3D Objects

After a tutorial, my tutors suggested it might be good to get an idea of what it's like to paint/draw onto 3D objects, just so I know what it'll be like when I design my image for the Xbox controller.

I went down the local charity shops and bought these two items, the simple toddler toy for hammering blocks and a mini chair, both different shapes giving me different scope of stuff to work with. I then bought some chalk paint so I could paint straight onto the wooden objects, it also means it'll be much easier to draw on after. Just a few pictures of the before and after the objects being painted

Being Painted

Painted!

It's ready for getting drawn on now!

Jon Burgerman

I originally came across Jon Burgerman via this book: Pens are my Friends, it shows of Burgermans extensive amount of work using pens to create his artwork.

What's really refreshing is that he doesnt just use flat pages, some of his work is putting pen to 3D objects, he's a great illustrator to look at for this brief, as it's all about designing something on a 3D object. The work he does do on canvas and sketch books etc have some fantastic colour palettes, they're either really colourful or more thought about i.e. 3 different colours used throughout his designs.

Over the next few days I'm going to practice putting designs onto object just so I can start getting a feel for how a design will wrap around curves/corners etc.

Here are some examples of his work: 3D:

2D work:

XBOX Controller Research

My first project I chose is to design a limited edition design for the new xbox one controller

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/promotions/XboxController

you can submit upto 3 designs, here are some example limited edition designs, they all have strong graphics influences and bold digital art pieces. I really love the 'graffitti' style one as well

Giveaway

Amazing! Love the look of the prizes in this giveaway!

http://littlemissdelicious.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/the-huge-little-miss-delicious-giveaway.html

Final Outcome

My final outcome, I worked really hard on the background to get richer colours and a better texture,

I also worked on the characters some more, giving them a slightly larger than real life appeal, just so they

aren't too small on the cover like last time.

I've taken the advise to use masking fluid, it creates a nice texture and flows well,
my main criticism however is I've not added the willow leaves, I thought it would be too jumbled,
before submitting the artwork I might try to add them to see how that variation would fare, I've tried to use a limited colours pallette minus the colours of the animals, and I've worked on the text more making it clearer, I am pleased with my outcome.

What it will look like once cropped, I measured out the exact measurements before even starting the image, and made a digital version measuring it out but for some reason the image still look a bit odd! I did want to create a larger border on the top and bottom, but would've liked a slightly larger border on the edges so the blue doesn't look almost clipped, that will be something I will look at before submitting my work.

Research

Various front covers, they mainly consisted of traditional watercolours and picnic/boat scene,

but I loved the simplistic colour palette of the top left picture...

I then found this artist, he had similar colour palettes to the cover I liked, I want to try and incorporate his style/colours in my work, but I want to use watercolours

Initial getting used to working with paints again, and thumbnail sketches of book cover ideas

Background ideas, keep the colour palette simple

Finer details of what's in the picture

Character Development/Design, still using watercolours, didn't want to make them too humanistic, the fact they're not wearing clothes makes it look 'charming'.

Ideas and type development

First outcome, nice, but quite blanched out colours, the black line is too bold around the willow branches

try and tone that down a bit, possibly use masking fluid, work on text, and possibly the characters some more.

My Latex Design for a Competition

Only brief was that it had to be valentine oriented, so I created this piece, high waisted  pants with frills and suspender loops and feature hearts, a shaped heart top/bra top with a halterneck complete with gauntlets and heart shaped pasties [=

results 14th feb!