Lonely

My Illustration 'Lonely' A6 Black Fine Liner Pen

Woop Woop! My first submission to Illustration Friday (IF) for the topic this week 'Lonely'. A few weeks back I discovered the site and last week I did make a drawing (a really cool one too) but was too late. So, this week I was like 'I'm gonna do this!'

I chose pen, partly because I haven't used that material in a while and I was inspired by other illustrations I'd seen.    

I decided on communicating loneliness through using two people and their relationship by using the space on the page. I decided on a girl and boy, placed on opposite pages (in my A6 sketchbook I often use when out-and-about, it was handy) separated by a Cherry Blossom tree and staring into the background of empty space. The tree growing with the gutter of the page suggests the two figures are connected but separated at the same time. Romantic and Poetic. A silent image that slows down time within the picture. Do the couple know one another?  Why are they lonely? Is it their past that connects them, or their future?

If I did not have 7 minutes till the deadline I would have scanned in and finished the illustration off in Photoshop. This time I had to make do with taking a photo and using Paint!! (Hehe, Good Ol' Paint.)

Lizzie Heath

'Idyllic View Over Farmland and Town of Beautswano'

'Idyllic View Over Farmland and Town of Beautswanoa'; Soft pastel; 28.1cm x 20.4cm; 2012

I finished this little lassie today; my first artwork of the summer!

I bought some soft pastles at the start of summer and decided I would give them a go and created another artwork bringing to life a part of my enchanting Travel Lands magical world!

'...And Then she Looked Down Upon her Whimsical Wim-Bous Forever into the Eternal Surreal'

Mixed media on canvas 122cm x 156cm

Here she is!! Finally they have come back home with me.

The artwork above is one of mine which I produced for my Fine Art A-level (A2) course back in 2011.

Description:

'I began the process of working towards this canvas painting with the desire to combine my passion for both Illustration and Fine Art, and my interests into the imagination and surreal, and that which is beautiful and magical. On this canvas I painted these characters which I have created through my imagination, drawing inspiration from the natural world, bringing life and an emotive connection between them and me, and possible even to viewers. 

In the canvas are my Whimsial Wim-bou characters on the right, top: The elderly Whimsical Wim-Grandes, middle: baby Whimsical Wim-bou, and bottom: the parental Whimsical Wims, and on the left is my ethereal mermaid/bird/female creature who watches over them in their psychedelic world.

The Wim-bous were inspired by (fuschia plants) flowers and my ethereal Goddess by creating my own children's flip-book, morphing parts of birds, shells and a female figure together.' 

'Elizabeth Amy' magazine cover

Oho! I found this little thing hidden in one of my online accounts!

When I was younger (a couple of years ago) I created a series of magazine covers for a (fictitious) magazine Elizabeth Amy. I loved it and still do! I loved playing around with typography and layout, and colour schemes! Heey, that's an idea - one day I may work for a magazine company on the design front! Who knows...

I think I might start this project up again.

Nike's New Range of 'Flying Shoe to the Urban Sky'

The little fella was put together in a workshop at college where I was introduced further to Adobe Illustrator - understanding the Pen Tool to create Vectors. Also, I was shown how to download brushes (one has to start somewhere and I am learning bit by bit!). It was fun and created a funky shoe illustration too!

The Paradise Dreams

A funky little header I created whilst experimenting with the new Photoshop elements! Cool, eh?

Click on it to see it in all of its true glory.

The Fictitious, the Imaginative, the Ethereal and the Dreamlike

Exhibition: orginal drawings and prints

Let’s begin with an end.

I have just completed my Foundation Diploma in Art and Design course and this is a photograph of my work on exhibit.

The Final Project of mine explored other worlds and fictitious places. I love escaping into stories and artworks that explore fantastical worlds and thematics. I have illustrated a world that emanates an ethereal and dreamlike atmospheric quality. It was great. I got to draw castles, quaint shops, magical streets, enchanted forests and magnificent mountains.


Absolutely brilliant year.