Next STEP!!

Further Steps to Complete Amelies Head...

The next step to finishing this illustration is the lips! Using brush 23, select Brush Tip shape. Next select wetted edges, scattering, texture, noise and smoothing. Also, to get the paint effect change the spacing to somewhere between 30 -45. You should have something like this...

The red splashes of colour are what characterise Hegardts work. Make sure when doing this part the opacity is pretty high in order to get bold broght colour! I have not stuck completly to the outline that was created in Coral Draw as I felt it was no exact enough. Do not draw in the outline layer as at the end it will be deleted.

Also this week, I was experimenting with different methods of recreating Hegardts work. Using watercolours I produced this painting. In the end i was unable to achieve the bright colours with the paints and need to use inks so I will try again and post up next week!! :)

And it begins...

After researching Amelie Hegardt I will now start to utilise her illustrations. Using a mixture of photoshop and coral draw I will recreate her images! I will show you step by step how to achieve them too!! :) This post will show you the first few steps...then next week we can continue...

FIRST STEP!

Firstly trace choosen image in coral draw using the free hand tool. Then export the image to photoshop so you can begin filling in the image.

STEP 2

Begin to make your layers using brush 23, wetted edges and texture. This type of brush makes the image look like it has been done in water colour. Building up the brush strokes creates a deeper colour. Start with the lightest colour first to the darkest.
Keep the outline to show you where to paint.

David Downton!

Hellooooo David Downton!

David Downton was born in Kent, in the south of England in 1959. He studied at Canterbury ( Foundation year 1977- 1978) and Wolverhampton (BA hons illustration/graphics 1979-1981). In 1984 he moved to Brighton and began his illustration career.


In 1996, the Financial Times commissioned him to draw at the couture shows and since then David has become known principally as a fashion illustrator. His reports from the shows have been seen internationally, in the US, China, Australia and the Middle East, as well as in almost every leading UK broadsheet and supplement.
David’s commercial client list includes: Tiffany & Co, Bloomingdales, Barney’s, Harrods, Top Shop, Chanel, Dior, L’Oreal, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, V Magazine and the V&A Museum. In 1998, he began working on a portfolio of portraits (from life) of some of the world’s most beautiful women, including Erin O’Connor, Paloma Picasso, Catherine Deneuve, Linda Evangelista, Carmen Dell'Orefice, Iman and Dita Von Teese.

I adore this man! His simplistic illustrations are so chic!! AMAZE!

Check out his beautiful illustrations @ http://www.daviddownton.com/biography.html!

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