ALEX BRODTILLUSTRATIONS

THEDEDICATION

To my family who has helped me in so many ways and was always there for me.

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ABOUT

ALEXAlexandra Brodt is a Graphic Designer and Illustrator that is more than likely addicted to television, cuddling her cats and drawing. She attends the University of Central Oklahoma where she is currently in the last semester of earning her Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design with a Minor in Illustration.

This is a sampling of her portfolio that features only her best illustrations. This portfolio contains descriptions of the original projects, concept statements, struggle process of Alex’s work that led to the final design.

Contact infortmation:alexabrodt@gmail.com

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PROJECTThe Ultimate Bedtime Story

In this project I was given a sentence that was ambiguous and left to be interpreted with an illustration. This project is geared toward children and with a solid storyline it could be used as a children’s book.

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Individual size: 8x12.5Medium: Watercolor base, Carbon PencilWatercolor Illustration Board

THECONCEPT

“You never knew where it was or when.” This was my sentence that I was to use for my illustration. After many sketches and ideas I came up with a sneaky kitten wanting to eat the unsuspecting goldfish. I decided to illustrate a scene where the goldfish had just noticed the presence of the adorably evil looking kitten and be surprised and comically fearful.

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PROJECTCharacter Avatar

To create a character in the image of yourself or that has similar characteristics physically or mentally. The theme of this Avatar was Pirates and was to be used for the semester in Illustration III on our Facebook group.

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Individual size: 8x10Medium: Airbrush, Nupastel, Prisma PencilWatercolor Illustration Board

THECONCEPT

My research over pirates led me to French pirates and their fashions. Influenced by Japanese anime as well, I explored vibrant colors to create a primary and secondary color scheme.

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PROJECTLimericks I

To create a limerick from a set of adjectives and animals. For this first Limerick I received a ‘disorganized ferret’. I was to create a limerick from these two words and then illustrate the limerick or a part of the limerick.

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Individual size: 8x14Medium: Watercolor base, Marker, Prisma PencilWatercolor Illustration Board

THECONCEPT

Once in the hollow of a sullen wallThere lay a sleeping ferretNestled in his oven mitt Among a messy pit of buttons and pinsToo lazy to pick them up again

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PROJECTLimericks II

To create a limerick from a set of adjectives and animals. For this first Limerick I received a ‘bat hearing voices’. I was to create a limerick from these two words and then illustrate the limerick or a part of the limerick.

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Individual size: 8x14Medium: Watercolor base, Marker, Prisma PencilWatercolor Illustration Board

THECONCEPT

There once was a fluffy little batWho had a very silly yellow hatHe heard voiced up in the airHit the ground unawaresThat he had lost his hat to never come back

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PROJECTUrban Legend

To create an illustration depicting a monster in the Urban Legend set in the Orchestra Pit. Our areas were picked at random but they were all specific places at UCO.

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Individual size: 8x16Medium: Watercolor base, MarkerWatercolor Illustration Board

THECONCEPT

My concept for the Urban Legend project was to create a monster that would steal left out instruments and equipment in the middle of the night. I chose to create a blob monster that would absorb the instruments and take some shape to the digesting instruments. I have a student catching the blob monster in the act of eating a music stand.

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PROJECTMusic Illustration Series

This project was to listen to a certain song picked at random and come up with a three part illustration series that works with the song and as a sequence of events. This illustration series should be able to be understood and be clearly identifiable with the song.

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Individual sizes: 7.5x18Medium: Watercolor base, Marker, Pen & InkWatercolor Illustration Board

THECONCEPT

The story that came to mind when listening to my assigned song was one of ancient times. The song seemed to have Celtic origins which inspired the clothing for my character in the first panel. Due to the belief system in the 5th century I felt free to integrate magic and in this case, mermaids into the story. A woman, suspected to be magical, a mermaid is chased by the cloaked figure at the top of the cliff and is struck unconcious and pushed into the sea. This is the cloaked figure’s, a wizard, way of seeing if the woman is truly a mermaid. Seeing that she is once she is submerged he magicks chains to bind her and transport her to an auction where she is to be sold to circuses, aquariums, private collectors etc.The last panel shows her in an aquarium of sorts, trapped.