CV

                                         Luke Knowles

London, Islington

07784954794

 
Personal profile

I am currently a third year illustration student at the University of East London. As an Illustrator I am interested in drawing animals, plants and other topics that interest me. I develop prints using lino, mono and etching techniques. I personally like to create prints using my own drawing style to create different prints. I also enjoy creating digital Illustrations using Photoshop for my own personal drawing style. I can also work within the 3D element, using, clay, plaster, paper, which I mostly create/transform everyday objects. I transform everyday objects into something new and exciting.

I like to draw from art galleries including old painting, sculptures. I draw within a number of different galleries. I like to draw pieces of work which stand out to me. I am open to working within different mediums and working on all different kinds of projects. I am young, hungry and wearing to go and have a good work rate. I enjoy developing good and strong illustrated images to push me further. 

Education

University of East London 2014 – present BA (HONS) degree Illustration

Working Men’s College 2013 - 2014 Foundation Diploma Art and design

LA SWAP Sixth Form 2011 - 2013

Acland Burghley Secondary School 2006 - 2011

During my time as a student my drawing, printing and Photoshop skills have increasing developed. My understanding of the briefs set within the illustration industry has grown being able to respond to different projects with better technique and ideas of how to approach projects. My understanding of visual research has improved with being able to draw from a number of references. I have developed the skill of being able to combine different references together to make a completely new image.    

Employment history


Jewsons June 2013 - present

 During my time at Jewson I had developed communication skills with my co-workers and customers. I have also developed teamwork skills and basic knowledge of working within an industry.   

 Hobbies and interests

I personally am interested in drawing, printing, sculpting, football, films and video games, I like to visit art galleries and draw any piece of art that interests me. I also like to draw animals and animated characters by hand in my own personal time.

  http://lukeknowlesillustration.blogspot.co.uk/

 

 Luke Knowles

I am an illustrator who is capable of working from references being able to present a clear visual language. I am comfortable working within a number of print, Photoshop and paint mediums. I have the ability to develop good drawings which flow together as part of a set. My drawing style adapts well within children books. I have developed animal, people and vehicle type illustrations. I have a good work rate always having a good amount of work to show by the deadline also being able to adjust my illustrations based on feedback received.

I came across the job opening whiles at university which was advertised by the university. I was advised by the tutors to approach the job as they felt my drawing style was suited for the role.  

I want to work with the company as I have reviewed the type of work the company has set and I feel I can work around that type of brief. I have always admired children book illustrations as I like how the visual language used by a number of book illustrators fits in well and presents an artistic way of storytelling. I believe my own drawing style can easily fit within that medium. 

 

 

 

Artist statement

My work focuses on a number of different themes and people’s beliefs. The main and most recent theme involves animals. I have produced a number of different product designs involving animals, screen printed t-shirts, tote bags. Other products include key chains, mugs, business and postcards. Other projects include A Teenagers Guide to Survival and YCN Student Awards Bear brief. A Teenagers Guide to Survival being set around dangerous animals within African Safaris. The bear brief focuses on teaching kids unique facts about different animals and the environments they live in. I have produced work based around word phrases for the project Word Play, being set around creating a series of illustrations for a Concertina book presenting the 15 illustrations based around a phrase which I set around the theme of spying.

The theme of animals is presented in my work to present a number of themes and ideas from presenting dangerous animals in A Teenagers Guide to Survival. The project aims to give advice and to teach kids certain techniques to avoid being attacked, the work being developed both using watercolour and Photoshop mediums. Other themes involve teaching kids unique facts about different animals and the environments they live in. The YCN Bear projects is focused on presenting visuals and facts which kids would be interested in adding states so kids can compare the animals together and play a card game comparing the states, The project being produced using both watercolour and Photoshop mediums. The Art of Self Promotion being set around developing a number of products for self-brands. I had designed products based around the theme of animals, as animals have a worldwide audience and can target audiences of all ages. I focused on producing product designs involving popular and well known animal species. The idea is to have a selection of work which would gain more interest based around animal popularity, the products being produced using screen prints and Photoshop.  

Other work is set on word and image. The Word play brief being designed to create work which connects text and image. For the brief I produced 15 illustrations which represent the phrase and the theme of spying. The brief setting for the 15 illustration including a cover design for a Concertina book, the Word Play brief being produced using Photoshop. The themes I focused on illustrating include landmarks, spy planes, helicopters, satellites, detectives and handheld devices. The live editorial brief is set around people’s beliefs on large brand clothing companies covering up damaged products which cause serious injuries. For this project I produced an illustration set around an article which focused on the topic of injuries. I presented an illustration of a judge surrounded by money accepting a bribe while a large trainer is crushing a number of football players. The article included experts claiming the number of incidents involving the product is just by coincidence. I chose to showcase an illustration of a judge representing the experts being paid by Nike to support their claims while the football players suffer, the image being produced using Photoshop.    

