Olivia Marjelle Pamela Tarr
Graphic Communication and Illustration
I am an illustrator and designer, specialising in conceptual work and character design.
Final year project
Password
Animation Project 'Password': Keyframe Illustration
This illustration is the keyframe design for a more detailed version of my final project's animation outcome. This piece aimed to capture the aesthetic of the short film, the characterisation of the main protagonist, and how the work would look if produced with a larger budget and over a longer timeframe.
Headshot Variant Designs
For each character created, I explored how different colour palettes affected the main design and how these variants interacted with the other characters and elements within the project. The amount of detail used was just enough to inform personality and characterisation, without overbearing the importance of each colour choice.
City Design
I specialised in concept work throughout the development of my animation, which included an enormous amount of informed illustrations, sketches and mockups which detailed the world-building and setting of the short trailer. This city was inspired by famous skylines and architecture from across the world, alongside fictional influences from dystopian and sci-fi genres. Each window, frame and glowing light was hand-drawn and later animated for the opening shot of the animation.
Storyboard and Animatic Design
This storyboard is the finalised design which was used to create a 60-second animatic, helping to direct the final timing and flow of the animation.
Animation Still Frame
The final trailer was animated at 25 frames per second, hand-painted in Procreate and later edited in Adobe After Effects and Power Director. This frame is just one of hundreds that were hand-drawn from scratch, each depicting up to twenty separately moving animated elements.
Interior Building Design Illustration
Each frame had to lead on from the last and coherently work as a stand-alone image in order to create an animation of the highest quality. The interior aesthetic of buildings was also explored and designed with special care taken for the ongoing dystopian and futuristic aesthetic of the animation.
Editorial Design
For an editorial and illustration centric project, I designed a Lookbook for a new prosthetic limb design by Aviya Serfaty. This work was developed with insight from young, female amputees and features an illustrated collection of subverted famous paintings, depicting beautiful female forms with fashionable prosthetic legs, alongside carefully chosen typography and layout designs.
'Venus' Illustration for Editorial Project
This illustration features a fashion illustration-inspired female form with a prosthetic limb. My work was heavily influenced by famous paintings and aimed to subvert expectations of beauty within editorial spreads and depict how elegance and fashion could work hand-in-hand with medical devices.
Olivia Marjelle Pamela Tarr
Final year project
Password
Awards
A key achievement of mine is winning an illustration competition in 2021 which allowed me to collaborate with the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) in Kyoto, Japan. I designed a detailed infographic, graphic recording and logo design for the Sustainability and Multispecies campaign, which has been taught to University Students in Japan and displayed in exhibitions. My work had since been used as a reference in academic papers, documentation and student thesis'.