As I wasn't happy with my initial illustrations, I decided to move on completely. As I had found the use of pattern quite an interesting twist within my previous ilustration, I decided that I would try and incorporate this, but through the use of watercolour. In order to get a collection of colours, I painted block colour on watercolour paper, and then scanned this in. To begin with, I wasn't getting a very good scan because the paper became crinkled from the damp and the light from the scanner was picking up on this. Unfortunately, each paint block then had to go through the process of being ironed, cut out and then I ended up using my SLR to get better quality images of the colour.
Once I had files full of colour, I could begin to sketch up my illustrations. I used my graphics tablet in order to create simple shapes that could then be filled with the watercolour to look like different baking products. In order to make the illustrations more defined, my tablet was used to add pattern and line.
I completed a few of these using the above process, but before carrying on I wanted to see how they would work within a publication, as there was no point creating more if they weren't going to work. I felt that these illustrations would appeal to my audience, as they are quite quirky and eye catching.
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