Emulation WIP

First of all, I did a drawing on my sketchbook that relates to the circus theme. Also, since the illustration that i did for my copy emphasises a range of different shapes, so I apply this characteristic into my drawings, such as the circle shape for the toy balls, triangle shape for the flags etc.

Once I scan it into the computer, I opened it in Illustrator and started to outline the objects (Circle object in the circle layer, star shape object in the star layer...and so on).

As this is an emulation, that means I cannot select any colours from an original piece, so I went to Swatch Libraries Menu to choose a set of colours that I can use, and I chose PANTONE Colour Bridge CMYK UP, as it has a variety of different hues, also with different values and saturations.

Once I sorted out the colour swatch, I then fill in the colours each layer by each layer.

Since the background is white, I wanted to make it more busier, so I selected an image from my primary drawings of subject matter,  and filled the background with a repeat pattern of my own illustrations. Also I adjusted the exposure level, in order to make it paler so it doesn't draw too much attention from the main illustration. 

Once I've done that, I placed the patterned background into the main illustration's document.\

  



















And this is the final outcome of my emulation.