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FASHION BOOK BRIEF
My friend Farid came to me with a proposal about collaborating together to make a fashion book. He asked me if I would be the illustrator...

Jonathan Whittingham
Feb 25, 20201 min read


CHARACTER DESIGN BRIEF
A friend of mine at uni, Charis, came to me with a brief, she needed an illustrator to create a character for Harvester. She needed a...

Jonathan Whittingham
Feb 25, 20201 min read


ARTIST RESEARCH "SAVITRI"
Yuanxiang Liang I don't look at many sculptors for inspiration but I was instantly mesmerised by the intricacy and detail of these...

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Feb 18, 20200 min read


ROBOT FOOD
Steph Oglesby came and did a talk about the company that she works for called Robot Food. Robot Food are a design firm that mainly focus...

Jonathan Whittingham
Feb 17, 20202 min read


FINAL CHARACTERS
Even though I struggled with this brief at the start, I'm really happy with the final outcome. I feel like the characters give off the...

Jonathan Whittingham
Feb 10, 20201 min read


CUTE CHARACTER BRIEF
For this short brief, the task was to create a cute character for a competition. I actually went to the session not really knowing what...

Jonathan Whittingham
Feb 7, 20201 min read


FINAL DESIGN "THE WANDERING SCHOLAR"
I'm really happy with how this design turned out, I like the contrast of the red and green, and I believe I used it in a way that doesn't...

Jonathan Whittingham
Feb 6, 20201 min read


STUDENT TUTORIAL
I had a tutorial with Stephen and chatting with him helped me to push my ideas even more and gave me a bit of encouragement that I am on...

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Feb 4, 20201 min read



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Feb 4, 20200 min read


DEVELOPMENT "THE WANDERING SCHOLAR"
For these pieces I was experimenting with using the tarot card idea for the poster design. I tried various positions and designs of the...

Jonathan Whittingham
Feb 3, 20201 min read


PROCESS- "THE WANDERING SCHOLAR"
When creating the graphics I started with the female silhouette first. I kept the shape really simple and knew I wanted her to be the...

Jonathan Whittingham
Feb 3, 20201 min read


INITIAL IDEAS "THE WANDERING SCHOLAR"
For these thumbnail ideas I wanted to create something that told a bit of the story and the characters, but not give away too much. I...

Jonathan Whittingham
Feb 2, 20201 min read


ARTIST RESEARCH
Mathilde Cretier I really love the style and shape of her work. Mathilde's style is all about the forms of the silhouette, she loves to...

Jonathan Whittingham
Feb 1, 20201 min read


OPERA MOODBOARD
I began collecting images and colours to start thinking about creating compositions for the Opera posters. This is an important part of...

Jonathan Whittingham
Jan 30, 20201 min read


MIND MAP
After looking at the stories of the Operas and created a mindmap of each opera and thought of words that came out to me when reading the...

Jonathan Whittingham
Jan 30, 20201 min read


VISUAL IDENTITY
I started to look at my personal visual identity and collated ideas of how my brand could look. I've noticed that I like a bold range of...

Jonathan Whittingham
Jan 28, 20201 min read


STRESS MANAGEMENT WELLBEING
I really enjoyed this workshop, the instructor gave us practical ways and methods of how we can all manage stress and anxiety. She would...

Jonathan Whittingham
Jan 25, 20201 min read


CONNECTING WITH PROFESSIONALS: ELEANOR SNARE
Eleanor Snare gave us a great talk about where do we see ourselves in the future and personal traits about the things we value and what...

Jonathan Whittingham
Jan 24, 20202 min read
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