Okay Usually This Would Go On My Junk Tumblr, But I Love The Look On Levi's Face Too Much Not To Show

Okay usually this would go on my junk tumblr, but I love the look on Levi's face too much not to show this to you.

Seriously he looks one second away from a spit-take.

i did one of those redraw things

I'm not ready but I'm doing it anyway!

Inktober starts next week! Thirty-one days, thirty-one ink drawings.

Are you ready?!

  INKtober rules: 1) Make a drawing in ink (you can do a pencil under-drawing if you want). 2) Post it on tumblr (or Instagram, twitter, facebook, flickr, Pinterest or just pin it on your wall.) 3) Hashtag it with #inktober 4) Repeat (you can do it daily, like me, or go the half-marathon route and post every other day, or just do the 5K and post once a week. What ever you decide, just be consistent with it. INKtober is about growing and improving and forming positive habits, so the more you’re consistent the better.) That’s it!

One day, one day the faces I draw will look like this.

UNDINE, STUDY.

While I frantically attempt to get all these goth comics done in... let's see... 19 days, have a bonus character design! This is the support character for the magical goths. She changes her bow to match their outfits, in deference to their darker fashion sense.

”Blade Runner” concept art by Syd Mead

Hey, I've been considering studying illustration, and I've been wondering could you tell me what university did you study at? I love your art, it's incredible :)

Incredible? Gosh I don't even know what to say to that! 

I went to the University of Gloucestershire, and studied Illustration. I'm afraid I'd made a bad decision on what to study and swapped to the illustration course about a month in, so I never really compared it to other illustration courses, there may be better ones available. It all depends what you think you need to learn.

In first year we were given a grounding in different tools. I think we had basic lessons in Photoshop, Indesign, animation in Flash and AfterEffects, wood- and lino-cut, screen printing and etching. In second year we were given a series of briefs to work from, then in third year we did two big, self-led projects. I think the way to learn the most skills on the course is just to produce as much work as you can, so you can get a lot of practice and feedback. If you want more detailed instruction (composition, colour theory etc.) it's probably not the right course for you.

BUT. There's one important thing the course was really good for: setting you up for professional practice. In second year you learn to work to briefs, and work quickly, then in third year we got weekly hour-long talks about everything from pricing to invoicing and contracts to what our taxes were going to look like, and frequent talks and visits from practicing illustrators in various fields. There's also a mandatory third-year module on self-promotion, so you should leave the course with a game plan.

I've got friends who did other illustration courses, and none of them got anywhere near as much instruction on how to actually set themselves up as a practicing illustrator, so that's something I'm really grateful for. (Although I don't think I've made the best use of all that good advice...)

Sorry, I've written a bit of a novella! Bottom line is if you want to be taught practical skills or to draw better, my course probably won't help much, but it is really good for getting you to work in a professional way, and if you produce lots of work your skills will improve too.  I hope it's helpful to you in deciding where to look. Good luck with your work!