I spent the easter practicing my illustrations. Last term I knuckled down and got organised and realised the only way i'm going to produce good prints is by focusing on one thing. That is why one collection is based around the twin towers. I wanted the illustrations to show off the designs and make sure they tie in with the project. Ive been looking at magazines for inspiration to draw posture and layout.
An advert caught my eye of a model with a silk scarf wrapped around her head.
I first recreated the image using a pencil and then took it into illustrator, I did this to make the illustration less human. Taking away shading and layering I think achieves this. I was able to practice on illustrator and look at other methods to illustrate with a more "modern" style. I don't think this is the direction that I want to go in terms of style. I don't feel that it challenges me enough and my own skill. But from here I can import my drawn illustrations and bring in colour on the computer. The strengths of my work from this week are trial and error of style and presentation. From here I am going to keep illustrating because I want to create an illustrated lookbook but look at more website to get some inspiration of how to make the drawings less life like. In tutorials Alex has advised me to distort and contort the body so it becomes less human, I am going to look at dolls and there small features and see where it takes me.
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