Acceptance of commission and invoice forms

When you take on a commission that you’re going to be paid for, or if there are going to be expenses its good to have commission and invoice forms.

Acceptance of commission forms show what the agreements are of the commission.  It includes whom the commission is for, the title of the work, the delivery dates of drafts, finals and expenses.  It also states the agreed terms of copyright e.g. How long the work can be used by the customer, in what way? Is it exclusive rights?  In some forms it’s a contract.

An invoice is for me to keep and have proof of my commissions. It is vital to make an invoice when taking on commissions.

With expenses I have to state the illustrator’s fee and also expenses for me to create the work, e.g. visits to a certain place, travel fare, material costs etc. all of the cost of this can be covered by the commissioner.

Inspiration

 

I filled a scrap book full of all the images I've collected over the years from magazines, packaging etc. -things I like looking at and inspire me. Most of the stuff I've put in my scrap book make me want to create things of my own like it. 

I've also filled a blog with the stuff I see online that inspire me in the same way. 

If you'd like to see it please visit. 

www.dokidokimyloveforyou.tumblr.com

I find having a area full of the things that influence you, helps productivity and styles your work in a more successful way. 

Website research

THE GOOD AND THE BAD


Design rules 
1) communicate- don't decorate
2) speak with visual icons
3) Use 2 type max including type size
4) pick a set colour scheme on purpose
5) if you can make it with less things, then do it.
6) negative space is your friend- Make more of it!
7) Treat type as a image, it is a important as a image.
8) Be universal, remember that the design is not just for my use.
9) Be decisive. Do what you do on purpose, or don't do it at all. 

Examples of good website designs 

These 4 websites are great examples of good web design. All of them have navigation bars in the same place, they're clean and simple to read. They're simple and have a small number of pages that have a different design. The things that they want to be noticed the most is quite bigger than the other things. The links are meaningful, relevant  and the terms are easy to understand. All the text and icons are readable so you know where the link leads.
 

 Apple.com 

 Meomi.com
I love this website! its fun, interactive and reflects on the artists style. Ideally I would like to create a site like this that reflects on me as a illustrator.

Themetrust.com have a vary of portfolio website themes for sale  here are 2 good examples.
both of these are the type of site that I could create with the time frame that I have. They also have create layouts for showcasing a artists work. 

REALLY BAD EXAMPLES 
All of these are horrible, insulting designs with clutter, sub links, navigation buttons, and blue links everywhere. Their colour and text choices are all over the place. Overall these designs create complete confusion for the user and hurts peoples eyes.

MY WIREFRAMES
Planning out my websites layout and design
from looking at other websites and following the design rules.

Mr Corgi

Preview of a little something I made, I thinking of making little postcards out of this maybe if I work on it a little more with colour.

Jack o Lantern

Every year I fail to make a decent jack o lantern, this year seemed to be a bit different. This is the little guy I made this Halloween.

Doodle box project.

When Tristan Manco visited we were told to make a entry for the doodle box project and he would judge it. I had a quick look here for inspiration http://www.boxdoodle.com/old_stuff/2005-2010/.
This is the guy I made, "Ryan Mcgreger" He's a cat that lives of cup a soups, hence why he's so thin.
When I showed him to Tristan Manco, I don't think he was too impressed, but advised that I could try make a family of these guys. My need for cute things pretty much over ruled what I was gunna make- whereas I think the project was supposed to make me see what was there and rebel and graffitti over it and turn it into a statement or make it look cool. Whereas what I did was modify a box and cut it to my liking into a springy toy like cat, which makes at least me happy.

Milky Blood Zine

The Tumblr http://milkybloodzine.tumblr.com/ opened up submissions for a zine project called Milkyblood. I made a piece hoping that it would get into the zine and at least get out there published in a zine format to buy. The theme behind it was to create a "CANDY" image that was in the guro style  roughly meaning cute but highly gory or dark.  I didn't get much of a feedback for this and didn't make it into the zine, but still it was good to try and get into a independant zine, it's something I'd like to try regulaurly.

Grayscale for print  and the colour version that i made first.

 Looking back on one of my trials, its not so bad and could of actually worked maybe. I like the watercolour texture.