Scenarios: Shoe Autopsy

Another second year brief. We were asked to carry out a 'shoe autopsy' illustrating it for an article on how the British shoe industry is in decline. The aim was to illustrate using various experimental techniques at a large scale (A2 and A1 size) before photographing our final pieces.

 

Scenarios: "Today's Homes"

Brief: “Getting to know your source material - a series of studies exploring a range of approaches and
media. You are to produce 4 illustrations where you interpret the collection in front of you triggered/
in response to the words: psychotic, unrestrained, innocent and feral. You must produce 2 pieces in
landscape and 2 in portrait from the 4 formats.”

We were presented with a collection of household items in which to work from and naturally, for my finals I focused on the stuffed goose!

A couple of pieces from exploration/experimental stage:

Final Pieces:

 "Innocent" 

"Feral"

 "Psychotic"

 "Unrestricted"

Peacock Feather Design and Pattern

Peacock feathers are just.. one of many obsessions! I played around with the initial design before trying to capture some of the amazing colours with my watercolours. I hope to find a use for this design in the future!

 

"Lavender Gray"

"I stared into the violet dark. There, nestled into a small clearing in the forest, was a tiny stone cottage, lavender gray in the light of the stars"

Excerpt from a little scene in Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Myer. The exquisite description of the little house created a wonderful image in my head that I just had to get out onto paper. I started doodling and it quickly turned into a fully-fledged illustration. I wanted to see if I could create that fairy-tale style moonlight effect.

  

Scenarios: Carlisle British Blue Cattle Sale Studies

 Part of a series of uni projects to create illustrations from life references.

A second year project which involved visiting Carlisle cattle market while the annual "British Blue" show and market was happening. The idea was to observe these "magnificent beasts" first hand in order to document their power and majesty as well as the owners/sellers and magic of the atmosphere. I loved the dappled "blue" colour of their coats, and chose to make this a main feature in my responses.

Artwork © Amy Holliday 2010
NOT FOR USE without permission
www.amyholliday.co.uk

Mapping Uni Project: Narrative Illustration Memory Maps of Abbots Wood, Barrow

“Mapping the World by Heart” Information Design
Brief: “Choose a “landscape” which you know intimately. Consider all aspects of the
environment you choose: textures, smells, colours, sounds, tastes even. You are to create a portfolio
of images which document the location you have chosen. Consider the set of images as having a
sense of narrative; in what order should the images be seen and what does this help you say about
your location?”

I chose a place named Abbot’s Wood near my home in the South Lakes, which I visited frequently
as I was growing up and I hold many fond memories of. After visiting my location and collecting
first hand source material, I chose to illustrate various locations in the wood through the mindset
and perspective of a child. In order for my illustrations to tell a story I showed the timescale of a
day in the woods from morning to night and how the atmosphere progressively changes from good to bad....

The project evolved from studies to quirky sketches to storybook style illustrations with type incorporated using techniques I'd learned in typography lessons. It was a fun experimental project and along the way I was inspired by a handful of artists as well as quirky movies and video games. 

Rough studies of Furness Abbey, Barrow-in-Furness

attempting to draw memories:

Final design sketches: 

Finals with type:

Artwork © Amy Holliday 2010

NOT FOR USE without permission

www.amyholliday.co.uk