My next illustration development. I have kept the same tone of voice with the conversation, both of them being one sided phone conversations. They are based on a similar stereotypical type of person, yet different genders. I have varied the design and colours slightly to keep them interesting, but similar enough to show that they are part of a series.

 I have continued exploring different ways of communicating conversations through type and image in my sketchpad. I am pleased with the progress and feel like my ideas have developed. However I still feel that my earlier illustrations are my stronger ones, the one sided phone conversations that are illustrated inside speech bubbles in particular. I am going to continue working on these on illustrator to create either a pair or series of illustrations, depending on what time will allow and what conversations I can find that connect together to work as a set.

The beginings of my sketchpad. I have started by making my conversations visual (some conversations I recorded myself, some taken from my secondary research). So far they seem to be illustrative type, I have found it hard to incorporate illustrations with type and found it easier to express the tone of the conversation using colour and shape within the type itself.

 The front, 'what is a line' in a line.

 I found it more amusing to take little snippets of conversation, that seem funnier out of context of the entire conversation.

 Just a constant stream of conversation in my normal handwriting, a bit boring to look at and doesn't really communicate anything instantly.

I really like the effect of engraving type in silver, its really visually pleasing and brings the image to life.

This style of illustration is my favourite, it was one of my original images that I have designed on illustrator. I am thinking of doing a series of these, but definitely prefer the digital version in comparison to the illustrations I have done in inks, markers and pencils. I think to make them work well as a series I will have to use conversations with a similar tone of voice, one sided phone conversations perhaps?

A few more developments of an earlier illustration. Again I really like the effect it has engraved in silver.

Facebook conversations...

who drew on the sofa?? 

ummm... I think I saw Barney with a pen???

That's what I heard,  

yeah, me too. it was just after he'd cooked dinner for 7 kids and done a couple of loads of washing..LoooL  

I loved barneys cooking! X

Sadie Thompson 

Ideas for the next theme, and to be swapped when we get back?? xxx

Ian Bird 

Celebrities?

Sarah Roberts 

Any type of celebrities?????? Or just pick whatever??? Xxx
Sent via Facebook Mobile

Sadie Thompson 

are we actually decided on that? or has any one else got suggestions xx
 
India Rose Bird

the friggin MOOOOOON

SPACE

THE INFINITE UNIVERRRRRSE

India Rose Bird 

CELEBRITIES IN SPAAAAAACE

Sadie Thompson 

i love you india, you dick. lets do space. SERIOUSLY no?

India Rose Bird 

my space or yours.
ahawhaw not funny.
but seriously, space is the place.
ahhhhh
enough with the shit jokes
i like space

Charlotte Bourke 

i like space.

Sarah Roberts 

space it is!!!!!!!!!
 
Ian Bird
Celebrities is way better/funnier than space thoughhhhhh

Sarah Roberts
Well we can do that after woofy t boy! Shhhhhhhhhhh

Ian Bird
Owlame

Josie Wells 

mammals

Sadie Thompson 

I like... actually LOVE mammals as a theme. Well done Josie Jose!! xx

Sadie Thompson
ok shit so what we doing haa... vote on it?

India Rose Bird

mammals!!!
except dolphins, they're shit.

Sadie Thompson 

im with mammals too.
dolphins think theyre soo cool x

Josie Wells 

dolphins are actually bastards...i know...i know this for sure...so we're doing mams' yeah? where are the others? do they get a say too?? xx

Ian Bird 

mammals shmammals

Sadie Thompson
ian shmian

India Rose Bird

your mum is

Josie Wells

blahbllaahhh

 

Janie Jones

was thinking of havin a party this saturday, just wanted to see who was about?

Hannah Lee 

on it x

Tom Fordyce 

I can't come. Have fun peeps.x

Sadie Thompson

ah poo im working! sorryy xx

Simon Maine 

Away in gay Paris...

Luke Nagy 

On it. Xx

Dave Hunt 

On it. An am thus about.x x

Barry Winston Evans 

Why is fordyce always absent without a good reason these days? Hes definitely up to something underhand if u ask me.

Hannah Lee

he's definitely up to something with his hand
 
Barry Winston Evans

Nice masturbatory reference there. Implying he sits at Coral wanking under the desk to virtual roulette machines. like it.
 
Janie Jones 

Fordyce if u wanna wank at my party i'm cool with that, as long as you're there. My porn collection is somewhat lacking but as Luke will tell you, Brokeback Mountain does the job nicely. And Sadie i reckon you should come by after work, i live well close to you anyway.xx.

Tom Fordyce 

I am working and then going to my Best Friend In The World's gig. No way out, soz guys.

Luke Nagy 

Is his name Heath?
Sent via Facebook Mobile
 
Tom Fordyce 

It's Jake. Which is almost as bad.

Sadie Thompson 

ah wicked, whats your adress?? x
 
Richard Tipple 

I love how this message start off about a party and ended with a general consensus that Fordy is a) a wanker and b) gay lol :)
Sent via Facebook Mobile
 
Janie Jones 

take it easy on fordyce guys, he'll come out when he's ready...
my address is 88 Old Road, EN3 5XZ, its just off Hertford Road. x
 
Tom Fordyce

I am going to shag each and every one of your mums.

Sadie Thompson 

fucking hell fordyce first my brothers and now my mum?? leave my family alone!!

Tom Fordyce

your tribe's fordyce lust is neither my fault nor my problem, Sades.

