Portrait of Celinn

My idea was to create a portrait of Celinn, who is a Graphic Design (BA) student at Ravensbourne, that is consisting of a painting and photographs.

I started with interviewing her and found out that she will specialize in Editorial in the Graphic Design Pathway. My first impression of her was open-minded, friendly and kind.

To create a portrait in size of a standard UK stamp I experimented how to collage the sketch I had drawn of her face.

While doing that I paid attention that Celinn would be recognizable in the outcomes. Then I used different effects to combine the photograph with the painting.

After printing the stamps I found out that I was not happy with my outcomes. Therefore I started thinking about a different layout because I liked my idea of combining painting and photographs.

I used bigger stripes of the photographs and also thought about its transparency.

The stamp should convey the feeling of movement and knowing Celinn just by looking at the artwork. 

In that case I used more layers and different angles of her face.

After I created a design which I liked I wanted to make the stamp more personal. For this reason I wrote her name by hand on the outcome instead of using a computer font.

The task showed me that an artwork does not has to be big to be impressive. Therefore it is important to think about every detail even the outcome is small sized.

I enjoyed doing this project because I did not just learn how to create a small design but also about the Graphic Design Pathway and the kind of teaching at Ravensbourne.