Illustration Evaluation

Are you aware of how illustration is used in your everyday environment and will you observe this differently? 

i definitely have noticed illustration alot more in my life especially, including the films i watch, TV programmes i watch and books i read. i now respect them alot more as i know how much work goes into something as amazing and impressive as those books and films.

ive come across illustrators that i never knew about but i knew of their work, such as Studio Ghilbli and Pixar. this surprised me a little as how could i not know about this? people just watch the films and don't realise what actually goes into them but now i do.

I now notice the illustrations in the newspapers and magazines more, as they usually have a meaning or are trying to portray something. I now spend time trying to work these out, including the ones that take the mick out of articles in the paper eg. the daily mail illustrations.

Have you been inspired by any of the work you have been introduced to?

if we are talking about artists, i definitely took a soft spot to Liza Corbett s work, i thought this was fabulous and has definitely inspired me to do my own sketches to show my feelings or emotions. her work impacted on me and maybe my work could impact other people or make them go 'wow'

in lesson, i definitely learned that illustration and drawing does not have to be perfect , there are many different ways of working instead of photographic images. i learnt working with my left hand instead of right hand created just as good an image as my right hand. using inks and letting them run on the paper creating a much more interesting effect then just pencil. i will definitely think of experimenting with materials and different backgrounds and not be such a perfectionist in my work.

Is there any particular Specialism within illustration that you find most interesting and why?

i think book covers interests me the most as it is a review of what is to come in the book. you have to portray whats to come in the book and be able to attract the audience to your book so that they will buy it. the book and its story is your brief but you can do whatever you like on that cover to portray the story. this freedom would excite me, using bold colours, typography, montage of images or different techniques of drawing. you could do literally anything!

except for book covers, illustrations in newspapers do interest me too, as they show a hidden meaning or are emphasising a point in an article or opinion which might help the audience understand or even take the mick out of it. these really entertain me too, even if they are just in black and white.