the previous couple, showing the boy falling asleep in the field before having to run home. I attempted a new perspective on the lower half of the page, an almost first point perspective of the father, again showing the boy as small and fragile, but also to focus on the tiiredness off the father, with cuts on his neck. This is an initial hint as to what he has been up to whilst the boy was out, as we later discover he has been working hard to fix the piano.

...the boy drifted off...

This is my first complete spread piece, it involves the bees going into the boy's room after he has been sent to bed. This time the mouse makes a cameo, i have made this a semi-running theme, including mice appearing in various parts of the story in the background, always watching over the boy.

...pessimism bleached the skies...

This is my new piece for Piano and the Boy. For the first time i have decided to draw a one page piece a little bigger than actual size so more detail can be drawn in. This image required loads of detail as it is grand in scale, showing the sadness sweeping over the town as the boy wanders through the decadent streets.

Worker bees silently marched...

This is the next page for Piano and the Boy. I have kept the colour palette limited because it was beginning to go a little mental. I've also been a little more creative with the type because every other page is simple sentences laid out quite conservatively.

And the Night

This is the next page for the Piano and the Boy story which I am working on towards entering for next year. Took me a while to work out how to portray something at night time. There is a outerglow on the window as well to show the light emanating out but also to show as if something magical is coming from the room, lighting up the night.

Promotional Idea- Jigsaw

This is an idea for a puzzle that i could have printed out and sent to companies as a piece of promotional media, and perhaps it could be packaged in somethign interesting as well- like a jar from the Piano and the Boy story, so then the image and packaging could both act as teasers to the full story. Scroll down to see the puzzle.

http://six.flash-gear.com/npuz/puz.php?c=v&id=2927466&k=66727113

Down from the Sky

This is an updated version of my entry for the Observer competition brief. I've coloured it all to give it a more of a children's story book feel. This was the piece I exhibited at Creature as well.

Spaghetti Cover

I was fortunate to be approached by the Spaghetti people to do the cover for next months issue of the Student Union magazine. Its thematically based on the exam period so i've illustrated a student in stressing out in front of a huge text book to revise from. She's got all the answers up her arms, because thats what kids used to do at our school, hide everything up their sleeves!

freddie other half of spread

unfortunately i didnt get time to complete this brief in time but it was a good exercise and practice for me, especially considering the time restraints form when i started it, it pushed me to work faster and try any achieve shortcut methods offor example dropping colour. the characters that ideigned can be taken on elsewhere and it has actually been very useful because i have a few ideas for postcards, business cards and badges that incorporate the fairy character.

Woohoo!

I opened up the new copy of Kerrang! magazine this morning to see a familiar drawing weyyyy! Although its says 'Milal', everyone loves a typo! Its the 2nd piece of illustration i've had published in their mag in the last year :) all good exposure!

Final Fairy Illustration

This is my final design for the Fairy Bessie-Belle. I decided to keep the colours of her outfit simple but eye catching and i think this colour shceme works pretty well. I have also put a kind of fade out effect on the wings to give to some more visual interest rather than them being the same flat green througout.

I may consider using this illustration in designs for badges, postcard and perhaps as a small spot illustration on a business card.

Final Freddie Illustration

This is my final character drawing for Freddie, i have decided to illustrate him in one of the scenes of the story where he asks for a dog.

Promotional Ideas

This is an idea for a puzzle that i could have printed out and sent to companies as a piece of promotional media, and perhaps it could be packaged in somethign interesting as well- like a jar from the Piano and the Boy story, so then the image and packaging could both act as teasers to the full story. Scroll down to see the puzzle.

http://six.flash-gear.com/npuz/puz.php?c=v&id=2927466&k=66727113

Continued

This is the second page i have drawn which will be the first of the story

when it is place in order. I wanted to make this a strong first page, inquisition will be raised when the viewer sees the wand poking out of the tree as to what the fairy looks like

Page Idea

This is the first page i have one for the freddie story, i wanted to use serong perspective to increase the impact of the image and also focus the viewer on the fairy. To make the fairy look more precious, i will design the first spread in a way that slowly unveils the fairy, so the viewer only gets to see the fairy fully on the second spread (3rd page).

I will add colour to this, especially considering it is a Julia Donaldson story it needs to have that naive and simplistic in-your-face aesthetic as well.

freddie character design

this is a design for freddie, he is impersonating a dog to help the fairy understand what he is saying. i may keep this design, if i have the time i may re draw him in a different pose or change his expression to give more indication of what kind of character he is.

Freddie and the Fairy Julia Donaldson Competition

This is my sketch for the Fairy Bessie Belle, i will add colour to it eventually to bring it alive a little. It was important to the story that the fairy looks a little confused and uncertain as she keeps mishearing Freddies wishes and hence conjuring up the wrong things

Double Page Spread

Reportage

This is an old piece from Reportage last year