Cvrches - Development

• Developemnt of my fading face design. This was a bit different to the others. It was a process that was a lot more in the moment.
• created my face through paint as i felt that using this process i will be able to create some expressive and marks in response to the emotion within the song. Even though the tune is quite upbeat, i interpreted the lyrics to be a bit dark. I used quick brush strokes, and dry paint to get texture.
• when editing i really wanted to bring out the dark tone and add some vibrant but dull colour.
• I really began to play around with the blur and distortion tool to try and create a sense that the face is fading, trapped, and in a state of longing as i stated in my initial ideas.
• i wasn't initially happy with the proportions of the face, and this was a good way to cover that!
• i also liked that i took a bit of a risk with this one, but i am quite pleased with the results. Using a hint of colour, of sublet blues and pink, i am complimenting the vibrancy of the music, against the darker message.

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  Final distorted face design.

  
  
• Half and half 
• - again with this design i wanted to represent the two sides to the song - the upbeat and darker sense. I feel that theres definitely two contrasting messages within, -  due to the upbeat music, and sad lyrics.
  - created my woman digitally
  - layered over my splattered design - expressive and emotive mark making
  - split down the middle of the hair i coloured each side of the image differently to create this contrast with a smooth gradient over the top to give a softer effect to this image - using pink and blues that i feel relate well to the song.
• adding a mono print texture beneath made the image feel less flat.
• i do feel like this image could be improved quite a lot. the half and half composition could have developed to create a better balanced image perhaps. - the hair might have looked more natural if flowing into the background? if the lines from the splatter and hair were more similar perhaps?

Final Half and half Design.

Other experimentation - this was not a final design but i enjoyed playing around with creating textured details. Its by no means substantial enough to be a final but perhaps if pushed further it could have been? I like the underwater effect created by altering the opacity.