Monday, April 3, 2017

Hole Punch Illustration

Illustration of Hole Punch



This illustration did not make it into the book but I just loved painting that purple handle and the many colors and the purples and blues of the shadow. That is why I chose to make that part of the illustration the painting and the other part the photo.

As I have mentioned before, I painted each tool from a photo I took, then combined that painting with the photo. 

Here is the painted version:


Here is the photo:

I ended up painting the handle with more blue than in the photo. I did this for a couple of reasons. First of all, the light in the photo washed out the purple color of the handle. The original hole punch is slightly more purple. Second, I liked how the blue in the purple mixture granulated. And finally, I preferred the way the pink of the photo combined with purple in the illustration.


2 comments:

  1. the change of colour works well when combined with the photo :) worked well before the added photo too, thought it went better with the shadow colours :)

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    1. Thank you Jennifer! I must admit that I was a little disappointed that this illustration was included but I guess it is meant for some other project.

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