Design againt fur competition

I am highly interested in this competition:

''Design a creative, compelling campaign poster or animation that delivers the compassionate message that the wearing of fur is cruel and unnecessary. We want the modern world to celebrate all animals and not victimize them by killing them to wear their skins - and we want you to help us make that happen.''

This sounds very appealing to me and i would like to persue this one.

Regestration closes 1/04/2011

Artwork to be submitted by 15/04/2011


''An eye-catching, thought-provoking design for a billboard poster for a city street You’ll have to catch people’s imagination, and quickly, as they pass by your design. Note: The artwork you supply should be maximum A3 sized for ease of judging & reproduction.''

The website also provides a lot of useful background information as help.

The RSA awards, postage stamps

Brief 1
Celebrate the idea of ‘firsts’ and create
stamps that inspire the nation whilst instilling
national pride.

Brief 2
Celebrate the influence of British Fashion
in a visually exciting way that would be a joy to use
on post.

This sounds like an interesting competition, the dates for entery forms are the 17/02/2011, the dates for submission is 7th/03/2011 - 25/03/2011

The website has a lot of informaton on the audience, guidelines, target market etc...which is usefull.

Competitions!

I had a look on moodle at the competitions posted there.

PENGUIN DESIGN AWARD

The penguin award is for a book called 'one hundered years of solitude' by

Gabriel García Márquez. The brief looks to be much more serious:

'' our cover design should reflect the richness of Márquez’s writing to appeal to a contemporary, discerning, literary readership.''

I much preffered the Puffin designers brief, as it was for James and the Giant Peach. The bref was much more appealing to me:

''We are looking for a striking cover design that is well executed, has an imaginative concept and clearly places the book for its market of both children (to pick up and buy for themselves) and adults (to buy for children). ''

work...

im assuming this counts, as i got asked to do them :)
but two sketches i was asked to do, ones for a tattoo and the other is just a portrait of a friends horse.

JOHN MCFAUL - visiting Illustrator

McFaulStudio is a virtual agency.

It is an artistic collaboration, a playground, and a creative incubator for innovative art & design projects.

It explores and develops new directions and creative outlets utilizing the broad range of talent available within the studio. Boutique,and bijou McFaulStudio is shown to be high at the top of current contemporary design.

to name a few, Audi, Toyota, Levi’s, Nike, brand Jordan, Carhartt-Europe, Havaianas, Orange, Vodafone, Nokia, Sony, Samsung, Toshiba, Microsoft, Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, BBC, The Times, British Telecom, IBM, Cancer Research UK, Red Bull, Lucasfilm, Luma and Colnago are a number of previous clients.

John Mcfaul comments:

''I consider myself simply an image-maker. But I suppose I’m involved in different things every day…images, animation, packaging, posters, t-shirts…Not solely an Illustrator anymore, I seem to have found myself in a fantastic position of doing what I love doing every day of my life for clients I couldn’t possibly have dreamed of ten or so years ago.''

QUESTIONS FOR JOHN MCFAUL:

1. Where do you get your inspiration?

2. Your colours follow a simple palette, how did you come up with this?

3. How do you find working for a broad spectrum of clients?

Progression...

I originally started the illustration and print course with the aim of coming out as a freelance illustrator, i enjoy drawing animals and people and thought id just do that. However after starting the course and realising the different options i am much more swayed towards advertisement.

Skills: the skills i originally started with were quite limited, i had:

arts award
applied for and had several jobs
had to organise things for myself e.g. prom and driving

but i feel i have aquired the following:

work has allowed me to develop my confidence and communication skills, i am much happier to engange in conversation with new people or even future employers.

i have been able to effectivly work illustrator and photoshop, and now have skills needed to opperate them.

i have learnt different print processes and can now screen print, and use the laser cutter withoug instruction.

My drawing style has changed, it has gone from a very intrequite and detailed style in my teenage years, to much more imaginative and loose over the course of the year.