Magazine Illustration

Thought she was awesome. Although it's for air freshener, I think she could be winter spirit or somesuch.

Fabric patterns

There is inspiration and design everywhere you look and quite often you take it completely for granted, it is just there, it works and you dont really think about the amount of time that would have gone into the process of creating. I took some photos of some of my favourite patterns which I have always loved but never thought of how they came to be before.

  

 The patterns we wear are often simple and straightforward, but perhaps this is what makes them the most complex. They have to have the same appeal as other patterns but they also have to be easily cut and reassembled and the pattern has to remain intact. The patterns you find and love for tea towels and cushions and curtains are different from the patterns you wear. Every pattern has its place, its purpose and its own story.

Wall Stickers

This is a good idea, I have seen them for kids but never thought of expanding it for adults. The panda is clever a negative space effect, me and kat were looking at some logos using the same idea recently. These are from the website supernice which has loads of designs and other nice items too.

Doodles

Some birdy doodles I did whilst Freya napped and Lewis watched The Wild (an old disney 3d animation), must crop them and photoshop them at some point see if anything can be evolved!

Bubble Lady

I know where I am trying to go with this one! I have a sketch which I thought I would try and reproduce in 3d, it is the hair made out of bubbles which I wanted to concentrate on. I ended up doing it with rigid bodies and constraints but I think it would be better with dynamic curves, but I just couldnt get them to do anything at all today, I think it may be a bug but will have to test it on another machine. There is a little render of this which may make an appearance some time! It starts off ok then the dynamics go a bit bonkers.

Wildlife Photographer Of The Year

I found (or rather Freya did!) the book which I had bought for the 2001 competition and flicked through it earlier, the photographs are all beautiful so thought I would have a quick look on the website and this picture caught my eye. The colours are amazing.

This is a fieldfare on a rowan tree in Scotland from the 2010 competition titled "A frozen moment" . Must take a look through the rest of the website at some point its all about the natural history museum, exhibitions etc.

Il Sung Na

 Freya has this little book Zzzz a book of sleep I think we got it free with surestart.

image from Zzzz a book of sleep

 I love the hidden detail in the images and the mixed media style. I had a look at the illustrators website Il Sung Na and he has done another book Brrr a book of winter and some other bits and bobs.

Brr a book of winter