The 8x8 illustration I did before we ended second year wasn't very strong, so I created a new one which I was much more pleased with. Everything in the first one looked a bit too quiet, nothing stood out and it would just get lost on the page. To fix this, it was sort of like going back to basic design, using texture, lines, colour etc. I looked at Roderick Mills for inspiration, his work helped me a lot, he knows exactly how to use lines and blocks of colour in the right way.

This was the orginal piece...

And this is the final piece of work I ended up creating…