Personal: Christmas Cards

My mum and I do vintage fairs from time to time and, especially in the lead up to Christmas, we get a little bit excited about it! Not only is it a nice way to showcase your creativity and meet like minded artists, but it's also a good excuse to dress up!

I decided to make Christmas cards this year from so old illustrations I drew about a year ago

and also something much less tasteful...



Project: Progress

The current mural live brief is almost over so I will be able to post a final piece very soon! Here are some quick progress pictures to show how it's coming together...



Personal: This Week

Various personal projects and doodles I've been working on this week:



Project: Glug Poster Brief

We were given a one week brief to enter a national competition (I think it has actually got worldwide now!) to design a poster for an event run by Glug and Inkygoodness.

They gave us a limited colour palette and stated in the brief that we could use typography or image to portray fun and creativity.

After finding a quote by Albert Einstein I created this image as a basis of my design:

I then experimented with few different colour combinations on Photoshop. These two are my favourite.



Personal: Mandalas

I didn't really feel like getting out of bed today but I tried to be as productive as possible...

So I made a mandala out of three of my existing mandala designs!



Project: Ideas

Some first ideas for how my mural might look Very basic at the moment, still trying to decide on a colour scheme and experimenting with scale and fitting the words around each other.

Project: Sketchbook

So far with my project I haven't been very happy on the direction I've been going, or able to come up with something that I think will be both commercially appealing and something I like as well. My tutor has advised me to come up with two different ideas for a final piece: one commercial idea and one 'Emma' idea - what I would want to do if there were no limits.

These pages are from the commercial design, experimenting with colour and scale.



Research: Dissertation

For my dissertation, I am writing about 'Land Girls' of the 1940s and the representation of women from this time.

Being both a lover of vintage fashion & design and a self-proclaimed feminist, I thought this subject would be perfect for me to write about.

My initial research is photographs of Land Girls.

 

YOU GO GIRLS <3



Personal: Birthday Present

Fucky Cat says... Fuck You

A5 illustration



Inspiration: Art Therapy Book

On visiting my friend today, she showed me a beautiful book she had been given which was an art therapy colouring book. After having a look through all the wonderfully patterned, detailed drawings, we then spent the afternoon colouring in and watching cheesy 90's films!

Incredible addictive as well!



Personal: Commission Research

I have been asked to draw the most beautiful Saluki hound for a client who would like her beloved pet tattooed on her leg. The client has asked for the image to be full of texture and to capture Cai's 'whispy' fur, especially at the ends of the ears.

She sent me this most lovely photo of her dog's ears, showing the different textures between the long and short fur.



Personal: ButterBall

Just a quick little something I made a couple of weeks back.



Project: Sketchbook

A selection of pages, including research and ideas, from my current sketchbook

Research: Art Deco

Today I found Lemongrab in a Art Deco postcard from 1908!



Personal: 1st Birthday

Today marks the one year anniversary since I started working from home as a freelance illustrator. Prior to setting up Emma Pryce Illustration I'd never had much confidence in my abilities as an artist, but the reaction, encouragement, support and interest I've received over the past year has been amazing. Plus the experience helped a great deal with my placement for my final year of university, where this time next year I'll have a degree in what I love doing, and hopefully another wonderful year of illustrating will be done and dusted!

This illustration is what started me on my journey as a freelancer. It's hard work, but I've enjoyed every second of working for myself over the past year and hope that, one day, that will be how I can make my living.

Project: Summer Brief

Over the summer, we were asked to create four illustrated envelopes and post them to our tutor to celebrate the history of the Post Office and the postage stamp.

Here are my pieces:

 

 

They are now on display in the foyer of the college campus along with other students' work.

More information can be found here.