I decided to create some outcomes using photoshop to paint. I experimented with hand drawn outcomes earlier in the project but thought painting digitally on photoshop creates an outcome which is much bolder and stands out.
My first outcomes was more about using practicing with the sketchy/scribbled idea, I used a thin pen on photoshop to create a rough outline of a face, using lots of short strokes to create the rough and messy feel. I also used a slightly transparent brush to create some darker areas within the it. It was only an experiment with the drawing tablet of photoshop to see how the effect would look, but I think it is very effective to portray a dark, stormy and messy feel.
I then took my initial experiment and expanded on it to create a piece more relevant to our them and our oxymoron. I used more thick brushes to create a darker feel, using a thin black brush to add details to certain areas. As spoken about previously, I kept the mouth closes to show the quiet or silence, and I used lots of dark, thick brush strokes around the head to give the idea of a storm going on inside their head, followed by thinner brush strokes to add even more of a confusion.
Overall I think the use of the thick and thin brushes are very effective to give a very confusing and messy style which my group is looking for. However, I think my final outcome needs a little more colour to show the feelings of sadness someone with a mental illness might be feeling. I also think as much as i like the idea of a confusion going on inside their head, I want to experiment more with a more subtle way of showing this through the use of thicker and more textured brushes, possibly using a thinner pen to draw over the top.
Ben Jackson 