Thursday 25 June 2015

Maori Girl

When I was home in NZ at Christmas I took my children to the Otago Museum which has a fantastic antiquities section. I have always loved the Chiefs’ cloaks with their kiwi feather trim and I was delighted to show my children the history that has helped shape NZ into such a great country. This little girl is inspired by my earlier doll collection. She is drawn in Adobe Illustrator and I have used lots of layers and transparencies to give the feathers this effect. I think she is very beautiful!

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  1. Anonymous14 January 2016 at 03:17

    The feathers are beautiful. I also like the colour combinations.

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  2. Unknown14 January 2016 at 21:36

    Thank you. They were all drawn in illustrator with many layers of transparencies and a feather effect so that the edges were soft and feather like. I also overlaid the same shapes with outline only. There were different layers with slightly different colours to help create the effect.

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  3. Unknown14 January 2016 at 21:37

    PS In NZ there are little Maori dolls in traditional dress so I wanted to capture them in this drawing.

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