Top Trumps

The first step I took to creating my top trump card was finding an image which I could then transform into a cool design using Adobe Illustrator CS5.

I wanted to highlight different areas of my face which had different shades on them then use the multiple shades to create a new illustration. I did this by using the pen tool which I am very familiar with and drawing round the shaded areas then colouring using the eyedropper tool.

I then transferred the illustration into photoshop and played the the image options to adjust the colour. I was just messing around to see which different effects I could get and I managed to come up with this.

Oriental Butterfly Wing

I had recently been looking at asia as a whole. Anything to do with culture, clothing and movies. I thought it would be a good idea to create a butterfly wing which was to do with China & Japan.

My first idea which is shown above is of a monastery, dragon, samurai helmet, yin and yang and the great wall of china. I drew it on paper then transferred it into photoshop and used a tablet to colour. However my first idea didn't have enough images init to make it as interesting as I wanted so then I changed it with another sketch.

My second sketch contained a lot more in it. It used Mt. Fuji, Tsunami, Micro Chips, Yin & Yang, Buildings, Great Wall of China, Radioactive Power Plants, Food, Wires, Origami, Kimono, Computer Monitors and a Geisha.

The colours I used were a more dull earthy colour because i was trying to describe the more natural side of Asia rather than the big bright lights which you usually see.

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