MockingBird

This was a cover that i started to work on but did not continue with, it felt like it was lacking the theme of innocence that runs through out the book. The Bird was to sinister looking.

This cover was simply a mockingbird in the tree.

The bird was drawn in photoshop and then i changed the grey background to black, i was originally going to have a black frame around the book which at the top two branches with the bird sat on them.

 

To kill a mockingBird

 Originally when the task was set i began to read the Hunger Games, trying to seperate the book from the film (as i had just watched it) was very difficult. I decided to read To kill a MockingBird instead.

Although it is a hard read, i enjoyed creating the cover for this book.

Below is the first cover

 

 

I then mocked it up onto a book ready for my group crit session

 

 

The outcome of the group crit was a very positive one, i had achieved a strong book cover that looks like it could be published. I felt the back of the book was too plain, although it worked well with the subtle front cover i wanted to do something else with the cover. Below is the outcomes

This was what i came up with first, i felt that you lost the text in the back cover, it needed to be darker so the white writing would stand out. i want easy to read text.

This is my final outcome for the book, i was not sure if the back cover would work as the plain back gave it a strong look but i managed to achieve a much stronger book cover.

Final Earwigs

These are two of my final illustrations for the earwig task in uni, although a slightly different from normal task, i enjoyed it and produced some strong final outcomes. Again i used photoshop! the more i do ....the better i will be!

I see you ...

 

This piece is the base of one of my earwig final illustrations

 

It is the first time i have played around with creating the skin/shadow effect on photoshop. Changing the opacity and flow of different brushes can dramaticly change the depth/shape of a piece. For my fist attempt ...i am happy with how it looks!

Always Damned

Always Damned

Aaliyah

 

This was a project i was set at uni, i chose to look at Aaliyah. She was a fast rising star till her her untimely death. I took a Queen of the Damned approach to this task.

Mostly pen and charcoal that i scanned into photoshop. the task was looking at their death and their ghost, i was pleased with my outcomes so had to include it on my blog ^_^

 

 

Bloody Mary

This is some work that i did last year based on the tale of Mary Worth ( Bloody Mary)

 

 

Ursula

 

Ursula

 

One of my earlier pieces of work on photoshop.