Risograph

One week the group was split into different groups are were given individuals topics around the same theme which was what it takes to become an illustrator. We were then asked to create an illustration ready to be made into a Risograph print. The topic my group was given was the law side of illustration. Unfortunately I had missed the session but asked around and talked to some members of the group and decided to do my illustration around copyright.

For this I instantly thought of an idea where it would show a person thinking of an idea and checking to see if its copyrighted only to find out it is. I then made a few thumbnails of how this could work and the design that worked best for me was one where the idea was symbolised by a lightbulb and after he checked for copyright the light bulb was covered by a copyright symbol to show that the idea has already been done.

For the final idea I decided to sketch it out in pencil first and then go over it with a fine liner pen. This work out really well because it allowed me to get the dark and thick tones that I needed for my design. We then had to hand in our design to be printed as risograph prints and then once they were all sorted and dry we had to use spot colouring in our design. For me I decided to use yellow as my colour and added the colour on the light bulb.

However due to altercations where I was ill for a period of time during the deadline for this project I was not able to complete my design to hand in for the risograph unfortunately.

Design before the spot colouring

Design after spot colouring