Thursday 26 January 2012

Evaluation

From looking back over the past few years I feel I have fully progressed and developed my Photoshop skills. First year was my first time using Photoshop and I was quite nervous to begin with. I thought all the different tools were quite confusing and a lot to take in. However, I practiced a lot at home and the more time I spent, the more I progressed. Now, I think Photoshop is quite fun to work with and I really enjoy spending time on it, whether its for producing assignments or just for the fun of editing my own images. I truly enjoyed completing this assignment as I had the chance to explore different illustrator styles and I loved breaking-down, re-drawing and interpreting each one. I am extremely happy with my final outcome as my combined illustration looks quite professional. Overall, I feel I have developed greatly over the past few years with my Photoshop skills, and my previous assignments prove this when compared to current work.
Below is one of my mood boards from first year. As you can see it is quite basic as I was extremely nervous with using Photoshop at this time. It is therefore clear that in 1st year, I didnt have much experience with using Photoshop:


However, below is one of my mood boards which I created in 2nd year. As you can see my Photoshop skills had improved greatly from 1st year as I had learnt a lot, such as, how to blend images together and add shadow to images etc. :



Below is another board from 2nd year. As you can see my Photoshop skills had improved greatly from 1st year. This Photoshop board was therefore produced with plenty of practice. However, the silhouette of the illustration was traced from a template:

Overall, when comparing my previous work to my current work it is clearly visible that I have developed and improved greatly with my Photoshop skills and now into final year, I have produced my very own unique fashion illustration:

Final Illustration (Combination of both Illustrators)

Finally, I have produced my own unique illustration through combining the style of both illustrators. First of all I produced a template of the illustration without clothes. As you can see I have used the facial features of Cassandra Rhodin's illustrations:


I then re-drew the final illustration with clothes. As you can see I have used the dress style of Amelie Hegardt's illustrations:



I then edited the illustration outline in photoshop, adding a combination of watercolour and shadowing. As you can see I have used the hairstyle and colour of Cassandra Rhodin's illustration:


I then added shadow to the side of the illustration, using Amelie Hegardts style:


Using Photoshop I painted the shadowing and then used the smudge tool to make it look like watercolour:


I then used the style of Cassandra Rhodin by adding some random images from Google. As you can see I have inserted butterflies to the illustration:



Below is my final combined illustration:


                                         
   Below is a copy of the original illustrations:






CAD Illustration in Style of Amelie Hegardt

Below I have produced an illustration in the style of Amelie Hegardt. First of all I drew around the outline of the figure in Coral draw. In order to give it my own twist, I didnt copy the original outline exacty as I used the 3 point curve tool to change the garment to a long dress instead of short:


I then imported the outline into Photoshop allowing me to edit and add colour. As you can see I have the original image opened to the right of the screen in order to guide me with colours etc.:


Adding colour to the cheek, just like the original illustration:



As you can see below I then added colour and shadowing to the dress:



Below is my final CAD illustration in the style of Amelie Hegart:


Below is the original illustration:


CAD Illustration in Style of Cassandra Rhodin

Below is a step by step guide, showing how I produced an illustration in the style of Cassandra Rhodin using CAD. First of all I drew around her image in Coral Draw using the 3 point curve tool:

I then exported this outline from Coral Draw, imported it into Photoshop and started adding colour. I edited the brush type to produce a watercolour look. I also opened the original image in Photoshop to make it easier for me to get the exact colours of the illustration:


In order to give the illustration my own touch I changed the colour of the garment. I therefore added a leopard print design which I saved from Google. I then inserted the print onto the garment using a layer mask:


Also, because Cassandra Rhodin uses random animals in her illustrations e.g a rabbit, I thought I would make a change from the original illustration and insert a different image of a random animal and a flower, which I also found on Google:


I then added shadow and used the smudge tool to make the images look like they had been watercoloured. This therefore helped them blend in with the illustration style:



Below is my final CAD illustration in the style of Cassandra Rhodin:


Below is the original:



Hand-drawn Breakdown of Style - Amelie Hegardt

This is the original of Amelie Hedardt's illustration:



Below I have broken down one of the figures from the illustration. As you can see I have used guidelines showing the centre face, hairline, eyes and lips. This helped me find the right proportions of the face:

I then drew the outline of the figure, step by step adding more detail each time:

After drawing the outline of the illustration, I added colour using watercolour pencils:

I then decided to break down a second figure from the illustraton, again starting from a basic outline of the head with guidelines showing me the correct proportion of the face. I then drew the outline of the figure step by step, adding more detail each time:


