Tell an Untold Story: Media and Experimentation

As I continued the experimentation, I thought I could perhaps focus my picture book on the conversations I have when I'm having a coffee with someone. This formed the basis of a few illustrations in my sketchbook and also helped me figure out the media I wanted to use.



I really liked the block shapes and bright contrasting colours of the bottom illustration and this is something I definitely want to continue in my work.



I really began to enjoy the style I was developing by this page but I wasn't too keen on the colour scheme I was using. However, I thought the use of tissue paper overlapping was quite effective.



After my tutorial with Matt, he told me to combine the tissue paper and illustration digitally, and I'm really pleased with the result, especially the way the shapes don't line up perfectly with the outlines. However, he pointed out that my project was becoming less about coffee and more about the situations I drink coffee in, so I decided to try and bring the subject matter of my illustrations back to coffee more.











Frustratingly, the texture I had created with the brush pen on the cafetière didn't work well when I tried to add the colours on photoshop, so this is something I am going to have to consider further when making my other illustrations. Despite this, I am really happy with how the illustrations are going and the choice of media.