Week 4 : Before and After

     I chose this picture to illustrate because I thought it had many layers to it which I could utilize in my illustrating process. I fell in love with the deep blue of the dolls eyes along with their large round shape. I was excited to illustrate them and possibly exaggerate them a bit. Although this is an unfinished product, I would like to try and add some texture to the lace and the straw hat. I think this will give some depth and personality to the picture.

     I started this project by first taking photographs of different angles of the doll. I chose the one that I thought had the most visual appeal and that could be illustrated creatively. After downloading it into illustrator I started making my layers. Because the background of the picture has no visual appeal, my first layer is the outer layer of lace on the dolls hat. Then came the inner pink portion of the hat. After this, I outlined the outside of the lace on her shirt with the pen tool and filled it with the same color as the lace on the hat. Then came the inner, pink portion of her clothes. Finally the ribbon and pearl will complete her clothing. I purposely made the ribbon crooked, as it was in the original picture because I felt it gave more character to the piece and also balanced with the heavy portion of her hair being on the left side. The next most important element I thought was the face shape because this will overlap the hat. Next came the hair, in which I warped and manipulated as much I could to get the curved lines. The eyebrows were next followed by the whites of the eyes. I outlined the eyes with the pen tool for their shape and warped them to smooth them out and make them more rounded. I did the same for the irises and the pupils are dots simply made with one click of the paint brush set at a large size.