This past weekend I’ve been listening to a really great podcast called Your Dreams My Nightmares by Sam Weber. Each week he interviews illustrators and designers, and asks them about their craft and working in the commercial arts.
One of our VCD program’s recent graduates, Kyle Metcalf, had been commissioned by the City of Calgary over the summer to illustrate some utility boxes in town. The initiative is to promote local artists and illustrators, as well as deter vandalism in Calgary. Kyle’s mid-century modern illustrations fits perfectly with the old drive-thru stylings of [...]
This was my final project for my Illustration II class for this past school year. Using what we learned throughout the course (tonal studies, strong character silhouettes, foreground/background relationships, and visual metaphors), we were to illustrate a scene or theme from a book, along with an accompanying spot drawing. I chose to portray “Life of [...]
Here’s another project from my Illustration II class. We were to convey the idea of opposites using visual metaphors. Of course I chose one of my favourite things, breakin’.
The second edition of Uppercase’s Work/Life is out! Work/Life 2, like the first book, is a directory of illustrators from around the work. This year a number of graduating 4th year students from the VCD program are featured, including: Sean Alzetta, Jenn Kitagawa, Jacqui Lee, and Jessica Phillips. A few instructors are featured as well [...]
This is an editorial illustration I did for my illustration II class. The article is from the Guardian and it’s about the rampant corruption in sumo wrestling in Japan. Turns out quite a few matches are fixed. I also designed the layout for the editorial. You can read the original article here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/02/japan-sumo-wrestling-match-fixing
Jillian Tamaki, an alumnus of the VCD program here at ACAD, is featured in the current March/April issue of Comm Arts.
Here’s my first project for my Illustration II class. The goal was to complete four black and white comprehensive illustrations with compositions in high key, mid-high key, mid-low key, and low-key. The lighting for each composition had to support or reinforce the narrative. My topic is Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach. I recently [...]