Shape and Texture

This headpiece is very over the top in its design so I decided to use some loud colours and bold prints and textures to exaggerate this. I particularly like the texture I made using fingerprints in pink acrylic as the variation in pressure makes it more interesting to look at. The line detail on the face contrasts with the boldness of the headpiece and I feel the black background adds drama and class to the piece. I used a gold pen in a few areas of the image and I feel it connects all the components together well. 

I created this texture using large, dry brush with only a small bit of acrylic paint. I find this texture really aesthetically pleasing and decided to contrast the angular shapes of it with the smooth lines of ink using a brush pen. I found this a difficult position to capture but I tried to use the direction of the texture to show the fine pleats of the fabric on the dress.  

I am really pleased with the detail on the jacket and face here, I changed my scalpel blade before cutting this and I found it so much easier to be accurate with my lines. I have realised I need to change by blades more often to make the process easier for myself and to achieve neater results. I found this an effective way of working - cutting out dark areas from the texture and placing them over paper coloured with a black marker pen. I think the texture used on the skin adds more life to the face. The hair was the last piece I added and because it was white, it didn't look right against the plain paper background. I added some pencil shading to the background which I then turned into a gridded pattern using a rubber. I feel I should have considered the background more before putting the image together, maybe using a colour to contrast the white hair. 

I placed this figure I made onto two backgrounds - I prefer the one on the left because it gives the figure a setting and suggests a story or someone making an appearance from upstairs. The arm is also confusing without the bannister there to show where it rests. I feel I have captured the figure well and it has a real presence on the page. The dress and the pose she is in speaks for her so I felt there was no need for facial features.

This piece is a brush pen drawing on a textured background, I then cut into the image to reveal some pure areas of white which draw attention to the ruffled collar. The unhappy facial expression contradicts the clown-like outfit so I thought using this texture with the brushstrokes going vertically suggests a sense of the image being dragged down, like her emotions. 

I cut out the black areas from this texture and places over some paper coloured with black pen which had its own subtle texture. I like the gradient of the pink in this image because it draws your eye up and down the picture to take it all in.