For my first assignment, I will have to prepare a greetings card, telling my tutor about myself and my interests. The artwork can be done in any format and size.
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For my first assignment, I will have to prepare a greetings card, telling my tutor about myself and my interests. The artwork can be done in any format and size.
Inks
For the clothing, I was inspired by the most famous Italian comic character Tex Willer (created in 1948). He has blue pants and yellow shirt in the comic covers, but in the first episodes his shirt was red. I always preferred him in red, so I chose this color. As for the pen, I opted for the realistic colors black and gray.
At this point I felt that the rectangular frame was a little too simple so I added a semi circle shape at the top. And since my tutor is an artist, I decided to greet her with the words “Greetings, fellow artist”.
Final Layout
This was the drawings that I had in mind since the beginning. I am overall satisfied with the final outcome and I think that the illustration represents me well.
The character is a cartoon and I am not confident with cartoon characters. However I believe that, in order to be a well-rounded artist, it is always important to try new things. I wasn’t sure if leaving the background blank was a good idea or no. So I went out and looked at the greeting cards sold in bookshops and the noticed that many of them had no background. So I guess it really depends on what you want to tell the audience.