John Stewart

Just want ed post this link here quickly before I lose it.

Managed to find the images from a scene in Free Willy when they are looking through a book about the tale of Natsaclane - which I am going to illustrate for my narrative project. Took me SO long to find this

http://adrawingperday.blogspot.com/2006/06/monday-june-19-2006-free-willy.html

Visas etc

I want to start getting things like Visas sorted out and get flights booked pretty soon so that they're cheaper. We're going to get together tonight to decide where we want to go and start planning a route.

I'm looking at Visas at the moment which is getting a bit confusing as there is one called a 'working holiday visa' and another called a 'work and holiday visa'. Searched all over the Oz immigration website and found we need the WORKING holiday one, need to remember this. It's going to cost about £150 which isn't too bad, so next is sorting the most expensive bit - the flights.

Photoshop painting

Over Christmas I had a go at painting in Photoshop. I found a tutorial of a really realistic digital painting where the guy draws the main outlines over the original image on another layer. I wanted to try first with something Christmassy so I got this image to the left from a Google search. I'm really pleased with the outcome for a first attempt, I definitely want to try this again with another image, or to paint something from scratch.

Vladimir Konca's handmade typography

I've come across loads of handmade type as part of my research, but these ones have to be my favourite. They're by Vladimir Konca and they just look amazing. I love that they're so precise, and it looks really good where a lot of the chosen item has been used like the clovers below. Take a look at some more here.

Hand drawn typography

Just been having a look at hand drawn typography and found a great post from Smashing Magazine. This is one of my favourites, I love the way it all links together and the tiny bits of colour. There are loads more really nice ones on this page.