Part 2: Ideas - black and white

The task for this exercise was to create an illustration in black and white only.  This was quite a challenge - it would have been helpful to be able to include grey - even one shade of grey would have been useful!


From a list of 4 topics I chose to illustrate 'building'.  Because of the limited palette I decided to make it harsh and industrial.


 
I made some rough sketches.

As the design evolved I made a larger version for the black and white cut and stick activity.












As I worked I kept amending my ideas.

I made the decision to create the illustration digitally and moved over to Adobe Illustrator to give more flexibility.

Part 2: Ideas - creative thinking - a subjective drawing

For the subjective drawing I chose to illustrate a pair of pumps - old favourites - comfortable and well worn.

I wrote a list of words to describe them, and from that list I chose the word feminine as the quality that I would use as the basis for the illustration.



 








I prepared a 'feminine' mood board using images from magazines and the internet, words and textural objects.

I looked at subjective work by various illustrators, including Ruth Rowland and Georgina Luck, and fellow students for inspiration.

 




I prepared my line drawing ready for the decorative part and then, using the mood board to drive the illustration, I further explored the word feminine.

This is the result.  From the mood board I took inspiration from the floral representation of feminine.


The blossoms float down and decorate the pumps.

'feminine' pumps - graphite pencil drawing and coloured crayon decoration

Part 2: Ideas - creative thinking - an objective drawing

 

For this objective drawing exercise I chose to draw a pair of glasses - not an easy task.