Research for Stage 2

i researched some illustrations that show animals with objects and doing human things which is the theme i'm using for my prints.

ducks with umbrella 

i recently went to the circus which had lots of animals doing things they wouldn't normally do. i saw parrots ride scooters and bicycles and this really inspired my to make my design of animals. 

i remembered the scene from My Neighbour Totoro an animated film where totoro is given an umbrella and he is really excited by it and i thought how i could use unusual interactions of creatures with objects in my illustrations.

 

illustrations of animals riding bicycles by Boglarka Nadi. i really like the delicate vintage style of these illustrations, the animals are characterized without loosing there realness.

watercolour painting of a fox with briefcase and bowler hat by Alison Fenell.

cute illustrations of animals interacting with objects by Victoria Ball. I really like the loose style and colouring of these illustrations. 

illustrations by Emily Carew Woodard. I love all of Emily's work, her style is very quirky and fun and i would like to get this across in my illustrations.

Cute animal illustrations by Teagan White who is one of my favourtite illustrators.

animal illustrations by Jamie Mitchell. the realistic drawings of the animals make a fun contrast against the hats and scarfs he put them in. 

illustrations by Julia Pott, her creatures have really detailed clothes and i like the mix of hand drawn style parts with digital colouring and patterns mixed together.

Some photograph references for the animals i used in my illustrations:

Chosen Sweet Packaging Print

Research for sweet packaging

Sweet Revolution chocolate packaging by Jessica Garcia

 Cute sweet packaging by Caecilya Sari, the packaging can also be cut out and made into a childrens bedtime mobile.

Really cool chocolate wrapper designs by Kate forrester.

Packaging by Sara Strand - not sure if these are pet treats or sweets but they look awesome anyway.

Paper Sweet bags by Susan Brand - simple but lovely.

There is alot of really good sweet packaging design on this page too http://blogof.francescomugnai.com/2013/04/sweets-or-candy-packaging-a-sweet-treat-for-your-inspiration/ 

Final Print

this is the design i have chosen for my print of an object <3

Research for object prints

I looked at some illustrators that sell prints of objects to inspire me for the prints of my object which is a tea cup.

Susana Parada - Parada Creations

http://www.etsy.com/shop/ParadaCreations

i like these prints of objects on the textured paper background, the print of the dreamcatcher is my favourite because it is really patterened and colourful and makes it more interesting than just the object itself.

Tom Frost

http://theboyfrost.blogspot.co.uk/

i like how tom frost's prints of objects have full illustrations embedded in them, the pictures on a matchbox and the illustration on the stamp makes you almost forgot it is a simple object.

Gemma Correll - Pirate radio print

Gemma has brought an object to life and given it a personality making it a really cute quirky print.

Mariya Paskovsky - Teacup illustrations

i also looked at illustrations of teacups as it is the object i will be using and i really liked these patterned hand drawn illustrations by mariya.

Sweet Packaging

i chose to use fried eggs and foam shrimps for my prints. i used lino cut, etching and monotrace. i made quite a lot so this is just a few i liked most.

i also made some coloured versions

object prints

my object was a teacup, here are my print designs :)

Web Design

original drawing for my webpage decoration

coloured header with illustrations

images of my finished website

home page

gallery page

about page

contact page

i found it really hard to make the website in flash because i'm a bit rubbish at computers and have never done anything like this before. in the end i'm really happy with my website, everything works (hopefully) and i think my design shows off my style and it is easy to navigate and see things. i might not have learnt as much as i could from this experience as most of it went way over my head, technical stuff doesn't agree with me!  but i can say at least i'm an expert at making buttons :) 

web design research

examples of bad web design:

www.fabricland.co.uk

most hideous colours ever

www.irishwrecksonline.net

ultimately boring

www.lingscars.com

quite possibly the worst website ever made, looking at it gives you a headache as nearly everything flashes or moves! the soundtrack doesnt help.

examples of good web design:

www.silkewerzinger.de

really cool design, quirky but still simple

www.simonelia.com

cute and very simple, makes it easy to navigate and see everything

www.illustrationweb.com

i love using this website to do research and find illustrators, its really easy to view porfolios and finding what your looking for is made easy with the styles categories