Category: RP: Part 1

Find examples of illustrators who have designed wallpapers, fabric wrapping paper or for other flat surfaces that you find interesting. How do their illustrations play with the idea of flatness? I began by searching on Pinterest for ‘flat illustration designs’ and created a board with some of the results. The majority that I found were… Continue reading Research Point: Flat Surface Illustrators

You may have already developed ways of recording and reflecting on your own visual language and the work of others through sketchbooks, blogs or scrapbooks in which you’ve collected examples of illustrations and other visual information that catches your eye, or which you might want to refer back to at a later date. If you… Continue reading Research Point: Start a Visual Diary

Reflect on your illustrations, drawings and sketchbook work (this might be work you have done previously) and identify the pieces that best reflect a personal voice. Pick out the pieces you have most enjoyed, the ones that you feel are closest to what you are interested in doing or reflect your interests best. You might… Continue reading Research Point: Reflect on Your Personal Voice

Find out about the world of illustrators by asking ‘who’s out there and what are they doing?’ Identify a range of illustrators whose work or ideas you find interesting. What do these illustrators tell you about current illustration practice? Where do they fit within the different areas of illustration practice? Answering these questions is as… Continue reading Research Point: Who’s Out There?