Person of Note: Kermit Postcard

Today I began the process of creating my Kermit Postcard. I began by finding a stock image of Kermit from the Internet and then used the pen tool in Adobe Illustrator to create an outline.

 

I then filled in the colour of the shape and background with colours associated to that of Kermit.

After this I added his spiky neck line used the same colour as the background. This created an absence of shape that the audience will couple with their mind's eye. The date of Kermit's creation was then added as I felt that this would help give the audience a clue as to who the character is without explicitly telling them. The typeface I used was Helvetica, the same typeface currently used for the Muppets logo.

I then decided to add texture to try adding texture to the image to see how it would look. By searching on the internet I discovered what material Kermit was made from and found a stock image of it.

However I then decided not to use any texture as it could potentially take away from the simplicity of the image. The image still looked too bare and unbalanced, I needed to do something to even it out.

I tried inserting smaller kermit heads to book end the date but felt this looked somewhat tacky and removed them. I then played around with the size and angle of the date until I settled upon this.

I put the small heads to use by replicating them and lessening the opacity. This helped make the background look more visually interesting. I still feel however that something more needs to be done to the image, but as of yet I am unsure.