A Sense of Place

For our most recent project we had the choice of a place to research and create a project about it.
I chose Cafe Nero and here is a sneak peek of what i have developed so far...

HiFes

HiFest had quickly came along and I was able to put my work up for sale at the festival and to find potential contacts.

HiFest was an amazing experience, I was able to learn so much about the illustration world. It was nice seeing all these other artists selling their work and finding out their background. I noticed the more popular stands were the ones with fan art like 'Soundimals' who created a Pokemon poster and Sean TW Cartoons who drew famous movie characters like John Travolta and Jim Carry.

Our stand was set at the edge of the room next to the amazing Quentin Blake!!!! Being next to such an amazing artist was inspirational! it also helped with our stand as it gave us a lot more foot traffic.

All in all it was an experience I will not forget and it as and will further help me in my mission to become a freelance illustrator.

Batch Project.

My last brief has definitely been my favourite brief as it has allowed me to go back to my roots of fashion. I really enjoy drawing out obscure figures with the exaggerated legs and neck and adding simple detail to the clothing.

I decided to make a 'Paper Doll' but out of wood, so kind of a Wood Doll? The reason I chose wood was because it has a beautiful texture that you can varnish or sand paper to manipulate the appearance easily. Another was to keep my model accessible to everyone and not discriminating by using different ethnicities. 

I got my friend to model for me as she is 'real' girl which can give a healthy body image to the younger audience. I used my favourite media on this and screen printed her onto the wood.

I decided to draw out high end brands like Chanel, McQueen, Parda etc. which I loved doing as these high end brands have distinctive detail to make you thing 'Ahh, thats Dolce and Gabbana' 

The final designers I chose were: Chanel, Dolce and Gabbana, Prada and Vivienne Westwood. I also made an Alexander McQueen page for when people buy the doll they can then buy a sheet of clothing that they can print off.

Here is my outcome!!

Americas Next Top Illustrator?

I hade a banner for my blog inspired by Americas Next Top Model.  Here it is with out the writing.

Hope you like it.

Hi Heels

My Final HiFest leaflet.

Please leave a comment on feed back. Thank you.

Life in the Shoes of a Teacher

For my work experience I decided to work in a school as an art assistant for two weeks. I chose to work in my old school, Mayflower High School, and observed year 7-13 teaching methods.
Quite a lot happened within these two weeks where i would soon to come across an amazing art department, sweet children and some not so sweet children.

For the first week I observed all the teachers and their methods of controlling and keeping order with quite different tactics. I was able to help out students who needed it and able to see their skill work. As the years go up, the children become less needy ad more independent which was nice to observe but repetitive when looking in on example, year 10's each day.

The second week I was able to take charge on some of the lessons with the guidance of the teachers which were quite successful. Where i had been there a week I was starting to get recognised by students who became more comfortable around me and I was able to have educational chats with them and their work.

Teaching the 6th Formers was a pleasure as they were all so kind and took in information well. I was able to teach some 6th Formers on how to use photoshop and helped out with some photography. I also gave them a presentation about University life, information about my course and other courses available at Brighton University. I showed them my work as an artist and everyone seem to be pleased with it. It was nice getting feed back from people who I do not know.

As a student whom is rather clumsy and prone to accidents it was quite a challenge for me to 'keep my cool' when I would bash into things and drop everything, but I managed to remain professional through out. There was a couple of students who were a bit cocky towards me and I had to remain calm and let them know the authority I have over them without using inappropriate language.

Within the two weeks I worked there I gained a lot more than expected. Knowledge and experience is the obvious two but I also gained confidence, taking the lead and maturity. Being a teacher may have it's ups and downs but it takes courage to be a teacher, and a new earned respect for them has developed each day I sent with them. They teach the next generation that will be leading the world, they determine a child's future, they have a massive impact in many peoples lives and I would love to go back to Mayflower and help out these amazing people.

Here's me taking a selfie on my first day of work...

We Can do it Even Better in Broken Heels

HI(gh Heel)FEST

For the HIFEST I have decided to look at high heels and started doing some fashion illustrations… Here are my sketches. Please leave a comment with your feed back, I would love to hear your opinions. Thanks.

HIFEST

I am doing a live brief with a festival called 'HIFEST' 

"On Saturday 6th December 2014 HiFest (Hastings Illustration Festival) will showcase amazing, illustrative talents both locally and nationally, through stalls, special guests, talks, workshops, signings and exhibitions."

We have been asked to design a leaflet to hand out involving the word 'HI'

It would be great if you would check out the website and the event. keep an eye out for any updates and feel free to come along where you can meet great illustrators.

Thanks.

Stop Bugging Me

Over the summer we were given a brief where we looked at collections. I have a lot of collections, some normal and some a bit nerdy examples, Pokemon card collections, Pokemon toy collection, Pokemon Pog collection, Comic Books, DVDs, CD ect.
I thought that my collections we not interesting enough for my liking so i started looking into more creepy and weird collections and found some 'interesting' things. There is someone with the worlds larges 'love doll' collection, belly button fluff, hot sauce ect. I then stumbled upon Ed Gein and his awkward body part collection. I then started looking at Horror movies and found a couple had something in common… Bugs… there is a collection of drawings from a collection...

Exhibition Time

I decided to set up an exhibition for my classes work for some experience and to show students what the illustration course is like.

The space I was given

Curtis Valentine Omalley
(Lead and Ink)

Alex Vennard

Emma Parnell (myself)
Crystal Foxes

Tizane Townley

Rose Smith

If you would like anymore information about myself or any of the other artists please contact me through email

emma.parnelly@hotmail.co.uk

The Fox and the Wolf is back for business!

For the past 3-4 months I had been working and developing on a simple piece that could potentially be sold on. This is my final piece. 

I  am very please with my outcome and how much my skill of printing has developed and improved. There are still areas that I would like to improve but over all I am proud of what I have developed.

I am also selling these and there are 6 to be sold. If you are interested in buying one please contact me and we can discus a price.

emma.parnelly@hotmail.co.uk