Water Color 13x19 Number 2

So we had to do one watercolor on a 13x19 sheet of paper the other day. Mine wasn't very good so I decided that for the next one we had to do I would work really hard to try and make this one good. I think that I did pretty well - her skin could have more different tones but I think I was pretty successful. Sorry about the camera distortion (the colors are off and it looks just odd) - I had to take a picture of it on my dorm room floor.

Hopefully I can take an actual scan of it soon so I can show what it really looks like!

Poster Design!

We had to design a poster for an event on campus. We had to make an illustration for the poster and then lastly make the layout and put the two together. I chose a bake sale on campus. I did a watercolor of a cupcake and then used Photoshop to make the text and background.

I am happy with the watercolor in the illustration but I feel if I would have added heavier line work then it would have made it more successful.

Photoshop Illustrations

This is my first post in my blog so first off I'd like to say hello! I guess here I'll talk about my experiences in Illustration.

For this assignment we had to draw five images in Photoshop with color. First of all, I've never really used Photoshop before so this is definitely a learning experience. I wanted to make these images kind of look like I used water color to create them so they kind of have a free flowing/sketchy feel. They didn't turn out as well as I hoped though.. I wasn't able to get to the lab in time to do the assignment so I had to go to the library. They don't have tablets so I had to use a mouse.. also an interesting experience. Well, here they are:

-Alyssa