Art Stars:11 -Comp Entry.

      "Paint Your Own Future" 

 Front of Star:

         Back of Star:

 MoodBoard and Layout:

 Check the Art Stars Site:My Art Star Entry

I did a "quick" collage for both sides to show my design, easier than sketching it out over and over, and it helps to see how the colors,layout etc would work together. I will use my collage as reference to paint,spray paint and using mixed media. Artwork in the moodboard(right) you can find here: 

personal artworks.

Entry Description:

"Paint Your Own Future"

Front: A working boy(1900s) with a soldiers hat and the constitutional flag in his pocket, walking up the steps to paint his own future (the stars). He has a tough look from living a hard life but determined to reach higher. Inspired by the industrial age, 1900s, Immigrant Dreams, arriving to New York and starting a new life of their own following their own Dreams and Stars. 

Back: The modern boy also walks up, but rather use more modern tools by spraying his stars. Inspired by street culture, modern outfits (w jeans pants and cap). 

Middle/Sides: The Machinery working behind the scenes, like a clock, the engine that also keep things moving forward. Inspired:Industrial age, machines. 

Will use the collage as a reference for Painting with Gouache, Spray paint, mixed media.

Re Cycle London

New editions of one of the characters I did for london cycling competition last year. I finally had more time to spend on the background. I haven't thought much of how to use more collage for not just the characters, but to create their environment aswell. Some processes that should be very obvious to recognise is hard to spot when it's right in front of you, well I do get easily distracted and lost by other things. Hope you like the new version: "Re Cycle"

Falmouth Uni Degree Show

Final Roll

My Illustration Degree show, Falmouth University College, 2010. This character is one of many made for the AOI London Bicycling Competition. I printed out 8 A3 pages with different pieces of this character, and mounted them on foamboard. The hard part was to cut around all the edges, a little bit perfectionist sometimes but it turned out alright. I wish I had printed even bigger pieces of the rest of the work to balance it out, oh well. I also designed a little box he could have on his shoulders to have my business cards on. At the last minute I 'made' the table thing to put my portfolios and a little comment book on.

After making this dude on the bike I really want to see how my work looks when printed big, maybe  I'll find out one day :)

 

 Smile With Style.

 

I had to take a picture with all my work arranged and organised for the final assessement. It wasn't too many projects, but a lot of work.. 10-11 projects perhapse.

Anyways, had a lot of fun bringing the Bikedude home, I think he did too..

 BikeDude Keeps it Green

On location

 At the doorstep

Ok, BikeDude has had enough and heading home and away?! Even I have had enough of this guy for a while, going to bring him to London soon tho. For now Go to bed Dude, time to make some new characters, I think!

AOI Cycling in London Comp:11

London Transport Museum/Association of Illustrators
Exhibition from 6 July to 22 August 2010, at the London Transport Museum, Covent Garden

 My work is ONE of 50 entrants whom got selected between thousand others, 

I wrote a short poem tryin to explain the story behind the image, 

I'll post it when I see it again next week. Follow to :AOI competition

 "Lady Lowrida"