Hi there! Here is my project from beginning to end.

Advancing my illustration style - image 1 - student project
To find my idea wasn‘t easy :)

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On the go I decided to also go with color matching shades… not sure, if I‘ll keep this, but I‘ll give it a try.

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I like to exaggerate the proportions of my characters. Huge heads on tiny, often slim bodies.

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Thought about going for two point perspective, but the background I planned wasn‘t made for this. So I didn‘t.

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Added the bee as I saw the upper part was too empty. Really had fun with book titles :)

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Still not sure, if I will stick to this (or any „strict“) palette… I think I will just go for two or three colors, that I‘ll integrate into every illustration. What do you think about this?

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Here is why I don‘t think the palette will work for me, although I like the colors. Had a time with my thumbnails :D

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I loved the idea of having a leave pattern brush, where I‘ll just have to integrate the branches… though I didn‘t need it for my final illustration I had to create one. My texture brush is made from a photo of pebbles. I was camping on Fehmarn at that time, so it was perfect.

And last but not least: my final illustration :)

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I enjoyed this class, as every class by the Artmother. Thanks again, Alexandra, for sharing your knowledge in this easy to follow way.

Janne Groekel

Copywriter by day, growing artist by night

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