Signing Of

Well,

Two years has come to an end, awfully fast I have to say. This course has taught me a lot and helped me refine my specialist area in ways I could not have guessed.
I have really enjoyed the traditional animation techniques, but I do not feel i will go on to be an animator. This course has shown me how much I love pre-production work and character design, which are skills I will take forward into my career. I hope to be a childrens' illustrator ultimately but could not have seen the other great possibilities if I had not studied on this course.

Whats next?

Well I am going on to do my final year in creative practise, I have applied for a position working with the exhibition and seminar creative team at Seven Stories - the centre for childrens' books, and I plan really starting my first dummy book to send off to Alison green publishers next year - following a meeting with them. My career is looking bright, and I am excited to get going, but I could not have had these opportunities, and the skills to go for them, if it was not for the work I produced on FDA Animation.

My major highlight was out class visit to Berlin for the Pictoplasma Conference in 2012. This was so influential to my work, and it was a fantastic opportunity to meet professionals from around the world under one fantastic blanket event. This should be mandatory for every year to have to go!

I may be keeping this blog open, or setting up a new one for my company name, I am unsure yet....so keep an eye just in case over the summer.....especially for the work on my dummy book.

In closing, I cant thank my tutors enough,  and I am so grateful to have been lucky enough to study on this course, with fantastic people and great opportunities for two years. However with another year to go at the college....they have not seen the last of me yet!

Thanks
Leonie Elsa

Nearly there...

Everything is looking good,

I have to print everything and mount some boards for my Work based learning briefs I did. As promised here is another of m early concepts for my business cards. Obviously they need much more development, but hopefully this gives you an idea.

Thanks
Leonie Elsa

Supporting concept work

I have got some rough concept ideas for my concept visualization  page, for my Berlin residency proposal.

Now I have many printing and binding to do for final hand in later on today.
I will be posting the development ideas for my business cards and then I shall be signing off...I know *tear*.

Thanks
Leonie Elsa

Cover letter...

Here is one of my latest versions of my cover letter, this will go with my creative CV, which will look like it is a book cover design.

I wanted a nice, hand crafted look so I signed it digitally, using my graphics tablet which I really quite liked.

Walk on the wild side..

I went back to my Chameleon character and gave him a proper little walk cycle as part of my initial development work for one of my modules. The back ground is really rough, and I want to work more into his movements, like adding a tounge, his tail and his eye. However I'm happy with him as a starting point.
Have to also say a big thank you to fellow illustrator/animator Georgie Goldsmith for her aid :)

In other news I have been accepted onto BA(Hons) creative practice so another year here I come...

BUT I have to pass this year so with the final hand in tomorrow, I still have a few last minute things to be getting on with so off i go..

Thanks
Leonie Elsa

Geeting closer...

Well the final week rush is on for final hand in! (queue biting nails) but although there seems to endless jobs to do, it all seems to be coming along nicely. My once epic to do list is reducing in size at a lovely speed!

Below is one of the initial rough lay out ideas for my business card, featuring one of my little whale characters I produced for my Greetings card work :)

As well as finalising these, i am finishing of my proposal for my Berlin Residency tomorrow so it shall be revealed....

Thanks
Leonie Elsa

Final card designs

For my final greetings card designs i8 chose to do some 'new baby' greetings cards. I felt the theme I was working with went well, it had not been done from what I looked at in my market research and I also felt that it would allow me to produce soft imagery for a product that people ages 16-35 would purchase (this being the ages in the brief).
Here they are...

All cards measure 148 by 148 mm, and indicate where the glitter would go when prototypes are created.

Im very happy with the final designs overall, however I may work more with he 'baby girl' design, and re-work the octopus character.

Thanks

Leonie Elsa