Fuzzy little things...

This first week back at uni has been really fantastic. I've been currently working on a starter brief, "Firsts". Basically, we have to create a small poster of something that was first made in the UK, inspires people and instills national pride. As you can imagine, it was rather hard work. I contemplated the telephone, trains...scones!but have decided to work on the television. It was made be John Logie Baird in the 1920's. The images were made using 30 lines and were in black and white though he did create colour television too.



This is my sort-of finished piece though i'm really not happy with it so shall work on it some more when I get the time.

I've also been working on my Personal Project. My project is going to be an animation for the RSPCA competition. I'm going to use my dog, Florence as my inspiration as she has sad eyes...which I thought would be useful for this project. Plus she's so cute!

What fell through the cracks...

As of late i've been quite busy with summer projects and just life in general. I thought it best to upload my LEP illustrations which i'd forgotten to upload. So here they are...



This image was not used, unfortunatley. Due to some confusion...as it wasn't actually a reader's story. Nevermind though, as I enjoyed drawing it. The image title is "Taste" basically talking about the sophistication of food and wine.



The story that I illustrated this for was called, "Undercover Gran". My lovely boyfriend helped to come up with the Bond-eque style.



A christmas story. Quite a sad story talking about how thinking about people at christmas time. The people around you are more important than shopping.



"Bar One"...here you see a mysterious man in a pub.


This illustration was for a story called, "Accidentally on Purpose". In this image you can see two children looking on into the kitchen to see the chair next to the cooker, where previously their mother had tried to kill herself using gas.



" Another train of thought".



" Extract from the Compostela Key".

A little bit of me...

I have mentioned my summer projects quite a few times and thought that since it's all done and dusted...(well...except for a few bits that need finishing)I can upload a few of my favourite pieces...so here they are...


My front cover.



Me with fox ears and my favourite colour.


Errol's feet and one of his feathers.



Gary Numan and Lady Gaga. Just a small bit of music I like.



My beautiful birthday present!



An old friend...



My lovely mummy.



Hobbies.



Favourite shoes.

The first day of the Last year.

Yesterday was my first day back at uni. We've been moved back into the room we had in first year. We're to be in pretty much every day! So much more work to do...it's scary!


This is my wonderful desk...my board is soon to be covered in inpirational images!

Once we were given an introduction into our third year we set up our exhibition, " Me, Me, Me" and then we had a wander round the room and here is just smidgen of the talent...


This is Leigh B looking through my Me Me Me book.


This is my best friend Rachel setting up her work.


This is Tom...


...this is his board with his work on. I love his use of colour!


This is Hannah's awesome mirror with her hair and smile drawn on. So cool.



I thought this was souch a sweet idea. This pretty box of personal information was created by Imogen.


I thought this was such a clever way to portray yourself. Helen is really in to fashion/stitching. Clever lass.

It was a very tiring and rather shocking day but i'm so excited to get into the deep and scary mess that this year is going to be! Wish me luck!

21 and many more.

It was my birthday the other day. It was the big 21!Woo...i've been busy taking lots of photographs and drawing my presents.

On my birthday I went to the beautiful Brucianni's in Preston. I went with my mum, my sister, my best friend and my boyfriend. We all had a natter and ate the best chocolate ice cream. My sister took a few photos for me.

As you can see, I got an amazing Smith-Corona typewriter. It's so beautiful...I love it to bits...need to get a new ribbon for it, but apart from that it's perfect!



I also got some chocolates, alcohol, toy dinosaurs, a teddy holding a 21, art stuff, a pretty necklace, worry dolls and a beautiful tin for my sentimental things. I got to hang out with family and the best friends ever. We eate pizza and watched Scott Pilgrim...and then I went home to drink some kopparberg and eat carrot cake that my lovely boyfriend made!



On the Friday I went out drinking with my friends. A few of us made bird masks...we looked coool!



Overall it was an amazing 21st on both occassions...seeing my friends and going special places with my loved ones has inspired me to get some work done. So you WILL be seeing lots more work from me very shortly! So Keep and eye out!

Wooly hands.

Hello.

I have recently been quite busy. What with summer projects to do and personal work too. I've been knitting a scarf! A stripy one at that! I'm either going to sell it on etsy or keep it for when it's cold.



I'm going to design some packaging for the scarf, just in case I do sell it.

I've also been keeping busy with my Me Me Me Project and editorial pieces for both the project and the LEP. Though every now and again I forget to buy a paper...oops!

