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Neil Baker

Today we had a guest lecturer called Neil Baker. I really liked his illustrations of different birds and places which is why I thought I would put it on my blog.

I love his penguin design:

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His drawings are incredibly realistic and he has a real eye for drawing. I also like the way they have been coloured in and placed on textured paper. The book illustrations are very aesthetically pleasing.

His penguins did make me think of the John Lewis penguin a bit:

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I don’t understand how he colours his penguins in so well but I would love to be able to do the same.

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Landscape update

Along with my full Savannah landscape, I have created a range of others to suit different parts of my story:

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Some of the parts of my story focus on the characters so I did not want the background to be distracting from the story. I noticed that in some story books, they do not even have a background on some pages when the focus is on the characters instead.

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Tattoo leaflets

 

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Before creating my brochure, I decided it would be best to look at some on Pinterest to identify what I like and what makes a good brochure.

I really like the simple colour scheme used in both of the brochures above as well as the use of simple vectors and complimentary fonts. I like the ‘Z’ shaped fold as well and may use this with my own design. I love the use of a darker box along the top of the second brochure design, adding a little more interest to the page. I may also attempt this with my own design.

 

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This is one of the better tattoo brochures that I found (along with business card). I feel it is quite successful and traditional but it does not follow the simplistic design style that I like.