Wednesday 27 May 2015

Encaenia: finished

 
Following on from the last post, this is the finished water colour, scanned and ready for submission. The way it was painted can be seen on my facebook page Waivisuals, Norm Chung Illustration.
 
Although water colour is still relatively new to me I'm beginning to feel comfortable in using it.

Wednesday 20 May 2015

Encaenia

This is my unfinished entry for the Cheltenham illustration award, inked and ready for watercolour. The theme for this is "Tales of the city".
 
 
 
Living in Oxford I wanted this piece to be based in the city. I chose the Encaenia because it seems to be a well known event and Wikipedia states that the most famous Encaenia is the ceremony at Oxford University.

After establishing the idea, this is where I start to move away from reality and inject a bit of fun. I wanted this illustration to include popular fictional characters instead of real ones.

I wanted a range of literary characters that have a connection to Oxford, whether created or part created, established or set in Oxford. The characters I picked were from The Hobbit, Morse, Brideshead Revisited, Lord Peter Whimsey, The Golden Compass, Winnie the Witch, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and Alices Adventures in Wonderland.

Rather than make the faces up I wanted, where possible, to use faces of the actor/ actress who portrayed these characters or look at existing artwork. The fun part and in keeping with my recent work, was to present it in caricature.
 
For the backdrop I first intended to use the Radcliff Camera but after an initial sketch I thought the building was too big to use and if I concentrated on a small section it wouldn't be recognisable enough. I then looked at the Bridge of sighs before settling on the Sheldonian Theatre. I thought the Sheldonian was more suited to what I needed, plus the heads were, I thought, very recognisable .
 
(My Facebook page will show my initial sketches and roughs leading up to the black line art shown here on this page.)
 
 

Jerry Adams invites Prince Charles...

With their historic hand shake out of the way Jerry invites Charles for a spot of trampolining.
 
 
Ever since the article came out that Jerry Adams trampolines naked with his dog, I thought it'd be fun draw something based around this.
 
 
 

Wednesday 13 May 2015

General Election Fallout - David Cameron

 
I had an idea while drawing Farage, Miliband and Clegg. Because of their joint glum expressions, I thought a dancing, jolly David Cameron would fit in quite nicely offering a nice contrast.
 
Of course it does make it seems like he's gloating.

 

General Election Fallout - Nigel Farage

 
Nigel Farage is usually caricatured with a over jubilant demeanour. Mouth wide open as if he's about to deafen you with a roaring laugh. However I think the disappointment was clear for all to see when he failed in his bid to capture South Thanet, resulting in him stepping down as UKIP leader. Still, on the bright side, he can feel the love from his party, as UKIP rejected his resignation, while enjoying a nice pint   

General Election Fallout - Ed Miliband

I illustrated Ed Miliband looking pretty glum due to the Labour party's recent loss and him stepping down as leader, but in reality he's probably not that unhappy as he's holidaying away in Ibiza.
 

 

 

Friday 8 May 2015

General Election Fall out - Nick Clegg

With the results of the general election, it looks like there's a few high profile resignations, I thought I'd start with Nick Clegg.