Maggie

I drew this piece to mirror the style of a mood board. One can create illustrations in a collage form to evoke a certain mood. I wanted this mood board to display my friend Maggie’s mood and personality. When I think of Maggie, I think of a dreamer. In this blog I’ll go through the different pieces in this collage and explain why I drew them and how they reflect the theme and mood: dream.

The first piece I drew was the moon. Obviously moons can be associated with dreaming, but I wanted to add a certain “Maggie characteristic” to this moon. Maggie has a very soft blue color in her eyes that inspired a grey/blue aesthetic. I only drew a single blue eye, and used the move tool to create multiples. I like the display of repetition in the moon portion of the mood board; digital art is wonderful because one can create repetition like this with ease.

The portrait of Maggie is the next piece I created. It isn’t a very realistic portrait, however I do believe it fits in well with the style of the moon. Maggie is interested in modeling, one could even say this is a dream of hers. For that, I wanted to add her portrait in the mood board. I used a pen tool for the details in her face and hair and a highlight tool, the same one I used to outline and connect the three separate drawings, as eyeshadow.

Lastly, I drew the sheep. I chose this animal based on the idea of “counting sheep” when one’s trying to fall asleep. The sheep is actually the most realistic portion of this work as a whole, and I really played around with texture in creating it. I used a pen tool in the color grey to add fur texture to the sheep, and I felt really satisfied with the outcome.