Overall my work explores a number of different themes and beliefs. A lot of my work has been set around the theme of animals which I have presented in different ways with my main target audience being children. The ideas for the projects is to teach children about the different types of animals and the threats they give. The product designs involving animals are designed to target all aged audience who have an interest in animals. My work which may be quiet child oriented, but I introduce an adult take.

The work based around people’s beliefs are set around a number of different ways of developing work around different people’s beliefs on themes. The Word Play project is based on the phrase eye in the sky which I choose to focus on presenting 15 illustrations of spying in a number of ways. The Live Editorial brief is set around players getting serious injuries whilst wearing Nike football boots. I decided to illustrate how Nike might be covering up any issue with their footwear by bribing so call experts to support their claims. I used a judge figure to represent the experts being bribed by Nike while football players are being crushed by a large cracked trainer. The YCN Student Awards Quorn brief is set around the idea of advising healthy eating. I choose to illustrate a number of food products including meat burgers surrounded by a stop sign to advise people should not eat too many and should consider healthy options.     

I learned about working with better techniques and processes within Photoshop being able to produce better imagery, working within a number of paint mediums being able to create a series of painted images, combining word and image together looking within the text being able to produce imagers which links and works well with text. I also learned more about how to work towards briefs within the artistic industry.

For my Final Major Project I am developing a comic book based around written tales from Sum: Tales from the Afterlife book. The idea is to push myself and develop my understanding further of combining text and image, being able to create a number of visuals based around the tales. I am interested in producing a comic based around the book using my visual language I can develop a strong body of work based around a number of chapters which I can produce into a good developed comic. Reading through the book I found it interesting with its humor which I wanted to transfer with my illustrations.

As an artists I want to become a freelancer, but who does work for companies developing good designed work. I also want to produce a number of products to promote my own brand which includes similar designed products I had worked with. I want to become a known artist who has a strong body of work and ideas to play with.

 

 

FMP: Promotional mugs

As part of my promotional production for the FMP I had a number of my illustrations from the comic strips printed on mugs which I also intent to include as part of my display for the degree show. The mugs have two different illustrations printed on ever side of each other, where the two illustrations from each mug are from the same comic strip. I chose two illustrations from the Great Expectations, Blueprint, and Encore comic strips so each mug would relate to a tale from the comic book. The mugs are designed to be extra promotional products which people could buy alongside the comic.

I chose not to include the logo as when printing from vista print there was no place anywhere else on the mugs to display my logo and I did not want the illustrations or the logo on the mugs to be to small and not look professional.

I chose illustrations from the business card and postcard designs as I wanted they to link together, but choosing a few illustrations not included on the cards from the comic to widen the visual display and not make the mugs look more attractive to possible clients, with more illustrations included.

FMP: Postcards

postcard front design 1

Postcard front design 2

 Postcard front design 3

 Back

I have had printed three different postcard designs, similar to the business cards they are intended to be part of my display at the degree show. I also wanted to create a set of postcards as a promotional product choosing illustrations from my FMP comic pages, which I felt were visually interesting similar to the business cards, but choosing illustrations which I felt were more interesting and more likely to sell, as postcards are a selling promotional product, when business cards are handed out to possible clients not sold.

For the back of the postcards I included my logo, blogger web address, and email, similar to the business cards for people to be able to follow my work on blogger and for possible clients to contract me. I also gathered a layout from a normal back postcard design so people can send my work to different places and contracts.    

FMP: Business cards

Front design 1

 Front design 2

 Back

I have had printed two business card designs, which relates to my FMP, and will be part of the display of work in my section of the degree show. Both of them have the same back cover design, so the two can relate together and to my work. For the front cover of the business cards I include the logo, which I produced, so they can be traced to me and the contract and blog web address, will let possible future contracts how to follow my work and contract me for possible work.

For the business cards I chose to include illustrations from the comic pages as I intended for the business cards to link with my FMP as I felt the illustrations were visually interesting and would attract attention due to the colours and drawing style.

Photoshop colour logo drawings

I have coloured all three logo designs on Photoshop, creating a visually interesting set of images which are visually interesting and colourful, which would work well along side my work. The logo being designed to represent my work, with style and colouring. I will now begin the development of preparing promotional products as part of my exhibition work. 

Logo drawings

 

I have produced three drawings as I decided to design a new logo for my promotional products for the ADI exhibition displaying my Final Major Project work. I chose to draw a snake as a lot of my work as involved illustrations of animals over the last year. I chose to create a logo of a snake as they are my favourite animal, and I find them mysteries and interesting animals, which are full of surprises.

The third drawing is based around the second logo which based on feedback I redrew and added the rattle tale behind the snakes head as the tales representation is key to the idea of representation a snake in artistic work. The text from the first logo will be added on Photoshop to the third snake drawing. I chose the name Achille as I like the name and have associates connected to that name, which I regard highly.