Texture

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I came across a vintage ad online which showed an African American woman pointing at a younger African American girl. Both had these big, beautiful, afro's and it was something that really caught my eye. As soon as I saw the picture I saw where and how I could use texture to give the contour line drawing more of a story. 

I knew that I wanted to use 4 different textures in this drawing. I needed a texture for: the hair, skin, earrings, and background. For the hair I used our wooden door. It gives it a look as if there is space in between the hair itself, and really seemed to resemble closely to what hair might look like. For the skin I wanted something practical, so I went with the cement walls. This gave a small bit of texture, yet was not out of place. For the earrings, though small, I used tile on my floor which look almost like leopard print. And then, the last texture I wanted to add was the background. I used the tile in my kitchen, and it began to take shape almost like a fence or maybe wallpaper. I just felt like it worked great. All the textures together seemed to paint a picture better than just the contour line drawing.