Cabaret
i've gotten quite far behind on posting projects! for the past few weeks i have been so caught up in finals... and graduating! and moving, which has been much less fun.
my website is up and will be linked after some minor tweaking! the next step will be settling on a promo card and business cards, and getting those printed to mail out. i only have 60 names on my mailing list so far, but about 50 of those are children's book publishers, which is my preferred market right now. a good number to start with, i would say.
so, i do have some work to show you! while it is certainly not storybook subject matter, here is a step-by-step of one of my last projects at SCAD as part of my watercolor class. a theater poster for Cabaret.
underdrawing and skin tones. painting the light skin tones around shadow areas instead of through them turned out to be rather a bad idea, i gave myself a hard time with transitions. as a result i ended up working into the shadow areas of the arms a few too many times.
details and background. i liked what was happening around the smoke lettering in the first few washes, it's a shame it all disappeared as i darkened the background.
final version before bed. pulling off the tape border is always the best part.
final version, scanned and adjusted in photoshop.
so there are some problems with this, as with anything. the professor who gave this assignment thinks i should start all over because i made the figure's torso too small in relation to her head and arms. this came up in critique, and i realized it vaguely as i was working on it, and tried to correct myself. but obviously my attention to that slipped away as i started working. i feel that i would rather just paint some more into the floor (i'm pushing it i know, but i want it to be a little darker anyway), leave some area for a wider torso, and photoshop the existing lines out. the professor thinks that the combination of the small torso and overworked arms are enough that i should start all over. i'm considering it. but i think i will see what i am able to do digitally first. i think there are also some slight incongruities between her tastes and mine that make stylization a little bit difficult. and that is something i will have to keep making decisions about as i work on my own.
but overall it was said that the composition and concept are solid, which is why it's worth revisiting. maybe later, after i have had some time away from it, i can approach this again. but for now i am feeling fine about it.
my website is up and will be linked after some minor tweaking! the next step will be settling on a promo card and business cards, and getting those printed to mail out. i only have 60 names on my mailing list so far, but about 50 of those are children's book publishers, which is my preferred market right now. a good number to start with, i would say.
so, i do have some work to show you! while it is certainly not storybook subject matter, here is a step-by-step of one of my last projects at SCAD as part of my watercolor class. a theater poster for Cabaret.
underdrawing and skin tones. painting the light skin tones around shadow areas instead of through them turned out to be rather a bad idea, i gave myself a hard time with transitions. as a result i ended up working into the shadow areas of the arms a few too many times.
details and background. i liked what was happening around the smoke lettering in the first few washes, it's a shame it all disappeared as i darkened the background.
final version before bed. pulling off the tape border is always the best part.
final version, scanned and adjusted in photoshop.
so there are some problems with this, as with anything. the professor who gave this assignment thinks i should start all over because i made the figure's torso too small in relation to her head and arms. this came up in critique, and i realized it vaguely as i was working on it, and tried to correct myself. but obviously my attention to that slipped away as i started working. i feel that i would rather just paint some more into the floor (i'm pushing it i know, but i want it to be a little darker anyway), leave some area for a wider torso, and photoshop the existing lines out. the professor thinks that the combination of the small torso and overworked arms are enough that i should start all over. i'm considering it. but i think i will see what i am able to do digitally first. i think there are also some slight incongruities between her tastes and mine that make stylization a little bit difficult. and that is something i will have to keep making decisions about as i work on my own.
but overall it was said that the composition and concept are solid, which is why it's worth revisiting. maybe later, after i have had some time away from it, i can approach this again. but for now i am feeling fine about it.