Free+As+A+Bird

Start Date: April 30 2012 Finish Date: April 30 2012

I started this drawing in an attempt to figure out what I wanted to draw next. I started out sketching the paisley piece and then moved on to the outside elements. I really liked the idea of making the picture colorful, because I wanted the elements to pop. Once I had the main parts of the picture figured out, I noticed that there wasn't enough the space wasn't accurately unified, and instead of being 'Free As A Bird' the circles inside the paisley were making the piece feel confined. My teacher suggested having something 'bust' out of the space so that the freedom concept would be present. I found some a picture of a bird in a Google Images search, and then cut them out and pasted them to the picture. The piece was starting to be unified, but the top left was pretty blank. In order to get the top left to be active in the picture, I added the five dots and the blue bar in addition to the three arrows that are pointing off into the distance.