Friday, 24 April 2015

Persons of Note- Second Postcard Development

I was feeling the pressure to complete each pair of hands for the postcards with the long length of time it is taking to draw them out on illustrator, and my print slot being on Monday.





Practical Development

I found it really interesting to draw textures using Illustrator, as I haven't really done it before. I was pleased as to how the wool turned out by using different tones; although in future development I would like to have a go at incorporating actual textures into the flat shapes that illustrator creates.





Continuing to trace the second pair of hands



Difficulties

I had a few issues with drawing out the wheel; it looked pretty lop-sided due to the position of the frisbee that I was tracing. In hindsight, I could have chosen some thing less hap-hazard for my mum to position her hands on, perhaps a real steering wheel.



Visual Quality

I did have a bit of a battle trying to make the wheel look more circular after I had composed the final image, however at this stage I had flattened all of the layers by mistake which didn't allow me to make the hands the top layer.
I tried pasting the shapes of the hands over the new more spherical part of the wheel, but I just wasn't getting anywhere with it, so I decided to leave it to save time.


The Final Second Postcard

Reflection

I am pleased with the composition element of the second postcard, however that wheel is bothering me. At a later stage I may go back and try again to make it look more spherical, but from a different perspective, I feel as if it has a little element of charm with it being slightly off-perfection. 

As of now, with only three days left until I print my poster, stamps and postcards, I need to put all of my energy into completing the final postcard before I go back and make any amendments.

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