Bare Boldness

Be as Bold as your Hair.

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I chose to use the word BOLD for a couple of reasons. For one thing, this woman must be bold because one wrong move from her could result in another Janet Jackson controversy. Haha! Poor Janet.

I’m sorry I even brought that old mishap up, but it was the first thing that came to my mind when I sat down to write about my illustration.

She’s not at all what I imagined. I think that’s the hardest thing about creating… the tendency to envision “masterpieces.” Once you’ve seen perfection in your mind, everything else falls short.

I think that’s why I love the oil paint tool… it gives the viewer the illusion that any imperfections were done intentionally. Maybe.

Anyway, I did learn how to make my own ‘hair’ brushes for illustrator via my second tutorial. That’s how I did the hairline, the long locks, and even the highlight up top.

As you can see, I haven’t learned how to improve on hands, so this bold beauty may be showing off a lot – but she is definitely hiding her hands!

The other reason I liked the word bold is because of the fact that I’m already a little disappointed with my lessons on hair. I needed to be bold in order to say that. As one of my old (very young) graphic design instructors once said, “find your strengths and work on those.”

That being said, I think it’s time to move on… to some other kind of learning. Something more exciting. Something bold. I’m not sure what, but I’ll share it when I figure that out. Feel free to throw out ideas!!

I guess that’s all for now. Thank you so much for looking and listening.

I hope you enjoyed! -Janet

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Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.
William Shakespeare