Tigerprint Compettition II

All the entries are in! [MINE INLCUDED]
I loved doing this one...surface pattern is me all over! This one called for some research into future trends, which is something I haven't really thought about before, but the resources are out there and I may dip into these places when creating original works. Think about it...you have to work ahead of the current times or else it'll be outdated by the time you go to print.

Here are some of my favourites from the entries, mine will be up later tonight.

SUBMITTED BY CAYENABLANCA

SUBMITTED BY CURLYCLARE

SUBMITTED BY GEM

[could be an idea for Mum's Wonderland 50th]

SUBMITTED BY HELEN PICKUP

[reminds me of an Ikea fabric I wanted!]

SUBMITTED BY RAJEEV

SUBMITTED BY DOTTIE

Good luck everyone!

Almost ready to start

It's my last week of my holiday [*AHEM* INTER SEMESTER BREAK] and I am more than ready to start the next half of the year. Grades are in, and I'm very pleased with myself...considering the rushing around, late nights/early mornings to get done!
I feel like I am definately doing something right, and I'm doing well at it.

Just finished the last batch of private work for Southern Cement, so hopefully the bag designs will go into production soon.

Tigerprint has another competition on the cards, so I've been doodling away and have some ideas ready to vector...deadline is the 11th Feb for anyone who wants to enter here.

Made my first sketchbook with my lovely new stapler for our 'homework'...although I think I used too many pages and the staples aren't staying put! Lesson learned. I'm hoping to sell them, but I think I'll work on the blog before heading over to Etsy.

I can finally post up some images of MY art and turn this into a real art blog!

What Type are You?

I can't remember which blog I found this link on [APOLOGIES:PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA] but it's an intersting 'quiz' from Pentagram.

Im Archer Hairline

What type are you?

Stop Motion Craft

Animation was never my thing.
I liked the idea of being precise with the handrawn process, but wished I had more time to do something PERFECT and didn't like plastine moulding. At. All.

Stop motion, was something I appreciated more [I DONT KNOW WHY] but didn't really understand, or want to understand...I just liked how it looked.
I can't remember the first stop motion videos I saw, but one that everyone will know is the the new
Ford Fiesta advertisment ["THIS IS NOW" 2009] with the tumbling TVs that turn into the car...here.

Here's one that fascinates me. It combines papercutting with stop motion.

Bizarre client requests

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"Comic Sans would be nice"

Nigel will be turning :)

Click click! | Pikaland

I need to do mroe traditional.
If this isn't inspiration enough, then I don't know what is.

Click click! Pikaland

What this space. I WILL have some art up soon.

9 tips to be more creative

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"Sitting still won’t bring new ideas in"
Read more here.

Oh my...

I want to make this...now.

If you're as tempted as me follow right here.

Sea

Im glad to have something to do now.
I found some amazing photographs via the Lovely Pieces blog, and it's perfect for the new project.

Read full post here.

Sneaky

Right place at the right time.

I happened to be on Facebook at the moment Sam was.
He happened to mention some homework sheet he was given on hand-in day.

Turns out, our class has a homework project we should be doing during this time-off, that no-one thought to mention to us.
I bet no-one will turn up to class with anything, and the tutors will wonder why.

So many blogs, so much time

My 1st free evening and Im catching up with all my blogs, the ones I have missed over the last 4 weeks and some new ones suggested to me.

It has come to my direct attention that I have only inspirations on here.
[I MUST DO MORE ARTWORK]
Until then...

GREAT IDEA @ COUNTRY HEART AND HOME

Cirque du Soleil

One of my Christmas presents was tickets to see the new Cirque du Soleil show, this is the first time I have seen them in England [THEY HAPPENED TO BE IN UNIVERSAL STUDIOS WHEN ME AND JO WERE THERE AT AN UNBELIEVABLE PRICE] and I cant wait.

The snow, may cause some troubles, and we're leaving early just incase everything is late. But I am hoping to take a trip to the V&A while we're round the corner and get lots of photos for inspiration!