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I hope I can actually find my art style and branch out to create my own characters for a comic or short animation hopefully. I also aim to work on using more colour rather than just having lines, shade and a blank background but having a type of mood for the images I put out in future as an illustrator.

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I aim to be more risk taking and by that I mean use all sorts of materials when either making a sculpture or doing a drawing.

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I aim to develop my art knowledge on the body and improve on drawing the human body when forming a character or doing observation on the body and the parts that make up the body in my practices, since I draw alot of figures.

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These properties are equipment that I would need if I was a main character (MC) of a journey of a quest, but in my journey as a illustrator I'll need a football because that keeps me thinking and is also a object that I can express myself and perform art or magic. Even though I may not be on a pitch at times where ever there is a ball the ground I'm standing on becomes a canvas for me to show passion and creativity.

I'll need my ipad and apple pencil so I can develop on my digital drawings but also look at tutorials on how to improve them on different softwares.

I'll need micron pens because they are literally so good likewise those pencils that have a rubber on them.

I'll need my art books, my headphones so I can zone out and get in the trance of being concentrated when drawing.

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This was after 20 mins

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This was after 40 mins

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This was after an hour

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This was the stone that was drawn from the video Rachel had for those who had no rock and this was the outcome after the the hour mark.

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This is work I did after the workshop

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I used a bic pen to work into the drawings and give the rock a more smooth tone and look.

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I'm not sure where I lie with the activist and I'm not so good with speaking up in general however through art voices can be heard more I believe. You could say that the things we view, our perspective on a topic, and what we stand by and for are essentially beginnings of a story that we as illustrators can convey through our perspective or someone else's perspective. The activist is the author in a sense.

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Due to there being two workshops on the day the wet stone and this I joined the workshop near the end so I didn't get to do the full workshop, however the recording was uploaded so I viewed it to get some work done. This exercise was of what food makes you feel comfortable and this is what I drew as a response to that.

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These are foods that I would order mostly on the friday evening or when I'm hungry and it's late in the night.
Nando's is my go to place because of the many healthy options which I love and Abokado which does some good chicken sushi and some brown rice and teriyaki chicken which I forgot to draw yikes.

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Mark would bring his Ds into school and play it sometimes especially during lunch and one day his parents came to school and caught him play it when they told him not to. His Ds was thrown in the bin and Mark cried in sadness and for him the memory still is sad.

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This was a drawing of Bella's memory of when she and her younger sister use to dance around their grandmother who would play the drums (native American type I suppose because her grandmother is native American) in contrast to Mark's memory Bella's memory is much warmer compared to the sadness of losing a personal valuable but both memories include family which is important to both Bella and Mark.

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Find more inspirations and motivation to amplify my passion as an illustrator and the paths that can lead me on.

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This was digitally done because I'm not the best with colour and don't use it that much when I should. This was done using the app sketchbook on my ipad. This is in relation to Bella's memory from around the table workshop.

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This image is a development from my first response and it focuses on the different dimension or different space and surroundings that are around when diving into something in this case it's an animal cell.
This is also a demonstration of diffusion where the lady is like a substance small enough to pass through the bilayer of the cell membrane into the cytoplasm of the cell where it is a equivalent environment to a ocean but is foreign in terms of experience.

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This is a response to the diving in image. This is the perspective of who this person is, what they are diving into and what is beneath the surface from the original image of diving in.

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This was the diving in image.
These were questions that appeared as a catalyst for us to think about in terms of a narrative point which alines with the PODS of author.
Off of what?

. Land

. A boat

. A ship

. A plane

. A cliff

. A hover-board

. A plank

. A moving vehicle

. A building

Into what?

. Water

. Dust

. Cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell

. Smoothie

. Portal

. Baby oil

. Soup

. Black hole

. Light blood

. Apple juice

. Swamp

. Gateway to a parallel universe

What sound does it make?

Vwoosh

Vadoom

Plop

Splash

Mega splash

Warp

Explosion

Is it freezing or refreshing?

