These are my final coursework outcomes at A Level Illustration and Graphics. I produced 4 book jackets, including inner flaps, for Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events children's' books. I wanted to combine my experimentation of colour palettes and hand-made lettering with illustration.

I began by producing some thumbnail sketches, which led to the idea of creating book jackets. I also discovered processes such as repeat pattern and relief print. I enjoyed the relief pattern and extended this process in Photoshop, and thought that they would look effective as endpapers.

I explored artists including Noma Bar, Chris Riddell and Mary-Kate McDevitt: Their art styles are very different as Bar works with minimalism, Riddell with detailed fine liner, and McDevitt with hand-made typography. I practiced illustrating using fine liners, and using shapes on Illustrator. I began to refine my ideas by generating more specific thumbnail sketches. I used book jacket mockups for my final outcomes.

These are the final endpapers, which were created using the repeat pattern process, and include relevant images from my primary sources and relevant colour palettes. I aimed for these outcomes to appeal to a teen audience, and feel like my jackets and endpapers successfully achieved this.

These are some examples of life drawing from my art foundation course. I explored many techniques such as charcoal, mixed media collage, ink and paint. I really enjoy observational drawing and drawing from life.

Here are some pages from my foundation course sketchbook, including context, development, research and discussion of audiences for my project on serendipity. I used digital cameras to take clear photos of portraits, which I used as references for my silkscreen monotypes.

I extended these screen prints into some posters orientated around mental health, as I strongly believe that mental health is important and wanted to raise awareness. I experimented with different methods of screen printing and life drawing.

This was the early stages of my year 1 A Level Graphics and Illustration coursework, where I created a moodboard (involving many of my interests) and thumbnail sketches for some video game covers for Naughty Dog's Uncharted games.

For part of my contextual research, I studied artists Olly Moss and Pedro Vidotto; I began by recreating their work to learn their processes, then I created my own work in their style. I particularly liked Moss' silhouette style.

During this project, I continued to research artists and techniques such as Andy Warhol's blotted line technique, and Lucinda Rogers' use of weight-of-line drawings. I started to create my final outcomes, and experimented with composition, considering visual hierarchy, colour palettes and typography.

I have produced several zines; here shows the early stages, development and colour experimentation for my zines. At A Level, I created an 8-page zine featuring a sequential narrative about zombies. For our application of ideas week in October during the Art Foundation, I produced a double-page spread of a sequential narrative featuring haloween-related characters of my own. 

I enjoy drawing for pleasure at home, both using digital and analogue processes. Some of these were quick sketches at the side of my work, and some were slightly longer drawings including simple colour.

I enjoy drawing digitally on Adobe Photoshop; I have a verystrong interest in Westerns and designing characters and outfits. I enjoy playing video games; Red Dead Redemption deeply inspired my passion for the wild west.

Here is a finalised outcome of a sequential narrative, which I spent a lot of my own time on. I wanted to contextualise my characters with a scene so I drew some backgrounds to my panels. In my opinion, the formality of the piece is situated between comics and graphic novels.

Here is some of my animation work, please turn up the quality to 1080p on Youtube if necessary.

https://youtu.be/LROyHJNpQpw

https://youtu.be/Z-lKvp64p2o

Here are some pieces of work, each produced in a time scale of 1 hour 30 minutes. I wrote up these experimentations in my sketchbook, researching artists context.

I explored working in a similar style to the illustrator Charlie Davis, and mocked up my designs on hoodies and a poster, featuring Dan Reynolds, the lead singer of one of my favourite bands, Imagine Dragons. Considering the hoodie mockups, I wanted these designs to appeal to fans of Imagine Dragons.

For my exam work during year 2 at A Level, I explored different processes and generated some thumbnail sketches. I was torn between creating posters for Pirates of the Caribbean and the Queens Gambit, but I ultimately decided on creating 4 posters for the latter.

I chose the Queens Gambit, as it is one of my favourite series, and is a contrasting genre to the Series of Unfortunate Events book covers which I made for my coursework. produced some more refined and specific thumbnail sketches, and explored stencil screen printing involving my own primary sources. I produced some textures for a rustic, vintage effect.