tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63046515054291994582024-02-07T16:45:44.577-08:00Little ConstructsLittle Constructshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07469311226609109844noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304651505429199458.post-80189224966786199242012-07-08T08:03:00.002-07:002012-07-08T08:03:40.340-07:00The Picture Show: Summer Exhibition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Me and a group of friends are having an exhibition at the <a href="http://www.coningsbygallery.com/exhibition/the-picture-show-july-2012" target="_blank">Coningsby Gallery </a> in Central London- I'm so excited! The show will be running from Monday 16th July till Saturday 21st July. </div>
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The Private View is on Tuesday 17th July starting at 6:00pm till 9:00pm; no need to RSVP, just come along on the night and join us for drinks and a good old night!</div>
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Our show is kindly supported by <a href="http://www.barefootwine.com/" target="_blank">Barefoot Wines</a>, lush prints from <a href="http://www.ghcityprint.co.uk/" target="_blank">GH City Print </a>and paper stock from <a href="http://www.gfsmith.com/" target="_blank">GF Smith</a>.</div>
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For more information about The Picture Show, head over to our <a href="http://www.thepicshow.co.uk/" target="_blank">website</a>.</div>
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-Jo </div>
<br />Little Constructshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07469311226609109844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304651505429199458.post-23373283361563267882012-06-18T12:09:00.000-07:002012-06-18T12:09:00.345-07:00Illustrators Pick: Jesse Robinson Williams<img src="http://www.jessewilliams.ca/files/gimgs/13_shoutoutlouds-web.jpg" />
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<br />Little Constructshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07469311226609109844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304651505429199458.post-42252643806541213242012-06-05T12:00:00.000-07:002012-06-05T12:00:06.086-07:00Illustrators Pick: Bryan Lanier<img src="http://a1.s6img.com/cdn/box_004/post_14/586369_13559308_b.jpg" />
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<br />Little Constructshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07469311226609109844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304651505429199458.post-7518982948010487402012-05-15T11:39:00.000-07:002012-05-15T11:39:00.064-07:00Illustrators Pick: Matthew Goik<img height="243" src="http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/matthewgoik/20851278890/1/tumblr_m2a030YzCZ1qjiwnh" width="400" />
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<br />Little Constructshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07469311226609109844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304651505429199458.post-3883762946577762642012-05-14T11:44:00.002-07:002012-05-14T11:44:58.826-07:00Illustrators Pick: Jason Spencer<img alt="Baby Shit Art Print" src="http://a1.s6img.com/cdn/box_005/post_15/600852_4726600_b.jpg" />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hello! Well, my name is Siobhán Gallagher, I'm 22 and just recently completed my Bachelor of Design at NSCAD University. I'm a designer + illustrator, a lover of movies (<i>The Graduate</i>,<i>Annie Hall</i>, and <i>Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind</i> are a few favorites), a bibliophile, and a fan of Lucky Charms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Well, I just wrapped up the biggest project of my design career so far: a semester-long undertaking for my school involving the design of the 2012 Graduation Catalogue, a book for graduating students to showcase their work. This meant creating a variety of unique cover design concepts to pitch to the school president and then develop an entire theme for the rest of the book based on the selected design. Though this part is finished and the catalogues have been printed and delivered, I now have to design all of the accompanying collateral for both the grad catalogue and the grad exhibition (this includes the posters, invites, buttons, and window vinyl). Phew! On top of that, I've got some branding and editorial freelance projects for local organizations. I just like to keep myself busy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In ten years, I will be 32. Whoa. I hope to be working in a fun, big city in a Senior Designer position with a nice li'l family. I hope to have a lot more design work under my belt by that point and hopefully have established a name for myself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I had always loved drawing but hated the strict rules that you're taught in high school art class and basic drawing classes: perspective, shading, charcoal. I love to draw but hate the pressure to make things look "realistic" so illustration gives me the freedom to draw how I want and be happy with the results on my own standards rather than a pre-determined set of rules.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Well, I illustrate entirely digitally but use my sketchbook for initial ideas and testing how things would work. Then I scan my sketchbook pages (or, the poor man's scanner: snap a picture in Photo Booth) and drop them into Illustrator, where I draw over the sketch with the pen tool and make it look more symmetrical or experiment with colours. I'm an Illustrator fiend. I've been using Photoshop lately to incorporate textures and whatnot into the illustrations, but I just love my vectors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am, for the next two weeks, living in Halifax, Nova Scotia, but am moving to New York in June! I recently found out I got a design internship with Penguin US so I am itching to move to New York in just a matter of weeks.</span></div>
