Trena's Creative Space

Fashion Illustration Fun - From My Art Journal to PhotoShop

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Hello Beautiful! Sharing my illustration for the @drawadot @schiaparelli Haute Couture F/W 2022 open call.

I did some research on Elsa - a fascinating woman with a very interesting story!
@danielroseberry is the current Creative Director. His 2022 F/W collection is fabulous!! Having so much fun with drawing fashion and seeing all the beautiful creative illustrations!!

I started this piece by painting the individual illustrations in my art journal.

I took a photo of the pages and pulled them into Adobe PhotoShop.  Inside the tool, I put the individual images on their own layers, improved their look, and played with the layout to find something I really liked.   I learned how to do all the steps from Sarah Watts.  Sarah is offering a course on how to take your artwork into Adobe PhotoShop and create surface pattern designs. I took the course last year, and I'm taking it again this year as she has made updates.  I just love how Sarah explains the tools and shows examples with her own artwork. In addition to teaching PhotoShop, she shares a lot of information, and has guest speakers, from the surface design and illustration business.  You can use what you learn to create your own designs for your personal use or for your own business.  I continue to take classes from Sarah and had such a great experience, I became an affiliate for the course. 

 #trenabrannonart #fashionillustration #drawadotschiaparelli #gouache #adobephotoshop

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Trena

How Extraordinary the Ordinary Can Be

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During the last week, I participated in a fun challenge with Ohn Mar Win. 

The prompts were identified to challenge creators to see how extraordinary the ordinary can be. She encouraged us to find items from our homes to inspire our daily artwork - jars of food, worn-down shoes, or that tube of toothpaste that’s almost run out, as well as share stories about them.

She encouraged us to think about how we may feel like we just live ordinary lives, but actually, we all live very extraordinary lives if we practice a little gratitude.

The prompts and my artwork are below.  To see all the lovely artwork and interesting stories, you can check out #ohnmar7 on Instagram.

 

BOTTLES & JARS

COOKIES & BISCUITS

KETTLES & JUGS

CLOTHES

TUBES

SHOES

LAMPS

 Shout Out: to Ohn Mar for being a lovely host and creating a fun and engaging challenge!

 

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