Samantha Landells

I have been asked during my time off to design a website header for an up and coming pet brand, I have been asked not to disclose their information at present. However, I am looking forward to working with them in the future. I was tasked with creating a basic web header and profile style picture to be used as the logo for their company. I am very happy with the results and love how clean and refined the aesthetic appears.

Following the completion of my final modules for the first year of my university degree I have decided to subscribe to the app Skillshare, as it provides a multitude of online courses and lessons which I feel would really help enhance and support my development as an artist. I wanted to use these lessons during my summer break to ensure I do not remain idle and that I am constantly aiming for growth. I am excited to try out the variety of courses available all the way from how to watercolour plants to using software such as Photoshop more effectively. I feel this will be a great learning curve and I am excited to continue my journey.

I have thoroughly enjoyed the experience of keeping my blog updated alongside my other modules; I have used my blog as more of a journal, a way for me to document my process and development in an engaging manner. The act of writing the blog posts really helped me look a lot more closely at particular areas such as the development of my independent cute characters, as I was not simply designing them and moving on. I was made to digest the creation and truly work out what could be improved and what worked well due to the use of SWOT targets and SMART analysis. I feel that I will continue using my blog even after the completion of my modules and end of my first year at university as it has really helped me to process my thoughts and set targets for myself. I think this has been incredibly useful as it has challenged me, but also made me become much more critical and analytical of my work which has helped me make huge improvements to my work. I found it interesting being ab...

I am so glad I returned to the development of this character, I feel these alterations have really enhanced the overall aesthetics of my design. It is much clearer now what the main object actually is as well as enticing the eye by having two sharply contrasting colours alongside one another.  I also adjusted the colour of the facial features to deepen their contrast which I feel has also helped this design greatly, as the facial expression is the main central focus and this is made clear in the new design. Another small adjustment I made was that I altered the colour of my signature to match the leaves rather than the main character as this helped add another level of contrast between the design and really helps ensure it doesn't become lost in a sea of yellow which can already be difficult to see sometimes. Overall I feel my improved design is just that, improved. It is much more user friendly and I am really happy to add it to my @duckyy.draws account. Perhaps a break i...

I wanted to include this game as part of my research as I felt very inspired and captivated by their design choices and really wanted to explore it further. It consists of two different art styles which merge together perfectly, the loading screens share a more graphical approach whereas the actual game play is a lot darker in design. With various creatures trying to attack you, and uncontrollable rain storms, this game really doesn't mess around. The title screen is perfect as it invites you in with its simplistic map and bold colours, but what waits for you on the other side is a whole load of challenges. The game play is based around a third person view, however one wrong move and you're all the way back at the start so survival is essential. This was an interesting take on the functionality of the game and I feel it works to really push the player to make sure their character survives, as there's nothing worse than making great progress for it all to be lost if your p...

I went on the Digital Arts website provided by my lecturer and decided to follow the Mandala tutorial by Breno Bitencourt. I was inspired to recreate his mandala tutorial as it is a very mathematical and systematical design which is not something I explore very often. I felt this would help me discover and explore a new working style which I had not yet previously considered. My design is a lot less intricate than the final from the tutorial, however I really like the finished product. I tried to create consistency within my design by having the two separate edges match up, yet I wanted to create a more interesting asymmetrical design, so I chose to design the two sections with slightly different designs which could be clearly defined by their colouring. I feel the colours I chose work very well to create a soft and gentle emotion surrounding the illustration. I chose to put a background behind my creation as it created the sensation of snowfall which I felt really enhanced my de...