Week 5 : Composition

     For this project, I wanted to include the essence of the doll while stylizing and tweaking her features just a bit. I believe when viewing this illustration the viewers eye either goes for the hair because it's the biggest and darkest element or the eyes because they are the central feature, we are naturally drawn to make eye contact and they are also dark in color. I wanted to enlarge the eyes just a bit to emphasize them. I chose the plain background because the background in the original photograph was non specific and I wanted to make the doll as much of the main focus as I could. I chose the light gray color because I think it compliments the colors of the dress without being to much of a contrast. In the original picture, the bow is off center. I kept this the same because it compliments the heavy bang on the left side of the dolls hair. One other reason I kept the bow off center is because I think it gives some character to the doll. The essence that it has been used or played with and possibly tattered up a bit. 

      As you can see here, the only changes that I've made were adding the lips. I made them a hot pink color to give contrast to the dull colors of the clothing and background. I also feel that it brings more attention to the face and ties everything together. I wanted to make the facial features brightly colored and nicely shaped to make this the main focal point of the illustration.