Candid Full Spread

Sorry I haven’t updated in a while, haven’t sketches much this week so I couldn’t make up a Sketch Compile. So I thought I would post up the full spread I did for Candid Magazine.

Remember you can read the magazine in its entirety here: http://issuu.com/candidonline/docs/candid_issue5

Published in SLiNK Magazine

I did a few illustrations for the Fashion Magazine SLiNK to go with a couple of articles. I had to illustrate 'relaxation', a 'Woman looking into a mirror' and a 'woman in a blue outfit' sounds simple enough but took me a while to think of a relaxation concept, to end up with bath and candles aha original huh?, and this is how they turned out. So chuffed that they appear in the magazine. This is available online as well as printed just have a butchers here:

http://www.slinkmagazine.com/slink-shop/ 

It's a great magazine with some real interesting articles, it's aimed at curvy women, the shoots in there are great especially the 3D one in this issue. It also proves that bigger fashion can be just as stylish and look just as good which is really nice to see that market start to be catered too, so do have a look!

Published in CANDID Magazine

I illustrated a series of images for issue 5 of CANDID magazine 'Illustrating the Industry' to read the entire magazine and see my work click here:

http://issuu.com/candidonline/docs/candid_issue5

My works on pages 72-79, there are so many great shoots and articles in this issue though so have a read through it all!

I am so happy that my work is included in this magazine, it started when I saw a post on twitter with Candid asking for illustrators to email in their links so I emailed straight away and got a reply back saying they loved my work. They then told me the theme of the issue and asked me to do some illustrations, I struggled thinking of any concepts for the drawings until a few weeks after emailing and so I then submitted all my finished illustrations and now they're in the magazine.

Being a contributor to the magazine I got an invite to the CANDID magazine launch party which celebrated a year of CANDID and the fifth issue. It was hosted at Chinawhite in London (One of the most stylish place's I've ever been to, MASSIVE contrast to our 'hotel' room) and it was a really great night with a bit of 'networking' going on as well. So here's a little photo of me and my friend as a little memory of the night.

So all this came from a tweet so anyone out their looking to get their work out there it definitely pays to keep a beady eye on sites like Twitter, Facebook etc...

Weekly Sketch Selection 7

Here is the second one for this week! If you want to see these sketches as I do them follow my Instagram account scottwmason.

Interview will be posted on Wednesday!

Weekly Sketch Selection 6

There won’t be an interview posted this week as I haven’t had time to write it up, it will be up next Wednesday though and it’s a lengthy one with a really succesful fashion photographer so hopefully it’s worth the wait!

Instead of an interview I thought I would post two sets of sketch compiles, one today and one tomorrow. Been sketching away this week more than usual so have a lot more to show! So here is the first set, these sketches are posted up as I do them on my Instagram account scottwmason so follow me on there if you want to see more! Getting addicted to Instagram now, post at least 5 times a day.

See you tomorrow for the next set!

Interview with Perry Curties

http://www.perrycurties.com/

Perry Curties has been a Photographer for 15 years and has worked featured in magazines such as Arena, BLVD, GQ, Italian Vanity Fair and Project Magazine to name a few!. He also is the editor and co-founder of 125 Magazine and associate lecturer at London College of Fashion. 

What made you choose Photography as a career?

Because I can't paint or draw.

What is your career highlight so far?

Every time I see a billboard with my picture on it.

Your Burka shoot seems quite risqué! Was there any backlash because of it?

None at all, it's the most republished thing I've ever shot.

As a lecturer do you feel it is necessary to do a degree? or is it just as okay to go out and learn it without the safety blanket of university?

University teaches skills other than just the subject you're meant to be learning but there's nothing wrong with learning on the job. The 2 methods probably create 2 different types of photographer.

Do you think assisting is a must to become a successful Fashion Photographer?

Yes.

Who are your personal Photography Heroes?

Constantly changing.

What do you wish you knew before going into this Industry?

How much money it would cost to get set up and working and how long it takes to become an overnight success.

Do you have any helpful tips for budding Fashion Photographers trying to break into the Industry?

Assist (good people) for as long as possible, minimum 5 years.

Describe working in the Industry in 3 words

Tough, creative and social

What are your plans for the future?

Top secret.

Interviews posted on tallboyblog.blogspot.com every Wednesday!

Atlas Illustration Walkthrough

 I thought I would document my process of doing an Illustration, and now that the magazine it appears in is out I thought I would post up this! I hope it's at least slightly interesting to read or at least look at my messy workspace aha.

I was asked by a friend on the Atlas Magazine team if I wanted to create some work for the magazine and she told me the theme was 'Exploration' I have to admit to being a bit stumped for ideas for ages, could only think of people on little toy cars like the ones outside shopping centres and arcades, classy I know.

After a bit of sketching I thought of this concept and sketched it out, my sketches are rough as I mostly do details and everything whilst inking, mainly because it saves a bit of time.

Once I finish inking it looks a bit cleaner aha, you can actually see what it is now.

I then move onto colouring, I colour using Copic Ciao markers, I start off with colouring in the shadows with a light purple then move the colours up to skin tones then pinks to add a bit of life to the image so they don't look like an extra from a Resident Evil film.

I chose to colour the plane in pink/purple to add a bit of contrast and colour to the image as I didn't want it to just be gold/yellow tones. Spent quite a while layering up the colours for her afro's, can't have a flat 'fro.

I then went on Google and got some reference for the planets and tried my best to make them look like decent. Scanned it into Photoshop and edited my mistakes, and then it was finished! 

So here is the final finished image:

I do like how this illustration turned out and even more happy that they chose to include it in the magazine! I hope you enjoyed reading this/looking at the pictures, I have got a more in-depth walk-through coming up showing me layering colours etc but thought this would be good to start off with!

Don't forget to see my illustrations and a lot of amazing work in the Atlas Magazine which can be read here:

http://issuu.com/theatlasmagazine/docs/exploration

Illustrations in Atlas Magazine!

Two of my Illustrations are featured in the brand new issue of Atlas! Read the magazine in all of it's glory here: http://issuu.com/theatlasmagazine/docs/exploration

It features Photography, Illustration, Poetry, Writing, Interviews well worth a read.

The theme of the issue was Exploration, I struggled at the start to think of concepts for the illustrations but after a bit of sketching these ideas came together. Hope you like them and have a good read of Atlas!