Drawing Continued

I took inspiration from various artists while I was drawing from my photographs. Tracie Cheng remained an important inspiration to me for line drawings and backgrounds. I also came across Satsuki Shibuya, who paints very delicate looking artwork with watercolours. I have taken a liking to her work and the mark making she does.

I chose to use watercolours for some of my drawings as a response to Satsuki Shibuya's paintings. Although I am yet to decide on a colour palette, as I was drawing there became a strong presence of blues and pinks. I am happy to make use of these colours for now as I can edit colouring in Photoshop later if I wish to do so.

My favourite aspect of these drawings is the very hand drawn presence. The way the lines fade and the mark making really gives each drawing some texture. I want to keep some texture in my work as I am conscious of losing it during digital steps of designing. 

Intentions | Back to the drawing board

I have been searching for something new to add into my designs to make them stand out from each other. While I was drawing I decided to experiment with foils in different colours. My favourite was the copper, I really like the way it contrasts with the blues.

I have also introduced the copper tones into my digital designs which have turned out pretty well. I either used Photoshop to add the foil details or I edited the hue of something that was already there. The orange and the blue strangely compliment each other and I really like it. They were definitely lacking that extra pop of colour, which I was stubborn to include because of the trouble I had with too much colour at the beginning of the Unit, but better late than never.