Greetings from.....: Paris Buildings

After settling on the layout of my image I began the process of creating buildings for Paris so that the Eiffel Tower didn't feel like it was so isolated and just floating in space. I found a stock image of the Paris skyline on the internet and used it to trace out several layers of buildings for my postcard.

I then filled the buildings with a colour similar to that of the Eiffel Tower. I chose to fill the buildings somewhat offset and haphazard similar to the style used in the Jackie Chan Adventures cartoon. I felt it helps make the buildings look more energetic and less static.

With my image almost complete I played around with how to fill the bike wheels as I felt something was still off with its design. I tried the same rough fill technique used on the buildings but this didn't seem to meld well for the bike.

I settled on using the Ellipse tool for smooth circular wheels slightly offset. I then created a man to ride the bike from a sketch on my development book. I still feel the image feels off somewhat though.