I used this rough as a guide for my background and I started to put this together using the pen tool to make the basic shapes and then repeating the shape of the arches and evenly spacing them by eye. Spacing them was quite challenging and in hindsight I think I should have considered perspective more. I was in the mindset of using flat shape and creating quite flat looking images which made me think that it might be interesting to ignore the principles of perspective and create something more quirky. I don't think the image as it is looks strange but I think it could have been better if the arches got larger as they got closer.
I added in some simple details of the Ka'ba and then reflected my image to fill the page. The pale yellow oval looked plain and I wanted to make this more interesting to look at but in a subtle way. I thought curves would help to show that the oval continues all the way around the central Ka'ba.
After some research into the Hajj, I found out that the men wear white robes as part of entering the state of Ihram which is the state a muslim must be in before participating in the pilgrimage. This is one shouldered so I knew this wouldn't fit in with the overall symmetry of the image but there are asymmetric elements to all of my postcards in some places. I used this image to trace the line of his arm which I then reflected to get a general guideline for the upper body. I moved away from the reference image and used ovals for the head and ears so that I wasn't getting caught up in making this person too representational.
I added some final touches such as adjusting the skin tone, adding detail to the face and putting some creases into the fabric of the clothing. I think the creases were a good, efficient way of adding some texture to the fabric without actually adding a texture to the shape.
Final Postcard
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