I scanned the drawings and colour gouache in separately then worked to put them together in a cohesive and pleasing way.
Main considerations:
- Needed to apply a hue/saturation adjustment layer to the drawing to ensure it is black and white and the slight yellowy tones of pencil don't show through and fight the colour
- Lowering the opacity of the gouache ensures I get the over print I wanted, similar to some of the qualities I liked in Kate Gibbs work
- Had to be careful to alter the levels enough so that the background was white, but not too much so that it lost detail in the content
Tools used:
- Levels
- Layers and multiply
- Hue/saturation adjustment layer
- Cropping and transform tool
What do I like?
- Variant of tone in line- retains natural feel
- Translucency of gouache ties the two together and links to Yutang's theory of contrasting equality
- Composition actually works really well- I imagine this would work well alongside text shaped to be alongside this illustration- maybe I should drop them by some text to see how it would look?
What isn't too successful?
- The line on the underside of the arm might be a bit too faint- this could be an issue with scanning and photoshop- maybe consider this when thinking about the quality of line during sketching
- Could the overlay have been more precise? Maybe even used vectors? Or would that have taken away from the natural feel? Would have been nice to have time to trial this
What do I like?
- Detail on the moon and difference in pencil tone create an ethereal tone
- The lime green gives enough information for it to be seen as vines without being too obvious with the leaves
- I like how I've included quite a bit of white space within the moons, as I think this ensures they don't over crowd the composition
What isn't too successful?
- The alignment of the vines isn't exactly precise- think I could have been more careful whilst painting
- Could vines have been slightly thicker to draw more attention to them?
What do I like?
- The tonal differences on the rocks- really glad I listened to Teresa's advice- it grounds them on the page and makes them less ambiguous
- Think the composition works well portrait, I was worried it might not work and they would look 'stacked' but I actually think it makes a good layout
What isn't too successful?
- Wish I had tried differing tones of pink to add more interest
- Lips could have been more pronounced, as they could easily get lost
FEEDBACK:
Main points:
- People tended to like the compositions and use of negative space
- The contrast between the pencil and gouache was something my peers liked, which I'm really pleased with
- The general comments were that the tone was quite tranquil and calming
- There was a suggestion that the boxes on the rocks could have been just outlines to link with the others
What next?
- Try using lines rather than blocks for the rocks? I do think they stand out a bit too much to the others, so this might fix it
- Trial putting the illustrations with text so that I can visualise how spot illustrations work alongside text
- Ensure I ask for feedback whenever I'm unsure of things in the future to help improve my confidence in my work and make sure I'm creating outcomes which wider audiences relate to
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