Refreshingly freezing

Refreshingly cool

Refreshing

Who this?

The shape of this being is a woman therefore meaning it’s a female character. This female character is called Ivara Artemis or the ivara aka Nadine Violet a soldier who went AWOL for stealing a set of bows and arrows. She encountered the stalker and nearly lost everything including herself, Nadine was no more only the Ivara Artemis the warrior, the huntress who seeks to protect and give to the weak. Ivara Artemis was on a plane full of chefs and fashion designers then she got a cryptic message from an old friend the Stalker saying that he knows where she is and that she won’t be able to sleep for he is her reckoning. Ivara jumped off the plane where she used an transfiguration arrow to turn a section of the sea as a gateway to a different location.

Any fishes down here?

Fishes/aquatic life

Potatoes, carrots

Organelles

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These are drawings of women leaping and diving and a response to the workshop. I drew women diving because my observation of the image from the diving in workshop is of the shape of a woman.

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These are drawing of boats from different angles looking into the question of "off of what?" So I thought of a boat because it's associated with transportation and journey from and to across sea

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The Oni mask.
Worn by the character of the Stalker and by the appearance of this masking of identity you can probably guess that this character is relentless and cunning in movement and nature. If I was you I would be so certain sleeping in the dark with no lights on or with both eyes closed.
This mask was designed a while back during the hit of the covid 19 virus and at the time face masks were hard to come by at the time so I created my own.

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This a design of a mask which is a oni mask which means orge, troll or demon in Japanese and is seen a protective wear from evil spirits and can be perceived as evil and frightful. This mask is for the character stalker who is inspired from the character Stalker from the game Warframe who pops up at random times unexpectedly and tries to eliminate you because of a unforgiving grudge.

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Fire storm and ice wave- these two acrylic imbued katanas can unblock and block pathways that hinder or can be sealed to prevent any foes following trail.

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P.U.S.H juice- a drink that enables one to go into a trance for 30 enduring anything such as pain and increases focus

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Energy gel- used to amplify energy and awareness

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Mask- used when spray paint is used, going through sand storms, swamps and escaping gas fields.

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Headphones- used to amplify ability when being used and does so when volume is increased.

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Spray paint- apart of the art set and used to imbue strength and elegance to some newly crafted gear

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Art set- all essential for crafting and replacing gear for the journey

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Bag- carries most equipment and reinforces the strength of the weighted vest as well as increasing thrust and speed when travelling far and fast

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Weighted vest- acts as body armour and is capable of absorbing impact from falls and is great for stability.

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Football boots/ jet burner- carried in the bag and used to escape, traverse, maneuver and bolt from situations or travel to a destination quicker.

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Thinking more about activism I realise that it definitely has alot of importance in art and especially with what I can do with it as a subject as an illustrator, for example touching on the subject of loving your neighbor and cherishing what we have as a message within a comic and reinforcing the messages with characters, settings and environment.
Posters are also one of the many ways as an illustrator can communicate a message with meaning or something that needs to be addressed or brought to attention of viewers. This is a poster that I did in 1st year in relation to a political issue which was crime and it's an example of activism without text just imagery.

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I aim to improve my motivation and how I should always be motivated since there are times where the motivation does lack. Knowing the hours spent on a single comic book chapter, animated episode and painting takes, Its important that I have the motivation at times of struggle and lack of creativity especially if I plan on being a future animator, painter and freelance illustrator.

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Comics and manga my favourite type of books to read. I have been influenced by many art styles from comics and manga, but mostly manga because I read that more now than I do the comics such as marvel and DC. I love the effect of ink on a blank page, canvas or screen and how the lines used in mark making construct a character, scene or question for the audience.

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One of my favourite manga artists of one of my favourite manga One Punch Man.

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This is one of his works on the mind boggling Back to the Future

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This is another example of his work and the type of artist he is and hopefully can draw similar to this type of style.

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This is my response to Yusuke Murata from the manga One Punch Man chapter 134 page 27 focusing on the esper powers of the terror tornado known as Tatsumaki.
I drew this because as a repetitive activity I would always see something drawn or displayed through art that would appeal to me and I would always try to replicate it even if it didn't work out first time or didn't include everything from the original image.

