The initial stage of my design work was to experiment via hand. This was nothing new to me because I've always been very "doodly" however I figured, nobody wants to eat something in black and white. But my experiment with colour, previously painting with acrylics was poor unless I wanted a fine art piece (which is not the aim at all.), watercolour left me with a uninteresting finish. (As shown below ---)
By all means, I love the finish and I love the way of working with watercolour, but it's just not what I want visually for my cookbook. Many illustrators I love use solely watercolour, but it just isn't gunna cut it for my for my goal in this book! So I later went on to digitising -
I love, love, love digital. I love how you can alter colours even after you've coloured in. I love editing up and making it pop. I love making layers to hide the layers and to see what it previously looked like and the steps I took. I love the way that you can create a solid shape and form. I just really enjoy the way you can proceed with digitising work! However with this work, I think I need to think of how I want my image to finally look. By all means, this was fun, but do I want something so bright and bubblegum? I'm going to look into sample art. I want to expand my exploration and try scanning in a lightly drawn image and then go over it with no lines involved - almost like a stamp or like a stencil!
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