I have moved...

http://thinkleigh.co.uk/

Thanks for visiting this blog I have now created a portfolio of my work at my new web address http://thinkleigh.co.uk/. Please check it out - this will be my new platform to showcase my work.

British Road

My final outcome of British Road, Bedminster, Bristol. I drawn every house on the street, which I presented on a concertina folded book which measures around 13 metres long, which can be stretched out into a banner/poster. Each house is drawn by hand and the book is double sided, which one side of the street on each side of the book.

This piece of work has been featured on the UWE Graphic Design blog at : http://typenowhere.com/

A little bit of Britishness around the world.

One strand to my self directed study was to explore British Road, Bedminster, Bristol. While exploring this location I was interested to find out where else in the world are British Roads. Using google I tracked down 100 different road names that suggest the word Britain. It was great fun using google to explore far and remote locations and exploring these streets, to see how they differ to British Road and Britain itself. I presented my findings in a perfect bound A3 book, to allow the reader to enjoy the various locations and to see how much they differ.

A day in the life of a Brit

 I gave a muslim, sikh and chinese friend a disposable camera to capture images of their daily routines. As a study into diversity in british culture. To allow the reader to compare their own routines into someones else life. This was an interesting study to see how religion and different ethnic backgrounds can differ in daily routines. I presented these images along side a narrative, highlighting the daily routines in a booklet. 

proposal / evaluation

So after 4 years studying at UWE, Bristol it has now reached an end. Although the real excitement of my future career is now about to begin. It was quite sad handing in my final evaluation (which I presented in an A5 blue newsprint booklet to match my proposal) . Im now very keen to continue my journey into the working world.

journeys

I began my self-directed study by taking journeys across the British landscapes. On these trips I took a sketch book to illustrate a story of events that happened through out the time, recording conversations, sights, smells and sounds. This was a useful technique to explore my illustrative style and to develop my skills in story telling. It also allowed me time to explore British Culture to gain a greater understanding of what is Britishness.

3 minutes

A piece I did at the end of last year. 3 minutes of killing time while stuck in a caravan in devon, while it chucked it down outside. Each member of my family I timed for 3minutes to colour in squares which I then overlapped everyones piece to make this somewhat psychedelic piece.

More houses...

Patchwork piece of every house, church, garage, pub, offices etc along British road

Colouring

I have been playing around with illustrator with my many drawings of every house on British Road. Here are some of my experimental pieces - all of which are work in progress and done quickly to gain a general ideal of what works and doesnt work.

Cuckoo

Here's a piece of work I completed while studying in Hong Kong on the module, Introduction to 3D Animation. This is my first ever 3D animation, it was great fun learning and exploring maya and I hope to use it again in the future.

British Road

Work in progress...

Im currently illustrating every house, church, pub, building etc along British Road in Bedminster, Bristol. A very long road with beautiful, terraced victorian architecture. This is to form a piece for my self directed study on British Culture, to highlight the expected stereotypical views on this culture but to raise awareness to the more unexpected aspect of this colourful culture.


Here are a few of my illustrations in process...