Finished Image 1

Finished 1st image which will be accompanied by a quote from the book.

Shade and Detail

Preview of the shade and detail which is coming on quite well.

Just building up detail on the face before heading to the suit.

Line Art

Line work before I give it a little bit more detail, shade and the eventual placing on a page with accompanying text.
I changed the head as I couldn't get the chin right on the last one. It's not as realistic looking as the illustration on the front but I don't think that's a problem. As long as the three that go inside the book are consistent then I don't see this as a problem.

Meursault.2

So another part of the "outsider" brief is 3 illustrations that accompany the book design. I started (and pretty much finished) an illustration of Meursault pointing a gun at the viewer. However, I felt this was a weak piece and that I can do better than that.

Work In Progress from sketch to ink~

Using the photograph as reference, I mark out the frame for the character.

Next, I add the bulk of his body.

After that I roughly start to place where his clothing will sit and very rudimentary facial features.

Finally, the rough sketch before I beginning to digitally ink it.

Image is flipped to make sure the facial feature are consistent and not wonky and the inking begins!

The Outsider - Still tweaking

I was not happy with the type I had chosen for the outsider brief. I'm going to spend today tweaking and I will have it it finished by tonight. I've also dropped the illustration on the back as my direction has changed slightly.

Justified:


Left:

Expression Sheets

25 expressions for the two characters for the 12 page November in the North comic.

Just some rough sketches to begin with. The angry face needs re working (It's aged him, rather than made him angry.)

Leeland:


I really enjoy doing small exercises like these. They're helpful to establish the character and their traits. What works for one character won't necessarily work for another.

Brian To come.

D&AD Briefs

So the D&AD briefs came out today and there's only two that jumped out at me. The first one was the Diesel brief under the illustration category. Their whole campaign at the moment is about being stupid and how this brings forth new ideas and innovation. They want to apply this to music and how bands/artists in 21st century promote their music as the traditional ways i.e 12 inch vinyls and CDS are no longer relevant thanks to digital downloads.
The second brief was under the animation category; something I had stated that I didn't want to do. However, the tag line caught me and now it's buried itself inside my mind: Create a lead character, with heart and optimism, for a narrative-driven comedy cartoon.

I'm going to do both briefs, but at the moment I'm unsure whether I'm going to submit the Disney one to D&AD because one of the mandatory requirements is a 30-60 second animation. (Which I'm terrible at) It may mean that I contact someone on the digital media course for a collaboration.

L'Étranger = The Outsider

So I've been calling the Follio society brief: The stranger. Turns out, they want it to be called "The Outsider". I find this bizarre as L'Étranger is french for The Stranger.

Oh well, this will take me 2 seconds to change.

Crit Feedback

Summarised feedback from this mornings crits that I think went quite well. Will scan in the forms made by Kate F, Chris, Paul and Linds tonight:

• Lots of good development
  
• don't waffle on blog - use bullet points
• Suits the context (book: Stranger brief)
• Where will the comic book be sold? comic shops, supermarkets, book fairs ect?
• Two different styles work well together. My style is adaptable and doesn't pigeon hole me.
• Bit more experimentation with layout outs.
  

Additional comments:
-Readdress the type on the stranger brief. Currently it looks as if it's been badly cropped. There's enough white space to play around with the type to perhaps knock it down a little.

-Would be nice to have a range of possible out comes for the book brief.

Updated Rational

Updated rational. Next stop; re writing the briefs.