Self-Portrait

Hello,

I wanted to take an eccentric approach to this project. I’ve drawn myself by hand many times but I haven’t ever done it on a computer. Again, using what I have always done since I was a little girl, coloring things into the style I like. I’ve always been the odd one out the bunch. I love taking something that inspired me and putting my own spin on it; that’s what makes an excellent graphic designer. A person who’s able to communicate to an audience with the elements of design and principles of composition demonstrated.

This was another assignment given in Digital Illustration class. We were to do a self-portrait illustration that was the size of a square. We had to add color (CMYK + spot color) but I was so pumped to start the project while it was being given out, I didn’t hear that part so my whole color scheme end up being made solely of spot colors. I learned a valuable lesson always listen to all the directions before starting. I didn’t tell the teacher and I got a good grade. Even though, I got away with it, I don’t advise anyone to attempt something like this. It’s always good to be honest and forth right. That aspect of the color scheme was the most challenging throughout this project. Although the actual colors weren’t hard to figure out with my obsession for the color purple, I knew that was going to be one of the colors and went from there.