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Hands-­‐on  Illustrator  

Portfolio

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Project:  Film  Diorama  ‘The  Thing’  

As  part  of  a  University  project  to  create  dioramas  of  famous  ?ilm  scenes,  I  was  tasked  with  creating  something  to  represent  ‘The  Thing’  (1982).  As  guts  and  gore  are  not  my  area  of  expertise,  I  decided  to  create  a  marionette  of  the  Thing,  made  to  look  as  adorable  as  possible.    

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Project:  Christmas  2018  ‘The  Nutcracker’  

I  set  myself  the  challenge  of  designing  and  creating  a  series  of  Christmas  decorations  based  on  Tchaikovsky’s  ‘The  Nutcracker’.  Each  ornament  was  laser  cut,  hand  painted,  and  featured  a  joint  in  the  neck  to  make  them  ‘dance’  (based  on  laser  cut  puppets  made  at  University).  They  were  later  accompanied  by  stamp  shaped  Christmas  cards.  Recipes,  operas  and  national  costumes  were  my  strongest  in?luences,  but  underpinning  the  design  process  was  the  desire  to  make  something  decadent  and  joyful.  

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Project:  ‘Women  in  Film’  Marionettes  Small  and  simple….?  

My  ?inal  project  at  University  is  a  series  of  character  ?ilm  posters  of  marionettes.  I  made  11  marionettes  based  on  inspirational  women  from  cinema,  including  Princess  Leia,  Wonder  Woman,  and  Mako  Mori.  Upon  completion  they  were  photographed  and  made  into  ?ilm  posters,  but  are  fully  functional  and  stand  on  their  own  merit.    

Brooches  based  on  some  of  these  designs,  along  with  new  ones,  were  made  to  sell  at  ‘New  Designers  2018’  in  London.  My  original  marionette  design  was  made  smaller  and  the  joints  simpli?ied  to  remove  the  need  for  nails.  As  a  result,  the  only  joint  in  the  badge  is  in  the  neck  allowing  the  badge  to  ‘dance’  whilst  being  worn.  This  feature  proved  to  be  a  popular  selling  point.    

All  the  badges  made  for  ‘New  Designers’  are  created  using  the  laser  cutter,  assembled  individually,  and  hand  painted.  However  there  is  potential  for  larger  scale  productions  in  the  future  using  UV  printing  and  other  techniques.    

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Project:  Howl’s  Moving  Castle  Folio  Society  and  House  of  Illustration  competition  

Every  year,  the  Folio  Society  and  House  of  Illustration  host  a  competition  to  illustrate  the  next  Folio  Society  book.  2019  was  the  year  of  Howl’s  Moving  Castle.  

Using  editorial  technique,  pencil  drawings,  and  digital  colouring,  I  created  3  illustrations  to  spear  head  each  chapter.  I  wanted  to  create  illustrations  that  would  look  good  as  a  set  but  could  stand  on  their  own,  set  apart  from  each  other  by  using  bright  colours  and  strong  shadows  to  set  the  different  moods.  There  is  also  some  subtle  ?lower  language  used  for  Sophie  and  the  Witch  of  the  Waste.

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Project:  Hotel  Indigo  ‘Lijiang  Old  Town’  Branch  

For  a  competition  that  involved  making  art  for  a  Hotel  Indigo  branch  of  our  choice,  I  researched  the  main  religion  of  the  town  and  their  myths.  ‘The  Descent  of  Man’  -­‐  a  creation  myth  about  sound  and  breath  transforming  into  a  pair  of  eggs  -­‐  was  intriguing,  and  so  I  interpreted  it  through  art  designed  to  be  used  as  tall  wall  murals.    

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Project:  'Ginger'  The  Secret  Life  of  a  colour  

Taking  inspiration  from  the  book  'The  Secret  Lives  of  Colour',  I  created  a  fake  ?ilm  poster  about  the  origin  of  the  colour  ginger,  and  how  it  came  to  be  associated  with  the  Pre-­‐Raphaelite  Muse,  Elizabeth  Siddall.  The  story  features  suicide,  poetry,  and  some  maybe-­‐justi?ied  grave  robbing.  

The  ?inal  product  is  to  the  right,  but  sketches,  progress  scans,  and  elements  compiled  for  the  ?inal  piece  are  featured  on  the  next  page.

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Project:  Covea  Insurance  ‘Real  People,  Real  Purpose’  

Whilst  at  ‘Covea  Insurance’,  I  was  tasked  with  creating  a  digital  poster  based  around  their  new  project  ‘Real  People,  Real  Purpose’,  aimed  at  showing  how  employees  are  more  than  just  their  job  description.  I  chose  to  research  Disney  designer  Steve  Thompson  and  demonstrated  how  he  moonlights  as  a  trapeze  artist  in  a  circus  group.    

Despite  ‘Covea  Insurance’  using  photographs  of  their  employees,  I  mimicked  Thompson’s  art  style  to  draw  him  in  an  acrobatic  pose  -­‐  both  to  link  his  job  and  his  hobby  together,  and  to  work  around  the  lack  of  photographs  of  him  performing.  Though  a  number  of  text  alignments  were  played  with,  I  decided  it  would  be  a  shame  to  waste  the  strong  vertical  and  horizontal  lines  that  came  with  his  pose.    

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Behind  Disney’s  Principal  Designer  is  their  high-­‐‑ lying  trapeze  artist  leading  a  double-­‐‑life  in  a  circus  school!

This  is  Steve,  the  Disney  Store’s  Principal  Designer  

of  13  years,  who  draws  Princesses  and  designs  cute  

products  for  a  job  he  loves.  More  than  likely  if  you  

own  a  Disney  christmas  ornament,  it’s  one  of  his.  

SSteve  knows  how  important  it  is  to  express  your  

creativity  in  different  ways  than  you  usually  would,  

far  away  from  your  comfort  zone.  For  him  this  is  his  

other  passion  -­‐  trapeze!  Artists  aren’t  particularly  

known  for  their  athleticism  (and  certainly  Steve  

claims  he  was  never  into  sports  as  a  child)  but  for  

Steve  it’s  a  way  to  push  himself  further  and  clear  his  

head  so  he  can  be  inspihead  so  he  can  be  inspired  by  real  life.  After  7  years  

of  performing  with  his  Husband,  he’s  come  a  long  

way  from  being  a  Circus  Student  -­‐  but  always  keeps  

in  mind  that  he’s  never  done  learning  anything  

in  life.  


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