Houses

I spent quite a bit of time last week playing with these images, learning how to make them using the shape tools, which was frustrating as I didn't get the results I wanted.

I asked my teacher if there was an easier way and from that conversation my world changed, the prospects where unlimited by just using the pen tool.

So today with just a little play around learning how the pen tool works I finally made my houses just the way I wanted.

Wild Wood

I went wandering along the Yarra River a little while ago,

and took along some paper, pastels and crayons in my satchel.

I was looking for interesting subjects to Frottage.

Frottage is a bit of a fancy name for a rubbing.

This is crayon with a watercolour wash.

My photo of a cool looking tree covered in moss.

My tree then when through some Photoshop treatment.

I adjusted the levels, exposure and gamma correction.

Then I added a conte crayon filter.

The images were then merged together, but I had to then adjust the levels on the rubbing for it to make a bolder impact. From here I then used Illustrator for the final touches.

I gave the image a title and added some shapes with the ellipse tool and multiplied them.

They were then made transparent to show the image behind.