For theses thumbnails I tried out different types of digital drawing/painting in Photoshop to create different looking thumbnails and effects.
I focused on the 4 cities that I find the most interesting and the ones that I will probably pick from when it comes to picking my chosen city.
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| For these thumbnails I focused on line drawing in Photoshop |
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| For these thumbnails I focused on using the paint brush tool on Photoshop |
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| For these thumbnails I used the Lasso Tool to create shapes |
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| For these thumbnails I used different layers to warp and blend them together |
the thumbs when you're using the lasoo tool are immediately more expressive than the line-drawings... I detect a bit of 'generic thinking' going on here when you're thinking and drawing buildings - lots of squares and rectangles - I think you need to look at more visual reference and try not to draw the shapes you associate with buildings, and instead think about all that a building can be... for example, here, Baucis looks like a conventional set of skyscrapers, but there's nothing to suggest that type of architecture in Calvino's text - indeed, if this was truly a city on stilts, it would probably be unlikely that the city was constructed of great heavy lumps of masonry... just because of the weight! What do you think?
ReplyDeleteYes I agree I do need to think more about the shapes and styles of the buildings, I will find some more visual reference and see what I can come up with!
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