'BRINK'

From 7th-11th July I will be exhibiting at the AUCB Illustration show 'BRINK' at Free Range, Brick Lane, London, along with Fine Art and Architecture. I have created these two additional pieces which will be alongside my series of outcomes from my final project. The other 6 illustrations can currently be seen on show at the Illustration Degree Show AUCB, Bournemouth.

The A3 prints are on sale as a limited edition of 10, for further enquires please email contact@annettejohns.com

BA YR3: EMP FINAL OUTCOME

These Illustrations are my final outcome for my degree, they are to be viewed as a series showing the beauty of the creatures as they are being tortured. Portraying repression, selfishness and inconsideration for others, showing how dark and twisted the world we live in is:





Massive thanks to everyone that's helped me along the way!

FREE RANGE

My portfolio is now live on the Free Range website - the 3rd Year final exhibition 'BRINK' will be on show from 7th-11th July 2011, The Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London.

www.free-range.org.uk

BA YR3: CIRCUS

I have been continuing with the idea of using animals as a metaphor for repression, looking at circus' and the way in which animals are forced to live outside of their natural habit, and in some cases abused, for the amusement of others. Here's a couple of examples:

(flea circus)

'TOSS OFF'

On 9th March I played a big part in the organisation and hosting of a pancake themed fund raiser event, ‘TOSS OFF’, for my 3rd Year Final Illustration show. The night was a great success, we packed out The Winchester (Bournemouth) and managed to raise a very respectable sum. The event involved a pancake tossing competition (hence the name), pancake eating, a pancake themed burlesque act, various DJ’s, an art sale, a spray on tattoo stand and vodka jelly shots!

The end of year AUCB Illustration show ‘BRINK’ will be held at Free Range, Brick Lane, London 7th-11th July 2011: http://www.free-range.org.uk/

DREAMBOX EXHIBITION

Here are some photos of my illustration at the DreamBox exhibition at The Lighthouse, Poole on 5th March:


For further information: http://dreamboxexhibition.tumblr.com/

BA YR3: 'TOADS'

I have been working from the poem 'Toads' by Philip Larkin, the general theme running throughout it being about how society represses individuals and the expectations in place which cannot be broken so those living in such a society can never truely be free. I have taken these ideas as inspiration for imagery.
These are also some of the first images in which I have begun to experiment with combining my two styles of working:

this final image was exhibited at the DreamBox exhibition at The Lighthouse in Poole on 5th March, for further information: http://dreamboxexhibition.tumblr.com/

BA YR3: BACK TO BASICS

I've decided to go back to basics and work on my pencil and tonal drawings:

apple

root ginger (unfinished)

mushroom

BA YR3: THE OUTSIDER

These are my final outcomes for the House of Illustration and Folio Society competition 'Getting Inside The Outsider', you are asked to produce 3 full page illustrations for inside the book 'The Outsider' by Albert Camus and a rough for the cover. Which, for final submission, I will need to narrow these 7 images down to:

‘The sky seemed to be splitting from end to end and raining down sheets of flame.’ (cover)

‘He went in and out, arranging chairs. On one of them he stacked some cups round a coffee-pot.’

‘“It’s dirty. Full of pigeons and dark courtyards. The people have all got white skin.”’

‘...lines of cypresses leading away to the hills against the sky...against the red and green earth...’

‘...made to live in a hollow tree trunk...’

‘Three judges, two in black, the third in red...’

‘...it had been decided upon by men who change their underwear...’

competition website: http://competitions.houseofillustration.org.uk/folio2010/

BA YR3: FISH BOOK

I produced this book of illustrations as a final outcome for my fish project; showcasing the incredible diversity in colour, shape and size of this much unexplored species.

Open publication

NAUTICAL NONSENSE

This image is my submission for the 'This Is...' Nautical Nonsense competition:

actual image size: A2

The brief and competition details can be viewed at: http://thisissomething.co.uk/

BA YR3: FISH

I've found that I have a sudden obsession with drawing fish, here are a couple of things I've been working on recently:

More nautical related things to come...

BA YR2: DIGITAL REVOLUTION

The brief for this project gave us the title 'divergence' to work with. I chose to do mine on dandelions, showing how the seeds are dispersed so easily causing an outbreak of the unwanted weed!

BA YR2: VISUAL EXPLANATION

These are a few images from my project on 'Point of View'. The final piece took the form of an animation, which I will be putting up once I can get it into the right format!

BA YR2: PUBLISHING

These are images for book covers for three novels by the renowned author Margaret Atwood. Pen and ink, felt tip, watercolour pastels, watercolour paint, 12.7x19.8cm:

The Blind Assassin

The Robber Bride

The Handmaid's Tale

BA YR1: BEATLES TYPEFACE

I created this typeface to illustrate the Beatles song 'I'm So Tired'. I was greatly inspired by the fact it was from their White album and written in India:

(not the final illustration)

BA YR1: DENTIST STICKERS

I made these stickers to be given to children as an encouraging aid to keep their teeth clean: