Grandma's House by Alice Melvin

A picture book I love so much.

The drawings are very detailed in this book. The shape and the lines of the furnitures and decorations depicted in this book are comparatively flat and graphic. To avoid boringness in terms of the visual effect, the author designed the patterns of the wallpaper and the textures of those green plants very carefully. And they matched the character my grandma's age and characteristic very well.

But what is amazingly designed in this book was the relationship between the depicted rooms and the spaces of the books. The author made the element door able to be opened to lead the readers into the next room. This is a stunning example of how to two-dimensionalize a series of consecutive 3d spaces !

Illustrator: 昔酒

Website: http://www.weibo.com/011lingyiyi

This is an illustrator from China who I am very fond of and have a large impact on my concepts about illustration. She is very good at using the mixture of materials like color pencil, gouache and watercolor to create a dream-like atmosphere.

The illustrator has a preference of depicting dream-like, melancholic, mysterious loneliness. Some of inspirations for her stories, illustrations and comics came from her dream.

Except for the compositions (only two figures standing with a small scale compared to the whole image without a detailed background scene), the illustrator is as well very good at using the comparisons between highlight and shadows as a tool to create atmosphere.

The protagonist can be very small in the middle or on a side of the whole composition. 

She is used to choosing a basic tone for the whole image and depict the details with vague outlines to avoid the effect of brightness and clearness

An example of her comics depicting loneliness. Compositions, storyboard, highlight and shadows, tones of colours are combined perfectly to create the atmosphere.

Ceramics Induction Note

Ceramics Induction

Remember to wear apron before enter the workshop.

Remember to reduce production of dust.

Plaster mode. Use cup to take it out after 5min stirring

The characteristics of these kinds of ceramics: thin, even and smooth. Dry for 20 min. After an hour mode and plaster can be separated.

 

different clays

When ceramics are already dried, further casting can cause production of dust. So this must be done in the specific area. Remember to wear mask. 

the open button EG FOR LOW AND SG FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE

Places for dry out