The meaning of my piece revolves around my number one passion. I love everything that has to do with fashion, and Paris is the Fashion Capital of the world! I think my illustration of the girl is a girl who expresses fashion and flair. I really like this drawing I had created and I thought it would fit in well with a Paris theme, and I would be able to create something that involved my passion. After I discovered my love for fashion I also developed this love for Paris because it is the fashion capital. My dream is one day be working for a company as a merchandiser and take many trips to Paris to purchase clothes. I am glad that I was able to incorporate my passion and my future dreams in this piece.
The way I created my piece was using Photoshop and Illustrator. I First started out finding stock photos of things that reminded me of Paris. I then put those together using Photoshop. After I had that done I then used Illustrator to create the Paris Dress Boutique sign and the girl. I then saved those as pdf files and then incorporated them into the piece. I also used Photoshop and the text tool to create the cursive writings of a bunch of French designers. I used Photoshop to create the borders using the rectangle and ellipse tool. I also used the Gradient tool to add the tan-ish gradient to the background of my piece. I also used things like the feather tool and the opacity tool to create a better look for my piece.
Overall I really enjoyed this piece. I like the freedom of choosing your own project and taking your own path. I was really glad that I was able to involve my passion in this project because with some of the other projects I was not able to do that as much. I like using Photoshop and Illustrator in order to make my piece look better. I really liked how my piece turned out and I am very pleased with the overall look.
