The AOI

I recently decided to join the Association of Illustrators while I can still benefit from my student status. I feel more comfortable now, being able to access their forums and contact people who can help me out with any possible question, or give me a consultation. After I joined, I received a package on the post with my confirmation, a new issue of Varoom, and some sheets with important information about freelancing and how to price own work. I am glad I joined, and I would look more closely into what exactly the association can offer.

Seminar- Advanced Techniques

On the Advanced Techniques seminar, Jonathan and me chose to talk about lettering.
Lettering is an important process of the creation of the comic book pages.
We started with an analyse of a few of Mobius' toughts on the subject, being that the words add a lot to the whole look of a page making them complete and dynamic.
After that, we moved on a few details about lettering, such as The Perfect Diamond and the letter "I", explained visually by Chris Oatley.
Then we spoke a bit about font ressources and the industry, and also showed some personal examples.
In conclusion, we think that lettering is an invisible art, only noticed when it is not properly done.

I went back home to Bulgaria for a week, where I had to chance to draw outside, by the sea with my little brother! It is so lovely to paint outside, just a few meters away from the sea...

Finally experiencing some summer weather ☀️drawing outside, next to the sea 🌊 will upload scans of those soon!

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Painting by the sea with the little one 🌊 🌊 🎨

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Sneak-peek

Working on some comic book pages 🎨

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Teasing my instagram followers with some work in progress images of my project!