Caption: When he asked her to marry him she said, Dont talk nonsense. But her hands trembled.
Third in the series of magazine short story illustrations. This time around I made the illustration black and white for a monochromatic page. Im actually envisioning these layouts on a printed page in a magazine.
AnnaRelease 6 February 2015
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ArtPlay Palette Remarkable
ArtPlayPaletteRemarkable
UrbanStitchez Hearts No. 3
UrbanStitchezHeartsNo.3
Arrows No. 1
ArrowsNo.1
Additional Supplies:
PinStriped Textures No. 1
PinStripedTexturesNo.1
ArtsyStains No. 5
ArtsyStainsNo.5
Splatters No. 1
SplattersNo.1
Painted FotoBlendz No. 6 (Retirred)
RuledLines No. 1
RuledLinesNo.1
ArtPlay Palette Brumal - Confetti
ArtPlayPaletteBrumal
Fonts: Traveling Typewriter and Bordeux Roman Bold
Notes: Using artsy paper 2 as the foundation, I brought in the edited illustration and placed it over two painted masks clipping the illustration down to each mask. Making a copy of the illustration and blending to Overlay at 100% opacity made it a bit brighter.
I slipped a large transfer underneath the illustration at the right side of the page which holds it up, as well as stains and splatters just below the illustration. Also added an art stroke around the illustration.
Typing out the title and caption, I went again looking for a retro feeling font for the title, something a little more formal. Its a proposal after all. Underneath the title, I placed the white circle from kit which is part of a frame.
The little bits and pieces I added to the page are the arrows, pin dots, stitches, ruled lines and the confetti from Brumal. The pinstripe was added just over the foundation layer and just above the illustration at the upper right. Thats it.
In closing, I have to say these monochromatic layouts arent easy. I checked the page carefully to make sure nothing was overlaying something else that shouldnt be there. I used a layer mask on the pinstripe and art stroke to eliminate parts overlaying the lace at the edge of the page and the lace at the left edge of the illustration. Who wants to see that business after you have the page printed.
