Drawing in a new light

11. 02. 2012

I recently got a graphics tablet to make life easier for myself. Seeing as I'm going to be a graphic designer for the rest of my life I thought I should invest in something to help me get the job done!

Having never used a tablet before..... It seriously is AMAZING, and so accurate with all my movements and the pressure of my movements - how hard or soft I press, It minics drawing incredibly, it even feels like I'm drawing!!! Except this way I'm saving paper.

The tablet I bought is called a BAMBOO FUN PEN AND TOUCH generation 3. It works as a mouse/ touch pad and I can use the pen on it as well. There are buttons on the left that you can customise! It just blew me away!! It comes in 2 sizes and I would reccomend it to anyone. The pen itself has an eraser on the end... that you can acutually use as an eraser, its so incredible!!

Here is an artwork by Bill Flemming that I used as a reference to create my first drawing using the tablet on Photoshop. Below is my result! I'm still trying to get used to it, but the possibilities are endless with this tool!

Paper thin

07 / 10 / 2011

This is one of the most complex things i was asked to do at uni. We were only allowed to use one sheet of A3 paper, double sided tape and a stanley knife. But there was a catch, you weren't allowed to cut pieces off and stick them together..... it had to be one whole cutout that you could fold together while still being attached to the base paper. We had to base it on a memory, so here I have represented the first time i went ice-skating.

Peter Callesen is an incredible artist who uses a similar technique. You will be blown away by his creations.

Food for thought.

1 / 10 / 2011

Art major works - 2008

For my major, I pondered upon many themes then decided I wanted to go in the direction of food.

Why food? Whether we like it or not, food involves everybody, without it we cannot survive. Too much and you get sick, too little and you get sick, our lives revolve around it. There are many themes and issues that involve food. I based my art on obesity and the fact that it is becoming an epidemic.

While the issue is quite serious, I chose to give my artworks a humorous touch with the addition of quirky quotes that cause the audience to think. The final artwork included six A1 sized drawings. The smaller drawings took me about 10 hours each to draw while the larger took over 25 hours each.

Dieting is not a piece of cake.

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

Donuts and pies equal very big thighs.

I'm on a seafood diet, I see food and then i eat it.

A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.

You are what you eat.