Peek Inside a Pickle Sketchbook Part 3
Since we last peeked inside our sketchbook (Part one can be found here and two here) we have worked on a range of new projects that all start with a sketch.
Here’s a look behind the scenes at our sketches ranging from first scribbles to ‘okay to send to client’ sketches. We have also put it next to the final piece so you can see the difference…
Garden Square Letchworth Mural
Blocking this design out in greyscale helped to understand the balance of shape, pattern and illustration in the design that celebrated the Garden City of Letchworth. From the sketch to the final we added more texture and played with how much the shapes could overlap the box structure, the squirrels tail being an example of this!
Ware Brand Illustrations
We did several sketches for each prompt for client ROCK, the prompts ranging from error messages to portraying absence and leave. The sketches were in simple line and then we added texture and colour on the second round of amends. We also hid a ‘W’ for Ware in each design and this would either be more obviously portrayed in the sketch round or later hidden when closer to finalising the illustrations.
Roundhouse Birmingham Animation
This project required a LOT of thought behind the sketches to create a sequential animation. These are some of the earliest sketches where we were plotting out what elements we wanted to show for each animation and each ‘Worker of the Roundhouse’. For the lamplighter animation, we knew a lamp would be involved which first appears on the sketches and here in the final animation too, with colour, texture and movement!
Castle Quarter Norwich Mural
Creating a mural wrap for the ‘rocket’ structure inside Castle Quarter Shopping Centre was a fun way to showcase the cities heritage, architecture and characters. We were conscious the design had to be split into four sections so tried to not have anything too vital to the design crossing over the sections.
Mailbox Mural Birmingham
Quite a few changes happened between this sketch and the final mural celebrating the Kings Coronation inside The Mailbox in Birmingham. A few stamps were shuffled around to get the right balance of colour and composition within the whole design. We also created a few more gaps to give breathing space in between the stamps.
And voila! There's a quick peek into what can be seen at the start of the project as it's nice to see the journey a piece goes on, whether straightforward or not!