Traditional Art

The following is my final major project from the Foundation Diploma of Art and Design. It started as an exploration of the Underworld - different adaptions/perceptions/mythologies surrounding the underworld, and how it is represented in media. It ended with illustrations of an underworld dwelling creature from the book series the Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind. I explored different medias to represent versions of the creature, and built a model from Plasticine and hot glue, and coloured with paint and oil pastels.

This is my final exhibition. As part of the course you had to develop an exhibition piece, build and set up the exhibition and display your art.

It was a very challenging course. Most days had brand new projects to complete in different areas of art and design. Towards the end of the course you choose two subjects to try out for two weeks, before settling on a subject to finish with at a level 4 diploma. I chose to try Illustration and Animation, and settled on Animation.

I applied to the University of South Wales Game Art course from there. I considered taking the Game Enterprise course available, but as much as the design aspect of games interested me, and still does, I couldn't leave art behind. I love digital modelling, and at the moment I believe I want to be an environment artist, or props and assets artist. Only time will tell where I end up in the industry.

Any way, a module on the degree for the first year was Visual Studies, where I developed my traditional media skills, exploring many mediums. I have always enjoyed acrylic paints and watercolours in particular and used them as often as possible whilst still taking the advantage to develop skills in other media. I will hopefully find these paintings and upload images, however at the moment I can only find images of a foot I sculpted. It's accurate, honestly. I just have odd feet.