Character Sketch-Link Illustration

Channel Ident-Final Animation

Contextual Influences-Carlo Arellano/Chainsaw

I found the blog chainsaw art through Matt Rhodes' blog and discovered more excellent concept art. Carlo Arellano lives in the U.S and has worked on Van Helsing, world of warcraft and more. I'm fascinated with robot and mech drawings so his work caught my eye. His style of clear and clean images is very impressive, realistic and shows great creativity.



Contextual Influences-Matt Rhodes

Whilst looking for inspiration in how to improve my work I discovered the remarkable drawings of Matt Rhodes, a concept artist who has worked on the mass effect series among other things. I really love the richness of colour and attention to detail in his cartoon-like visuals. He has inspired me to go into further detail with my drawings and to use colour effectively in Photoshop. Through his blog I have also found other artists that interest me.

Character Sketch-Cloud

Safe and Sound Campaign-Poster Design

The brief for this project required a piece of graphics to promote and support the work of the safe and sound group for young people. I decided to create a poster design to raise awareness of internet security for young people (12-14 years old). The Illustrator Peter Mac was a great influence in my design because of his really vibrant and stylized pieces which suited my target audience. I wanted my message to get people thinking about how secure they were online so I wanted create a dark theme to my idea to portray this. I have created a typical notebook style with doodles and drawings that suit the theme and are relatable to the audience.

Contextual Influences-Matthias Schardt

During a college project I researched into various illustrators and designers gain inspiration for a distinct style. Whilst researching I discovered a German Illustrator called Matthias Schardt, whos style was very compelling and simple. He creates the majority of his work by using black indian ink to create a simple outline and shading and then uses Photoshop to add extra details and colour. I really like looking at his work as it shows talented drawing skill and great use of colour.