EMELBI

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  • May 10 2015

    Gomersal Primary School – Digital Portrait and Digital Urban Graphics Workshop

    Working with KS2 art club I did a quick photo shoot with the children during their first session to get some source material for their illustrations. Once that was done we loaded all the images into the computer and started the creative process. Using Dazzle
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    Art Education, Art Workshops, Creative Learning, Creative Workshops, Digital Art Education, Digital Illustration Workshops, Education, Photography Workshops, School Workshops
  • Mar 29 2015

    The Butterfly Effect

    The truth is, one thing leads to another.
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    Art, Colour, Creativity, Graphics, Illustration
  • Mar 29 2015

    Hero Boy

    New Illustration Cartoon line boy, a super hero boy, equipped with a cape he’s a gold tooth boy. He’s an out there boy, a real hero boy, a fine and dandy do it well and for the people boy!
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    Art, Characters, Creativity
  • Mar 19 2015

    Gomersal Primary School – Funky Character Designs

    A fun workshop working with Key Stage 2 children exploring drawing skills and character development. The children got to try many new drawing skills and techniques before starting on their final images. They were also able to experimented with vibrant coloured inks trying out different
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    Art Education, Art Workshops, Creative Learning, Creative Workshops, Drawing, Education, Illustration, School Workshops
  • Mar 15 2015

    Rowley Lane JIN School : Digital Urban Illustration Workshop

    Using Dazzle 3, the children at Rowley Lane JIN School explored portrait illustration using multiple digital layers. When they had finished their main images derived from their own photo’s, they made tome funky textured canvases in which to place their illustrated selves. The workshop was
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    Art Education, Art Workshops, Creative Learning, Creative Workshops, Digital Art Education, Digital Illustration Workshops, Education, Photography Workshops, School Workshops
  • Mar 05 2015

    Self Portrait

    Yep. That is the shape of my head. From a certain angle of course.
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    Art, Creativity, Drawing, EMELBI, Illustration, Portrait
  • Mar 02 2015

    Spectrum

    SPECTRUM The trick is to be one!
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    Art, Creativity, EMELBI, Graphics, Illustration, Portrait, Urban
  • Nov 28 2014

    Into the Matrix

    Pencil drawing and a little iPhone trickery via a couple of apps. A nod toward the Wachowski Brothers trilogy of films.
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    Characters, Drawing, Illustration, Sketch
  • Nov 28 2014

    Pen and Red Crayon

    Development of some ideas. My 2 year old daughter decided to add a few of her own lines with red crayon. I think it adds a certain jenesequa. I love it when she joins in with the creativity.
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    Art, Drawing, Illustration, Sketch, Sketching
  • Aug 07 2014

    Salendine Nook High School – ‘I CAN’ Street Graphics Project.

    In 2013, Salendine Nook High School won the Guardian Newspaper’s ‘School We’d Like’ competition and was awarded £5000 in prize money to revamp the Blue Tunnel, which is a key linking walkway between different buildings in the school. See the initial post from The Guardian…
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    Art, Art Education, Art Workshops, Creative Learning, Creative Workshops, Digital Art Education, Digital Illustration Workshops, Education, EMELBI, Graphics, Illustration, Photography Workshops, School Workshops
  • Jul 04 2014

    Daisy Daisy

    iPhoneography and added digital graphic elements.
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    Art, Illustration, Photography
  • Jun 20 2014

    Rowley Lane JIN School : Drawing – Digital Illustration – Image Manipulation – App Creativity

    This was a lovely project at Rowley Lane. The children got to create lots of different illustrations using portrait photography as their starting point. Using textures, graphics and creative tablet apps to further manipulate the images, the year 2 – 6 children had some really
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    Art Education, Art Workshops, Creative Learning, Creative Workshops, Digital Art Education, Digital Illustration Workshops, Education, Photography Workshops, School Workshops
  • Jun 13 2014

    Bradford Academy – Hometeam (AVC) Graphics Project

    Working as Artist in Residence with young people at Bradford Academy recently in the production of funky graphics across four large circular boards. The design challenge was based on the Academy Value Contract (AVC) that students agree to adhere to. It is always great fun
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    Art Education, Art Workshops, Creative Learning, Creative Workshops, Digital Art Education, Digital Illustration Workshops, Education, School Workshops
  • Mar 26 2014

    Beep Beep

    I want one of these little cars. They look like they might be quite a lot of fun to drive.
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    Art, Creativity, Graphics, Illustration
  • Mar 25 2014

    The GIFt

    I have been having some fun messing around with animated Gif’s. I think they still have their pace in the grand scheme of things.Good fun and quick to create! I will post some more soon.
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    Animation, EMELBI, Gif, Graphics, Photography
  • Mar 25 2014

