This piece represents a lot about who I am, and where most of my creative time is spent. Using illustrator in this way is something I have not done in many years. I learned the techniques in high school on Corel Draw, and it was a wonderful refresher to re-develop my skills on illustrator.
This illustration represents my love for fashion, and creativity, and responds to the assignment as the place where I spend most of my time. While this illustration does not depict everything about my desk, it is where I design on my laptop, draw in my sketchbook, and create pieces of art. This little area of my desk, represents a larger area of my passion, and therefore the piece is entitled "The Interior of My Passion."
In respond to the assignment, I wanted to try various techniques. I included subtle gradients to give a sense of the 3rd dimension, but also kept areas very flat. I wanted to expose both techniques in my piece, and allowed myself to experiment. The polaroids on the cork board are very simple shapes with flat dimensions. I did it this way not for the ease of the shapes, but to give less of an emphasis on detail, and more of an emphasis on shape and dimension.
I added a "piece of me" by adding a mini mannequin wearing an outfit I would wear on any given day. It adds myself to it, without physically adding a photo to the piece.
I really enjoyed working on this piece, and it has inspired me to continue to create illustrations in Illustrator in the near future!
