Game drawing

In this game drawing piece I felt like it was accepatable. The hardest thing for me was probably trying to find the horizen line because without the horizon you can't really have a perspective of the drawing and using the colored pencils to show the value in this picture. It was easy to use the watercolor to show the highlights and shadows of the drawing but using the watercolor you have to be very light with it. It's basically putting light washes on the picture to show later on with the color pencils overlapping it the color better. Later on with the color pencils you will have to gradually blend the colors so it can be realistic.   

Anamorphosis drawings

To change the perspective of the drawing you have to photoshop it in the right angle. Afterwards you make it fit the scale of the paper so some of it won't be cut off. Then you take a piece of paper and you draw a grid on it with 1in squares. You also do the same in the other paper you printed out.
By streatching and distorting the object you can transform it to make it appear diffrent in a certain angle. So on a certain angle it can look like its realistic and thats what makes it Anamorphosis. It's very important to use the color pencils to show the value in the object and the shadows. By making the values and shadows that's what makes it more realsitic.   

Stencil

1. Explain how you changed your photo in the lab to create a stencil.

I outlined the dark spots to create the features, So then when I cut it out it will show that the picture is Mount Rushmore.

2. When creating the collage background explain your choices of colors, materials (magazine paper, books pages, etc), and placement. How does it relate to your topic? If no relation discuss general idea.

For the background I tried to find green color and brown to show that it was like nature. I mostly took magazine paper but when I couldn't find much green anymore I used the green construction paper. I beleived the the color green really helped the picture to feel more like a mountain.

3. Discuss the way positive and negative space was used to create your stencil.

I cut out the dark spaces and left the white spaces because the dark help the features alot.

4. When using the xacto knife, explain the safety procedures, how to use the knife and any challenges you had to overcome while cutting.
When using the xacto knife you have to be very careful. You always have to cut away from yourself so there wouldn't be an accident. The hardest thing is trying to learn how to cut away from yourself using the xacto knife.

5. How was your experience with the spray paint? Discuss how color choice is important, placement of stencil, and any other concepts you noticed while creating this. 
Spray painting was very easy and just don't use to much black so you can see the outlines of the faces and try not to spray so close because afterwards the paint could go drip down and cover the lines. Try to use use light colors for the background and then use black so it could pop out.

Print Making

 

1.     Describe the overall composition of your artwork (balance, unity, rhythm and movement). I feel like the art had some movement but it could have been more balanced. I should have applied more paint because it has some spots that showed through the paint. Also I should have craved out more spots to show more textures of the giraffe.

  

2.     How did you add texture and contrast to your print? Is this important? Why? Yes, adding texture is really important because then it shows the features of  the giraffe has so it looks more life like. I tried to add more texture be craving thick and skinnier lines in the picture.

3.     Explain how you used positive and negative space to show your image. I decided to keep the spots the giraffe had because thats one of the important feauture a giraffe has. Then I decided to cut out the rest of the space of the giraffe. For the background I decided to just carve out the lines of the mountain and keep the rest of the space to balance out with the giraffe.

4.     Describe the craftsmanship of your print. (How good the project is technically crafted) I feel like the craftmanship was good. I should have applied more paint and drew more textures to show more balance with the giraffe and the mountain.

5.     Were you able to achieve depth by showing a foreground, middle ground and back- ground? Explain. Yes, I think that the background kind of helped the animal stand out so then people can see that the giraffe is standing in front of the mountain and it's not mixed in together.

6.     Explain your experience with Printmaking. What were the obstacles and advantages? I feel like The lines was an obstacle because you had decide which would look more realstic and stand out more. You couldn't put too much or it will blend in with the background.

Print Sketch

 

 

1. Why is texture so important to have in your sketches?

It's important to have your sketches because then you can decide what to choose from. If you have options you can choose something diffrent that you might think you like doing.

 

2. Why is it neccessary for you to have several references of each animal and each background? Explain.

If you have refrences then you can be inspired by something like what feature the animal might have or what a background can have. Then you can have something visual you can look at and draw instead of imaging it and trying to draw it out. When you have something visual that you are trying to draw it will come out more accuratly then trying to imagine it.

3. When you look at your sketches are you able to see which sketch is the strongest and will make the best print? How do you know this? 

Yes, because when you finsh drawing the sketches you can imagine how the animal looks and how much texture it can have. When you want a stong picture then you have to make sure you can see the animal and it's textures without it blending in with their background.

 

 

 

 

Chalk Mural

1. Explain your experience working on a team and executing your ideas for the mural.

I think that it was fun and intresting to work with other people because we all have diffrent ideas and we just combine it to something we can all agree on.

2. Explain the importance of collaboration when working on a team.

It is very important because you have to make sure who is doing what. If people get confused and color it difrently or put it on the wrong side, it wouldn't work out the way it should have. So when you talk to your teammates it means that you won't get confused on doing some stuff and they can also help you out.

3.  How successful was this project? Explain how and why.

I felt like this project was very succesful because we communicated very well with each other and everybody on the team had an amount to complete. I think that it turned out very neatly and nice.

4. Explain how you feel about creating artwork that others can interact with. Ex. Invoving the whole school? 

I feel like it would be nice to have something done together with others, so others can get involved and do some part of the work. Also every individual can have their own ideas and be inspired by other people ideas. Then when we start doing the work each person would contribute a little part so in the ending everyone would feel really good about their artwork because they have an artwork that they can be pround of.

Value Portrait

1. Explain the process you went through to develop your drawing.

 I had to find the values on the face and outline them. I had to try to find the light and dark values in this picture.Then I also had to color the back of the paper and go over the outlines I had drawn to transform it to the other paper. Afterwards I had to try to shade in the values correctly and blend them light to other values.

2. Explain how you found the different values in the portrait?

 It was difficult to try to find the different values, so I had to hold up the picture in the light to find all of the values, then outline them. I had to find the light and dark values, then I had to use my value chart and identify how light or dark the values might be.  

3.  Did you achieve a full range of the different values within your portrait?  How?

 Yes, There was a lot of values in light and dark on this portrait. Some of the values were hard to find and hard to ouline but it worked out in the end of it. I had to use the value chart to help color in the values.

4. Describe your craftsmanship.  Is the artwork executed and crafted neatly?

I tried my best to shade the values neatly and correctly. I also tried to blend them out with the other values next to it. I believe it worked out in the end.

5. List any obstacles you had to overcome and how you dealt with them.
 The hardest obstacle I had to overcome was how to blend the values and to not go to dark to fast. I tried to blend carefully and to blend lightly at first then go darker gradually.

Value Study

1. Describe your overall thoughts on the final piece. They were that the drawing is much more easier than I thought it would be.

2. if this was a group project, what was your contribution?

3. How successful do you feel this piece is and why? I feel succesful about this drawing because it was easier than I thought it would be, It was also fun to do.

4. What worked about this project? What didn’t work? I feel like the colors didn't complement each other like I had hope it would be.

5. If you were to do this project over again, what changes would you consider making? I would changed it's color because the color I used in this project was not very nice.

6. What was the most difficult part about completing this piece and why? Shading it because when you shade you have to make it dark and gradually making it lighter.

7. What did you learn from this piece? I learned you have to color with the shape or it wouldn't look real.