I have many plans for the future. I just hope it goes to plan...well...when I say plan...I mean a bumpy road...hold onto my hat and go and do the best I can. With so many talented illustrators against me, I do worry. As there are so many talented people who make me doubt my work. I'm quite stubborn though and apparently optimistic so I keep on ploughing through. I keep telling myself " I can do it...I can do it!"...Though I worry about if I can't do it. What if noone wants to commision me?...What if noone wants me to work for their company or sign me on to design stuff? But I put my worries aside and think of new ideas...experminet with materials and enjoy what I do...i'm trying to make work that i'd like...for me.

I have ideas for zines and things to sell at the stalls when we need to raise money for our exhibition. Many ideas I tell ye.

I can do it.

Updates of Late.

Hello. I do apologise for my lack of posts. My computer keeps playing up and i've been rather busy with uni summer projects and LEP illustrations. I've also been planning and designing things for my etsy shop.




Here's a quink self portrait I did for the Me Me Me summer project.

I'll be uploading more images soon of Lomography and designs for my shop and projects.

If you'd like to see some images of work i've done recently, then do have a look on my facebook art page.
http://www.facebook.com/m.ffwz?ref=ts#!/pages/Emma-Collins-Illustration-aka-InkFingers/115830608469813?ref=ts

Sqawks and...

This is an illustration of my Cockatiel,Errol. It is one of the images in my ME ME ME project book. I drew him using one of his own feathers dipped in ink and I used an orange pencil crayon for his cheeks.

I am currently working on quite afew things all at the same time. Many ideas crashing about inside me waiting to break out. The majority of my art will be done and uploaded on here when I return from Sonisphere festival, where I intend on doing some drawings too.

Sketch for Summer Project Illustration #2

This is just a pencil sketch for my second illustration for the editorial part of the summer project. Shall add more details with the final image.

Big Foot in Scotland!

Beware of Big Foot!

Sentimental.

I'm feeling rather sentimental today. Every now and again I search through my mums room for old photographs and I look back on my childhood and the black and white photos of my mums past.

Here I have drawn my mum and dad.

Oh,Deer...

That's right! An awful joke and a drawing of a deer. I do love deer...they have such innocent faces.

Working on summer projects and personal projects. Shall upload pics of rough sketches, sketchbook work and inspiration at sompoint soon.

Consomme...

This weeks LEP illustrations. A very good horror story...can you tell I used Vincent Price as my inpspiration?

Summer Project Editorial Piece #1...

This story comes from the Chorley Guardian, June 30th 2010.

Sorry it being a tad late...bloody internet.

Sleepy Lady...

It is late and I am tired from tidying like a crazy person...and then pigging out like a piggy wig!...UGH...

I will upload this weeks LEP illustration around the weekend...well, before we leave for Scotland.

Tomorrow will hopefully consist of me exercising like crazy to burn off those tasty treats, and coming up with zine ideas and working on the two summer projects i've been given by my course at uni. One is basically doing a few editorial pieces, and the other is all about myself...i'm hoping to buy a lovely sketchbook for it...make it rather pretty and inventive.

SCOTLAND IN A FEW DAYS!...I've never been to Scotland...as you can probably tell...I can't wait! Taking Bruce and looking after some lovely spaniels. For some reason I imagine us sitting on a big hill with misty mountains around us...ahhh...lets hope! Shall be taking lots of photos and doing many illustrations...even if it's a whole book of mountains...or scottish people!

I do apologise for the lack of sanity in these blogs...but I wouldn't be an artiste if I was sane, now would I?

Scrabble...

I shan't give anything away with this illustration as the story isn't even out till Saturday.

Zombie time...

This is a photograph I took and developed in College. It was for a fashion brief...we had to make our model a dress out of recycled material...so I chose parcel papaer...I then wrote Gary Numan: Haunted lyrics on the paper and did some colourful splashes. I also decided to carry on with the rather melancholic and dark theme...using Black and White film and getting my model to pose in zombie like positions...in this photo she is eating herself...I do enjoy B-Movie style things...

I am also exceedingly tired from doing my illustration...that'll (hopefully) be up on here tomorrow...I'm zombie knackered!

Lancaster Canal...

This image is from last weeks LEP. A dark story about a woman feeling upset and leaving a party to sit at the edge of Lancaster Canal...she meets a man who came across as nice and sweet... but an accident leads to her death and his imprisonment...This image shows the womans torn shawl wrapped round the handles of a bike, floating in the dirty brown water of the Canal...

Lovely Edgar...

Edgar Allan Poe was a mighty story writer and poet. He also had a lovely face which I could not resist drawing.

I will be selling prints and possibly bookmarks of this sweet fellow on my etsy very soon.

I painted...

...A galaxy...