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<\/a><\/p>\nMy mandate was to realize the different elements of this poster as well as all the other uses of this image.<\/p>\n
It has been established that the photo of the young woman below (property of Getty Images) was to be used and that she would be wearing six different sets of clothes: 30’s-40’s housedress, CWAC uniform (1939-45), RCAF uniform (1939-45), Navy uniform (1939-45), Nurse uniform (1914-18),\u00a0 and ammunition factory worker’s (“Rosie”) dress (1939-45).<\/p>\n
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All the elements were to be independent, “stand alone” in Photoshop.<\/p>\n
Here are a few of the references that I used for this project:<\/p>\n
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Here are the approved preliminary sketches :<\/p>\n Here are some watercolor stages:<\/p>\n For the hairstyles, I chose to make composites from photos rather than painting them. That is also what I did for the buttons and military decorations.<\/p>\n After the painting stage was over, I scanned the artwork, then cutout and fit the dresses to the woman’s hi-res photo. For the army uniforms, I used the same sleeve for the 3 uniforms. Here again, some adjustments were necessary.<\/p>\n Then came the coloring stage. As the tones were well defined at the painting stage, it was generally enough to use flat colors on a different photoshop layer in “multiply” mode, although that could not be applied in all cases. There was much digital work left to do at this stage.<\/p>\n The skin tone was also altered so as to be more like a colorized black and white old photo.<\/p>\n Now, the plane. The client asked that it should be a Hawker Hurricane rather than a bomber as on the mockup.<\/p>\n As the angle of the plane had to be very precise and as it would be hard to obtain the exact angle that the art director had in mind, I chose to buy a small scale model and to take as many photos of it as necessary to match the desired angle.<\/p>\n After a few hundred photos (thanks you iphone!) this one was accepted :<\/p>\n Here is the final version:<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n