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<br />Little Constructshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07469311226609109844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304651505429199458.post-5873869333153889472012-04-26T10:32:00.000-07:002012-04-26T10:32:15.663-07:00Featured Artist: Yee Ting Kuit<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hello! I'm Yee and I'm a freelance illustrator. I graduated from Falmouth a few years ago. Towards the end of my A Levels there was a 50/50 chance I could have gone down the more straightforward path of studying maths at university but I decided drawing and a creative route was more enjoyable. I was not wrong! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Well, I'm starting to learn how to html - I managed to convert my website into html recently which was quite a technical feat for me! I even managed to shoehorn in some CSS and Javascript too. There are a couple of potential commissions in the pipeline too which I'm very excited about. I am also looking to take part in more events this year, especially in my local area if possible. Oh, and producing more illustrations of course!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hopefully doing my freelance illustration full-time from a beach hut in Hawaii?? Haha, I don't know really! :) I think it's important to have a rough idea of where you want to be in life but I don't like to think too far ahead. You end up worrying about things that haven't actually happened yet! I think I definitely want to be making my living from my illustration in 10 years time that's for sure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My sister and I used to spend most of our time doing creative things. Mainly drawing. My mum used to say that we were working our way through a few forests' worth of trees in paper! I found some of my old school exercise books from when I was in primary school and I think that even as early as then I already had the drawing bug. I think I have just always been more of a pictures/visual person rather than a literary one. I can't write for toffee.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I like to spend most of my time thinking through ideas and doodling little thumbnails. Once I've got the idea down I normally have a good idea of what kinds of colours I'll use so it's just a case of drawing out a bigger rough in pencil, scanning it onto the computer and then doing all the technical bits using a combination of Photoshop and Illustrator. Sometimes, if I've been working on an image for a long time, I like to wander off for a tea break and come back to it. Time away from the screen makes it easier to decide whether it is finished or whether it needs some minor tweaking.</span></div>
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<br /></div>Little Constructshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07469311226609109844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304651505429199458.post-78752321419803356872012-04-26T10:27:00.002-07:002012-04-26T10:27:52.484-07:00Little Constructs UpdateHello folks! Apologies for the hiatus, Erica and I have been a tad busy over the past few months with full time jobs, exhibitions and other stuff hence the slight blip.<br />
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Psychedelic, crystal cats, magical and spacey landscapes I love <a href="http://www.chrissieabbott.co.uk/">Chrissy Abbott</a>'s illustrations.<br />
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I found <a href="http://www.sarahyoung.co.uk/">Sarah Young</a>'s work via her <a href="http://www.etsy.com/people/sarahyoung5?ref=pr_profile">Etsy shop</a> and I love her screen printed tea towel kits, aren't they just gorgeous?<br />
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Pretty, pretty artwork. Totally heart<a href="http://www.bonbiforest.com/"> Bonbi Forest</a> who also goes by the name of Lee May Foster. She has a beautiful shop full of screen printed apparel, lovely artwork and handmade jewelry.<br />
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I ignore most of my rejections because typically something else always works out down the line, and often it's even better than what I rejected for. Have faith in yourself and your ability. Have a competitive spirit but don't let failure consume you. You chose illustration because you love it, so don't let something that is inevitable weaken your determination or blindside you.<br />
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Idk I've not actually thought of a clear view of where I'll be at 30-31. I'm sure I'll be more wrinkly. I hope I'm a different person than I am today. More me, and happier. I don't mind not really knowing what creative endeavors I'll have done by then because I'm sure I'd have changed my mind so many times and pursued/succeeded in different interests of mine. I do know I hope I'm either working on some stop-motion and live action films or have some under my belt.</div>
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Er, I don't know. I've been drawing since I could think. I do know that when I was considering a major for college apps I wasn't sure if I should go for Fine Art or Illustration and was under the impression that you get more freedom in Illustration. I don't even really consider what I do illustration but just that I'm an artist and I like drawing and creating a scene. There's a need there that I hope never goes away.</div>
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Creative process, okay: Well I rarely write my ideas down, nor do I ever sketch out an idea, they're all usually in my mind. The first draft is usually the final draft. So sometimes I have a ton of ideas that will make their way as a piece soon swirling in my head. If I don't have an idea of what I'm doing either I will stare into space (yep) I picture the setting, the point of view, and how I want each person's position to be, then I look for references on Flickr or google images but mostly Flickr like crazy. Once I've got the jist of what I'm looking for I search for a podcast, listen to my Pandora playlists, or have Buffy playing in the background while I'm drawing. First pencil, than watercolor or diluted acrylic or anything that helps. I rely on an old advice a teacher had told me which basically was "use anything that will give you the desired affect you're looking for". Now, the coloring of the piece is the part where I've got nothing planned out nor look for reference. The color for a person's specific shirt or whatever just comes to me just from looking at that particular object on the paper. And the piece is done.</div>
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Right now I live in Queens, NY.</div>
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See more of Jardley here: </div>
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<a href="http://jardleyjean-louis.com/">Portfolio</a></div>
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<a href="http://society6.com/EvokeJay">Society6</a></div>
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<a href="http://twitter.com/jardster">Twitter</a></div>
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