In this session, we analysed and experimented with the photocopies of our shoe illustrations and created collages.
We used model images and headshots as the base and played with shapes and colours around the figure. Interesting collages were created and I was able to explore various shapes from the illustrations and how those can form into a potential clothing piece. It was difficult at first as I was trying too hard to keep everything look neat and pretty. However, as I see other people being very experimental it inspired me to cut out many different shapes and just experiment with the structure and curves. Using tracing paper, we outlined the collage we created and this will be the canvas for the fashion illustration. I tried to incorporate as much medium as possible; I used acrylic, colour pencil, markers, felt tips, oil pastels etc. to add dynamic to the work.
This was a very fun activity as it allowed me to play with a range of colours, media and shapes to create a unique looking fashion illustration. The result was very artistic and conceptual which I enjoyed and it was easier to visualise the potential fashion outcome for this project. I liked how I was able to try different drawing techniques in the Visual Studies sessions and discover unusual textures of certain medium such as oil pastel on tracing paper creates a very rough surface that could reflect the texture of some fabrics.