This is my project series for my digital illustration class at CSUCI (Spring 2024). Four projects were required and I decided to illustrate the four members of BLACKPINK, a South Korean girl group formed by YG Entertainment, consisting of members Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa. Cited as the "biggest girl group in the world", they are considered the most successful Korean girl group internationally. They are stylistically associated with the "girl crush" concept in K-pop—exploring themes of self-confidence and female empowerment.
For my final presentation I decided to put all 4 illustrations together to make it look like an album cover. Each individual illustration is 12x15 inches at 300 ppi (3600 x 4500 px). I used Adobe Fresco exclusively and kept it monochromatic. I did play around with some color, but ultimately decided to stick to red, only varying the opacity to create gradients within the artwork creating a "pinkish" color palette which I felt worked for this subject matter. These drawings were done simply using the pencil tool, with the only other brush being the halftone brush used for the hair.
It is still a work in progress as I still have to touch up on a lot of details. Overall, I am happy with the results as I wanted it to look somewhat realistic but far from an actual photograph.