Statement of intent NEWEST

Leeds College of Art BA (Hons) ILLUSTRATION OUIL603 Extended Practice

Level

06

Credit s

60

STUDIO PRACTICE Statement of Intent Name

Katie Wade

Date

May 7th 2017

Blog Address kw257287@students.leeds-art.ac.uk

Rationale -

Engaging with a range of briefs to encourage becoming a more social media - active illustrator

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Working specifically to improve on my narrative and character design skills

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Experimenting more within my practice through time restrictions, different mediums and a flow between analogue and digital work

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Develop my understanding of colour by restricting my colour palettes in certain pieces of my work and using colour to portray an atmosphere in the pieces that I create.

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Creating a dynamic portfolio that shows a range of illustration that I am particularly interested in – comic/character/editorial/animation.

Themes / Subjects -

Concept art, focusing mostly on film but also looking into game art

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Colour palettes

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Animation, working on more gifs

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Atmosphere, landscape and colour scheme as well as mediums used

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Narratives, short and continuous, telling a story through a comic or through a short gif.

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Publication, looking specifically at book covers, film posters and spot

illustration in social media Products / Methods of Distribution

Methods - Developing work for clients as well as adding to my personal portfolio - Learning what size to send to clients and in what format - Bulking out social media to create a following Products - Working on narratives to create a range of small comics/works to be sold through an etsy shop - From these small works, creating a range of stickers or badges to accompany them - Experimenting on how to apply work to publications and print

Practical Skills / Media / Formats

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Embroidery for the badges Book binding for comics Lino cutting, for the spot illustrations, continuing on from COP work and potentially creating more posters for a limited sale Digital, working to improve my skills on creating digital backgrounds as this will save me time Photoshop/ Adobe After Effects, learning how to make GIFS faster and more effectively.

Figure drawing, visiting more places that participate in life drawing as well as drawing more people around the campus etc. to encourage more varied character designs.

Brief 1:

ELINA PAGETT

Deadlin e

May 2017

Rationale:

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To create a series of spot illustrations to be transferred onto a product To collaborate with an industry professional and attend the final show To complete a research based project

Brief 2:

ROALD DAHL YCN Rationale:

Deadlin e

23rd March 2017

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To experience character design in a publication environment Room to play but with constraints Working to develop work within a fixed time for a specific purpose To experiment with colour palette

Brief 3:

The Lifting Tower Project

Deadlin e

1st December 2016

Rationale:

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To To To To

enter a competition Brief work alongside and collaborate with other professional practices better understand animation and what a projection entails add a projection project to my personal portfolio

Brief 4: COLOURS MAY VARY Rationale:

Deadlin e

1st March 2017

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This brief allows me to set my own medium and colour restrictions as it is completely freed of those with the time and theme being the only thing set. It is a chance to teach to reign myself in and create a specific piece of work with the intention of selling it at CMV.

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It allows me to see how my work is received by the general public, I have had my work at thoughtbubble as part of a collective and a poster in travelling man but this is a staple art venue in leeds and partaking in this will help me gauge what kind of art sells in Leeds as I have a few places booked to sell in over the next few months.

Brief 5: FINAL MAJOR PROJECT

Deadlin e

2nd May 2017

Rationale:

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To create a key set of works for the final show as well as a set of works that will become key to my portfolio

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Allowing myself the time and space to create characters and a narrative that best showcases my skills

Additional Project Proposals

Nation of Shopkeepers – Drafts to them for Wednesday 15th Feb – Painting mid feb - Creating 5-7 proposed pieces for the walls of NOS for the client to choose from

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Allows my work to be seen in a public place Paid Work Allows me the freedom to create whatever mural pieces I like but with a specific intention of where to put them

Buttercrumble/Donut Press -

Paid work Collaboration with another student, possibilities of working again in the future To develop my colour palette To add more editorial pieces to my portfolio

Valentines Day Cards - Paid Work - To add experience of product making/ greetings card production to my portfolio Ohh Deer - To enter a competition brief - Add experience of product making and greetings card production to portfolio - To illustrate to a guideline and deadline 11 Second club -

To better my animation skills and understanding of photoshop and adobe after effects

Contextual References FOR -

FMP background of Fairy Tales Witches/Warlocks and Faeries and their origins Exploring Japanese Book binding Existing fantasy worlds in animation and novel What comics already exist about folklore fantasy FOR YCN

- Looking into existing front coves Looking into colour schemes and current character designs COLOURS MAY VARY - Looking at trees and their structures, how different ones invade others - Looking at buildings within cities and how they decompose - Looking into science fiction distropian future settings - Testing out different papers

NATION OF SHOPKEEPERS - What kind of paint is the best for murals/ what colour is the best - Pre existing murals in leeds - To have my work showcase in a public space - To be paid for my illustrations

BIBLIOGRAPHY BOOKS / TEXTS - (Harvard Refernced)

These will be added as I research.

Seven Basic Plots – Christopher Booker Into The Woods – John Yorke Howls Moving Castle Artwork MAGAZINES / JOURNALS / ARTICLES – (include publication date and details)

Imagine FX Magazine issue 145 (march 2017) Imagine FX Magazine Issue 142 (Xmas 2016)

ON LINE REFERENCES / WEBSITES / ARTICLES (include specific urls)

OTHER REFERENCE MATERIAL (Films, events, exhibitions, conferences)

Howls Moving Castle – Miyazaki – sept 2005. (viewed xmas 2016)