Jack Frost Illustration

I was commissioned to produce an illustration using the theme of winter and including the following photo:

 

 

And here is the finished piece entitled ‘Winter 1968′:

DVD & CD Cover Artwork

Have a look in the Design page for some of the recent work I have been doing post uni…

Photographs

I’ve have posted a selection of photographs taken during my last term at university on the photography page…

MA Animation Stills – From the West

Hi All,

Ok, so i’ve been officially rubbish prior to and after completing my MA, sorry about that! I’m just about to update the design and photography pages with my MA project work and the design work i’ve been doing since leaving university. Firstly here are some of the stills from the animation that was my major project, you can watch the animation at: 

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8pjxzx77tSI

 

 

(Unfortunately it’s pretty bad quality, but you get the gist!)

Feel free to leave comments,
Many Thanks, Abi

*New* Postcard Project – Life on a Postcard

Postcard Design 1 – Day Dreaming

Postcard Design 2 – Siren at Sunset

Postcard Design 3 – Cursed

I called this project ‘Life on a postcard’ because I took quotes from my subjects that were very honest statements about themselves / their lives, photographed and illustrated these quotes. I chose to use the postcard medium to enforce the messages because it is a classic form of communication. The quotes were hand written by the models to enforce the personal nature of the project.

Crimson Butterfly

*New Illustration* May 2008 – Crimson Butterfly

Inspired by the computer game Project Zero II – Crimson Butterfly this illustration was part of my experimental practice in exploring alternative narratives. Two girls get lost in a haunted village after following a mysterious crimson butterfly…

*NEW* Collaborative Illustration – Rapunzel

*NEW* Rapunzel – Collaborative Illustration for Ginger Lily Hair Salon -
by Angela Keeler & Abigail Horsley
 

Over the past few weeks I have been working with a talented Fashion Illustration student called Angela Keeler (www.angelfishillustration.co.uk) to produce a piece of Illustration for a local Hair Salon. This is the finished image which will be printed A1 size and displayed in Ginger Lily Hair Salon, Kenilworth.

 

China Design Now – Site Visit

 

Wong Kar-wai, In the Mood for Love, feature film, 2000 (photographer: Wing Shya @ Shya-la-la Production, Courtesy of Tartan Films)

 

Well I finally made it to the China Design Now exhibition at the V&A and I have to say it was definitely worth a visit! The exhibition explores China’s hopes and dreams over the last two decades, from individual artists/designers to the nation as a whole. The exhibition hopes to bring contemporary China closer to you.

INTRODUCTION (FROM THE EXHIBITION PUBLICATION)

China is huge. China is topical. Yet China remains a mystery to most people in the west. ‘Made in China’ has become a familiar tag, but the spectacular creative energy in modern China is barely known. During the last twenty years, the Chinese have rediscovered their pre-socialist past and begun the combine their own traditions with global influences to produce a cultural rebirth. At the heart of this lies a new culture of design.

The exhibition will take you on a journey along China’s coastal cites to experience the country’s creative landscape. The journey starts in the far south, where graphic designers in shenzhen began to explore new directions in the early 1990s. Next we move up to Shanghai. Here consumerism and urban culture have combined to produce astonishing fashion and lifestyles. Finally, we travel to Beijing, where monumental architecture for the Olympic Games is transforming the skyline of this ancient capital.

Read more on the V&A web site…

MY REVIEW

There were certain things more than others that grabbed my attention in this exhibition, I especially enjoyed the Shenzhen and Shanghai sections of the exhibition as my interests lie in graphic design, fashion and lifestyle. However the Beijing Section would appeal to those interested in the monumental architecture and the city’s transforming landscape.

I was especially inspired by a Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love and a selection of photographs by Wing Shya shown below:

 

Pearls of the Orient by Wing Shya for Times Magazine:

 

*New* Photoshop Illustration – Snow White

Snow White

Over the past few weeks I have discovered the absolutely amazing potential of Photoshop, Photoshop brushes (http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/index.htm) and Wacom Graphics tablets. Previously an Illustrator snob, I admit I’d never attempted producing Illustration work in Photoshop but from now on I can imagine using it more often than not. Enjoy

*NEW* Illustration – Siren at Sunset

“I always liked the Little Mermaid because it was about a girl who wanted to walk!”

I am currently working on a series of illustrations based on things friends have said to me that I feel say a lot about them. This illustration is based on the above quote and will be one of several, which will eventually have the text handwritten on top of the image and later printed on postcards as self promotional material.