Happy New Year! And ILUS 303 stuff

Hope that your new year was as good as mine- it was the first one I actually got to spend with my man, so that automatically bumped it up several notches <3

So I'm back in Vancouver [rain and cold, you know, the norm], and back into the swing of things with Emily Carr.  But before I can share with you guys just what I'm up to now, I still have one more class to share- ILUS 303, Illustrating for Literature

My teacher for this class was Guin Thompson [who's married to my ILUS 300 instructor Durwin!], and she's done both book illustrations and comics.  It was a really awesome class, probably my favorite of that entire semester.

I can only show you 3 out of my 4 assignments, though- the last assignment was a full 32 page storybook, and I think the effect would be lost if I didn't present it in the proper way.  I will however, show the cover page and full color spread from the book.

Assignment 1: The Execution of Katherine Howard
[Topic: Illustrate a line/verse from a nursery rhyme.  I chose verse 6 of "Bluff King Hal"]

Assignment 2: High Concept Illustration
[For short story "Gaulin Child" by Helen Klonaris]

Assignment 2: Spot Illustration
[Also from Helen Klonaris' short story]

Assignment 3: Book Cover Redesign
[I chose Philippa Gregory's 'The Red Queen' ]

Full size of the Book Cover, including spine and back cover

Assignment 4: Storybook
[the title page]

Assignment 4: Storybook
[full color spread]

As you can tell, I was running with a theme in this class- either English royalty or the macabre.  Oftentimes both!!