Full body copy from image...

The time I most felt as though I had put my new found knowledge to test was creating this on illustrator, and given that one of the running themes for my project was streetwear, I decided it would be fitting to use a photo that was representative of women's streetwear. 
With this illustration, my own personal aim was to capture the garments more than the person that was wearing them, so I had to imagine what the inside of the jacket may look like.
This is my favourite illustration to date, and I think it went quite well however, as an improvement if I were to complete it again, I would take into consideration the colouring/shading on the inside of the jacket, instead of opting for one single block colour in place of the body. 

Tracing a body template...

Tracing my own illustrations....

In this illustration session, I spent it tracing around an illustration I had done in another lesson. On the left is the image I started with (my own illustration), and on the right is the image I was left with when I look away the original layer, revealing my tracing.
Although time consuming, it was an enjoyable task and I feel all the skills I have acquired during the course of this unit have helped me develop a lot. I was shocked by how much my trace looked to my original image, and am overall very proud of it.

Perhaps as a point of improvement for my trace, I would like to become more patient with the software, which I hope will come with time and persistence. 

Filling a shape with print...

Following my considerably successful attempt at tracing an entire celebrity face, for which I chose Rihanna, I was encouraged to explore further within illustrator, by filling a shape with a print that we collected linking to our project. The picture I used was a pink and blue sky, as it related to the research i was doing at that particular moment in time (with relation to the Fenty x Puma ss18 collection).

Rihanna Illustrator Trace...

Using the 'Pen Tool' on Illustrator meant that I was able to find an image of Rihanna on Google images, open it up on Illustrator, and trace around it creating a new layer for each different colour on her face. Reflections of light in pictures should be treated as a new colour (new layer) in order to ensure that the face doesn't come out as a block colour when filled with the 'Eyedropper tool'.

My attempt at this was quite successful, and although getting all the details in was time consuming, it was very enjoyable and something I have grown to enjoy. I look forward to using Illustrator and developing my technique and ability in the future. In future attempts, the steps I may take to improving the outcome include focusing more on smaller features on the face, or perhaps ensuring that the photo I choose is one of the best quality, in order for me to be able to make out and see clearly what needs to be traced. 

Introduction to Adobe Photoshop Part 1...

15/09/2017

Although I have previously used Photoshop, this was my first time with a wider knowledge of the features available, as well as having a more clear understanding of the direction in which my work was going. On this occasion, I used my favourite photo from my summer project editorial shoot. 

I started off with opening my picture in Photoshop, and used the 'quick selection' tool in order to select the jacket and shoes from the photo. After this, I went to 'Enhanced > Adjust Colour > Adjust Hue/Saturation'. Here, bars to alter the hue and saturation allowed me to play around with the hue (colour), and the saturation (depth of colour).

Secondly, I experimented with the same picture again, this time using the same initial process, but then selecting the inverse in order to change the background to black and white instead of keeping it in colour as it were. 

The outcomes were very interesting to me, and although weren't highly artistic or visually stimulating, I used this as more of an opportunity to familiarise myself with the tools on Photoshop, seeing which ones I am likely/unlikely to use in the future to further my creative development. For example, I feel it may be possible for me to use this tool when testing out variations in colour palettes. 

In the future on Photoshop I would like to test out patterns and colours on designs, and furthering my overall knowledge of the potential to experiment with ideas on Photoshop.