This piece was done for an article about the journey of a woman from the United States to the Ivory Coast. I wanted to emphasize the length of the journey.
Hi Sumayya.
These three images you've posted are really wonderful. Your exuberance for the trip literally splashes out into the viewer's eyes and consciousness.
The marks are rough, but the effect is warm and generous.
The way you handled the map, with the overlays of blue wash is unique in my experience, and adds an element of emotion, mystery and depth to what otherwise would be, well, just another map! I'd be tempted to steal your idea if I were an illustrated map maker!
I think you may have had some trouble isolating the red of the dashed line with the magic wand? I see bits of white and yellow clinging to edges of some dashes. To avoid that, set the Tolerance much higher than 32 (the default setting). That's in the skinny Tool Options Bar at the top of your screen when you choose the Magic Wand Tool. Try 150, and the tool will pick up more grey pixels near the red.
That said re the yellow yellow, maybe this was something you were doing intentionally. However they were made, I find them distracting. Your viewer (in this case me) could spend more time looking at the yellow or white spots on some of the red dashes and wondering about them, rather than simply taking in the image and enjoying it.
But regarding colour in general, all three images are full colour, which I really appreciate. And the colour use is very good.
All three are strong, bold compositions - a unified series for sure - but differing from each other in intriguing ways.
A great job!
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These three images you've posted are really wonderful. Your exuberance for the trip literally splashes out into the viewer's eyes and consciousness.
The marks are rough, but the effect is warm and generous.
The way you handled the map, with the overlays of blue wash is unique in my experience, and adds an element of emotion, mystery and depth to what otherwise would be, well, just another map! I'd be tempted to steal your idea if I were an illustrated map maker!
I think you may have had some trouble isolating the red of the dashed line with the magic wand? I see bits of white and yellow clinging to edges of some dashes. To avoid that, set the Tolerance much higher than 32 (the default setting). That's in the skinny Tool Options Bar at the top of your screen when you choose the Magic Wand Tool. Try 150, and the tool will pick up more grey pixels near the red.
That said re the yellow yellow, maybe this was something you were doing intentionally. However they were made, I find them distracting. Your viewer (in this case me) could spend more time looking at the yellow or white spots on some of the red dashes and wondering about them, rather than simply taking in the image and enjoying it.
But regarding colour in general, all three images are full colour, which I really appreciate. And the colour use is very good.
All three are strong, bold compositions - a unified series for sure - but differing from each other in intriguing ways.
A great job!