Luke Nagy 

I read 'fist my brothers now my mum'. Dodgy.

Dave Roskilly 

Nah mate my mums already had you. Hah safe what time is everyone turning up?

Janie Jones

anytime after 8 is cool with me. as usual i will have some cocktails on the go but wont be providing beer because beer is wrong.

 Dave Hunt 

loaded statement but see you then.x

Tom Fordyce 

I am going to come, but later on. Think arrive at 12 and leave at 3.

Tom Fordyce 

Will be pissed upon arrival though.

Janie Jones 

actually tom this party is strictly teetotal. no drunks allowed, urine samples must be submitted before entry.

Tom Fordyce 

I can piss on your door if that'll make it better?

Barry Winston Evans 

now i know fordyce is going to turn up wankered and thus act like a wanker im gonna come as well. cya later sadsacks.

Isabel Crofts 

poor little fordyce. yes i should be there x

Neil Allen
wats goinon i didnt catch the start ofthis message?

Barry Winston Evans 

fordyce is getting cussed for being a top mark. not much else of any interest.

I've started to vector my phone conversation illustration on Illustrator. I really like how it's going so far, but think that the style is a bit too similar to that of Kate Moross and may be seen as copying. I am going to carry on to see how I feel when it's finished.

What is a line?

What is a line... conversations

I have got the ball rolling with my project by recording the conversations of people around me, so far it has only been at home with my flat mates and what people in college talk about. I have found that my flat mates are more comfortable and free with what they say, maybe because they're not in public and no one else can over hear? maybe it also has something to do with the fact that they had no idea I was writing everything down! Some of it was a bit inappropriate but heres a few conversations... 


At college...
What’s the story about? Is it a story about Shropshire people being racist?

If that happened in Leeds someone would be dead by now.

D’you know what I want to do, I want my hair lighter, not like highlights.

You could dye it

I was in a really weird mood last night, I think it’s because I know I don’t have to do work, thing is we could just blitz it in the holidays.

Is Niall not here?

No ones here, if they’re not here by the afternoon they’ll be in trouble.

God I cannot draw hands and feet.

Exactly that’s why theirs books on it people cannot draw that shit.

I really really really really really really want a muffin.

Really, I want a sausage bun.

I wanted a muffin the other day but they didn’t have any.

Bastards

If your gonna grab it just grab it.

Well I can’t just grab it with my sweaty fingers can I, I didn’t want to grab it and get finger prints I’m sorry I had good intentions

What’s that

Oh just pick it up with your dirty fingers

See!

Um where’s our dear friend Marty today?

Umm working hard?

Obviously.

At home...

Ah man these shoes are poking into my feet, it really hurts.

Are they really old shoes

I got them for my 19th

I need to pick my nose so don't judge me.

Do you want a tissue?

Oh it's like cardboard.. aw it's right up there.

Ahh man you got paint in my mane, I'm gonna have to wash it.

You can't have my parmesan.

Please. Please. PLEASE. INDIA.

Sorry I cant take you seriously when you whine like a little bitch.

He's too happy for this song.

I've got really hyper  all of a sudden.

That's very straight paper.

I know, I dunno man I don't want to over do it, the rest are really detailed it's nice to have something quite plain.

What is this?

It's Jens shower cap.

What you doing Sadie?

Your mum.

I really need a backpack.

Talk to Rufus.

What happened to your foot Josie?

India put paint on it.

These look foreign.

Does my hair look like its been dyed? India thought it was dyed, its not been dyed ITS GREASE. Can I point out that I had a shower last night I just didn't wash my hair.

See I was going to say lol then but I started to hate myself.

I want to do something, but I just can't afford it. KATIE go and have a shower.

Gonna get my gonna have some cereal.. hahahahahaa. funny.

Ian do the wallpapers work? 

Aw friend, they look nothing like me.

Do you want some Cheerios? You missed the Cheerio party. Your hair looks nearly as long as you.

Book fair brief... 'Squares'

Dont be a square

My final poster design for my hotdog fold, This was initially hand drawn and then scanned into Photoshop for retouching. I then pixelated the image so that the inside pages of the book are filled with coloured squares and the illustration is revealed as you open up the fold.

Dont be a square

My final poster design for my hotdog fold, This was initially hand drawn and then scanned into Photoshop for retouching. I then pixelated the image so that the inside pages of the book are filled with coloured squares and the illustration is revealed as you open up the fold.

Square illustration

Here is an initial sketch of the kind of thing want on the back of my hot dog fold to act as a poster. I'm not particularly happy with it right now and intend to improve it before the book fair.

Paper Folding

In todays visual language session we were told to go and buy a magazine from the library and then given an adjective to work with. We then had to manipulate the form of our book or magazine to represent our word by cutting and folding. I was given the word drowsy.

Type and grid

In visual language with Lorenzo we looked at type and grid, and were taught how to work out the grid lying beneath a magazine or newspaper layout. 

We were set a task to take an existing magazine or newspaper spread that consists of both type and image, and redesign the layout.

 I began by drafting six initial ideas.

I then drafted my favourite design in more detail, also specifying different fonts used, point size of the type, colour and size of images.

To be honest page layout was never something I thought I would enjoy within graphic design, but I have a real taste for it now and cant wait to learn more on the subject and learn how to use the correct software to make it a professional, finished image.

Squares of food

I have decided that I don't want to use my original photographs of squares around college as they are bad quality and unoriginal. As an idea and a bit of development I decided to photograph squares of food to see how it would look.