Process

Originally the plan was to directly crop out the women’s faces from the paintings, and take some pictures (or make some line drawings) of various skincare and beauty products that I own. However, I realized my skill with drawing (girls) and Paint Tool SAI are quite a bit better than my skill with photography and Photoshop, so I decided to just draw everything using familiar technology. I figure that referencing images can still count as stealing or borrowing, even if the original is not explicitly present or immediately recognizable (I simplified the images and altered the color scheme, but otherwise did not try to change too much. Also, I got my painting software through …questionable methods, so that kind of counts too, if you know what I mean). I came up with the final composition during class and liked it well enough to go with it.