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OPERA FESTIVAL SUBMISSION
When I submitted my work to the Opera Festival I made it on InDesign and wanted to create something that looked professional. I made a...

Jonathan Whittingham
Mar 1, 20201 min read


OPERA BRIEF MAIN POSTER
As a part of the brief I needed to make a main poster to promote the Opera Festival as a whole, so what I did was merge elements from...

Jonathan Whittingham
Feb 29, 20201 min read


FINAL DESIGN "AT THE BOAR'S HEAD"
Overall I like the design of this piece I think the colours work well together and the contrast of having detailed line and flat...

Jonathan Whittingham
Feb 29, 20201 min read


ARTIST RESEARCH "AT THE BOAR'S HEAD"
Liudas Barkauskas Lidas is a digital illustrator that created a series of artwork called Totem. It was based around the theme of the...

Jonathan Whittingham
Feb 28, 20201 min read


DEVELOPMENT "AT THE BOAR'S HEAD"
For this design I decided to use Falstaff the main character as the main subject and the head of a boar in the background. I started...

Jonathan Whittingham
Feb 28, 20202 min read


FINAL DESIGN "SAVITRI"
I'm really happy with how this one turned out, I feel like it fits the brief and portrays the style that I wanted. I believe that there...

Jonathan Whittingham
Feb 27, 20201 min read



Jonathan Whittingham
Feb 27, 20200 min read


DEVELOPMENT "SAVITRI"
I started with the base image where I had the silhouette of the face and started to fill her with colour. I added gradients to some of...

Jonathan Whittingham
Feb 26, 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...

Jonathan Whittingham
Feb 25, 20201 min read



Jonathan Whittingham
Feb 25, 20200 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


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


CONCEPT AND COMMISSION
For the start of the LAUVC502 project I chose the Leeds Opera Festival commission. The aim was to create three images that would...

Jonathan Whittingham
Jan 17, 20204 min read
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