Summer sketchbook/diary

ink and sticks and that

BAMBOO

Recently received a Bamboo tablet! Unfortunately I appear to be terrible on it. I really don't know what I'm doing and I've got so accustomed to beloved stick that I can barely hold the pen.

This is my first attempt at drawing using the tablet, using Photoshop CS5. It's a bit pants, and the colours are probably off- for some reason colours look completely different on my laptop.

Anyway, off to practise x

P.s it's supposed to be Lara

Montage

Skinhead inspired Montage. Collage,  head photocopied onto brown paper then I used ink and a stick (WOOO) and drew and shaded in the jacket and the wording which is quoted from Nick Knights "Skinhead" book.

I love ink and sticks.

        First time I've done detail in a while.

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Recent

Haven't been doing much worth posting.

I finally got a film camera so have been messing around with that, a lot cheaper than using disposable. I managed to find a lot of Kodak film for a pound- not the right speed but the results aren't too shabby and then I wait till I go back to the midlands to get them developed. The cheapest in London is £6, home= £3 plus I get a free roll of film because I don't want them put onto a CD. Finding film photography much more interesting than using the SLR. (= my interesting life lol)

Don't worry, I have no intention of becoming a photographer aha. Some Snapshots from places I've been in the last few weeks, Southend and a thames boat ride in the rain aha.

Also dabbled in some collaging, the collaging was done by hand- each flower I took photo's of my self, cut everything out and stuck it together. Then it was scanned in and mirrored on CS5 and messed about with.

It was an entry for a competition but I didn't win. I don't think I followed the brief too well. 

I really like purple at the minute...

I also layered some of my collaging in the background of this photograph (yes I recycled photographs from my "Active" project- but I had two weeks to do it and the competition ended a few days before my final deadline!)  It's supposed to look like she's whipping her hair around and all of the "scents" are flying out. (it was for a scents company aha).

Still no expert on Photoshop, I'm gonna dedicate some of my time over the holidays to do some tutorials online etc.

Also it was my birthday on tuesday, and I was lucky enough to receive a Bamboo tablet from my "in-laws", so I no longer have to do everything on the trackpad on my laptop! colouring etc should be neater from now on.

N.

Need to get practising! 

Your Piques

I recently joined a new (very new) website called Your Piques, it offers anyone the chance to upload clothing designs and possibly see them become reality.
I urge everyone and anyone to try it out, I really think it might take off.

http://yourpiques.com/yourpiques


Signing up is straight forward, uploading is quick and easy. No doubt as the popularity grows it'll attract more and more people, perhaps even industry types. So even if your an illustrator (like me, I know nothing about designing clothes) there are still a tonne of benefits!

Please check it out.

(My first design, the shirt dress I've been envisioning and lusting over -and comparing to the crap amount of actual shirt dresses available- for quite some time. I hope they make it so I can steal it and wear it all summer.)

Freehand Ink + pointy stick (as per usual I really need to attempt to draw with something else at some point), coloured badly in CS5

Dave the Skin

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preview, not too sure how I want to edit these so I'm currently messing about with them!

Skinheads Inspiration for upcoming work