Page #15

Page 15, the final page with 5mm bleed.






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CMYK vs RBG

CMYK:
CMYK stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black.
CMYK is a colour model that is often referred to as four colour printing. According to this site, which is referenced at the end of the paragraph, CMYK is mainly used for offset printing, as well as full colour documents.

http://www.color.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CMYK.png < image reference at this link.

RGB:
RGB stands for Red, Green and blue. In some cases it can be quite difficult to convert CMYK to RGB, and vice versa.

RGB is a technique in which red, green, and blue are combined to produce different tones, such as yellow, cyan, and white.

http://www.cantalupiusa.com/site/images/rgb.jpg < image reference at this link.

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/CMYK.html








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Nobrow Print

The other day I purchased a limited edition print from Nobrow. It is a piece that is by Robert Hunter, who wrote and illustrated the book, 'The New Ghost".

I payed £53 for the piece, and I am very pleased with it. I love the colours, and the tones of different blues.

My copy in particular is print 30, out of 100 limited prints. This print is in its second edition, but is different to the first, the gradient of 'pink' is slightly different on each one, making each individual print unique.

I am waiting for the piece to be delivered, and in the meantime, I will provide a photo of what the print looks like.

http://www.nobrow.net/10487 < image reference at this link.

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Yuko Shimizu

Yuko Shimizu is a Japanese designer/illustrator who is known for creating the Hello Kitty franchise. I chose to research her due to this point, as Hello Kitty is a franchise that appears to be oriented toward the children's market, particulate of the female gender.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Yuko_Shimizu_20100702_Japan_Expo_2.jpg < image reference at this link.

She is based in Manhattan, NYC, and is an instructor at the school of visual arts.
Some of her clients include the GAP franchise, Pepsi, DC, and The New York Times.

http://paperbotz.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/hello_kitty001.png < image reference at this link.

This very simplistic character has proven a successful franchise, and is known around the world.


She claims that she got started in illustration by self promoting her work, whilst she was in school. She states that every time that she created new pieces and work, she would upload them to her website.
Her artistic career begun by her receiving magazine work, which went on to larger jobs.

On the site that I am looking at, she lists some great points for new, and upcoming illustrators to take note of. I will directly quote her words below this text, as I feel that the information included is very important to me, and also may be of importance to others who view my blog posts.

1. "Build a really good website; It doesn’t have to be elaborately designed. Just make it user friendly, organized and show who you are as an artist. Once you are out of school, you need a real website and not just a blog.
2. Update your site as often as you can. Website that does not get updated often is worse than not having a website, especially in the early stage in your career.
3. utilize social-networking skill and promote your site and work well. You are young, and you know how to use them better than I do.
4. Get a real e-mail address. Free e-mail address makes you look like an amateur. Get “mail or your name@yourdmain.com”, you can even forward that to your gmail. At least you look like a pro to them.
5. Learn to write good e-mails. E-mails are often recipients’s first impression of you. Don’t be a spammer, don’t be a stalker. Don’t write like if you are text messaging a friend. Ask politely if you are asking stranger questions or favors.
6. Do research on whom you want to work with. Make your own mailing list by visiting newsstands and writing down information one by one. Sending cards is a good old fashioned way that stil works. 50 hand-picked names on the list works a lot better than 5000 random names on a list you buy."

Quote reference can be found at this link. > http://yukoart.com/category/qa/

Yuko features her self on various social media, and this is really important in this era. Social media can be a 'free' way of self promotion, and allows for a larger potential audience.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Yuko-Shimizu/113407815290 < link to her Facebook page.




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Heart Agency

The heart agency was founded in London, in the year of 1994. The agency takes on many existing and emerging artists and illustrators. Due to the success of the agency operations were expanded to the US in 2002.

http://pickmeuplondon.com/render_img.php?id=1041&key=d9fc375219b58a06af1ce0dddfb18601&square=1 < image reference at this link.

Some of the illustrators represented by Heart, include Ben Kirchner, Nick White, Andrew Martin and Lara Harwood.

http://www.heartagency.com/artist






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Page #12

Page #12 with 5mm bleed.

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Andrew Coningsby

Andrew Coningsby is the managing director of the Coningsby gallery, situated in London. He is also part of the executive team for the firm, Debut Art, which specialises in artist promotion.

http://dbprng00ikc2j.cloudfront.net/work/image/335867/qg7swq/20110715032911-outside_for_FB.jpg < image reference at this link.

Coningsby founded Debut Art in 1985, and in 1994, he founded the self named Coningsby gallery.
He is also a board member of the AOI, (association of illustrators). There is a blog post discussing the AOI in more detail in the blog.

http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=57671299&authType=name&authToken=X-sQ&goback= < image reference at this link.

http://www.arutai.com/icon5/featured.html
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=57671299&authType=name&authToken=X-sQ&goback=





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