Brief
Who: Illustration Friday Website
What: Digital file to be submitted to website
When: One every week
Context: Shown on homepage of website
Media: Any // open
Time Scale // Intentions
Given the short timescale for each of these Illustration Friday briefs I wanted to focus on making pieces quite immediately; spending only a couple of hours on each image every week. But I also wanted to have fun with this brief, given that the requirements each week were very open I wanted to create images that I enjoyed making but also that benefited the evolution of my visual language.
Self Initiated Limitations
I decided to give myself some limitations to work with in order to try a few new things out and test my visual abilities. Each piece was to work with a limited colour scheme, be digitally rendered and created with the brush tool shape dynamics turned off. I've wanted to play around with lifework in digital imagery for a while and these fiefs offered an opportunity to do this.
I've also wanted to work with the integration of imagery and text in a similar way to my summer work and "Dear Self' zine for a quite a while. The idea of creating imagery alongside personal // instinctive thoughts is something I've received a lot of positive feedback on in the past and the opportunity to play around more with that in this brief was exciting!
Honing in and practicing my anatomical drawing was something else I was able to explore with these quick briefs. I made sure to explore a wide range of reference imagery before creating each image. The juxtaposition of the kind of visual language this resulted in alongside the bold linework and bright colours was something I found myself becoming quite fond of as each week progressed.
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