Finally, I added colour to the second figure of the illustration using watercolour paints this time, instead of pencils. Overall, I feel the watercolour paints were easier to use than the pencils as the colour spreaded more when water was added. This drawing also resembles the original illustration more:


Hand-drawn Breakdown of Style - Cassandra Rhodin

This is the original of Cassandra Rhodin's watercolour illustration:



Below I have broken down Cassandra Rhodin's illustration starting from scratch. As you can see I have taken the basic shape of the head and drawn guidelines, showing the position of the hairline, eyes, lips and centre face. This therefore helped me to draw the face and hair in the right proportion:





Cassandra Rhodins illustrations are extremely attractive with her style of eyes. She uses bold, smoky eyes which therefore stand out from the rest of the illustration. Below I have taken the eyes and produced a step by step guide of how to draw them:


Below I have drawn 2 full figures from the illustration including a full face and body. I also discovered that Cassandra Rhodin liked to draw animals in her illustrations which I have also re-drawn:


Finally, I have re-drawn and interpreted Cassandra Rhodins illustration by hand, using watercolour. As you can see I have drawn the outline of the figures first, then adding colour with watercolour pencils:

Wednesday 25 January 2012

Amelie Hegardt's Illustration Technique

Amelie Hegardt’s fashion illustrations are extremely attractive with the use of bleeding ink and splashes of watercolour.


She uses watercolour to create her chic and poetic fashion silhouettes, complete with their signature blushed cheeks, which is almost like a trademark of her gorgeous fashion illustrations.
 
 

 As you can see from Amelie Hegardt's illustrations she uses black and white for the silhouette of her girls and alot of bright colours for her shadowing with watercolour.


Cassandra Rhodin's Illustration Technique

Cassandra Rhodin’s fashion illustrations caught my attention through her extremely unique style of drawing which is inspired by the 1920's.

 


Her style is quite moody and she uses bold lines to create sexy, thin, elongated beauties with big, smoky, smouldering eyes and pouty lips.



From looking at Cassandra’s illustrations it is clear that she uses watercolour a lot and also ink to create thick bold lines which make the image stand out.

As well as her powerful characters, she includes a lot of random, cute animals in her work, which gives an attractive wild look to her drawings.

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Monday 23 January 2012

Illustrator Profiles

       Cassandra Rhodin

·         Is a Swedish fashion illustrator who’s illustrations are ultra stylish
·         Born in 1979
·         Has quickly become one of Sweden’s most popular illustrators
·         She uses ink and watercolour in her drawings
·         Her drawings mix the darkness of the models eyes with the softness of the watercolour
·         She is also a designer
·         Has worked with clients like H&M, Urban Outfitters ELLE and Vogue Russia
·         She also has a successful kids fashion line called Mini Rodini, founded in 2005 in Stockholm
·         She created editorials for MAMA and Damernas Värld aswell as an ad in Muteen magazine for Bumerang Clothing
·         Her artistic range covers fashion illustrations, art exhibitions, book covers as well has entire wallpapers
·         She is also planning on opening her own trendy restaurant *East* in Stockholm, where you can admire her illustrations everywhere- from the floor right up to the ceiling




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Amelie Hegardt

·         Studied Art History at Stockholm University and also studied in Saint Martins in London
·         Currently works as an artist and illustrator with London as her base
·         In 2006 she was one of the nine selected illustrators of Blackbook Magazine in New York
·         Her work in recent years has been widely used by clients such as Lady Gaga, Mac Cosmetics, Marie Claire, Elle, Vogue, Bloomingdale's, GAP(red), Neiman Marcus and Guerlain
·         She has also had art exhibitions in New York (2009), Teatergrillen in Stockholm (2009) and Totally Swedish Festival in Dublin (2008).
·         Her illustrations vary in pastel, gouache and ink, and are often inspired by 1920s fashion elegant silhouettes
·         Her stunning illustrations are recognised by her beautiful mannequins, cheeks blushing, framed with bleeding ink and splashes of water colour






Introduction

For my Design Research & Conceptualisation assignment I am going to research two fashion illustrators . The fashion illustrators I have chosen are Cassandra Rhodin and Amelie Hegardt . First of all I will look at the profile and background information of each illustrator . I will then look at the technique and method used by each illustrator through analysing their work . From this I will then break-down each illustrators style, by re-drawing and interpreting their illustrations . This will be done both by hand and using CAD, including Coral Draw and Photoshop . I will then combine each illustrator's style in order to produce my own unique fashion illustration . Finally an evaluation will be carried out, critically analysing my work, showing how I have progressed and developed with fashion illustration throughout my years of studying .