Using a photo from my Photography tutorial I traced an image of a bike for my Paris postcard. I like the idea of having a mode of transport with each city. For Paris I chose a bike. At first I struggled to remember how to use the pathfinder tool to clear certain areas of overlapping shapes.
It took me a while but I finally remembered.
I then inserted the Eiffel Tower that I created the other day.
After this I changed the stroke type of the bike to that which I used for the Eiffel Tower. However it made the line work look overly thick and scratchy.
I then played with the composition to make the image feel more natural and less forced. I settled on keeping the Eiffel Tower the same size and aligned the bike somewhat off page. It is still evidently a bike but makes the piece more visually interesting. With the inclusion of the bike I also decided to use a landscape canvas as it would allow more room for my bike.
With the exception of the red bike the piece so far looked very grey so I decided to change the background. I created it within Photoshop using a the polygonal tool and filling the colour in. This will also help direct the eyes to the Eiffel Tower which is the key piece to the image.
Then I copied the background over to Illustrator using Adobe Bridge.
This made the background look much more visually interesting than just having a plain fill colour. I also made the line width thinner on the bicycle as it was quite overbearing. The lifework of the bike was also changed from black to a darker red so it didn't stand out so much.
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