3D Craft and Lens Presentation

Notes from Presentation

What is 3D illustration?

• costume
• model making
• performace
• art direction
• visual merchandising
• set design
• does it have to be defined? if it tells a story and have a meaning then surely its illustration.

When looking at 3D illustration, photography is an important aspect, we need it to capture and record our creations and findings. 

Craft and making are also an essential of 3D as the way we use materials and tools will effect the way the message is conveys and created.

Izumi Miyazaki

I am really drawn to the simplicity yet effectiveness of Izumi Miyazakis work. I find the way that she uses colour to draw the eye to certain parts of the work really effective. i particularly like the story telling and narrative in her work. I think that the simplicity enables this to be more evident. The way that the pieces have been photographed also adds to this element, in the second image where the foot is out of the frame, it really encourages the viewer to enquire who this is and whats happened behind the image itself. I think that this is a really important element of not only 3D craft but illustration as a whole.

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared created by Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling

Don't hug me i'm scared is a series of shorts that explores the way 3D craft can be used to create whole worlds. I'm quite obsessed with the way the world ties together all using materials and craft combined with the bright colours and eccentric characters. For me, don't hug me I'm scared was a turning point in the way that i saw 3D illustration and how it has endless use in the way of storytelling and narrative. The character design and pure imagination and craft behind the shorts is so inspiring and the fact that these combined is able to create such work really shows that illustration is definitely not something that should be kept to a 2D format. 

LAZY OAF x GARFIELD lookbook by Rosy Nicholas

I have learnt that 3D illustration isn't just about the craft and physical making but also about the aesthetic of it and how the way materials are used can transform the meaning and story behind a set. Set design is something that has interested me for a while and I had never really considered it something that could be called illustration, but following research on 3d craft it is definitely a very important and relevant aspect of it. I love the bright colours and bold shapes in the Lazy Oaf lookbook designed by Rosy Nicholas. I find the paper crafted plants an aesthetically pleasing aspect of it and the way the background and other materials have been considered really play a part in tying the whole set together. This is something that I hope to achieve in my own work, the idea of allowing my work to flow together and come together in harmony.