To begin creating my final piece I used illustrator to create the main character/subject of my final piece this was the woman in the hood (Little red riding hood), the reason I used illustrator is it allows me to crate vector based shapes/images this means that the images I create will not have pixels in them which makes the images look better.
The first step to creating my vector image for my final piece was to create an outline of the image I was creating this gives me a basic idea of where to put things and what the main image might look like when complete it also allows me to see where I need to put in more detail.
I then began creating the facial features of my character to do this I used the pen tool to graph a basic outline of the features, and then after doing this I then began coloring the image to do this I used the color palette to make sure I got the right colors, after coloring the image I noticed that the lips and face didn't have much detail so I then added some little adjustments to the face and lips. (The reason I didn't add all the facial features is I believed that it looked better just with the simplicity of the one facial features.
After creating the face for my final piece I began creating the body/cloak of my main character to do this I used the same steps as creating the face, the only difference is I used a lot more colors when creating the body/cloak and I also used a partial gradient.
After finishing of the 'Character' I began working on the text, to create this text I used the text tool and used the Typeface called Baskerville, the reason I chose this font is because I believe it works well with my front cover and suits the genre of book which is 'Fairy Tales' this is because usually on Fairy Tale book they use old style serif fonts.
After finishing off the type I made a few minor adjustments with the color and with the text, overall I was pleased with the final character, after making this character I will now bring it into photoshop to finish creating my final piece by adding the general features of a book cover.
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