My EPQ project

TO CREATE ILLUSTRATIONS BASED ON THE WANTS AND

NEEDS OF MY TARGET AUDIENCE.

What is illustration?

It is a depiction that is created to elucidate and dictate sensual information.

1982 1969

Why did I choose this project?

Three reasons:

• My A levels• developing my artists skills• My future interest

What problems I predicted and encountered

And how I overcame them

• My artistic skill• Primary schools allowing me to conduct a workshop• Time

• Using a range of techniques• Emailing multiple primary schools• Scheduling set times to complete work by

Research- My 5 key players (illustrators)• I found these illustrators from my visit to

Roehampton University Library • Specialised children centre

- Further research into younger audience• Found that pop-ups were often used with young

children.

-Research into my target audience

• Workshop at St Mark’s primary

Illustrators Ernest Howard ShepardPen and watercolour

• Tonal • Realistic scenery • Humanised animals• Texture

IllustratorsQuentin Blake Pen and watercolour

• Bright, vibrant colours• Gestural• Rough lines• Humanised animals

IllustratorsKanako UsuiDigital Illustration

• Bold, bright colours• Simple• Childlike• Humanised animals

Illustrators

Shandra StricklandAcrylic, oil, pen and pencil

• Realistic• Detailed landscape and

characters• Ethnic characters• Dark , winter colours

Illustrators

Eric CarleCollage

• Lines are jaggard a• Lacks strong detail• Colourful/bright• Simplistic• textured

Paper engineer

David CarterPop-ups

• Sophisticated• Complicated• Detailed• Bright bold colours

Workshop at St Mark’s primary school

• 10 children between the ages 7-9• Carry out a drawing task• Carry out a questionnaire

• They enjoyed humanised animals

• Strong texture and detail• Realistic colours

• Dislike simplistic images • Dull colours• Overly bright colours• Characters that were overly

abstract and ‘silly’

Experimentation Pop-ups

• Engaging and stimulating• Materials are expensive• Materials are easily ripped and destroyed

Experimentation Water colours

• Works well for landscapes• Easily blended • Tones can be created • Lacks detail

Experimentation Collage

• The materials can be drawn on, making it great for backgrounds

• The Tissue paper can start to lift• Easily ripped/ destroyed

Experimentation Pen

• Great texture• Water with pen creates good tones • Works with both abstract and realistic

images

• Biro was to thick and rough to create detail• Fine liner pens (0.05-0.3mm) didn’t work well

for abstract characters

Experimentation Digital illustration

• Limited ability• Out dated technology• Hard to produce smooth lines and curves

Experimentation Acrylic

• Strong detail and tonal value• Great for realistic characters and

backgrounds• Materials are expensive and time

consuming

ExperimentationSoft pastel• Easily blended • Good tonal value• Works well with both

abstract and realistic images

• Can be smudged easily and ruins the quality of the image.

Deciding

POP-UPS

WATER COLOURS

COLLAGE

DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION

ACYLIC PAINT

SOFT PASTEL

PEN

Final Product

Evaluation

Acrylic paint product a high tonal and detailed illustrations.

Text and image layout is conventional to professional products intended for my own target audience.

Meets the wants of my target audience

What’s next? Where could I go next with my project?

What have I learned from carrying out my project?

How to Harvard reference

Time management

Work in various styles and techniques

Thank you for listening, Feel free to ask questions