Week 8

Craft:

What I used: Pen, Pad attachment

Brush Libraries: Artistic paint brush stroke/decorative style/ Pencil tool/ Novelty boarder design/Artistic scroll pen.

Object: Guitar (hand drawn)

Background: Novelty boarder design (buildings), shape button from the tool bar (Stars), colored background layer with transparency.

Layers: Each object ( i.e., the background, guitars, stars, and the buildings) were all in there own group, and I maneuvered the layers so the guitar is above everything thing else ( i.e., the buildings) and the background is in the background.

The Guitar: I drew the guitar in sections, that is I did not "outline" it. For instance first I drew the body, to the neck, to the head of the guitar, and so on; adding simple detain so it looks like a guitar. I should mention that for the sound hole I did change the brush stroke from the artistic paint brush stroke to the artistic decorative brush stroke. I also used another variation of that style brush stoke in the category for the tuning machines. For the strings I simply used the pencil tool, in the tool box. I created the curve of the guitar by drawing it that way then using the arrow pointer in the tool box to smooth it out and add more of a distinct curve. But the curve mostly just comes from the way I drew it initially.

The stars where created by using the shape tool via star shape in the tool box. As for the buildings in the background, it was just a brush stroke for the novelty border in the brush library.

Composition: I made the guitar fairly large and curved to the left because I wanted it to be the main focus of the illustration. I wanted it to fill up most of the page. I added the buildings not just for the "theme" I wad giving this particular illustration, but also to balance everything. The slight curve in the building balances with the curve of the guitar.In regards to the colors, it adds a smooth, calmness air to the illustration. The scroll pen brush strokes in the guitar also add to this smoothness I am talking about.

Concept: As I mentioned before in an earlier post I was trying to convey the idea that a guitar or any musical instrument for that matter has a sort of personality. This "personality" usually fits with the type of music being played on a particular guitar. With this particular illustration I was going with the smooth jazz, night life, small club hidden in one of the city's many neighborhoods.