Summative Evaluation

All my projects have taught me something. And I think that’s what I feel most successful in with this module. Even those that failed taught me never to do that again as it wasn’t who I as a practitioner worked. This module showed me how Naomi Ronke (N.Ronke) The practitioner and Naomi Crompton the person differ. I am a lot more professional and confident within my own practice and abilities when I talk to clients. Because these projects have all had a similar goal of having to be ‘worth’ to be put into my portfolio. I have increased the standard of work I’ve produced by looking back on the last few years and basically doing the opposite of that.  Allowing myself to fail and learn from those failures has been just as important as capitalizing on my strengths. My practice is one that thrives of a reflective self.

The aims of my project where to help me find which medium(s) I worked best in. Apply and develop said medium(s). As I have acknowledged and developed my Lino work I have been able to create work to both a quicker and higher standard than I thought possible due to projects such as Spook-a-week helping me develop a higher grade of Lino print and the Historical Editorials quickening the pace of my cutting method. 

This alongside building up a portfolio of deliverable work to a client. Work that was going to get me jobs. My stretch goal was having this work actually land me a job. Which it has. Though I don’t measure the success of this project by that. I measure it by the fact that I can see myself sustaining my practice as my career.

Project Report

Final Resolutions

Old vs New Statement of intent

FMP-Final and refinment

Here Are the final prints. I tried to college in  colour but it wasn't that effective. The prints lost their presence. So instead I colour collaged to highlight similarly to how I'd done my other lino cut on my website.

I'm really happy with how these turned out. Especially with the two part print where I imposed dante onto the forest scene. I feel like all the skills and techniques I've developed and honed over other briefs came through in this final piece. I can say happily that I have no issue with this being the final piece I make for this course. 

FMP -Character + Enviroment Boards

Here are the final environment and character boards. I had fun making these and would do it again but maybe with another project. Creating motr boards and learning how to clean them up better should help me create a succinct portfolio of character concept design.  

Fmp Development

These are a couple of the developments for how I am doing with both the character design and the composition of the lino cut book cover and chapter inserts. I'm thinking of doing them in full colour utilizing the digital collage again. 

I know I have to be fast with these because I only have a week + I've got a commission with a 5 day deadline as well. However I think I am confident enough in my own abilities and competent enough not to fuck it up. 

 

FMP-Lione

Designing the Lion of the 3 categories of sinn. I had this Idea of him either having no eyes or teeth for eyes. Because of him being blinded by 'bestial violence'. 

Initial Sketches

• Here Are the initial sketches
• I wont be putting the final Image on here
• An important point with this work was talking to another character and narrative artist who understood the importance of composition and placement. 

Christopher Brown

Christopher Brown is a Primarily lino print based illustrator. 

Looking at the way he uses coloured paper to create collaged lino cuts, adding depth to otherwise flat, monochromatic scenes. 

Similarly to my work it is also very historically based.

Using similar collage techniques I'm going to look at how using Lino and coloured paper can help create and develop an chaotic scene. Such as those described in Dante's inferno. 

I want to play around a bit more with scenery and Lino after looking through some of Chris Browns work. 

Anamatics

I've been watching a lot of animatics recently. Which Are kind of like more detailed story boards put into a video. I'm thinking about creating some post this course.

Spook-A-Week Evolution and Evaluation

The first spook a week was a continuation on the idea of humanised diseases . This one  was based off cholera. With research into the origins of cholera, first originating from an isolated village in India which pertained a stagnant lake as it's only source of water.  It was going to evolve into an editorial image the shape of the Ganges river cut into the reduction print.


This then evolved into the series due to the evolution in the way I began to cut lino. Seeing what was being cut and what was cut as line work allowed for more fluid carving. Also a sense of adaptability. Not focusing too much on the roughs as once you transfer them to lino the become something else.

The jester Print was one of the first that I just began to cut after sketching the general shape and composition of the image. I kept an idea of what I wanted the atmosphere of the piece to be and got to work.


From this I started to look at not only paper quality but how I did my lino cuts. I went from relief pressing to hand burnishing depending on how I wanted the print to come out. If i wanted a more solid consistent ink look but with more of the carved line coming through I would use relief press. For more texturised and 'authentic' prints I would hand bunish. Burnishing is better for small lino cuts  (A5 and Below) while for larger ones.

For a while I was In a bit of a dead Patch. Focusing on cop but unhappy on the lino prints produced I began to focus more on my digital work. After a group critique about developing the lino cuts into scenes and doing different cultures monsters I settled on the idea of Looking at different Cultures vampires.

I only made one but, due to what this one represents and has taught me I will most likely make more outside the course. Using digital collage of three different coloured papers housing the same image I was able to blend them into one creating a atmosphere using not only the composition but colour as well.

FMP

So Character design wise I'm going to focus a lot on making them fluider and more shape based than my usual characters. As I believe that a looser  but consistent character design will allow my work to be less awkward and funner for both me and those viewing it. 

I've decided to make finalised board out of some of these sketches as which could then be used for my character design portfolio.

Penguin Brief- Lived and died in a fast and violent storm

The Penguin Brief went awry, very awry. Reading and researching the book was simple. I had a specific idea in my mind of what to do. However I was in a very big creative slump where I couldn't seem to make good work as I was struggling with my practice as a predominantly print based Illustrator. I, after finishing cop and not being happy with the end result. Decided to rebel against lino and focus almost solely on digital.

This didn't end well as I wasn't that enthused about digital either. As a result of that and a lack of guidance at the time I ended up producing this. 

It was a very fourced piece that made me feel neither accomplishment of a development in my skill. I think sometimes you have to realise that forcing yourself to do something when not using the correct methods for your practice or any passion at all can kill a project and your drive very succinctly. 

Lindt Brief

I work part time at Lindt. And a recurring sense of annoyance for me is the design packaging and branding for lindt. I see the potential the company has to become more contemporary and innovative with their design work. Yet most of the design work stays the same. 

In response I designed a mock up poster for what was then the Easter. Choosing Digital collage as away of keeping a child friendly vibe to the rabbits while also looking cleaner more contemporary than most other design packages. 

I showed said design to my manager who approved of my mock design. I have been put forward by my manager to be allowed internship at the Lindt design company. I'm hoping for a response soon from them as it would be a great opportunity for me. 

FPM- Dantes Inferno

So with dante's inferno being part of the divine comedies I thought about keeping the chapter illustrations and book cover more serious but in the comic strips make dane and the demons a lot more humours.

The daemons for this have been heavily inspired by my trip to the prado museum where I saw some of hieronymus bosch's paintings. That has inspired the more ridiculous but still demonic creatures I have drawn within this. Dante's inferno is a great example of dark comedy and trying to translate this into illustrated form can be difficult to do.

Submission Passion Fruit

I found that colouring in shades of grey works better for me when I'm highlight and create more depth to characters. A rough approximation of the lighting on the characters also helps add depth to them. Digitally I don't think I'm competent enough to do full colour digitally. However I Have ways around that within other sides of my practice such as spot colour illustrations or traditional colour that mimics the fluidity of my line work.