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Illustration Friday – Fearless

paul — Thu, 13 May 2010 20:37:18 +0000

Fearless – The All Blacks sprung to mind for this week’s topic , and seemed completely irrelevant, what with the FIFA World Cup only a couple of weeks away!

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Now playing: Eric Clapton – Can’t Find My Way Home
via FoxyTunes

Illustration Friday – Linked

paul — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:53:21 +0000

Linked – from last week’s post, (see what I did there!). The launch this week of the Conservative Party Manifesto where Joe Public were invited to join the government! Count me in – do you know the expenses these guys are on?

Illustration Friday – Dip

paul — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 07:33:51 +0000

Dip - Election Special! The dip here is not referring to the Prime Minister, (a man of high intellect (and Raith Rovers supporter!)), but rather the dips, twists and turns that we, the voting public, can expect over the coming weeks as the rollercoaster that is the general election campaign gains momentum. Lucky us!

Illustration Friday – Rescue

paul — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:06:41 +0000

Rescue – or pet rescue in this circumstance. A nod to the important role pet rescue centres provide, offering a second to chance to animals who deserve to find a good home, as was the case with my own border collie Poppy. Created in adobe illustrator, initially as a mock-up for a boarding kennel but shoe-horned to fit this week’s topic.
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Illustration Friday – Expired

paul — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 03:59:22 +0000

A purely graphic interpretation of subject matter, unusually for me. Keeping things simple which probably suits my mindset right now. An Illustrator creation for info.

UPDATE: This entry can also be seen on the pages of creativematch’s flair competition for March here

Illustration Friday – Perspective

paul — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:32:57 +0000

An alternative perspective.

A quick vector knock-up in Illustrator.

Illustration Friday – Propagate

paul — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:18:43 +0000

As well as being contrary, Mary was a little slow on the uptake!

An experimental vector workout with the line art of the character added latterly.

Cartoon Workshop at The Royal Society, Edinburgh

paul — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:53:30 +0000

My first cartoon workshop to grown-ups was recently delivered to an audience of professional trainers, (talk about baptism of fire!), by invitation from the South East, (Scotland), branch of The CIPD, (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development). The aim of the evening’s session was to illustrate how a simple cartoon can add as I think I promoted it “an extra dimension to effective communication delivery”. The session is neatly summarised here by Bill Atkinson, Group Lead T&D at South East Scotland Branch CIPD.

Cartooning Around – Late in the evening, on Wednesday 17^th February, a bunch of dubious characters were seen leaving the premises of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Most of them hadn’t been seen before and, if truth be told, many won’t see the light of day again. For the characters were folded away, or put in briefcases, by the real people attending the session on cartooning run by Paul Clark of pctoonart.

This session was a very practical one with the aim of each person creating their own personal cartoon character. Like all good learning sessions the icebreaker of doodling provided an insight into your psychology. So this author is forceful, feeling powerful but feminine and protective. (Authors name on a postcard please…).

It was amazing to understand how to make faces from simple shapes, how to create a man and a woman with a rectangle and a pear, and simple tricks with eyes. As the event progressed so did our characters. Expressions added; arms, hands, legs and feet followed. The event demonstrated that it’s not too difficult if you understand the basic principles. You just need more knowledge and a lot more practice.

As the evening drew to a close Blyth McLucas gave the vote of thanks via cartoon pictures and that included the excellent hospitality of Christel Baudere of RSE.

So we weren’t all going to be great but some were ahead of others. Whilst we didn’t have an overall winner we can all say that Elvis did leave the building!

New Stuff

paul — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:06:46 +0000

A current character design project commissioned from a local, (Edinburgh), based company. The brief, to design and develop an identity featuring a haggis character, rolling around in a plastic ball, speeding downhill! The haggi are a very shy breed and sightings rare, so accumulating visual references proved one the major challenges.

If you are interested in “zorbing” and live in or around the central Scotland area you may want to stay tuned to www.rollinghaggis.com for updates and news of opening offers.

If like me, you were/are ignorant to this growing global phenomenon, click here to find out more.

Illustration Friday – Adrift

paul — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:32:13 +0000

Adrift

Adrift in tropical waters, almost heavenly if it wasn’t for the fact it’s five miles from shore and that air valve doesn’t look too clever! Still, better than being buried alive in an avalanche! Hand drawn, scanned and then traced and coloured in Illustrator.