Creating the artwork for my poster was simple, yet really laborious due to the size of the piece and all the key elements I wanted to incorporate.
Key elements:
- Tail - China Town San Fransisco - where bruce was born
- Lower leg - red flower - hong kong symbol to represent when Bruce returned to Hong Kong
- Lower back - snake and bird ying/yang symbol - the symbol for the martial art of "Wing Chun" - the first martial art Brice was taught and the one that has the most influence on this life
- Belly - Hollywood - to signify when Brice moved to America and became a movie star but still staying true to his routes
- Upper chest - cannabis plant to represent the conspiracy and rumours about Brice lees death. The open book is a dedication to bruce in plaque form on his grave, and the nun-chucks are a recognisable symbol for Bruce.
- Neck - Both the hollywood star and the bronze statue of Bruce in Hong Kong are to resemble recognition and remembrance after his death.
I began by roughing out my A2 sized dragon n pencil, making sure all the elements I wanted to incorporate, where drawn where I wanted them.
I was the able to use my nice new rotring pens to ink up the details. This was a difficult task as in order to fill each individual small element, I needed to take care when drawing my lines, making sure every edge matched up etc.
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| Digital A2 Scan |
Once my final inked drawing had been scanned in, I was able to spend a avery large amount of time colouring my poster, taking time to consider colour, and fill in/tidy up lines and gaps.
The final symbols added in the bottom left hadn't corner of my poster literally read one of Bruce's names: "Little Dragon" in Chinese. I feel this has a nice touch and enables the poster to resemble traditional Chinese calligraphy scrolls and artwork.
The process for my stamp artwork was very similar to that of my poster. I began by drawing my designs in pencil and then inking them up using my rotring pens.
After my key elements were inked up, I was able to scan them in and again colour each tiny detail in photoshop.
These were my first origial outcomes and although I really like the bold colour, I think they are a little to contrasting and dark.
To overcome this I had a little play and decided to fill the black line in between the scale with white. I feel this lifetd each image, after which i was able to tweak each stamp, colour them fully and adjust the hue and saturation.
Successes
I am really pleased with how my final artwork has come out. I think the bold colours compliment the detail well and make each element stand out from each other. My poster was a big achievement for me and took up so much of my time, therefore I am pleased I managed to complete it to a hight standard. I think all of the artwork I have produced is to a really high standard, with each piece working well on its own and even better as a whole set dedicated to Bruce.
Failures
So much time has been spent on other module a log side this work that I feel I haven't given the attention to this brief that it has needed. Spending a lot of time on my dragon poster has meant that my time management has gone out of the window and I wasn't able to produce the postcards that I would have liked. Unfortunately I have no screenshots of the process for this artwork, however at the risk of not having any artwork completed for my postcards, I decided to use sectioned elements of my poster. I know that this wasn't necessarily allowed in our final resolutions, however I feel my poster has a long of great keys elements, and these elements work well in postcard form and well as part of the whoel set of work.
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