Continuing from my experiments and scans in my research blog I did more experiments with texture. The image below is multiple A5 pieces of thin, plasticy tracing paper with multiple washes of ink and watercolour on them. I did this to create the crinkly wrinkly skin texture and add colour that would create a feeling of skin. I first gave the paper a quick wash with a large brush of water to create the wrinkled texture on the paper to begin with and i then dabbed, splashed and mixed in different colours ranging from yellow ochre to burnt umber to recreate skin colours to bring a bit more depth into the texture, especially in the deeper creases the water created. I really liked the out comes of this and I think that these could work really well as background pieces to lay different scans on top for added detail in the background and to stop everything get too bland. I also think that with any pieces I do it would be a nice little addition that people could notice in the back ground and I would know that it is there exploring texture and supporting and help bring out the main pieces in my illustrations.
My next step in developing my project was to start collaging my scans of my tattoos together on Photoshop to see how they could all work together.
For my first step I took the arms/legs out of the scan and made them onto a transparent background and smoothed out any edges that became a little staggered from using the Magic Wand tool.
Next I set up a new document on A3 size to pop all of the new scans on to. I gave each image a separate layer and then arranged them to how I felt maximised the space and also left areas in the centre clear for my illustration.
I really like how these first experiments went and I think that they are really effective and add a really nice touch to the idea of my project. This especially so with the hand scans, I think that they are particularly effective and add a depth to the image.
I next added in my watercolour and ink tracing paper textures into the backgrounds of the images and I really liked the effects of bringing the colour of the background and the grey scale and I thought that this contrast really brought it all to life.
Below are some examples of other mixtures of collages I have done with the grey scales and different tracing paper textures.
With the images above and to the left I also experiments with the transparency on the different body parts. I thought this created more depth to the image and also made the tattoos a bit more subtle so it would work a bit better as a background piece.
As well as this I also worked on experimenting on the layers by using different modes such as Subtract, divide and linear burn. I found that a lot of these didn't give any effects that I wanted of enhanced my work but some did work really well. I also experiments with inverting the tattoos and keeping the background white. I found this would give me a background that would be more forgiving to draw upon and would not get too dark and dim too quickly. I also found that putting a sepia "wash" over the scans gave another really nice feel to it and warmed up the images. I thought this could be an interesting colour to stick with as when you compare the grey scale scans to the sepia wash you can see that the grey scale images are a little more cold and washed out in comparison.
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