The beauty of the polaroid

I've known for a while that I wanted to use photography in my illustration work but I hadn't fine tuned the approach to the point where I felt comfortable putting some work out into the world. I knew that I didn't want my shots to have too much realism and I certainly didn't want the perfection of a digital camera. That's why I chose a polaroid camera; the slightly out of focus image, the slightly desaturated subject, the expected and unexpected imperfections. For those interested, I have more background story in my blog.

Here are two finished pieces; I'm working on six others, I'll post them when they're completed.

subject/concept: "it's still winter"
materials: pen and prismacolor marker on a polaroid photo




subject/concept: "what's missing?..."
materials: pen and prismacolor marker on a polaroid photo



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