For this assignment, we were to illustrate a single word using themes or images that were connected to the movie The Power of One. The original idea for the assignment was to place images inside the letters of the word, but I actually placed these images around the word instead. I chose the word, "Contravene" as it means to counter to or oppose. The movie shows how one man can inspire many people to rise up and oppose a threat. The man being the protagonist, Peekay, the people being the abused African tribes, and the threat being the Nazi soldiers.
Morgan Freeman on the left plays a character who teaches the protagonist how to defend himself, so it is thanks to him that the revolution begins. The boxing ring is also where the protagonist is taught by his trainer. The ring symbolizes both conflict and mutual agreement, as the fighters are very respectful.
I found a picture of a clenched fist, and traced it with the brush tool. Then typed the word and used liquify to give it more dynamics, and perhaps appear as a tattoo. I found a picture of a boxing ring, made a duplicate of it, changed the layer to color, and made it fit in with the red and black theme. I did the same thing for Morgan Freeman. I used the select and eraser tools for the splatter effect around the images, as that splatter can represent both the chaos of the battles and the tears that are shed over the fallen. For the background, I used a gradient of two reds, and another layer on top with various brushes to give it a grainy tone. To refine some lines, I used the eraser tool.
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