In today's session, I used one of my previous sketches as a basis for an experiment based upon WW1 posters. I used Photoshop for this experiment and utilised the website dafont.com to find some suitable fonts to use on my text work.
This is the initial outline of the face. It is based upon the face of General Haig who was a famous English War general in WW1. The reason I chose this face to draw was because I wanted to design a poster that would be used for German propaganda plus he was quite a controversial leader at the Battle of Somme so I thought he would have been suitable to antagonize. I really like the detail that I put in this sketch and the overall style of it, I feel, really fits the time period of WW1 to make it feel authentic. If I had one gripe it would be a desire to draw the body next time so I could work with a lot more material then just the head.
This the same sketch but with paint and colour. This was my first time in using paint in Photoshop and paint mixing tool to create a portrait of this character. For my first time using the paint tool for paint work, I think it went rather well considering I don't really like real paint all too much. I really like the use of the tone on the face because it really makes the image pop out and the red-ness added to the face adds a look of hot flustered anger that I couldn't get across in the normal sketch. Although the hair and moustache really leaves much to be desired as it doesn't really look like hair but just some grey smudge that doesn't look visually appealing. If I was to improve the hair I would try the different range of brushes in the brush tool section to try to find a better look for the hair and next time add some eyebrows because without the colour they just look abnormal.
Here is the text of the final piece and how it looks with the final image. The text at the top reads "This is the face of the enemy" and the text at each side of the face read "Join the Army" which I got from typing the English phrases into Google translate and switching it to German. The reason I used German text rather then English was because I feel it needed it to be authentic as possible even though I don't know the language of Germany, so Google was a great help in making the piece feel more authentic from its time period and its country. I really like the design of the font in this as it really excretes Germanic flair and style whilst also having my inspiration incorporated into it. If there was one gripe I had with the text its that its a bit plain looking in the structural design and having the text repeated can be seen as lazy on my part.
Here is the final image that has been aged to look more authentic and grounded in history. Overall I feel that this particular experiment has gone particularly well and has produced some nice results that could have actually come from the WW1 period. I really liked how I aged the piece by fading out slightly and erasing parts of the edges so that it looks worn and battered. I also like the look of the caricature in the centre in the end as it looks like a WW1 political cartoon and the colouration helps to make it look more professional and make it pop out because of the tonal differences. If I had any gripes with the piece is that it looks a little rushed since the ageing of the text is sketchy and lacking in detail. If I was to go back and do this again, I would try to remove the lines next time and just have the portrait in paint to amke it look more professional and I would take more time in designing the surrounding text to make it look better. I would also take more time in ageing the piece so it looks more authentic and less like a fake of a WW1 poster.
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