Learning how to draw people
Felicita Sala
This is an artist copy of Felicita Sala's work. I wanted to know how to draw people in her style as my cover will be mainly focused on people.
Tuesday, 24 November 2015
Friday, 18 September 2015
Thursday, 17 September 2015
Hand drawn type ideas
Hand drawn types
My ideas
These are the types that I made up for my book. I tried to vary the style so I can get a better idea of what I want to use...
Tuesday, 8 September 2015
Contact sheet
Contact sheet
Subject matter photos
These are my annotated photos for my story. I have used the majority as they are in good focus and have fairly good lighting. The main reason for crossing them out is because some are blurry...
I took these images because there are quite a lot of characters in my book and many will feature on the cover. I also took them of the characters because a lot of the scenery will be fantasy, for example the castle and land of sweets; therefore I can make them up myself. I asked my sister to act out different poses, actions and facial expressions as to make it easier when illustrating my book. This can help in many ways, for example, there is a scene where a mermaid is stuck in sea weed. I asked Matilda to shout and looked frightened so I can get real expression into the characters faces.
I think my shoot was successful because I have a lot of pictures that I like and can use for my book. The best ones are the close up ones because they are more focused and show more expression.
I used a lamp to add lighting and this helped with the close ups too. However, the lamp got in the way in some pictures so they now can't be used!
The pirate pictures didn't go as well as the others because I was holding the lamp and taking the photo at the same time so nearly all of those came out blurry. I also think the mermaid ones could be better because I took them outside. I thought they would look better with natural sunlight but they look a bit out of place because the others have a lamp with focused light, and these don't. It was harder to take these because the mermaid costume was hard to position!
If I could take these again, I would get someone to hold the lamp and make sure it didn't get in the way because that was the main reason why the photos were blurry. I would also take all the photos inside for consistency. I think I would also take more photos so I had lots of different facial expressions and actions for each character.
Monday, 7 September 2015
Subject matter photographs
Photos of subject matter
These are my photos for my subject matter. I used my little sister to model the 4 main characters in my book as I want them to feature on the cover. She is dressed as the little girl, the pirate, the mermaid and the queen. I will put an image of my annotations in another post...
Sunday, 6 September 2015
Drafting
Drafting
These are my 3 drafts from my favourite scamp. I have included the main character and tried to make the covers look busy so they are more interesting to look at.
Scamping and drafting ideas
My own scamps
Drafting ideas
These are some of my scamps for my book. I have included the characters, elements like the castle, the mermaid's water, the whistle and the cake. I have also started to draft my favourite design which has the 4 main characters on it.
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
Subject matter drawings
Subject matter drawings
These are my primary drawings of some of the subjects in my story...
Thursday, 4 June 2015
Children's book cover - More inspiration
Gilbert Ford
Children's book cover
Some screenshots of an artists work for my inspiration...
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