What is Composition?

What is Composition...Practical task- 3 Elements challenge

I used a foreground; the Vivienne Westwood model, a mid-ground; the Union Jack which punk used to mock the queen and authority- they reclaimed it, and a back ground; the punk band performing. I chose to use orange and blue and pencil for this; mainly to suggest a link throughout referring back to the flag. However I don't think this colour palette was the most effective I could have used and if I were to do it again I would either use block colours like either creating a collage with cut out coloured card or digitally using photoshop or illustrator to create a bold and strong look. The line of sight travels to the face which I positioned directly on the centre of the flag as I wanted this to be the focal point. This was because I wanted the Vivienne Westwood model to be corrupting the Union Jack in the theme of punk. I also kept movement in the flag and movement in the models clothes and legs to draw the eye down to the feet where there is a parallel line to the flag; a line of band members.  I used negative space a lot in this piece to seperate the three elements where they dont overlap as I didnt want to over complicate the image. The perspective and viewpoint is created so that the flag is face on to the audience (to ensure a balanced cross shape) and so that the model is walking straight for the audience. We are also looking down towards the band which helps to suggest depth in the piece. The overlapping helped to create depth as well as the scale of all the figures and the objects- I kept the band a lot smaller than the model as they needed to be further away in the background to set the punk tone of the piece. 

I wanted to play around with colours and form on photoshop; below are my experiments... they were not very successful in creating a final finished illustration but they were useful in exploring my idea and playing with how this punk theme could be best executed...