St Martin's brief

I'm halfway through my week-long Illustration short course at Central St Martin's. It's a lot of fun, and definitely challenging. There are no computers to do research, print images, or tidy up drawings, so everything is 100% hand-drawn. Quite a shock to the system; I didn't really realise how reliant I am on my beat-up little iBook. The pace is also surprisingly slow; we spent a whole day and a half on one assignment, drawing, re-drawing, and refining ideas, which felt pretty indulgent. It's actually quite refreshing working this way, and will encourage me to continue the same way after the course.



That's my piece from the first assignment; the brief was to create an image for an article titled 'Sinking into Person Debt'. I did a collage incorporating graph paper, cut-out shapes, hand-drawn type, my morning's coffee, and various junk I found in my purse.

P.S. I had my best-yet London celeb spot on the bus this morning: Jess Cartner-Morley, Guardian fashion editor and slight hero of mine. She was looking adorable in tan heels and a navy tulip skirt!