Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Poster - Commissioned Work
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This project was commissioned for the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage event hosted at Fairchild Air Force Base.
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I started with a composition sketch.
This project took a bit longer than usual to complete since it included four individual portraits.
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Sketch and line art layers to start the first portrait.
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Added a color layer
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I added a mid-tone value layer and a shadow layer
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Experimented with a highlight values.
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I tried brighter highlights and added more shadows.
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First portrait completed. (I opted for more subdued highlights).
I followed the same process for the following 3 portraits below:
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As I completed each portrait, I added them to the overall composition with a flag background layer.
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Completed poster