    Youth

    New Illustration Messing with the tablet, textures and using a limited colour palette. This image is derived from a photo that my father took of me when I was about 8 years old.
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    Art, Creativity, Drawing, EMELBI, Illustration
  • Mar 13 2014

    Eco Warrior

    Also a musician, juggler, stand up comedian, carer, culinary genius, father, husband, teacher and all round good egg!
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    Art, Characters, Creativity, EMELBI, Illustration, Urban
  • Mar 06 2014

    Gomersal Primary School – Just Draw

    JUST DRAW I have recently been working with a fabulous set of key stage 1 children at Gomersal Primary School. Together we have been exploring all sort of drawing techniques and having a lot of fun with creativity. Here are a handful of images that
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    Art Education, Art Workshops, Creative Learning, Creative Workshops, Drawing, Education, School Workshops
  • Mar 05 2014

    ‘I Can’ Project – Salendine Nook High School, Huddersfield.

    Emerging artwork and graphics from the ‘I Can’ blue tunnel project at Salendine Nook High School, Huddersfield. There are some fabulous images being created, both in the form of digital graphics and hand drawn illustrations. I’m working with a great set of students who are
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    Art Education, Art Workshops, Creative Learning, Creative Workshops, Digital Art Education, Digital Illustration Workshops, Drawing, Education, Graphics, Illustration, School Workshops
  • Feb 20 2014

    Gomersal Primary School – Gomersal Kingdom Project

    Gomersal Kingdom Project This was a fab project where a group of key stage one children got to explore drawing and painting techniques using a variety of different mediums. Exploratory drawing, fun with paint, charcoal sketching, felt tip creativity and much more. Making up animals,
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    Art Education, Art Workshops, Creative Learning, Creative Workshops, Education, School Workshops
  • Feb 20 2014

    Cast Away Your Doubts and Fears

    New illustration. Continuing with a theme of images with positive messages, where the imagery doesn’t necessarily reflect the message.
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    Art, Characters, Creativity, Drawing, EMELBI, Illustration
  • Feb 15 2014

    Let There Be Afro

    More creativity with my new graphics tablet. I’m slowly getting used to how this great bit of kit works.
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    Art, Creativity, Drawing, EMELBI, Graphics, Illustration, Portrait
  • Feb 15 2014

    Etheridge – Illustration Portrait

    Here is a commission that I have just finished. These portraits have many significant messages hidden within the artwork. This one was great fun to do. Artwork printed as a giclée print onto a box canvas.
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    Art, Graphics, Illustration, Portrait
  • Feb 10 2014

    Just Bea’

    This is a quick tablet drawing/illustration of my little girl. She watches me like a hawk when I am doing anything arty or creative. We have been doing some artwork together which I will post up at some point. She’s really rather good too.
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    Art, Colour, Creativity, Graphics, Illustration, Portrait
  • Jan 28 2014

    State of Mind

    A positive state of mind makes all the difference! Keep it positive. Keep a smile. Keep being creative.
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    Art, Creativity, Drawing, EMELBI, Graphics, Illustration
  • Jan 09 2014

    Colour River Flow

    Art is in fact EVERYWHERE! When you take a good look around, you can find beauty in the most mundane of places. It’s all about keeping your eyes open and being willing to look at the world just that little bit differently. Here is some beauty that
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    Art, Colour, Creativity, Photography
  • Oct 10 2013

    GCSE and AS Level Art Graphics

    Here is an article written by Hazel Saxelby, a teacher whom I have work closely with over the past few years at Batley Girls’ High School and Visual Arts College. ‘Graphic Artist Mike Barrett (www.emelbi.com) returned again in 2013 to support our students with their
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    Art Education, Art Workshops, Creative Learning, Creative Workshops, Digital Art Education, Digital Illustration Workshops, Education, EMELBI, School Workshops
  • Aug 28 2013

    Pupil Referral Unit – Digital Illustration Workshops

    I have recently been working with the Pupil Referral Unit at Bradley, Huddersfield, delivering a series of digital illustration workshops using photographic manipulation and computer aided illustrative techniques. The children created some brilliant images. Here are some of the portrait illustrations from the workshops. Some
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    Art Education, Art Workshops, Creative Learning, Creative Workshops, Digital Art Education, Digital Illustration Workshops, Education, School Workshops
  • Aug 22 2013

    Whitechapel C of E Primary School – MONSTERS and HEROES

    Character Illustration workshop with Key Stage 1 pupils at Whitechapel Primary School. This was a fantastic project from beginning to end. The children worked extremely hard and were diligent throughout. We also had a lot of fun in the process. We set out to create
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    Art, Art Education, Art Workshops, Creative Learning, Creative Workshops, Drawing, Education, School Workshops
  • Aug 21 2013

