Developments- ideas for vignette illustrations

Below are a few pencil sketch ideas for vignette illustrations. 

Going off my original sketches, i decided to carry on and develop the idea of Florence's younger self looking in the mirror at older Florence in her nursing uniform. I wanted to capture Florence's strong will, showing that even though she was steered away from a career in nursing as a little girl, she still ended up getting to where she wanted and achieving her dreams. 

Keeping my palettes consistent, i took colour swatches from my mood boards and character design sheets so that there was a clear link between each part of my design process.

Here, i started looking at backgrounds. My vignette felt too plain so i decided to add in a Victorian style pattern to emulate wallpaper behind the mirror. After reflecting on this idea however, i feel that the pattern combined with the colour took the attention away from the vignette itself and made the piece look to busy. I also feel that the brush i used to create the Victorian print looks too blocky and 'perfect' in comparison to my line work which is very sketchy and gritty. 

Below, is the final design that i went for. Instead of having the wallpaper on the outside of the frame, i added it onto the inside of the mirror which made the pattern feel a little more at one with the piece instead of it fighting for its own place. I also hand drew the Victorian pattern which tied it in a lot better as the line work matched that of my original drawing. To complete the piece, i took shades similar to that of younger Florence's dress to colour the wallpaper so both the inside of the mirror and the outside linked nicely. 

I'm really pleased with how this piece came out- i think my ideas translated well and the message within Florence's story comes across clearly whilst being aesthetically pleasing and well rounded in the end. 

This was the first sketch for my second vignette. Again, i took the design from my pencil sketches as i wanted to show Florence dreaming about her future career and where she was going to end up. 

Initially, i was happy with the sketch without any adjustments, so i went on to colour it using colours from my design sheets and mood boards.

   

Reflecting on the piece, Florence appeared to be floating so i added in a bit of context using the desk so that you could see the type of environment she was in and this bought the image together a little better, making it look more complete.

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I thought that i was done with this vignette but after some feedback, we realised that the pose looked awkward- The way that i had faded her body out after her shoulders ended made her look large so i rectified this by closing that line up, and adding in the arm.

Overall i'm super pleased with this vignette. Although a lot more simple than the other, i really like the feel of the design and i think it captures the moment that i wanted to show.