The collage was scanned in and from there developed. Using textures I had already had and other sketches and digital illustrations I had in old corners of my files. These pieces were cut and copied and drawn over to mimic the original style of the collage.Using a digital tablet, lines were thickened and darkened to create more dimension between all the buildings. Saturation was increased and details were added to the buildings.
The original base was removed, as the collage grew I felt as though it didn't match the rest of the image, so I plan to replace it with an 'island'. The image at the bottom shows a quick mock up of this and the visual I want to playing with.
From here I want to look at backgrounds and a way to have this finally look like one fluid piece.
This was a very therapeutic process. Being able to get hands on again with a project was so refreshing. This being weeks after I spoke about being more tactile and using mixed media.
I appreciate the anticipation of this not turning out how I think it will and I feel evolution comes naturally to hand-crafts as supposed to digital work. I still love both, but being able to explore this route has so far, been great.
