Friday, September 30, 2016

OUGD502 - Studio Brief 01 - Collaborating with L5 Student

After completing level 4 I saw an opportunity on the LCA Collaborations page to help a second year out with her final project for level 5. Charlotte wanted to collaborate with an illustrator for a vegan cook book aimed at children that she was making for a level 5 project. 

Although I'm not on illustration it is something I have been doing since I was old enough to hold a pencil and after getting full marks at art A-Level and going on to do foundation level illustration and graphics I was confident I could do drawings in any style that she needed, so I contacted her:








The project and work load was a lot more work than I originally expected and took nearly a week to complete all of the illustrations that she wanted even on top of working with Megan, a Level 4 illustrator. However the publication and rest of the pack looked really good once it had been completed. Here is her final piece featuring my illustrations: 





This project provided me with a good opportunity to work on my collaboration skills before Level 5 as I know there will be some projects this year that will require me to work with other people from a range of courses. Working with Megan on the illustrations improved my communication skills as we had to try and match our styles up to create consistency in the publication. 

It also improved my time management skills as I had to do far more drawings than I originally expected meaning it took a lot longer so I had to make time to get it finished before Charlotte's print slots and deadline. 

Charlotte was really pleased with the drawings and how the project turned out which was great to hear meaning the collaboration was really beneficially for everybody involved.