Review

I have changed a lot about my designs and here is a list to some up what they are about;

• What my brand would be on; T-shirts, key rings, mugs and phone cases
• Brand Name; Busy Birdie
• Visuals; Bold colours and birds
• Audience;Teenagers 13-18
• Relates to; Play on words and birds.
• Wanted for; Bright, funny and different

Show biz

Here is a tester with the Dogs I had finished, my glamorous assistants seemed to enjoy themselves while chasing each other around, it was also fun to watch so I think this would be the better idea instead of using them as wall decorations.

From this I made more dogs that would be either side of the person instead of only one side, this is entirely for convenience. 

Here are the dogs in action, I think it went well however there was a late minute change of plan for where two of the dogs would be walking, they walked round twice before waiting till their time to run down the middle to Diana (Kim in the nature themed dress).

Caricatures- Satire Art

Tom Marriott

Apparently his love for drawing started off from the age of 5, which he used to try and get out of trouble, his grandfather bought him some egg and spoon wall paper that, one night, he decided to take chunks out of, the guilt of what he had done made him try to disguise it by drawing them back on the missing pieces, his parents found it hilarious so he kept it up.

He does Pastels, Digital and Pencil caricatures and can be hired for weddings and special events

http://the-caricatureartist.co.uk  

Here are  a few of my practices;

I have to say I am quite proud with how Justin Biebers caricature turned out, the one on the bottom left was the final image I made and I can definitely see the improvement, i also tried one of my other ideas which was to have celebrities with rabbit or animal faces.

For Katie Hopkins I went over board with trying to exaggerate her to the extreme as just a test run, i find the big lips and small button eyes amusing for a caricature and may be my favourite part. however i was never quite happy with he neck, I may need more practice.

And here is an inked Simon Cowell, well known for his trousers being too high and his usually blunt outlook, I tried to see what effect it would give to have rosie red cheeks like a doll as well as the big mouth and button eyes however i do not think i will continue it, or the button eyes it would be too simple and i would like to challenge myself a bit but who knows this plan may change.

unlike my other designs i was not able to finish this one so i decided to take into account that i may have a time limit for my final piece and that i would need to practice quick sketches or caricatures to prepare myself.

This one was done in microsoft paint and with a graphics tablet, i had started getting the habit of drawing the big exaggerated lips, which i find kind of funny, i may follow this on to my later designs.

Here are some of the quick sketches and caricature work i did as practices, though caricatures are funny looking i think it may be best to look into what i am satiring, making people look funny isnt exactly a strong piece so i will look to the media and celebrities for help.

I used pro markers for these and they do give off a smooth look which i really like.

My presentation on my product

Brand logo designs

  These are my attempts at making logos and backgrounds through photoshop.

I was testing out opacities to make this unusual overlapping effect, it looks pretty and reminds me of a kaleidoscope with the odd shapes and patterns.

This is what happened when i used Gaussian blur, I really loved the effect because of the soft tones and nothing was too bright or made your eyes focus or strain.

once had made a background i liked the look of i started messing with the designs, I really liked them in primary shapes like circles and squares.

I really did like this background, but sadly it was the name i decided wasn't up to par, it was too long, so i thought it was the right thing to do, something short and relative.

Teddy practice

A few Christmas' ago I got a 'make your own' sock teddy box, where I am given stuffing, socks, thread, needle and buttons to complete the teddy.

Today I have figured out it will give me a good understanding of teddy making for my product Hush and Shush, perhaps even some more info into them, perhaps I could make them out of old socks instead of buying felt?

 

Here I have cut out the different pieces to be sown together 

To sow the pieces together you must first turn them inside out, this will reduce the visible string when you pull it out, then stuff in the fluff and your about sorted 

or so I thought, I had attacked the head wrong, you are supposed to close up the areas you were going to join to give it a rounded look, thus I had to redo the head and shoulders and she does already look better.

 

Creating the hood

 

First I cut out the template on paper, before placing it on the chosen fabric, and cutting out the template again, to save time I folded the fabric so I only needed to cut it out once.

 

 I then safety pinned the two pieces together to get the overall hooded shape.

 

 

 

 

 

I decided to cut out a long piece of fabric to make the scarf, so if I pulled the hood down it would still stay around your shoulder. 

 

I then tried to attach a large piece of material at the front, however when I had finished I decided against it because it just looked too odd. 

It was not the effect I wanted so I took out the safety pins and started sowing with out that large piece of fabric.