Day 20

Another day, another struggle.

too fade but not bad

Day 19

I GOT IT !!! I really made a break-through on this one. I won't post the full version in here you will have to wait for it to be on the main website. Yesterday was a good day of work (I didn't go out even if the weather was crying for it. I told myself "there will be a lot of warm days ahead of us anyway -climate change etc"). Hopefully, the second one will be easier, which I know it will be. Nonetheless, I'm a bit worried about the number of illustrations I've done at the end. The aim was to produce one per week, and for now, I've only been able to produce the pencil art. Also, I started an animation but I won't be able to work on it until I deal with my scanner issue. I have to make another one better faster stronger.

bwaaah

Day 18 extra

To be honest, my favourites are the darker one and the original one lol. The green/zombie-like one is quite funny as well.

Suck On This

Day 18

I think the red is not working, strong colour on a strong figure; overwhelming

I'm struggling big time. I want the colours to be similar as the Late Night Awareness poster, but maybe it's too much and I should think more graphically effective, just a few spots of colours here and there to highlight certain elements. I want to stick with the CMYK palette because I want it to be part of my style, BUT I NEED TO MAKE IT WORK. I'll find a way, maybe it's a good time to search for inspiration.

Day 17

I scanned and put together these two bad boyz. The quality is much nicer. LET'S GET COLOURFUL.


                                          

Day 15-16

I got sick :/ but still, I finished to sketch-up the different part of my animation project. Tomorrow will be the Xth attempt to scan my artworks properly. *fingercross*

Can't wait to put everything together!

Day 14

I started an animation inspired by the Powerpuff Girls' opening. I'm finally using the animation paper I bought years ago. This is going to be great.

my childhood

Day 13

The one on the left looks like he's dancing now :)

I'M EXCITED, today was a good one, I've been busy doing diverse things including scanning the 2 babies! THEY LOOK AMAZING. Except that the scan quality is crap because my local print service shop is old and dirty and not meant for artwork to be dealt with. So I am a bit pissed off by this neighbourhood, I mean yesterday I had to go all the way to Angel to get lead refills (also maybe because I have standards). To come back to the illustrations, the colours would probably not stay like that, it's just a test trying to match the Late Night poster. It's not too bad.

Day 12

Can't keep running away..

I finished the inside bits and finally added the hair. Now time to scan everything and start a new drawing. The 3rd one has to be clever and quick to make cause I need to make sure I have time to edit all of them.

oh hi

Day 11

I spent the weekend working on another project.

I re-did the profile because an artist friend of mine mentioned that it was looking weird, and to be honest I wasn't super happy about it, not because I thought it was looking weird but because the features were not 'bold' enough. I wanted to finish the drawing tonight but I ran out of 2B leads and using another medium will just make everything look messy. I'm starting to run behind my objectives a bit too much I need to do a sprint tomorrow. (The weather was too beautiful today too stay at home oops 😟)

I CAN DO THIS

I WANT TO DO THIS

Still need to work on that profile. + I wanna add hair

Day 10

Yesterday was a day off.

Today I made a digital draft of the inside bits. I've been surprised by the sections' size, I expected them to be much smaller. Looks cool anyway. I'm thinking about adding hair to the main head to reinforce the similarity between the human body and the 'human cells'.

still need to re-do the left hand ok

Day 9

I'm thinking about adding some hair

I went to CSM and I had my appointment and all but every library seem to have the same problem with the photocopiers' system.. Also it doesn't seem to be a priority for them to fix it asap. So I guess I'll go to a local print service and pay the price. I really enjoyed drawing the part I did, everything happened smoothly, I was totally in control.
It's quite a delicate thing to fill only 1cm in the body.

Day 8

Today I haven't touched the newly started illustration at all. I am completely behind my schedule but at the same time, I feel confident about finishing it on time. I've been way more solicited socially this week than the last one, so that explains that. So today I went to the MA degree show at Chelsea College of Art as a friend of mine is exhibiting there. It's always interesting to see degree shows, student art is the best.

this fits my blog's background lol total coincidence

Day 7

I'm struggling with the top hand, not enough space..