    Inspire to be Inspired

    I do a lot of creative work in different schools over the course of each passing year and I am witness to some immensely fabulous talent on a constant basis. Young people have such magnificent imaginations and amazingly creative ideas. They generally pursue these ideas
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    Art Education, Art Workshops, Creative Learning, Creative Workshops, Education, School Workshops
  • Aug 21 2013

    Bradford Academy – House Banner Project

    During Monday 8th & Tuesday 9th July 2013 I ran a two-day workshop working with some fine young people form Bradford Academy. A competition that had been run in the school challenged young people to create a mural design that would reflected what their individual
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    Art Education, Art Workshops, Creative Learning, Creative Workshops, Education, School Workshops
  • Jun 06 2013

    Battyeford CE(C) Primary School – Heroes and Villains Workshop

    A fabulous project creating Heroes, Villains and the City in which they dwell, with year 4 and 5 children from Battyeford CE(C) Primary School. The children were really engaged in this project and produced an enormous amount of work over a short period of time.
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    Art Education, Art Workshops, Creative Learning, Creative Workshops, Education, School Workshops
  • Jun 04 2013

    Skateboard Deck Graphics Workshop

    As part of North Huddersfield Community Arts Week I ran a series of mini workshops today working with young people from Ashbrow School and Birkby Junior School. The workshop was based on creating digital graphics that would work well on skateboard decks. Mostly working in
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    Art Education, Art Workshops, Creative Learning, Creative Workshops, Digital Art Education, Digital Illustration Workshops, Education, School Workshops
  • Mar 03 2013

    Oi! RUG

    ‘Oi!’ – Hand Tufted Wool Rug – Collaboration Artwork Not so long ago I teamed up with Andrew Warburton of Area Rugs www.arearugs.co.uk Andrew is a highly skilled and experienced carpet maker using hand-tufting methods in the production of his carpets and rugs. He has been
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    Art, Collaboration, Creativity, EMELBI, Illustration, Portrait, Rug, Tufting
  • Jul 25 2012

    Gomersal Primary School – Portrait Illustration Workshop

    A group of Gomersal Primary School pupils from years 3, 4 and 5 have just completed a workshop creating digital self portrait illustrations with some very striking results. Based on photographic images of themselves, the pupils skilfully created these digital illustrations using a series of
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    Art Education, Art Workshops, Creative Learning, Creative Workshops, Digital Art Education, Digital Illustration Workshops, Education, School Workshops
  • Jul 20 2012

    Battyeford CE(C) Primary School – Character Illustration Workshop

    I have just completed a lovely project at Battyeford CE(C) Primary School as part of the ‘Adopt an Artist’ programme in Kirklees. Working with 24 pupils, the project focus was on character development based around the theme of ‘Artemis Fowl’. From the outset the pupils
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    Art Education, Art Workshops, Creative Learning, Creative Workshops, Education, School Workshops
  • Jul 20 2012

    Gomersal Primary School – School Banner Project

    This project formed part of the celebration of Gomersal Primary Schools 100th year anniversary and also the pending move of the primary school up to the site of the middle school. This was a brilliant project that involved the entire school. Over the course of
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    Art Education, Art Workshops, Creative Learning, Creative Workshops, Digital Art Education, Education, Photography Workshops, School Workshops
  • Jul 19 2012

    Birkby Junior School – Digital Illustration Project

    Here are a handful of illustrations made by year 4, 5 and 6 children from Birkby Junior School. The project was to create digital character illustrations from simple beginnings and then to situate the characters in specific environments. In doing so each illustration took shape
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    Art Education, Art Workshops, Creative Learning, Creative Workshops, Digital Art Education, Education, School Workshops
  • Jul 19 2012

    Birkby Infants & Nursery School – Alcoves

    This was a fabulous project to produce two large graphics that would form a permanent display within the school that celebrated the local community. Firstly I spent a day with two large groups of children and parents photographing the local area and all the places
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    Art Education, Art Workshops, Creative Learning, Creative Workshops, Digital Art Education, Education, Photography Workshops, School Workshops
  • Jul 07 2012

    IWPS – Digital Pattern Making

    Here are a series of digital images created by year 3 children from Ireland Wood Primary School in Leeds. Using a pen and paper the children were asked to draw recognisable objects such as a bowl of fruit, wine bottle or a vase of flowers
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    Art Education, Art Workshops, Creative Learning, Creative Workshops, Digital Art Education, Education, School Workshops
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