OUGD504 - Concept Idea

After the Presentation Feedback it was decided that the best idea to run with for the concept of the book would be to focus on the illustrative stereotypes that are seen in the gym.

The list of stereotypes that are looking at being illustrated are:

• The Sauna Suit
• The testosterone fumed male
• The one that doesn't train legs
• The aqua ladies
• The class fanatic
• The serious swimmers
• The one who does nothing
• The one that videos their workout
• The one needs more clothing
• The PTs
• The one that knows it all
• The naked moisturiser
• Th one who forgot a towel
• The talker/chatterbox
• The full face of makeup
• The boxer
• The coach
• The gear enthusiast
• The gymnast
• The soloist
• The texter
• The grunter
• The poser
• The sweaty-betty

For the illustrations I decided to work with an illustration student as drawing is not my strongest media. As the book is now going to purely illustration based they need to be well drawn and have a certain style which runs through the whole of the book. I am working with Jack Symonds on second year illustration.

I went through with Jack exactly what I was thinking for the illustrations and told him that if he had any style ideas I would be interested to see what they were. I quickly drew a few very rough examples of what sort of features I was talking about for some of the characters for him to look at to get a better idea of what I meant. These can be seen below:

The one who doesn't train legs

The full face of makeup

The sauna suit

The testosterone fumed male

The aqua lady

The class fanatic

The serious swimmer

The one who does nothing

The one who videos their workout

The one who needs more clothing

The PT

The one who knows it all

The naked moisturiser

The one who forgot a towel

The talker

The talker

The boxer