Final - Haiku

"Inside everyone,

the infinite traveler

longs to be set free."

-William C. Hannan

For my haiku selection I chose one involving nature and travel. Recently I finally got to go abroad to London and Ireland and before this the traveler in me was really longing to be set free. Having never left the country, this trip was a great one of seeing new sites and exposing myself to different parts of the world. Now after this trip, the traveler in me longs even more to be set free and to see new parts of the world. 

With that being said, I chose 3 of my favorite photos that I took during my trip to Europe. The first of a castle in Dublin, the second of me walking across Abbey Road, and the third of Trinity College. For this project, I wanted to take these images of real life places and make them look almost like a "cartoon". In Photoshop, first texturized them a bit, upped the blues in the photos, and then started the drawing. I took a thicker black brush and drew lines around a lot of the edges in the photos. I feel as though this takes away from the realistic look of the photos. 

To me, this effect gives these pictures a little something different. While they are still images of famous places in the world, they are a little less "known" perhaps when giving them these effects. I thoroughly enjoyed doing this project, probably because I was using my own images and putting my drawing skills to the test.