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I realised that going forward and creating characters for t-shirt designs or stories require a background a foundation for these characters and them having meaning. I say this because watching a lot of movies, reading comics and manga comics and video games there is a lot of mythologies and stories that have one or include multiple mythologies that shape character and the plot in terms of what route the author will take and how that will be illustrated to the audience and readers.

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Reading alot of manga (Japanese comics) watching flore in terms of character and plot, some stories take inspiration from these tales and mythologies. The topic of Yokai is found in many films and stories and is told illustrated and portrayed in different ways but still refer back to these tales. With some knowledge on these tales, beings, creatures and characters i plan to incorporate some of these elements in a comic series that I plan to do the first being The Stalker's Origin. This will also allow me to create characters for the story and will have a role in how the story (plot) unfolds

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I aim to use more mediums and technical skills in terms of different ways of using as well as understanding the medium and how to get the best out of the mediums.

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Studying philosophy and religion in sixth form the number of topics within the subject of philosophy have compelling theologies and observations. An example of this is the Problem of evil. The problem of evil falls under religion but can also fall under ethics, it focuses on the existence of evil which relays to the question of is God all powerful? All knowing? and all caring? There are many answers to these questions such as that this is a test from God, evil came into the world when Adam and Eve ate of the tree of knowledge tempted by the serpent tempted Eve which lead to Adam being tempted, that there must be evil in order to understand and know what is good etc.
This goes on and leads to other sources in terms of topic such as purgatory, punishment, forgiveness, recta ratio (right reason) and logic. This is one of the messages that I want to cover in the mini comic The Stalkers origin as well as a longer running comic hopefully in future which could be an extension of the upcoming comic or something different.
https://youtu.be/9AzNEG1GB-k [Accessed 17 Apr. 2021].

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This is the original artwork that I tried to redraw in my book.

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This was the artwork I came across and interested because of the tone and vibe of the image. This is what led me to look into Dave Segiun more and believe that he influence my art and position as an author. (abduzeedo.com, n.d.)

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I discovered Dave Segiun when I was looking at the spiderman Miles Morales art on Pinterest and I looked into his work more because of it. I stumbled across this image and wanted to replicate it, but I realised that his take on his illustrations is similar to how I draw at times and relates to my position as a author because this image is of a character/person who is unknown to the viewers (unless you have watched the Matrix where this guy is always on the hunt for Mr Anderson 🤣), but the image tells a story and the lines used in the image makes this person appear serious and experienced and that's something I'm going do when doing character designs for a character for a story or just drawing a character for drawing sake.
(daveseguin.tumblr.com, n.d.)

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This is a game I play and is the reason for the characters Stalker and Baruuk which are from the game that I've decided to include in my little Manga inspiration comic.
The game is about space ninjas rising from their slumber to save the solar system ruled by ancient evil and corrupted generals on each planet.

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So from the mask I decided to go forward with an origin story on how the stalker came to be as the menacing figure it's described as. The title of this is The Stalker's Origin.

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I took inspiration from the short mythological and history (mostly Japanese) videos in regards to yokai, ninja, samurai, Hindu gods and Christian theology. What i want to do is have like 1 or 2 chapters out hopefully as the final outcome of unit 8 with a possible audience.

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This is the concept art cover for the comic/webcomic i will be doing The Stalker's Origin.

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Fuma Kataro (antagonist)a half-demon and half human who was a leader of the ninja Fuma clan which is a literal inspiration from the history and myths video.
https://youtu.be/hLsSHCbM-yc

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This is another example from the same workshop using the method of printing

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This is another example what I think is a form activism without text but with meaning.  This is also from my 1st year

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As I've been looking into mythologies and historic characters and events I realised that when I was reading the manga Naruto in particularly the form of Perfect Susanoo ( a form of power displayed by an uchiha member who has unlocked the eternal sharingan or a person who has those eyes). Looking more at the design of the Perfect Susanoo form it highly reassembles the yokai Tengu also known as heavenly dog with the long nose with a tengu mask, wings and swords. I'll take inspiration from the design of this form and some nature of its power to be included in my mini manga comic. If I don't get to show the Tengu in the comic I'll do a concept art on the character.(www.viz.com, n.d.)

