Visual Distortion

Initially I struggled with this exercise, I wasn't sure how I wanted to approach it. I started with researching dog photos as I am a dog owner and so wanted to choose dogs over cats.

I decided to draw a Boston Terrier as I think they are really cute and not a dog I have owned before.

Dog Reference:

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/nikijacksonart/dog-reference/

Sketch of a cute Boston Terrier using Copic markers.

Five Line Drawing:
I found the 5 line drawing really difficult and had to have a few goes before I got it right.

Collage:

I used a variety of textures for this collage. Charcoal lumps, rocks, marble counter tops, wool throws, fabric studded sofa, over exposed river, patterned fabric, white kitchen brick tiles, black kitchen floor tiles. It surprised me how long this took to do, trying to get the colours and patterns glued down in a way that worked with the colours and shadows of the dog.

Drawn Collage Illustration:

Drawing the collage patterns on the dog I found really difficult because of all the detail involved. There seemed to be so much and it seemed so complicated but I got there in the end.

I really liked the marble and the floral patterns the most so decided to focus on those for the next part. I drew the simplified version in Procreate first.

Then I added in the patterns using a pencil brush.

I thought he looked really cute with the new simplified patterns and it made me think he would look great as a company mascot.

Instantly I thought of a tea company and decided to create my visuals as brand mock ups for 'Boston Tea Co.'

I used the pattern from the dog to create a pattern for the tea caddy.

I'm really pleased with how these turned out, they still need some polishing up but I think the concepts work really well and I am amazed how this has evolved from the initial exercise.