Illustrator Practice

After doing all of the tracing practices I decided to post these two..

Picture Practice

My class work picture practice

original photograph for project #1

This is my original photograph for the first project. I searched social issues and picked poverty to use. I want this image to ultimately convey loneliness. I plan on rendering the lighting the most to create this feeling. I'll also play around with colors and maybe some black and white and textural effects.