Process

I liked the composition of my sketches but when I tried to take a photo on my phone everything was inverted. Go figure I actually prefer the inverted version.

Reminds me of Chalk on a blackboard, might be worth looking into it one day…

30.07.10

working on a little watercolour today. Won’t get much chance the next few days with the part time work. I think I want to work a little more loosely with watercolours, It works better for me I believe. Practise makes perfect blah blah,,

28.07.10

 

Couple of warm up sketches. Freakazoid from, well, FREAKAZOID! and Sebastian from Kuroshitsuji. I miss the mornings of my childhood when Freakazoid used to be shown…

Doodlers Anonymous

fantastic site dedicated to doodles. All the work on the website are full of life and oozing inspiration from a variety of artists.  Highly recommend!

http://www.doodlersanonymous.com/

Doodlezine

http://cargocollective.com/Doodlezine

Doodlezine is a  handmade screen printed booklet full of doodles and small illustrations created by Abi Whitehouse and Desdemona Mccannon. The booklets have some absolutely beautiful doodles in, I absolutely love the fine lines in a lot of them. The small detailed images I find most appealing, they seem so delicate. Doodlezine is a collection of artists doodles from all over the world. There is some absolutely beautiful doodles within the pages of these little zines.

Abi Whitehouse came and gave us a lecture in the Creative Futures week at our university. She was a delight to listen to, as she spoke about how networking within the industry is an important part of our work as artists. She spoke also about the success of the doodlezines and how it was surprising at how many artists were interested in the book. They are beautiful illustrations yes however could this also be attributed to how much artists enjoy the aesthetic qualities of another’s work? Or perhaps we just don’t realise how much appeal doodles really have?

Doodles access thoughts you were not aware of (as quoted from Doodlezine’s website)

CompulsiveArt

http://www.compulsivesart.com/

David Setter’s website compulsive art has some beautifully complex, vibrant and fun doodles. His work is so appealing, the linear qualities are his art has the viewers eyes constantly moving around the page, the page bursts with character.

Most of these images are created without pencil, just careful thought about placement.

“There can be design without play, but that’s design without ideas.” Paul Rand

If design is ‘play’, then I personally feel I am lacking at the moment in that department. I feel inspired however to ‘play’ with my art and ideas, perhaps doodling is that way forward. For me, who is so drowned with details of my work, perhaps it would be better to step away from the pencil and take up the pen. Just let the ideas flow ad see what it gives me.

I have decided, I want to play.

Daily Doodle

Following up on inspiration from looking at artists sketchbooks, I moved further into the subject and began exploring the idea of doodles. There is a fascinating amount of websites out there dedicated the  ‘meanings’ of doodles, apparently it is believed that a person’s personality is revealed within a persons doodles and sketches.

Daily Doodles is a Daily Doodle is a creative fundraising project for 2010 by Stina Jones. Her aim is to create a professional doodle everyday for a year, so that’s 365 doodles. Donations are asked for as it’s being done for the British charity Shelter.

Here is the link for the website: http://dailydoodle2010.blogspot.com/

designMJH

Jamie Hewlett wins DESIGNER OF THE YEAR at the design museum in 2006.

http://designmuseum.org/design/jamie-hewlett

showcased was some beautiful sketches Jamie had produced whilst working on the Gorillaz. If looking into an artists sketches revealing personality, what can be seen through the images Jamie Hewlett produces? Hewlett has some fantastic sketches, bold and striking, his inspirations give his work energy.

Design shouldn’t limit a persons creativity, it should release it. Sketchbooks could be though of as a person’s mind designed to go onto paper.

James Jean

James Jean is an artist well-known in the comics industry for his stunning work on the covers for ‘FABLES’ for which he has won six Eisner Awards for ‘Best Cover Artist’. With a gentle and fluid style, it’s clear to see why his work is so loved within the illustration industry. Well diverse in mediums and tools such as acrylic, oil digital ect, James Jean’s work is often beautifully eerie, as though he is visually recording creatures from fleeting dreams.

His sketchbook work is just as incredible, mostly done with biro, James Jean succeeds in capturing movement and urgency but still with the most fluid and careful lines. Very inspirational pages of intense observations which reveal the artists process and personal side.

Perhaps this could be said for most artist’s and their sketchbooks?

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More small warmup sketches. Hand, eye co-ordination practise, free hand. I’m hoping the more I do the quicker I’ll get. I don’t feel like I’m capturing the important information fast enough. Perhaps quicker and more looser sketches should be my starting point? Anyway, I’ll carry on for a bit like this. Perhaps I should use heavier pencil to define the muscles? Don’t really want to work to much on these though, I like the urgency of these sketches.