Sign Me Up!

I wanted an image with the school colors but something a little classier. Street signs bore me to death, a little pop can go a long way. I may have gone overboard in tones etc. but I truly felt like these colors fit together nicely. It is not the traditional style for a street sign but I think it is appropriate for a "beautification project" which is what is the point behind the signs to begin with.

This is the image that inspired my two digital paintings, it was a small picture I could only find a thumbnail. The image is of a cute pig overlooking a concrete wall. The photographer is Ulrich Mueller from Germany and I found the image on Free Stock Photos online

Pork Squared

For the second image I wanted a more modern look but with all the same aspects, I used twice as many pigs and went for a more cartoonish poster styled effect. I call this one pork squared.

Peeking Piggy

To create the image "Peaking Piggy" I decided to use the technique of digital painting. For my image I used a brush that was broken up sectionally in order to really create a textured look and like in real life painting I used cross hatching as well as short and long stroked for an extra special effect. The image is a pig peeking over a fence (see title) curiously. I did this because I found that it was a really innocent and natural thing for a pig to do. People do not give pigs enough credit, they rank in the top ten in terms of animal intelligence, that is only nine potential steps lower then humans. My painting was inspired by a picture found on the internet (see crediting below) with major adjustment. The adjustments I made from the original image were to give the end result a farm like effect. I wanted the scene to look like something from western Canada folk art which depicts the vast flat plains of the prairies. I decided to use really warm colors because I wanted the image to have the same feel as a hot summer day. This influenced my background which is a spattered filter struck gradient.

REMEMBER

For this assignment I really have no idea what I was doing. It was very good timing because I was completely and still am consumed by my emotions which allows me to work it into my work. I recently discovered my love for digital painting so I took advantage of this assignment and used it as a means to genuinly express myself. I did different renditions of this image because I liked it a lot of different ways. Some ways were more appropriate then others for a CD cover. Such as the one with only one word. However, I liked the ones with the song lyrics from ADELE and her new album "21". The song is called "Don't you remember why you loved me"  so I posted them as well even if they seem a little crowded.

My origional image, which you have a hard copy of, accidently was saved as the third image. This one was my favorite. It had the color and I found it looked more like the person I was trying to paint rather then the red and black ones. I wanted to do a version of that one with just the word and picture rather then all teh lyrics behind as well but I accidently saved the file incorrectly.

image1: For the first image, i wanted the face to blend and for the whole thing to be a clustery overwhelming cover. The reason behind this is because the situation which inspired me to even make what i made to begin with is jsut that, overwhelming.

image2: I wanted to try something less crowded but with only a little empty space so I just used the chorus of the song and the title of what I chose for my CD cover.

image3: Image 3 was made just to appeal to you Ms. Reidel. ; ) I  tried to use the rule of thirds and colors that contrasted well, I find teh white with black and red is intense and could be eye catching.

Hand painted CD covers have always been my favorite they just appeal to me it would be hard to resist the chance to have this sort of creative outlet so I hope the fact that it is hand painted meets your expectations, if not I can redo the assignment. Sorry about screwing up my orig.