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Carlota Betlinski

  • Exercises: Part 1
    • Exercise 1: The history of illustration
    • Exercise 2: Getting the gist
    • Assignment 1: Say hello
  • Exercises: Part 2
    • Exercise 3: Writing a brief
    • Exercise 4: Spider Diagrams
    • Exercise 5: Turning words into pictures
    • Exercise 6: Making a mood board
    • Exercise 7: Using reference
    • Exercise 8: Exploring darwinig and painting
    • Exercise 9: An objective drawing
    • Exercise 10: A subjective drawing
    • Exercise 11: Using black and white
    • Exercise 12: Choosing content
    • Exercise 13: Using metaphors
    • Assignment 2: Point of sale display
  • Exercise: Part 3
    • Exercise 14: Illustrating visual space
    • Exercise 15: Reading an image
    • Exercise 16: Image development
    • Exercise 17:Abstract illustration
    • Exercise 18: Giving instructions
    • Exercise 19: Viewpoint
    • Exercise 20: Client visuals
    • Exercise 21: Making a mock-up
    • Assignment 3: A poster
  • Exercise: Part 4
    • Exercise 22: Identifying tools and materials
    • Exercise 23: Museum posters
    • Exercise 24: A children’s book cover
    • Exercise 25: A menu card
    • Exercise 26: A tattoo
    • Exercise 27: A visual distortion
    • Exercise 28: Character development
    • Assignment 4: Magazine illustration
  • Exercise: Part 5
    • Exercise 29: Your own work
    • Exercise 30: Editorial illustration
    • Exercise 31: Travel guides
    • Exercise 32: Text and image
    • Exercise 33: Packaging
    • Exercise 34: Working for children
    • Exercise 35: Educational strip
    • Assignment 5: Seven days

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March 9, 2020March 10, 2020carlotabetlinski

Assignment 1: Say hello

Brief “You are going to send a ‘greetings card’, telling your tutor about yourself, your interests and inspirations, the materials you feel happy working with and maybe what you would like to get from the course”. For this assignment, I decided to create an illustration that represented me and four of my biggest inspirations or […]

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March 9, 2020March 10, 2020carlotabetlinski

Exercise 2: Getting the gist

Brief #1 “Choose an editorial from a newspaper or magazine. Read it for information or pleasure as you would ordinarily. Read it again and this time highlight or underline key words which you think are important to conveying the meaning of the piece overall. You may find that you are choosing a single word per […]

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February 26, 2020February 26, 2020carlotabetlinski

Exercise 1: The history of illustration

Brief #1 “In this exercise you will explore how illustration has evolved over the past 50 years. Start by choosing one from this list of illustrators: Edward Bawden Edward Ardizzone Kathleen Hale John Minton Eric Ravilious E H Shephard Then using books and the internet, find out about these artist’s work and the cultural context […]

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