Uganda Maternal Healthcare Project

After a meeting with Ben I made a decision not to do all of the illustrations that they gave me to do for the project. This would have taken months and would be far too time consuming and all encompassing than would be appropriate for just one of my Extended Practice module briefs. If I were to carry out the entirety of the project, doing illustrations for the multiple chapters, it would be much better suited for my Final Major Project. So instead I contacted the client and they had no problem with me just doing the first chapter. From this experience from taking on too much work I learnt a valuable lesson in being realistic with the amount I can do and not promising too much to the client if its just not feasible.

Beneath is a link to my progress shots and final images of my illustrations for the first chapter of the book. Overall I am pleased with this project as I worked hard in order to get them all done and sent off in a strict time schedule, for before I left to India. I am also really happy with how I managed to convey the scene to the way that was described to me in the paragraphs I got sent by the client. This was really good as it made me think about all the different components in the image and how they all worked together in the layout and composition of the image, which is something I need to work on.

Unfortunately I am not that pleased with the final aesthetic of the image which I put down to the fact that I didnt use enough textures and work them into the image enough. I don't like the pencil drawings with a strong contrast to the smooth colour backgrounds. I think it just looks wrong. However I am really proud of how I made the main character and worked in my own patterned painting for the pattern of her dress as a layer in Photoshop. Although this was quite a simple thing to do on Photoshop it is not something I have ever concentrated on much before so I am really happy that I did it as I think the addition of texture to Photoshop work makes a huge difference!

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