Project two - complete!

This is what my final Illustrator file looks like. It will be cut in a few weeks, leaving me with an A2 sized paper cut out.

I plan on presenting it by hanging it, using pins and string. I'll spray paint it black and use black string (the walls will be white). I plan on pinning the string from the drawing to the wall out on angles, like an extension of the drawing.

Creating a line drawing in Photoshop.

Here is what I have so far. I've taken my drawing and put it into Photoshop where I'm editing it. I'm connecting any broken lines so that the final product - a piece of laser-cut paper - doesn't fall apart. I've made it all black and white and thickened the lines too. I'm going to keep working on it, smoothing out bits here and there until it's ready to put into Illustrator.

Working on project 2.

I have decided on an idea and now it's time to start producing it.

Here is a sketch:

I want to try to focus on linework, like Risa Fukui.

I've scanned my tracing/drawing into photoshop where I will edit it, then convert it into an Illustrator file ready to be laser cut.

Risa Fukui.

Risa Fukui is a Japanese artist. I posted one of her images before but decided to look further into her work:

She creates amazing line drawings, and paper cut outs too:

Faces.

So I've decided to change my idea - the vine leaves idea wasn't really going to work. I've decided to make something involving faces. A bit like Amie Dicke or Risa Fukui. I'll start by tracing some magazine images and create some line drawings...

Working on my idea.

I'm currently considering how I would create a leaf or vine-like paper work.
I have two main considerations:1.Thickness of paper- it won't 'hang' like leaves.

2.Is it interesting enough? Any elements to add?

I'm going to start selecting images in Photoshop and put them into Illustrator.

Perhaps I should try a drawing instead?

A leafy idea.

The other week when we had to choose an image to select in Photoshop then put into Illustrator, I chose a leafy tree branch.
Just before I was browsing Vvork.com and found these images:

I was drawn to them, I guess because they are so calming.

Then I saw this on Ffffound:

I like the idea of vines and leaves sprawling from ceilings, nature coming through the cracks of a building.

I think I'll try working with some images like this, building layers, which after being laser cut could hang like vines.