Illustration Friday: Fearless

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This week's word is Fearless.
I thought I'd try to do a collage in Photoshop again. Lots of trials and errors later, here we are!

Comments

Rosie said…
Now I have to work out how you did this...it's very effective.
10 May 2010 at 14:29
Jess said…
One word - layers!
One layer photo of hedge,
another layer the girl sketch,
another layer the watercolour background. After trimming, put them all together and there you go! :o)
10 May 2010 at 16:01
Raluca said…
just to say the same:beautiful illo!!!!
10 May 2010 at 21:00
Dear Fireflies said…
This is marvelous, Jess! She look so fearless and liberated!! It's good to see how keen you are in experimenting with Photoshop. I'm pretty old fashioned myself, but Photoshop has saved my life a few times before! Hehehe... oxx
10 May 2010 at 21:18
Tony LaRocca said…
I can't decide if she's about to dive or if she's conducting! Either way, well done :)
11 May 2010 at 01:07
Ana M.F. said…
Nice. I like working with layers too. You can get really great effects by experimenting with them :)
11 May 2010 at 04:44
Marie K. said…
She seems now so liberated, so free, so victorious on herself, having found peace in life, being relieved and confident...
Beautiful image Jessie. I do like it very much. It inspires me a lot not for my drawing but for my spirit. Thanks a lot.
11 May 2010 at 10:56
Rebekah Leigh said…
Lovely illustration! I too enjoy using collage with photoshop. I love what you've done here :-)
11 May 2010 at 22:31
creativechai said…
lovely illustration. You really captured that sense of fearlessness in her posture. Beautiful colours on her clothing too!
13 May 2010 at 03:54
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