This process has been a lot different than what I would usually do. With the above image, I took 3 separate images and tweaked them all. I used free transform frequently to incorporate diagonals and also messed with the hue and saturation. I also used a technique which uses the blending mode, overlay, to apply a specific yellowish tint to the cigarettes. I used the quick selection tool select the smoke.
I also began to learn about Illustrator and the neat effects one can do with an image. I was shocked that certain features of Illustrator were so easy to use such as the Live Trace and custom options. It made it look like an illustration with just a couple of clicks of the mouse.
I tried to do several more posters but could not get things to flow. I would try different images but could not get anything cohesive or honestly as visually interesting as this. This was pretty frustrating since I wanted to try to make at least 2 posters. One idea I had thought about was Valentine's Day. I wanted to incorporate chocolate, hearts, and the word, love. With the hearts in this poster, I used the shades of brown located in the chocolate. I also processed the chocolate in Illustrator using 6 bit color.
I like the use of negative space and strong sense of composition in the chocolate poster. Reducing the palette in illustrator also makes it easier to take the image in with a single glance, then spend more time on specifics.
ReplyDeleteThe composition on the first poster is especially strong. Not too much or too little.
Technically, you used six colors, each of which probably took more than 6 bits of information to generate. More on that when we cover bit depth.
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