"I Phantom" Exhibition

For my degree show I decided to exhibit my "I Phantom" work.

I blew up 3 of the images to over 20x their comic book size and mounted them on to 2 boards. I wanted to show them this big in order to give the viewer the feeling of being able to step into the comic book, and also having them at this size showed the intricacies of the drawings, some of which was lost in their shrinking.

Below are photos of the exhibition and the finished book.

"I Phantom" Comic Book

This was my final degree project, which culminated in a 28 page comic book based on and inspired by Mr Lif's concept album "I Phantom".

I chose to illustrate this particular album because I felt that it gave me the opportunity to explore different themes, and because it has a continuing storyline throughout which made it more suitable for being put into comic book form.

The album tells of a man who goes through struggles in order to make a good life for himself, but in focusing on the monetary factors of raising a family, neglects his wife and child's emotional needs, and so ends up alone at the end of the world.

I drew all of the images in the book by hand, and then digitally manipulated them to give them a more polished appearance. I used just 2 colours to highlight the images, depending on the mood of each song. Red signified anger, danger and nightmare/dream sequences; Blue symbolised calm, monotony and despair.

These are 3 pages from the finished comic book -