Craft: The tools
I used to accomplish these images would be Adobe Illustrator CC. I had
completed the original images beforehand, in another blog post, and edited the
images using a variety of different brushes. The deer-head images
consisted of geometric lines and then were altered with brushes to get their
final effect. The brushes used were the 15 point round brush, watercolor stroke
5 brush, grunge brush vector pack 04, hand drawn brush vector pack 05 and
geometric 13 brush. The mug images consisted of the following brushes:
spikey, text divider 23, ink splash, hand drawn brush vector pack 03 and scroll
pen 8. The spray bottle images were created with the splash, scroll pen 7,
dashed square 1.5, banner 3 and fan brush. The teapot was created with triple
one too many, multiline 1.4, arrow 2. 09, 30 point flat and floral leave twist
brushes. Finally, the wine bottle used the following brushes: charcoal feather
brush, scroll pen 11 brush, chalk scribble brush, arrow brush circle 1 and tiny
stars. These brushes named are all different and not in any particular order
pertaining to the order of the images above but they are categorized for each
section of images.
Composition: I arranged the composition
so that each image was aligned in the middle and so that the viewer's eye
didn't have to move around so much. The teapot images spanned across the whole
canvas however because I didn't want to lose the shape that I already had created
beforehand. In the deer-head images, the first one was suppose to convey an
image that looked sort-of hand drawn and I wanted the viewer to see all the
unique lines going in different directions. In the second one, I wanted to
convey a deer-head with a plethora of colors to lure the viewer in since most
of the other deer-heads were only black. The third deer-head is probably my
favorite because I was trying to convey a image that looked like an ink blot
test. I thought it would make the viewer look twice and really ponder about
what that image was. In the fourth image I was trying to bolden the lines so
that the viewer really was able to see the geometric lines used within the
deer-head. The fifth image was suppose to be a sloppy watercolor effect that
look smudged to the viewer's eyes. Onto the mugs! The first mug was to be seen
as a mug that was rough and jagged in texture and make the viewer feel a little
uneasy about it. The second mug was almost the same texture as the first but a
little more appealing to the eyes because it had more smoothness than the
first. In the third mug, I was trying to convey an image that looked like a
fingerprint with all of the lines that seemed unique, just like a fingerprint.
The fourth mug was created around the idea of me trying to convey chaos with
the image expanding and almost taking over the entire canvas. The fifth mug
conveyed another fingerprint-like image but this time the lines were thinner.
The next set of images were the spray bottle. The first spray bottle conveyed
lines that were almost blurred but the shape was still there. The second was
created to look jagged and unsafe, The third was created with different colors
to bring in the viewer's eyes for each dot within the image. The fourth
conveyed something along the lines of the first but it was given a more smeared
effect. The fifth was to look like a combination of the first and fourth with a
brighter color. The next set of images were the teapots. I wanted to convey
images that looked like a traditional teapot but with an array of textures and
colors so that the viewer saw something they originally have seen with
something different and unique. Finally, the wine bottles were suppose to
convey the original shape of a wine bottle with more boldness and vertical
lines.
Concept: What I was trying to
achieve from each piece would be an array of images each using a unique brush.
None of the images used the same brush but some have similar textures. Each
section of images were suppose to offer a variety of textures and alter the
original images in a way that still held its shape.
