Sketching...

So I thought it was time I shared a little bit of my work - first time I've put any of it on the internet (scary stuff!)


As I've said before, my current project at Uni is A Midsummer Night's Dream and I'm focusing on prints for cards. Now these artworks are just to get me going, I'm going to manipulate some on CAD and experiment with different printing techniques and stitch and other exciting things.


Hope you like!

Flower Line Drawings

I've spent a lot of time drawing trees so I thought I'd mix it up just with a few floral drawings - going to play about with these in CAD.

So back to the trees...

Watercolours and Fine-Liner

Watercolours and Fine-Liner

Watercolours and Fine-Liner

Watercolours and Fine-Liner

Watercolours and Fine-Liner

Apologises for the poor scanning quality! Images are brighter and less patchy...

Watercolours and Fine-Liner

I then began to experiment with masking fluid and creating negatives of my figure motifs...

Watercolours and Masking fluid

Masking Fluid and Watercolours

Watercolours and Masking Fluid

Watercolours, Masking fluid and Rock Salt

Think I'll tidy these up in photoshop a little and then start to layer with some other backgrounds I've done and maybe some handmade papers to print onto.

Now, back to work!

Jessica :)

Working from home

As much as I love being at home and the idea of a warm house, Pjs and my snuggly duvet...When you've got a cold, it really is a bit disheartening trying to get work done.


However all is not lost, the Lemsip is on hand, the hot water bottle is ready and the chicken soup is brewing! Sketching away for my Midsummer Night's Dream theme - work to post later! - I've come across this cracker of a picture! It may not cheer everyone else up as it did me, but if you love a bit of Shakespeare, then I'm sure you'll appreciate it too :)

Found on http://styleandcheek.wordpress.com/ - Good blog to save to the favourites!

Made me smile!


Photos of work progression and inspiration to come later...right now its back to sketching!




Jessica x

Lord! What fools these mortals be...

So I thought I'd start with a little bit about my current project, which is my final major project for my second year at university...

I've always enjoyed reading, and it just seemed fitting to base my gift-wrap and card design project on A Midsummer Night's Dream - who doesn't love a bit of Shakespeare right?

taken from (http://www.arthurmag.com/author/aliapenner/)

The 1959 stop motion film of A Midsummer Night's Dream by Jiri Trnka was my main source of inspiration. I just love those inky blues and mystical purples with splashes of green from the trees!

The quirky style of Trnka made me think about my primary sources, and I quickly decided to focus on stark tree silhouettes for my imagery. I've always liked the eerie style of Arthur Rackham's children's illustrations and his strange anthropomorphised tree imagery...

taken from (http://www.creativecloseup.com/arthur-rackham-a-life-with-illustration)

So, with my two sources of inspiration, I set out with my trusty Nikon Camera to take forest imagery as the sun began to go down and night time set in...

Here are a few of my favourites...

Excited to get out my watercolours (love those purples!) and craft knife to do some beautiful blended backgrounds and some hand-cutwork!

More work and research inspiration to come....

Jessica :)

Chapter one

Bonjour Bloggers!

First post on my very first blog, which is quite exciting - and a little bit scary too!

I guess I should start by telling you a little bit about myself...

My name is Jessica, which you may have guessed, and Im studying Textile Design in a little place called Hull. I specialise in print design but dabble in a little bit of mixed media/stitch too. I'm still discovering my own style and have just recently discovered a love for surface pattern and CAD designing, so just experimenting with mark making and scanning them in to make digital collages - which is also exciting!

Im hoping that I can entertain you with a few interesting tid-bits of my life, and other things I find interesting, as I take a year out from university whilst also doing a little bit of self promoting of my work and projects I'll be working on - let me know what you think!

Hope you enjoy!

Jessica :)

P.s. pictures and more exciting posts to come...