Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Illustration style...

Having a style is something that I've worried about (relatively
speaking) from time to time - or more to the point, the lack of one.
I seem to have several depending on what I feel like doing. One of the reasons I got fed up doing comic book illustrations was because I couldn't happily maintain the same style without wishing I was doing something else... maybe that just raises discipline issues, I don't know...
Anyway, I worry less about it now because I enjoy working in different ways from job to job and I enjoy so many other illustrators styles that I'd hate to be lumbered with just one outlet or another...
So, to 'illustrate' the point i've attached two illustrations. I don't think either represent a style that i've featured on here before although I have plenty of illustrations that do reflect this style. Both have been around for a few years but both have been dug out recently because the two leaflets they grace the covers of have been revised.
On the face of it the two schemes are quite similar but I approached the illustrations slightly differently... at least that's how it seems to me, maybe you see them differently?

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Clatto fun...

This was a summer job from last year (to mask the lack of current post-able work.. :( - lots of typesetting at the mo...)
It shows what you can do with some scalable illustrator files and big pieces of fabric and vinyl'd MDF!
Unfortunately the building isn't properly open yet and the windows still have the shutters bolted fast so the photos were taken under nasty fluorescent light but it's another example of big stuff - which isn't as simple as it might seem, but lots of fun to do - especially with an open brief... :)
So, the building is Clatto water sport centre - go to www.Ancrum.com for more details.. tell 'em I sent ya!