Today was the deadline for our professional practise module. This needed to consist of a business plan and creative C.V. Here are my final pieces for the module.
Clive Hicks-Jenkins
Today we had Clive Hicks-Jenkins (and his dog) visit us, there he presented some of his work and illustrations, some of the quotes and advice that he gave within the presentation were helpful and seeing what he's accomplished through his life, really makes illustrators, like myself, want to pursever and really get my name out there.
He explained about his life and how he came to be the successful artist he is today. He began by saying he had a completely different background to painting, he said 'I couldn't have foreseen my career, as my creative path went a different way to as I expected.' He started painting in his late 40s, and turned away most commissions as he felt he couldn't meet the deadlines required. He also mentioned that he has a borderline attitude for negative space.
"Everything has to come from reality, but that doesn't mean I can't change them. Something that has to have meaning to me."
His explained that his biggest influence in his life was his cousin. Looking into George and the dragon, he went on to say how narrative illustration inspired him. He also looked into another story called 'Tobias and the Angel', he will more than often create art for this story because of the dog within it. Dogs are associated with rodents but in his case, he sees it to be more of 'man's best friend.'
He recently found more ways of working graphically in doing so, he showed us some of his work.
My favourite illustration during the presentation was the image shown below. It is an illustration based from a narrative story about a blind man who went on a journey, with his dog, his dog was eaten by a wolf, and God made the wolf realise that he is was in the wrong, and his conscious got to him, therefore him and the wolf became partners.
For the full story, you can read it here; http://www.tobiasblanck.com/Tobias_%26_the_Angel,_the_story.html
I really like this piece in particular because the colours used are so bold, and the mixture of using such vibrant and neon colours makes the image come to life.
The link to his website is here; http://www.hicks-jenkins.com/
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