Composition.

​The first task of our third section was to explore composition, and the ways it can be exploited to aid narrative and story telling in illustration. I was really excited for these prompts, and I really do feel that I learned a lot from completing them. To start, I created a Pinterest board of examples of good composition. Then, for each prompt, I began by carrying out numerous thumbnails, in order to explore potential compositions in depth. Then once I felt that I had came up and developed an illustration I was happy with, I went in to create the worked up finals. 

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Systems Failure

The key words for this prompt were:
- One figure
-Spaceship
​-Physical struggle

From these thumbnails, I came to a composition that I was happy with, and used gouache to paint the worked up final in more detail. I really feel that I managed to capture the fear and physical struggle suggested in the prompt.

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Ambushed.

Key words:
-Two figures
-A City's back streets
-Night

Like most of my worked up thumbnails, I used gouache to paint this image. Within my initial thumbnails, I tried to take on lots of viewpoints to emphasise being feeling of being watched. In the end, I felt that the view from behind the wall did this the most.

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Vertigo.

Key words:
-A steeplejack
-Daytime
​-Windy day

I found this prompt to be one of the most difficult of them all, as the weather was such a key part, and therefore, needed to be emphasised. In the end, I decided that the best way of doing this was to capture the movement of the trees, and also the impact of the strong winds on the steeplejack climbing the ladder.

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Tango.

Key words:
-Two figures
-Movement
-Sexy
-Close
-Exotic
​-Café

I really loved this prompt, the key words inspired me, and I was excited to explore how to illustrate such intensity between two figures. As I created, and developed the thumbnails, I found that the shapes the body makes during a tango was very interesting, almost like they intertwined in motion. Therefore, a close-up of the bodies pressed together while dancing felt most appropriate.

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A Giant Leap.

Key words:
-Rooftop chase
-Three figures
-Peril
-Bravery

From there, I continued to use Procreate to develop the final image. I did this because I felt that the digital medium was best suited for the layered effects in the design I had created.

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January Sales.

Key words:
-Claustrophobia
-Queuing
-Doors opening
​-Multiple Figures

I really struggled with this prompt in comparison to the others. I couldn't settle on an idea, and I felt that the majority of what I was producing didn't explain the story of the 'January Sales' efficiently. Therefore I decided to create a final of the thumbnail that I felt was the most legible, and matched the prompt best.