Major project 6

update on how the project is going, got the rest of the initial designs sorted.

medieval 

for the griffin I needed to figure out its anatomy in order to figure out how it would move, surprisingly difficult to join a lion and a falcon anatomically speaking.  

wing motion  

final design 

rough page layout 

medieval 

lots of tail types to choose from 

it was difficult to decide just how ''fishy'' to make her, in the end I went with the classic half human look. 

pose was another difficult thing to figure out. 

final design and motion

rough page layout

medieval 

motion

final and rough page layout

medieval 

boy does it take a lot to get a bird to fly

final and rough page layout

might not look like it but there is a lot going on to make a whale look swim forward. based on a killerwhale 

final and page layout

professional practice 4

i've been doing research into business cards and promotional material today, found this great image of examples of cool business cards. problem being obviously they are more expensive to make and you need a specialist site to make them if you cant do it yourself. still it's a bit of fun to look at from an artist point of view

general

Artist 

 

for myself i've come up with a few designs for interesting business cards and a few plain design ones for bulk ordering from a site like vistaprint. the artwork to go on them will be something new and specified rather than from my current imagebase, this ensures that the work is on my current level of skill and that potential clients see the sort of work they can expect.

obviously the website and such would need to be established first to go on them as contact information.

ive also been looking at potential artist nicknames (sudanim, persona like thing) Lawrence Matthews is a bit of a mouthful and an odd spelling. for the sake of professionalism 'snailorgy' doesnt quite send out the right message, and you never know what sort of work you may do to pay the bills and sometimes its a good idea to have a different name to go under without abandoning your integrity as an artist.

I do like the snail part of my current online persona, snails have always been a sort of spirit animal to me.

possible new names, in spider diagram for because that's what i like to do

professional practice 3

forms for commissions

artist contract modified from the official AO1 form

invoice for completed works 

sign off signature logos (artist signature)

watermark

(is translucent when applied)