JA RED JOHNSON ILLUSTRATOR | PERTH, WA A G E | 30
I N S T A G R A M | @th i n k _ f ound ry T O O L S | A d o b e P h o to shop , A d ob e I l l ust rat or, I nk mark ers
DESCRIPTION // This piece was inspired by an encounter I experienced one day as I was approaching the entrance of a local supermarket. I walked passed a ‘homeless man’ sitting on the floor, with a cardboard sign in hand and an empty McDonalds cup at his feet. I passed him and heard the sound of a ring tone, immediately aware that I didn’t have my phone on me at the time I turned to witness irony at its finest. The ‘homeless person’ pulled out a smart phone from his jacket pocket and said, “Hello love, yeah I’m coming home now!” I found this encounter quite intriguing and when I returned home, I got to work immediately in creating ‘Nouveau Homeless.’ DESIGN PROCESS // Utilising the idea from what I had just experienced. I started by sketching the image by hand. Once I had arrived at a composition I was happy with, I rendered this drawing with marker pens. From there I imported the piece to photoshop and adjusted the image balance, smoothed drawing edges and created a canvas mockup. These steps made up the completed work.
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