Libby Ozog

This is my blog for my Illustration class at Carthage College.

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Final Blog Update

Illustration has been a blast! I really enjoyed this class and all that I was able to learn from taking it. It helped me to think outside of the box, become more creative with my ideas, and see the world from a different point of view. I gained so much from taking this class that I can use in my future, such as where illustration is applied, and how to achieve certain styles to fit different needs. The projects were so much fun to do and it was exciting to see how far I could push the projects to get the appearance I was hoping for. This class offered lots of freedom, which proved challenging and exciting as I was able to create my own vision for the projects throughout the course. I have learned how to use different media such as gouache, and I also did more mixed media works than I have ever done before. It was a very helpful and fun class to be a part of, and I am so thankful for the opportunity to have taken this class.

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The final product of the final project. I am super happy with how this turned out!

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Progress photos of my final project! This is the back of the record cover. I am really happy with how it is turning out! Originally I was planning on having a branch with a bird and wind chimes, but now that I painted the sunrise, I feel like that might be too distracting. I think I will just finish it off with a rocky shore and the text.

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I love the album covers for the two Lord Huron albums I have,  but I think it will be so much fun to remake them myself in a totally different way. I’m really excited to see what happens!

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This is the song (and the album name) that I am making an album cover for. It is by Lord Huron called Lonesome Dreams

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Since I can choose the band that my record cover will be for instead of going with what is actually on the record, I am planning on going with the band Lord Huron. This is one of their songs.

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Some reference images for ballroom dancing dresses, movement, and ballrooms. I am thinking of doing my final project with an image of people dancing on the front of my record cover.

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Here are some different album covers that I liked for a Christmas record.

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It’s finished!!! I’m really happy with how this turned out. It took hours of work but the Penguin Classics dust jacket project is finally complete!

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Getting there, slowly but surely. So many hours of work going into this project!

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This is a page in Lex Wilson’s sketchbook. I love doodle-like drawings with lots of detail and symmetry.

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I’m amazed by Heather Souliere’s work! She pays close attention to details and creates beautiful drawings. She does a lot of drawings of buildings and bird’s eye views of cities, as well as other things like the bangles drawing. They are all so beautiful!

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For the Penguin Classics dust jacket, I will be doing a cover for the book “Journey to the Center of the Earth” by Jules Verne. These are some images that I am using as reference for my cover, as well as an image of the cover of the version of the book that I own.

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Here’s the final product of the children’s book illustration, words and all! I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. I would probably add more animals if I was going to change anything about it. It’s all watercolor, except the words which are in ink.

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It’s so much fun to watch videos of people doing hyper-realistic drawings! This one is by Fabiano Millani. He captures the appearance of the glass and water flawlessly!

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This is an amazing combination of art and physics!

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Progress photos of my children’s book illustration! Just have to add the words.