Graduate Portfolio (ADGD6001)- Mini Projects
One-word project- AMBIGUITY A week project relating to our Graduate Portfolio project Three words: BeastsMagicStory A piece depicting the Niffler- a creature already seen in the first two Fantastic Beasts films, notorious for its love of shiny objects-being carried away by the Golden Snitch he had tried to steal. A Beasts-inspired Art Nouveau border surrounds…
Graduate Portfolio (ADGD6001)- A Compendium of Concept Art for the Fantastic Beasts Series: final outcome
A Compendium of Concept Art for the Fantastic Beasts series. Below is the full PDF version of my concept bible for the Fantastic Beasts series. I am beyond thrilled and, most importantly, relieved with how my final Concept Bible has turned out. I feel a great sense of relief and pride when I look at…
Graduate Portfolio (ADGD6001)- Fantastic Beasts: Scenes and Locations.
This last segment of my project is far less formulated, unfortunately. While the thought behind each of the pieces is as thorough as each of my other final pieces, the development work was not so thorough. Partaking in such an ambitious project, I had to limit the amount of time I could take on these…
Graduate Portfolio (ADGD6001)- Externality
The Externality segment of the Graduate Portfolio fell into my lap, if I was to be perfectly honest. A little while into the second year of my degree, an old colleague and friend of my sister’s enquired about me creating a few illustrations for her. Lowri runs her own nail studio in Ammanford and she…
Graduate Portfolio (ADGD6001)- Fantastic Beasts: Beasts
Choosing what Beasts to design Sam Rowan- Creature Concept Artist on the Fantastic Beasts films I have followed Sam Rowan on Instagram since the release of the first film in 2016 and I have always been ridiculously impressed with his work in the Creatures department. The believability in his designs truly astounds me and it…
Graduate Portfolio (ADAG6001)- Fantastic Beasts: Costume Designs
Inspiration and research Gellert Grindelwald (Costume) Accessories: Gellert Grindelwald’s Final Costume Gellert Grindelwald is the main antagonist and dark wizard in the Fantastic Beasts series. Grindelwald is fighting for a world where Wizards are not forced to hide their abilities from the Muggle world, and instead be the dominant presence- recruiting like-minded witches and wizards…
Graduate Portfolio (ADGD6001)- Competition
I was getting progressively worried about the competition element of the Graduate Portfolio module because time progressed, Christmas had come and gone and I still had not found a competition that I was particularly interested in nor inspired me- despite the winner’s cash prizes. I had not found a competition in which I knew a…
Graduate Portfolio (ADGD6001)- Props/ Wand development
The characters I intend to design wands for: Percival DumbledoreKendra DumbledoreAberforth DumbledoreHonoria [Dumbeldore?]Professor Eulalie “Lally” Hicks (Ilvermorny (USA) School teacher and only confirmed new character)Tom Marvolo Riddle (Voldemort)- an adaptation of his Potter wand to look less evil.Tao (Potential character from China) Other Wand Designs: British Wand selection- 1850-1950sUS wand selection- 1920s-50sGerman wand selection- 1920s-50sChinese…
Graduate Portfolio (AGDG6001) – The background to my Fantastic Beast concept art project.
Decision making My chosen direction What I know/information available/theories I used pre-existing knowledge from the Harry Potter books to inform the direction that both the three remaining films will take, along with the direction my project will go! I also found references for certain trickles of information from fan-sites and social media. My project is…
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