Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Alternative Miss World - Rationale and Final Piece Peices

For my Alternative Miss World project, I'm doing these things:
  • Designs for a range of outfits, ranging from genres like Steampunk, Post-Apocalyptic, Cyberpunk to Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Kink.
  • Create a full outfit for a final piece, basing it on a Post-Apcoalyptic survivor.
The pieces above are the pieces I'm gathering for the final piece.
So far, I have the helmet, brown cloak and respirator bought and on the way, and I'm going to soon purchase the guns, bandages for the hands, goggles, holsters and a UK flag.
I already have kneepads, jacket and an airsoft harness to use.
Some of the pieces, depending on how they look, may be altered in order to make the outfit look more dirty and worn.

The theme of the outfit is a Post-Apocalyptic survivor; a person who'se created a makeshift outfit of random things like a bike helmet, leather jacket, airsfoft armor pieces, goggles and respirators from industrial areas and also a UK flag draped on his shoulder as a sign he's clinging onto the last bit of patriotism in a harsh and savage future.
I imagine his name would be Miss Patriot or something along those lines, I'm going to research into what I could name the suit.

The outfit will be a final piece that I'll be wearing and having a photo shoot done with, along with a green screen background, so I can photoshop myself into post-apocalyptic settings with the clothing.
I hope to have the outfit and the designs complete by the end of the project, and as I'm getting a head start on obtaining the pieces I need, I have time to work on the design side of the project too.

Friday, 17 January 2014

A Rakes Progress - The Final Outcome



14 Story Scenes, fully coloured, shaded and dialogued.
A front cover, two character pages and a back cover.



 I also did sheets documenting some of my research, experimentation and so forth.













Monday, 6 January 2014

RIP Greg Martin

This isn't as much to do with college as it is to do with the passing off one of my major inspirations, Greg Martin.
He created the box art of many video games throughout the 90's, including my personal favorite, Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
His artwork always had a 3D look to it, despite it being a 2D image and he knew how to make something look incredibly eye-catching.

The cover to Sonic 2, drawn by Greg Martin.
Greg Martin influenced my work in many ways, it was his work that made me want to do 3D shading on my artwork and also his covers taught me much about game over composition and how to make a  character look appealing.

RIP Greg Martin, your artwork has inspired me so much, and I hope one day my art will leave just as big of an impression.