BACKGROUND
RMCAD
IL3895 Illustration III
The prompt for this project was to create a composition on the theme of "Joy" using a mix of traditional media and digital techniques. My work was inspired by the work of Victo Ngai.
Ngai is influenced by Japanese prints and draws inspiration from a mixture of Eastern and Western art. I thought I would combine those two things together in a woodblock-inspired scene of geishas eating gooey cheese pizza. Cheese pizza brings me joy!
Sketch & Value Studies
COLOR STUDIES
FINAL LINE DRAWING
The final line drawing was created in Procreate using a variety of ink brushes.
I started by making an acrylic wash background. I photographed it, then layered a canvas texture on that. I used Procreate for inking my rough sketch, then colored the lines in Photoshop. I also made my own pattern brushes from drawings and used scans of Japanese paper for textures. The hair has a patterned paper texture and a newsprint texture, which was modified using the “liquify” feature so that the type conforms to the hair contours.
Extension
I adapted this artwork into an acrylic print utilizing a gel plate. First, the line drawing was printed with a laser printer onto copy paper to create a relief for the gel print process. The gel plate was loaded with acrylic paint, then the line drawing printout was applied and lifted, to create a base layer. Subsequent colors were rolled onto the gel plate. Then the print was made on heavyweight 11 in x 14 in paper.
