Female Empowerment
One of the main things that I like to explore within both my professional and personal work is the femme experience and feminine energy. One of my favourite personal illustrations that I have created recently is this illustration of six women, focusing on female empowerment through the use of bright colours and striking silhouettes.
For this brightly coloured illustration, I collected a range of portrait reference images from Google and Pinterest and created initial sketches, which I then played around with the format / layout until I was happy with the general composition. I then went in with linework, trying to create consistent line weights throughout, allowing all of the separate illustrations to look cohesive. I then went in with a range of bright colours, keeping each singular illustration confined to one colour scheme, adding shading and highlights where appropriate. I enjoyed experimenting with drawing different facial structures and angles, as it allowed me to think more about how the shading would work depending on the individual face itself.