I started a second drawing, illustrating the fact that we are composed of only 43% human cells. The difficulty is to create 100 sections.

Day 5-6 (weekend)

I fixed a few parts of the drawing and finished the inside bits. I have to scan to be able to continue on this one, so I guess I will start another one ABOUT THE SAME THEME. I'm hesitating between doing a simpler one, or one with a background.

I also started a little sketch idea which looks cool (not shown here). Doesn't really illustrate anything but everyone can have their own interpretation. I think if I redraw and redraw it and refine it to perfection it could be a cool design to print on stuff :) Like t-shirts. Maybe make different versions of it. You have no idea what I'm talking about haha, patience patience. Or follow me on Insta @ayamtulum

oh yeah patterns

Day 4

need to be corrected in some parts but the main thing is there

I went to the library again and I discovered that their photocopiers can scan and send the scanned image by email!! TECHNOLOGY PLEASE (ok I'm so impressed maybe it's not a big deal but whatever) BUT BUT BUTT BUT BUT I can't use the photocopiers!!! (yet) Because their guest printing cards are not on point with the newly updated system, DAMNED (today the nice librarian guy was kind enough to lend me his but I can't count on that).

So illustration-wise, I did a big move. It was SO HARD at first, I had no clue, I couldn't remember how I've done it with the 'Late Night Awareness' drawing, I couldn't dare to make marks quickly but then idk I woke up and PAPAPAPAPA done.

Day 3

If you were asking yourself the question, yes I'm going to title my articles like that for the rest of this blog, so what?

Today I worked at home, with music pumping loud, drawing on the floor, I mean life. The ambiance was relaxed, so I've been really slow to produce what I did, but the quality is gooood! I'm so pleased with myself, I'm making a vision come true and I think that's one of the best feelings EVER. I have spent approx 5-6 hours on it but mixed up with some dancing and singing and crazy stuff so that's that.

you only get to see a tiny bit of what I've done today bwahaha

Day 2

you can almost feel how gross it is gonna be

Today I went to the LCC's library to start sketching one of the final ideas. I spend almost an hour just looking a the anatomy books I picked up, so fascinating. Then I spent 2 hours drawing, refining the shapes, making it harmoniously balanced but not too symmetrical. For now, it is still very plain and empty but after I would add the shading and the little faces popping out everywhere it will look cool as f*ck. + I can use the photocopiers* which is AMAZING. Still need to find a solution for the scanner though.

I could have stayed 2 hours more, but I got tired and my focus dropped drastically, and I wanted to photocopy it* before making drastic changes to it, YOU ARE NEVER TOO CAREFUL.

So I decided to go for a walk and I ended up getting free food from Wasabi which is amazing.

*it was out of order today

First day of my more consistently productive life

I wanted to start yesterday lol, but there was so much mess on my desk that a big tidy-up was compulsory. And I ended up tidying not only my desk but the whole room, I redecorated the walls, threw away so many useless files, hooved the floor, etc, etc.

SO TODAY WAS THE DAY

I struggled to start, mainly I guess because of my poor diet since yesterday night lol. But thanks to yesterday I noticed a piece of paper that I had stuck on the wall next to my desk, and for some reason, I never ever looked at it since I put it there. "A tested working method - Illustration". I got it when I finished uni and it's been a year. So I started to follow the method; quickly sketching my first ideas, researching my theme, drew little bits that I know I won't use as they are but could be good references, etc. Then it was time to sketch up ideas for the final thing, and at first, I approached this exercise like "uuggh so useless I will do my first idea anyway" but then sketch after sketches more and more ideas were coming to me, as well as ways to refine them. That leads me to a huuuge realization; I spent the year directly drawing something, like I was before studying art, not be 100% pleased with it but because I had spent time on it I would just accept it, and then I would move on to a whole new thing. No wonder I found my illustration not "big" or "deep" enough. The whole process is superficial. Also, I believe in spontaneity, but it works best when there are rigorous hours of work before. 

this is quite pleasant to look at