'HIDE IT!' BOOK JACKET DESIGN

 

 BOOK JACKET DESIGN IDEAS FOR A RECENT 

IDEAS TAP BRIEF. 'HIDE IT!' IS A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES WRITTEN BY YOUNG PEOPLE AND ASIDE FROM THIS THE BRIEF WAS VERY OPEN. IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE ONE OF MY DESIGNS USED BUT I LOVE 1960S ERA PENGUIN BOOK JACKET DESIGN SO IT WAS JUST LOTS OF FUN TO HAVE A GO AT MY OWN TAKE ON IT FOR THIS PROJECT.

LATE NIGHT DRAWING

FEELING WIDE AWAKE AT 3AM (POSSIBLY FROM ALL THE SCARY THINGS I'VE BEEN WATCHING RECENTLY...), WHAT TO DO BUT DRAW ANOTHER PORTRAIT OF QUEEN TURA? 

TURA SATANA

I COULD HAPPILY LOOK AT TURA SATANA ALL DAY BUT THERE AREN'T ENOUGH PICTURE OF HER ON THE INTERNET... HERE IS MY CONTRIBUTION, A DRAWING OF TURA LOOKING AT YOU WITH A COMBINATION OF AMUSEMENT AND DISGUST -_-

= KIM =

LARGE PAINTING COMMISSION: MANCHESTER CITISCAPE

I WAS RECENTLY COMMISSIONED TO CREATE A LARGE CUSTOM PIECE FOR MY FRIEND AND FELLOW CREATIVE, ZACK (@ZackEsterhuisen). ZACK CAME UP WITH THE CITISCAPE IDEA FOR THE PIECE, WHICH IS TO BE PART OF A FEATURE WALL IN THE CENTRAL MANCHESTER APARTMENT HE SHARES WITH HIS PARTNER. THE ROOM IN WHICH THE PAINTING WILL BE HAS BEEN FULLY DECORATED, WITH THIS RUG AS A KEY PIECE (SOURCED IMAGE): 

WE DECIDED THE PIECE WOULD USE COLOURS FROM THE RUG.... IT'S A LOT MORE COLOURS THAN I'M USED TO WORKING WITH! THIS WAS DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE BUT A FUN ONE. 

I STARTED BY CREATING SOME SIMPLIFIED ILLUSTRATIONS TO HELP ME WORK OUT THE COMPOSITION. I SELECTED MANCHESTER SPECIFIC STRUCTURES WITH INTERESTING/ RECOGNISABLE OUTLINES:

(THIS ONE WAS JUST FOR FUN - THE CAT IS ZACK'S CAT, GUCCI!)

I SPENT A BIT OF TIME LOOKING FOR INSPIRATION - I WANTED THE PIECE TO LOOK PAINTERLY BUT ALSO A BIT LIKE A PRINT WHILST RETAINING MY STYLE. THE THREE OF US REALLY LIKED THE IDEA OF A 1960S MINIMAL-STYLE PRINT LOOK TOO - THIS FITS IN WITH WHAT I'M INFLUENCED BY ANYWAY SO I USED THIS AS A GENERAL POINT OF REFERENCE WHEN PUTTING COLOURS TOGETHER:

(THESE PICS SHOW ONE HALF OF THE PIECE, I MASKED OFF AREAS AND TO CREATE ABSTRACT BLOCKS OF COLOUR WITH GOUACHE PAINT).

I COMPLETED THE PIECE WITH INKED LINEWORK IN MY SIGNATURE STYLE:

I'M HAPPY WITH THE PIECE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT IN SITU - IT WAS A NICE CHANGE AND REALLY USEFUL TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON A PROJECT BASED ON THE SPECIFICATIONS OF A CLIENT WHILST TRYING TO RETAIN MY OWN VISUALLY STYLE.

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