Lorna Alkana

Lines to Shapes, Self Portrait

April 2, 2013

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For this drawing, instead of seperating the colors with carefully drawn shapes, I created an almost hap hazard grid to serve as the windows to the color of the image. Can you see a face? I’ll explain…

This is the final 16″x20″ portrait. I like this burnt coral. It’s both bright and dark. I made a version with black lines and background and white lines and background. This one made the cut. I added those protective watermarks again. I’m not sure what I’m scared of.

I had to make a lot of decisions about which colors to use where.

Here you can see the just grid I created to separate the colors.

Here’s the embarrassing photograph I used as a guide.

7 responses to “Lines to Shapes, Self Portrait”

The Lioness

April 2, 2013 at 7:38 am

Great idea! Must have taken a long time to make all those color decisions. I love using digital techniques to create what my imagination sees.
Congrats on your portrait.
lornaalkanaart

April 2, 2013 at 12:00 pm

Thank you so much! I’m going to check out your art!
exokotoks

April 2, 2013 at 5:28 pm

While scrolling up and down quickly on my mac I could see the transformation from pix to colors. Great!
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April 7, 2013 at 6:31 pm

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Resa McConaghy

April 13, 2013 at 10:47 am

So very visually interesting!
Lobster McGee

May 2, 2013 at 11:28 am

How’d you do this one? You look very cat-like when you’re mosaic-ed!
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