DAN WOODWARD

I was very excited to get started on this exercise, but I wasn't immediately sure which topic out of "Making a cup of tea", "Getting to...

This exercise required me to create abstract artwork in response to instrumental music. I spent an evening listening to different works...

For this exercise, the task was to take an image, and crop it multiple times to create different contexts, images and storytelling. I...

This exercise doesn't involve me making anything - boo! But I also read a quote this week that went something along the lines of - "don't...

This exercise made me procrastinate a lot. It seemed straight-forward enough at first, but the more I read it the more I felt confused....

This exercise seemed a bit different, as there wasn't a final illustration to make. I have been doing sketchnotes and graphic...

This exercise was to read a passage from The Daffodil Affair and select information from the content to answer three questions from the...

I had been dreading this exercise. On the OCA Illustration Discord, I had seen other student seek help, advice and feedback to complete...

The next two exercises were really interesting. I often approach things from an objective perspective, trying to create accurate and...

Ok, this post is not going to have a lot of commentary, mostly because I had to make notes in my sketchbooks, and they detail my learning...

For this exercise, the task was to build up a reference set for the 1950's. I noticed something about how previous students had...

For these two exercises there was a master list of words to use as topics. So it seemed sensible to write them both up together. They...

For this exercise, I was tasked to practice using spider diagrams to explore and expand on words and concepts. I had to create 4 spider...

I am often attracted to the illustrations of The New Yorker magazine. They are often captivating in their own right, but I appreciate...

For this exercise the idea is to retrospectively come up with an illustration for an editorial article. My first hurdle was finding time...

This first exercise was initially daunting. It's been some time since I interrogated things in an academic way and I really wasn't sure...