Personal & Professional Practice Aghnia Mardiyah
Things I’ve learnt as a learner • I’ve learnt a lot about illustra0on and the different uses of illustra0on • I find it quite difficult to experiment with different medias • I can work a lot more than I thought was possible • I am able to keep my work consistent with quality • I'm quite good at managing my 0me/ organising myself with uni work • I am beginning to know my method of working and how long it takes for me to do things • I need to get out more – observe and inform myself about the things that happen around me
Things I’ve learnt as an illustrator • I enjoy working digitally but emula0ng that tradi0onal/ handmade look with textured brushes and scanned in handmade textures • I enjoy crea0ng scenes and including characters in my work • I like to work in full colour, though I’d like to experiment more with limited colour paleEes • I like telling stories with my work
Things I enjoyed most – Book brief
Things I enjoyed mostVisual Language • • • • •
Composi0on Colour Thumbnailing More thinking than just drawing Being more exhaus0ve with my drawings
I think visual Language has been most beneficial. Depth: Flat to less flat looking Value and colour theory : Dull colours to bolder colours
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Artists
Annette Marnat
• Simplified, exaggerated shapes • Texture • Bold colours • Character • Busy composi0ons • Depth • Detailed • Playful • Fun • Narra0ve
Joey Chou
Thorsten Hasenkamm
Mailke Plenzke
Emily Hughes
Pete Oswald
Júlia Sardà
Brittney Lee
How it influenced my work • • • • •
Simplified, exaggerated shapes Texture Bold colours Character Narra0ve
• Simplified • Exaggerated -‐ to tell a beEer story • More ac0ve looking
Bits of the year I found the hardest • CoP • Getting out of my comfort zone – trying new things • Being experimental with media and tone of voice • Postcards brief – using illustrator • At times, I found the workload hard to manage
Ambitions
(long term/career wise)
• Children’s illustrator • Working within the animation industry doing: – Character design – Storyboarding – Visual Development/Concept art for animated feature films and television.
Ambitions
(Things I want to work on next year)
• To be more experimental with
• • • • •
– Media – tone of voice – Production methods (Screen printing etc. instead of just digital print)
Take more risks More character design Make more stories/books Develop gif making skills (animated illustrations) Learn/improve: – Drawing backgrounds (different environments and settings) – Colour and lighting – Drawing things in different perspectives/angles
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