project 3

for this project i wanted to do a digital portrait, i thought it would look interesting if i did portraits in illustrator. I have a series of drawings and paintings that i've been working on for the past 3 years, in the series i use circles and elipses to define facial traits. I had imagined taking some photos of actresses from the 50's and doing their portraits in a digital medium. One portrait i left the photo showing as the background layer, and left gaps between the colors. While on the other piece i completely eliminated the photo from the piece. The pen tool was a challenge