Holidays again

Finally another update now that i'm on holidays again!

Firstly, i've set up somewhat of a website, which can be found here http://amymcnamara.webs.com/. Check it out!

A week ago now I completed my last elective ever (apart from theory next semester) which was Package Design. Although I know my strengths are in illustration, I found it really interesting and had a good time creating my package.
We used the 2010 Southern Cross Package Design Awards ( http://www.pca.org.au/awards2010/sx/ ) categories and breifs and were to select one to complete. I chose C, which is to create a gourmet ice-cream package.

Here is what I came up with...


Excuse the poor photography, will need to take better photos when I get my package back from grading. If I had more time, I can see things which I would change and update, which before the end of the year I might complete. But as a first attempt at packaging, I don't think it's too bad!

back from the dead

So, I haven't posted in a while! I have actually been in Melbourne for a week for the agIdeas design conference :) it was very inspiring and I encourage everyone to get there for it next year! It's definitely worth it. If you haven't heard of it, google it :P

so, my acrylic painting went well! Was like riding a bike


Also I handed up an assignment for uni yesterday in which I used photoshop for lineart and watercolour. I just wish my style wasn't so tacky. Here's the image >

Happy Friday everyone

It's the end of my first week of holidays, and after relaxing for a bit i've decided to get working on my uni assignments. But i'm having a hard time looking for reference pictures. I should take my own, but finding people to pose for you is also hard!

After being obsessed with pen, pencil and ink for a bit i'm going back to acrylics for my visualisation assignment. I haven't painted with acrylics for a while so hopefully it will be like riding a bike. I'll post here how it goes I guess!

I've encouraged myself to start drawing more every day, it's going alright so far. Here's another sketch from my journal for you.

Welcome

First blog post ever, unfortunately not a very interesting one.
I've started up this blog because of my lack of a website, in hopes that this might be good enough. Doesn't seem too bad at the moment!

I'm currently on uni holidays, which aren't really holidays, still have to do uni work but just dont have to go to uni and check in with the tutors. In a week and a bit i'm off to melbourne to go to agIdeas though! Yay! Hopefully it will live up to it's hype :)

I will leave you now with this sketch from my journal (click for larger image), have a good one for anyone who actually reads this...