Color is an important part of any product or brand you’re trying to advertise or even create art for. When I was thinking of someone for this project, Harry Styles came to mind almost immediately because of how he’s used specific iconic colors in his outfits and hidden on his new album.
This photo is of Harry in the same outfit he was seen posing in for his album ‘Fine Line.’ This is one of his staple outfits and one of the staple colors of the entire album and Harry Styles as a brand. It breaks gender norms on so many levels and one way he’s able to do this is by using pinks and light blues to his advantage. This was something I took into consideration when I was choosing the colors for my project.
I looked up color swatches on the internet because I wanted to try and recreate nearly the same exact colors as his album and this was the photo for reference that I used:
I thought the silhouette would be the most difficult part of this project, but it actually turned out to be created the hair. I really loved how Milton Glaser used Dylan’s hair as the color part of the image and I wanted to challenge myself to use different colors all around his hair for the middle silhouette. I thought it would be a really cool way to incorporate all the colors of his album into this project and not worry about picking just three. I had a really difficult time adjusting the hair and making all the lines look curved perfectly. There were also some fine details of this project, like wisps of hair in the front that took a lot of planning and were very frustrating at times to figure out. I ended up getting the hang of the pen tool by the end and I feel good about the final product.
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