Illustration

Sometimes, some people see parts of my illustrations differently than I do. In the current case, some people have told me that the tie could be seen as a penis. So I decided to adjust by changing the size and the color of it.

I believe I did this illustration around the year 2007 on Photoshop drawing with the brush tool. I decided to redo it recently, this time using Affinity Designer in vector mode (aka Designer Persona). – Now, I work in vector most of the time . – This is an illustration that I liked despite its imperfections, so I wanted to rework the unrealistic light. I also decided to rework the colors to have a more complementary scheme. Personally, I like the first version better because it’s more ‘organic’.

I made this sketch and started its coloured version, 5 years ago or more. In my head, the character was supposed to be in a blue scheme because she was a night “goddess / princess”… but I changed my idea during work. I was trying to be satisfied with the result, but the problem was that the original sketch had anatomical problems. Recently, I consulted a reference and drew the body under all the hair to be able to place the head in the right spot. I came back to a blue scheme and adjusted my shadows and my light.