Mcm expo art prints and comics!

It was the mcm London comic-con this weekend, which was great fun and a fantastic opportunity to discover some very talented artists and comic makers! I left feeling truly inspired for the first time in a while and I'm so happy I was able to purchase some amazing prints and comics. 

A collection of sketches by the Artist Ceylan..

Here are a couple of beautiful watercolour prints from the same artist.

I bought this little comic from Josceline Fenton's stall and I'm already in love with the story and art style! 

Look at all the amazing things I bought! 

Little illustrations from the past week

Just some little drawings and things I did recently

Book arts progress: Accordion book

Here are some pages from the accordion book made in the last book arts session, the process of making these little books in this format is a lot easier than making the pamphlet books, because actual binding is involved, all you do is fold :) not spending as much time making the book gave me more time to add some little illustrations and what not. The theme for this week was Journey, so I tried to document my Journey I take from Hereford to Salisbury via the train.  

 

Making hand made books in this way really gives the impression of narrative and movement so this method was great for the theme of journey :)

Editorial Illustration Project

Running on Thursdays is the Editorial Illustration project, in which we learn a little about what the jobs entail and how to effectively create contemporary 'Editorial' style Illustrations. 
For the first brief we were giving the opportunity to illustrate a found article about finding a job after graduation, I had a couple of initial ideas but ended up trying out this one, which i essentially a graduate triumphantly breaking through the cap holding up a sparkling CV.
I think i want to draw this out again and perhaps try colouring it on Photoshop.

Starting Book Arts Module In Uni

Today i experimented with the pamphlet structure, using found stationary and paper to create a small journal. I used a variety of envelopes, tags, and aged paper. Making this was pretty fun, especially finding places i could put secret pockets and folds. I'm rather pleased with the result, i want to do more!