WOOHOO!! I Finally Finished it!! I thought it was going to be crap but I was really impressed with the end results. Cause honestly the picture that was taken by original photographer was quite a challenge for me due that the photo from the beginning was taken in black and white. So I had to think of a way to color a B/W photo and I’ve never done this before so this is my first time and it blew me away. I probably spent a good 1 and half day on this piece for 1 reason. LAYOUT and TYPOGRAPHY. Yes Those two categories will haunt me no matter what project I do. I had to sit down sketch things out and then build on a concept.

How did it start?

After browsing through DA news site, I noticed that was holding a pretty neat public awareness campaign on “Domestic Violence”. After reading through her awareness campaign, felt that she was right regarding that this issue is rarely brought up unlike the many other awareness campaigns that are out there; this was the least one that’s discussed.

Idea and Innovation:

Since this was the least topic discussed, I did some search on the net and noticed that a lot of the stories I read on Domestic Violence felt like a trend. Then the idea hit me. Since it’s a “Trend” but people don’t talk about lets bring it out in a shocking manner like your Teen Mag or Vogue Mag. LOL!! I mean come on! It’s a great idea! The target age groups that I’ll be hitting are around the age group of 16 and above. What a better way than to do a simple magazine ad that everybody picks them. That's because they are easy to find and they can be located in coffee shops, lounge areas, universities or your typical grocery mart.

Hope you all enjoy this piece.

Kudos to for her amazing shot (Original Photo [link]) (I sure wished it was only a higher res image) Btw, she has great pictures in her gallery. Check her out you might find something quite interesting.

Update:

- I'm going to enter this art piece for a "Worthy Causes Contest" that I learned about from while browsing through DA. I'm thinking of creating another art piece that's different than this method but at the moment my time is really limited to things I wanted to do. Plus I get lazy sometimes and I'm trying really hard to destroy that habit


"Worthy Causes Contest" Credit Link --> [link]