Jessica Martin jessmartin.illustration@gmail.com @jessmartin.illustration
Contents Collages Illustrations Editorial Printing
Taking influence from the painter and collage artist Richard Hamilton, these pieces were created by photography, collage and painting.
Exploring the art of Children’s books, developing ways of illustrating stories through collages created by found imagery and materials.
A collection of collages exploring character creation through found imagery and materials, analysing the art of children’s books.
After investigating into the Ropewalks area in Liverpool I began to explore the shop fronts of Bold Street, focussing on the main colour of the shop, as the colour palette, and how the light hit the building on the day. These illustrations were created by water colour with pen work adding the detail.
A series of images created to present the theme ‘lets start a fucking riot’ for the Liverpool festival Sound City. These images were created digitally using an apple software.
Editorial work for the Bido Lito magazine. These digital drawings were created to illustrate an article on the new music venue ‘Future Yard’ opening in Birkenhead.
Exploring Liverpool and Manchester to gather research, I began by observing people within the areas, creating quick sketches.
Completing research on Liverpools Rope Walks, these simple illustrations allowed me to have visual research to further the development.
Observational drawings, documenting the area I live in and places that stood out to me as I grew up there.
A series of risographed images combined to make a narrative story portraying a young girls experience when getting a piercing. The layers were created through collage, pen and screentone.
A collection of lino prints re-creating personal film photographs, experimenting on found papers.