directors

today i have been starting and finishing my directors triptych. It is not as busy as my other two illustrations but i took a simple approach to the portraits of saints with the gradient backdrop and have them posed with items of significance to their characters. I also thought it would be nice for these portraits to looked posed an staged as that is what these men do for a living. 

i feel, as i near the finish that my skills as a portraits artists are growing and i have managed to develop this style into something really worth pursuing. 

business cards and branding

I have been working on business cards alongside this project. I wanted something that showcased both my work and was lively and reflected me a bit. In terms of my work, it can be quite varied at times and i wanted to show what i have done in both illustration and in textiles. 

I want to play about a bit more but for now these will serve what purpose i have designed them for. 

Mighty Boosh triptych

As the above process shows I have traced the basic triptych shape from the bettie and bunny piece for continuity in the prints, each will offer very different things but will maintain a uniform shape. Again I will be screen printing the gold border. 

This pieces theme is a lot more literal in terms of religious scenes, i'm pretty happy with my own nativity scene. 

moving on to new people

Started on my saints of comedy, hopefully these should move faster in terms of envelopment as i know the definite look I am after. 

 Steve coogan and mighy boosh. i'm not entirely sure as yet on the bags i will actually produce.. in retrospect and upon reviewing my learning agreement, i have stated i will create 15 bags... and the more i produce these portraits the more i'm thinking i will do a run of five saint bettie and saint bunny , five of the mighty boosh and five of my director saints. I feel as though these three are the strongest in terms of how i've managed to capture the people in the triptychs. 

first one done!

So finally I think i have done with this triptych! moved away from the original idea of the bondage cross and went for a garden of earthly delights inspo for the middle panel. The black outlines will have gold ink screen printed over them. 

first triptych development

I have started on the layout for the first triptych , i'm pretty happy so far and feel as though it's a good mixture between the historical influence and the modern style i am also going for alongside a few cheeky twists that I feel are appropriate for the characters of this set.

The middle of the triptych is going to feature a bondage cross upon a hill of erotic polaroids. Should be super fun to draw! 

Change in printing

After reviewing  my Learning Agreement I realise that if I were to print in the way the previous blog post stated i would be too far from the finished product i have described in the agreement. Instead i am now simply using a simple black one screen print. Also, for the triptychs I have elected to have them printed properly with a matte finish and the go over them with the gold border that will be screen printed on. In addition to the two final products i am thinking of adding in a few extras such as stickers and badges.