DAN WOODWARD

For this exercise the challenge was to create an illustration that would be used on a menu card, but also - if suitable - could be used...

For this exercise, I was tasked with something that I was quite apprehensive of - creating a children's book cover. I have always...

The objective of this exercise was to create colour visual for three museum posters, and then prepare finished artwork for at least one...

The aim of this exercise is to explore a selection of illustrators that use a particular medium and see how they use their preferred...

This assignment was to create a poster for a music event. I had a choice of three, and I decided to challenge myself with creating a...

For this exercise I had to make a mockup of a book cover. It sounds easy enough, right? Well I thought so at first, but soon came to find...

The aim of this exercise was to take 2 finished illustrations, then distil the essence of their language on paper at a size double the...

The objective of this exercise was to start from the following possible themes: Festival, The morning after, Summertime, & Workshop. I...

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....

I have recently received my tutor feedback for Assignment 2. It's time to look back and reflect on section two, but I also want to...

The brief of this assignment can be summarised as: Images for a supermarket campaign The supermarket has a brand identity for quality The...

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...