Drawing

This was an image that I drew freehand using the grid system with charcoal and pencil. It was taken from a chanel advert for lipstick. I am planning on putting it into photoshop and working on it some more, I might use brushes to colour parts of the image, however I'm unsure of what I want to do with it yet or if I want to use it, I really like the look of drawing onto squared paper rather than plain paper.
I think that it is more interesting and a bit different doing it this way, I also like the idea of possibly adding drawing into a photograph. I want to use many different techniques to add ambiguity to my finals. I really enjoyed drawing this picture, however I think that I could have done it better if I spent more time on it. I also like the idea of cartoonising the pictures that I draw a little bit more to add a more of a fantasy edge to my final images, and I think that it will relate to the fantasy idea of vector basing my photographs too.

Vector based portrait

This was an image I found of my sister before her primary school prom. I decided to try a vector based portrait again. This is it so far (unfinished).
I have only done the dress and part of the bag at the moment.
This image was also a JPEG, therefore was hard like the other image, however I just wanted to use this to practice with the method so that for my final images, I was confident with the process that I was using.

I think that the vectoring worked really well on this image and I am extremely happy with what I have produced so far.

2nd attempt at vector based portrait.

This was my second attempt. I used the eyedropper tool to get the correct colours, however this did not work as well as the last attempt. I think that this is because skin colour is extremely hard to get right. I also think that as the image isn't as good quality as the previous image (this image was just taken on a small compact digital camera on jpeg whereas the other image was RAW.) This mean that when I zoomed in it was very pixelated and hard to get the right colour. This is another factor that I need to consider when making my final images.

First try at vector based portrait

This was my first attempt at a vector based portrait. I used an old photo and illustrator to make this. I plan on trying it some more on other images. To vector base this image I started off by opening a photograph in illustrator, i then made numerous layers on top of this and drew around each part of the image that had a different tone or colour, I then used the eyedropper tool to get the exact colour of the photograph inside the part that I had just outlined. I did this for each part of the image and ended up with a vector based portrait that looks very cartoon like. I really enjoyed this and have decided to use this method for my final images,however I am considering not doing the whole photograph, I want something to be consistent throughout, therefore I might vector base something that is relevant in each image.

Playing with layering textures

For this image, I traced a photo that I had and then scanned it in and layered textures over the top. I then changed the blending modes of the textures. I think that this will add a certain depth to a final image as it is taken from something real and made in to something completely different. It is art based rather than photographically based now. I particuarly like the different tones and colours throughout the image and I think that the colours compliment each other in the image. I will consider this when making my final images.