OUIL603 Extended Practice - Assorted Briefs, Part 7

A super quick turnover brief (as in - I saw the opportunity less than a day before the deadline was, and decided to go for it) - there was a callout for a range of work to exhibit in Wakefield, so this is what i've submitted!

Because the deadline was so soon I had to come up with a theme, set and series of images in less than a day - and the exhibition was called 'The Creative Caffeine Fix', based about cafes, and drinks in wakefield (even though it didnt have to be a super 'concrete' thing, a lot of people in the exhibition didn't coffee or drink themed work - it was just nice art!) 

Due to this, I just wanted to do something fun and personal, and see if WE ARE (the ladies running the project) like it as well. So came up with this pinups based on milkshake flavours.

I've been inspired a lot by a lot of 1950's/1960's illustration for greetings cards and books, and i tried to channel a lot of this into the work I made - keeping the digital shape work but adding texture to add dimension to it. 

This was one of the first few times I'd started using brushes from Kyle T. Webster's Brush Megapack, which I found are really 'natural' to work with (definately the closest digitial dupe i've used for analogous media) - which made them really fun to draw with. I'm definately going to continue using them.

My work actually got picked for this which was nice! My sister found it before i'd seen it in the flesh (which was funny) but the exhibition as a whole was a really nice idea, and a great way to unify the different cafes and bars of Wakefield with some nice art. It was really awesome to get a foot in the door in the creative scene of Wakefield, since there seems to be much more of a creative growth spurt going on round there at the minute, and I definitely want to play a bigger part in it. 

Are these the best thing's i've ever done? No. Did I enjoy doing them? Yes - Am I happy with them? Yes and no. I was really happy at the time I made them but in hindsight I do think there are still restrictions with this method of working that I need to keep pushing. I do think theres strength in this sort of work that I do - I just think I need better applications for it other than nice drawings of ladies in dresses.