Cactus Embroidered Tote Bag.

These photos show what is my second hand embroidered tote bag. I am a lot more pleased with the outcome of this bag, I feel it looks very clean and precise to how I had it planned. This bag was a lot more simple, it was a lot easier just to embroider sticking to one colour, I could continue to sew without having to change the colour for the next section. 

Tote Bag as a Whole.

Back Typography Detail.

Birthday Card.

It was my dads birthday the other week and I made him this A5 drawing and popped it on a plain card. Cards are boring and drawings you can take off the front are fun. 

Hannya: The Hannya mask portrays the souls of women who have become demons due to obsession or jealousy.

Hannya mask A5 drawing.

Sketchbooking.

This is the first update on the progression of my work during the summer. Here are a few things I've been doing this week in my newly made sketchbooks. 

Mixed Media Houses.

Dripping Ink Skull.

Skull and Daisy.

Mixed Media Block of Houses.

Mixed Media Colour Leaves.

Mixed Media Coloured Leaves.

Mixed Media Cacti.

Pencil on Black Paper Whale.

Two Tone Ink Drawing of Leonardo DiCaprio, Tracing Paper Removable Sunglasses.

Wax Crayon and Ink Yoda.

Wax Crayon, Ink and Pencil Bikes. 

Portfolio Contents Page.

I've just made myself a quick, A3 piece to go inside the front cover sleeve of my portfolio. Rather than sticking to a general plain A3 piece of paper with text, I thought I would add some detail just to make my portfolio me attractive. I added part of an illustration from the inside of the portfolio and repeated it underneath the text. 

Portfolio Contents.

The Twinings Teapot Gallery.

During the last term of my first university year, I have been researching into tea and tea wares. The research I have collected has been used to create a 24 page, hand bound book. I gathered information from the Twinings Teapot Gallery, which is situated inside Norwich Castle Museum. The museum itself holds the largest collection of British ceramic teapots, over 3000 pots are based inside the museum.

I created a large series of development work, experimenting with many different mediums to see which worked best for the narrative I was trying to portray. I used etchings to create the basis of my illustrations for the final book, and added areas of paint and ink to make each piece different and more interesting. 

Here are some scanned images of my development work.

Free Machine Embroidery And Acrylic Paint.

Etching.

Watercolour Painting.

Polystyrene Print. 

Lino Cut Print.

Etching With Ink Detail.

Lino Cut Print With Acrylic Paint Detail.

Series Of Dip Pen And Ink Drawings.

Failed Etchings.

Dip Pen And Ink With Watercolour Detail.

Carbon Paper Drawing.

Watercolour Paint With Floral Detail.

Patterned Collage With Black Ink.

Carbon Paper Drawings With Ink Detail.

Hand and Hair Prints.

The two 'Hand and Hair' drawings are now on my etsy store available to order as prints. You can view and order these here and here!

Gem Faces.

I tried something new, combining the use of fine detailed hair drawing and messy but pretty ink splats. These will be up for sale in the next few weeks on my etsy store as A5 mini prints. 

Line drawings.

Final design, ink added.

Hand and Hair #2

After finishing my first hand and hair piece, I decided I would continue using this style of working, and try to get to the best possible standard I can. I created this circular hand and hair piece. I used A4 white paper and a black 0.25mm micron fine liner. This will also be up for sale on my etsy store as prints in the next few weeks.

Line drawing.

The beginning of hair drawing.

Close up of hair detail.

Close up of the finished piece.

The finished piece.

Hands and Hair #1

My CD artwork commission fell through, but I continued the piece I was making and will now be scanning it and making prints. I was very happy with the outcome of my first really intricate piece (for a long time). You will be able to order these on my etsy web-store in the next few weeks. 

Finished hand and hair piece.

New commission.

I am working on a new commission currently to create a band CD cover art. I will be creating the back and front for the CD and will be creating a logo for them also. So far I have almost completed the front cover art work.

Tutankhamun

Yesterday I had a play about with water and acrylic ink painting. I painted a black and grey Tutankhamun mask. I was pleased with the outcome for my first painting in a long time, even if it is a bit messy. Here are some pictures from my process.

Blacking out and lining.

Blacked out and lined.

Finished.

Messy, but finished.

Foo Dog A5 Prints.

I recently finished a line and dot work drawing of a foo dog. I have now got this up for sale on my Etsy store for £9 each. You can order these here.

Foo Dog A5 Print.