Towards the end of 1st term I found myself trying to develop my skills in producing environment artwork, using digital painting techniques that were new to me. From this experimentation came mixed results; on one hand, I learnt a great deal about using different elements within a painting to create interesting and dynamic compositions; on the other, I managed to confuse myself with trying to understand colour theory and eventually completely lost my way.
This term however, I intend to simplify things as much as possible for myself by sticking to what I know and am successful at; line-driven artwork. By accepting that this is currently my most comfortable art style, I should be able to consistently produce artwork of a caliber with which I'm happy, therefore progress will will flow a lot more smoothly for me.
Now that I'm happy to proceed with the project at full throttle, it is about time that I choose a piece of narrative to portray. At the moment my range of inspiration is fairly diverse; sci-fi, fantasy, disaster novels/films, monster movies/books, Japanese folklore, etc. are all fair game when it comes to giving me ideas with which to work. It is long overdue that I pick a genre/topic/novel and get to work. I intend to have made my choice by the end of this week.
In conclusion to this post, I will share some examples of the style of artwork I intend to produce for my own illustrations. I have a few pieces of art from some artists whose style is already similar to my own, but who also inspire me to take my own work to the next level; publish-worthy narrative-based illustrations.
Tim McBurnie
Jakub Rebelka
Matt Rockefeller
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