Maisey Ashmead

To enable us to do this it was crucial we gathered a body of research, not only in the area of Editorial Illustration, but also other areas where illustration is used such as advertising, literature and clothing. The research helped me gain a greater understanding of the broad range and styles of illustration.






Title page
 Here i started mind mapping the first few ideas that came to mind when researching the brief 'Heart on your sleeve ' . The article was very much related to science and medical services , so i wanted to keep many aspects of my work technical .
I started experimenting with collage as it was an area in design id never really experimented with that much . i used found scraps of paper and magazines i thought didn't necessarily immediately fit together but when you read deeper into the image you could understand why they were placed together . I also wanted a muted palette as i feel the image would have been too distracting with alot of colour..


Activity :  Entopic Graphomania
Here we were asked to select a page from a random book and highlight words that related to the theme of our brief. This was an activity to broaden how we interacted the article into an illustration . i found this really helpful as it pushed me to look in other directions and approach the project in different ways ,
Because i was studying the technical side of the title i started drawing anatomical images of the heart in fine liner as i wanted one part of the design to have an intense amount of detail and be a focus on the piece .




I wanted to focus on the female figure as its an aspect i always explore in art and think its an important part of learning . The nude figure was important as many of the artist i looked at for inspiration used human figure  i their own collages so thought id like to reflect that in my own .