Creating Artwork - Ancillary Production

First I chose the picture that I wanted for my artwork out of the many images I took whilst filming. The image I chose was at the kite flying location - avon dasset - where she is looking directly at the camera with an emotionless face. The colour of the bright red scarf stood out next to her ashy blonde hair and black clothes to create an eye catching centre piece in the image. The colour red connotes love and desire as well as anger, while the cooler colours connote a sense of darkness and possible mourning. 

I began by using Adobe Illustrator to outside all of the basic outlines of the image I had chosen. I started with the centre facial features and worked my way outwards. I decided to keep it as minimalistic and simple as possible so that the block colours would work in conjunction with this style. I used the curvature line tool so I could follow the curves of the different features. 

I used different line widths throughout the artwork for different features, for example the hair and facial outsides were bolder because they had a width of 3, whereas the eyes and facial lines were less prominent because they had a width of 0.5. 

Smaller details such as the necklace were also done in a smaller width.  

I then tested what the artwork looks like without the image in the background to see if there were any missing lines and that the artwork looks right on its own. This way I was able to check what needed adding to etc. This was a common procedure as i wanted to check the lines were looking good whilst creating the artwork rather than finding out i'd done something wrong at the end. 

I saved the design in a PNG format so that I was able to keep a translucent background when I edit my design in photoshop. 

I kept the photo in the background so that I could use the 'eye dropper tool' to select the right colours to use in my artwork. When colouring in the illustration I kept the layer hidden to come back to later. 

I used the paintbrush tool in various different widths to fill in the illustration in different layers with the intention of colouring outside of the lines. Layers such as the scarf, her body and her hair are towards the top to make them stand out against the background. 

I tried the images with various different background colours for the final artwork piece settling on the blue.