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Michael Dylan Foster and Kijin Shinonome (2015). The book of yōkai : mysterious creatures of Japanese folklore. Oakland, California: University Of California

www.youtube.com. (n.d.). The Yokai: 12 Amazing Supernatural Creatures from Japanese Mythology - See U in History. [online] Available at: https://youtu.be/Gd1D2gWhDXM [Accessed 25 Apr. 2021].

Wilkinson, M.B., Wilcockson, M. and Campbell, H.N. (2016). OCR Religious Studies A Level Year 1 and AS. [online] Hodder Education. Available at: https://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/subjects/religious-education-philosophy/products/16-18/ocr-religious-studies-a-level-year-1-and-as [Accessed 25 Apr. 2021]

www.youtube.com. (n.d.). The Problem of Evil: Crash Course Philosophy #13. [online]

www.viz.com. (n.d.). VIZ: Read One-Punch Man, Chapter 134 Manga page 27 - Official Shonen Jump From Japan. [online]

www.viz.com. (n.d.). VIZ: Read Naruto, Chapter 589 Manga page 2 - Official Shonen Jump From Japan. [online]

GANTZ: O. (2016). Japan.

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Character Design References. (n.d.). The Art of Yusuke Murata. [online]

The Legends of History (2018). Hattori Hanzō: The Demon Samurai/Ninja (Japanese History Explained). YouTube.

The Legends of History (2018). Fuma Kotaro: The Oni Ninja (Japanese History Explained). YouTube.

(2013). Digital Extremes.

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daveseguin.tumblr.com. (n.d.). Dave Seguin. [online]

abduzeedo.com. (n.d.). Astounding Artworks by Dave Seguin. [online]

Sekiro: Shadows die twice. (2019).

Finnstark, A. (2019). Sekiro. The High temple. Available at: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/W2kloX [Accessed 25 Apr. 2021].

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A football. For me this is like paint or ink and wherever I practice my skills and foot work with the ball is a canvas where I can express myself and create.

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Tenshin Raiko (mc protagonist) a 15 year old who is giddy, smart, mature and strong for his age who discovers a mysterious mask and has to take on a huge role that requires him to have to grow exponentially and everything that comes with this mysterious mask and the ancient dangers that lurk.

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Hattori Hanzo (protagonist) a ninja who was a leader for a different clan but was the greatest and most deadly earning the nickname oni Hanzo (in the stalker origin oni Hanzo is a form that Hanzo can shift into when fighting especially a deadly foe) on the battlefield of war.
https://youtu.be/EUJXqtypi4U

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Legion (antagonist) is a bundle of people and creatures bonded together by darkness and have minds of their own as well as their own body appearance. They will be the first villainous characters introduced in the Stalker's origin.

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Saito Fujin a mysterious character who has unlocked great power with wind through wisdom and intense training. No one knows who he is but eventually he crosses paths with our main protagonist (Tenshin Raiko)

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This is another video game that I love and has part also in my mini comic.

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Gantz:0 is a manga comic that got developed into a animated movie, the manga having more going on in the story other than what the film covers. The manga and movie takes heavy inspiration from Yokai mythologies having nearly all yokai appear in the comic and film.
It also takes inspiration from other mythologies and topics such as reincarnation, Buddhism and afterlife.

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Whilst studying philosophy in sixth form one of the categories was christian theology which focused on Christ, the original sin, purgatory, heaven and hell and the Bible. It was one of my favourite topics when studying because I would always have a flood of ideas in terms of images to draw from these theologies and observations from many aspects in christian theology, which links to my position as an author because of the story and messages you can convey with the viewers. (Wilkinson, Wilcockson and Campbell, 2016)