Game Drawings in Perspective

I think my overall piece turned out pretty good. The colored pencils on top of light washes of watercolor  really helped add value and made the overall product look a lot more realistic. I think this piece is pretty successful because it looks so realistic. Drawing the actual game was pretty easy because it was in one-point perspective and there was only one vanishing point instead of two. The horizon was also closer to the top and it was tilted, which made it a little harder.One of the hardest parts was drawing the game piece, Peter Pan. I think I found it hard because I'm not the best at drawing people and the game piece had a lot of human characteristics. Another hard part was that many of the objects were overlapping, so I had to figure out where to put the different shadows so it looked realistic. If I was to do this project over again, I would probably take my time and blend a lot better. It's hard to blend some of the some of the colored pencils, so sometimes blending turns out sloppy. I think my blending in the game piece is somewhat sloppy. Overall, I like the way the piece turned out. The different values with the colored pencils helped bring out the different highlights on in the game board. This project taught me how colored pencil on top of light washed of watercolor makes the color look a lot brighter and stronger.

Anamorphosis Critique

1. Describe the process you went through to change your object into the correct perspective to create the drawing. This is when you were in the lab. The first thing I had to do was pick a picture and transform it in photoshop. I had to scale the image to make it larger, and then I had to change the perspective to make the top bigger than the bottom.

2. How did distorting and stretching the object allow for you to create a drawing that would look different to the viewer? The actual object was bigger at the top than it was at the bottom, so by making it even larger at the top, it created a distorted image. A distorted image is the main reference you need to draw an anamorphosis object.

3. What were the most important concepts in the project to make it successful? One of the most important things in drawing this piece was the grid. The grid helped line up the parts of picture so it still looked distorted. The next thing was using colored pencils to create value. Since it is a 3D object, the different values definitely brought out the different sides of the ice cream cone. The last thing was making sure the object had a proper shadow. In my opinion, this was the most important part because when you take a picture like the one above, it actually looks like the ice cream cone is standing up.

Famous Landmark Stencil

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

 To create the stencil, we chose a picture and imported it to photoshop. I changed the threshold of the picture, so it was just black and white. This created positive/negative space so we could choose which color to cut out.

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.

  I chose to use only pages from the book to make my collage look uniform, like the guards in London. I ripped small pieces and made sure there was no empty space in all of my collage. My color choice had nothing to do with the topic, I just thought that green and purple contrasted well. I used a green watercolor, and I spray painted purple on top of that with lace.

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

  I choose to cut out the negative space in my stencil so it would be easier to connect the positive space. Positive and negative space was used to show the different shapes in my landmark.

4. When using the xacto knife, explain the safety procedures, how to use the knife and any challenges you had to overcome while cutting.

  Using the xacto knife was difficult because there were so many little details I had to cut out. You had to be very careful with the knife so you didn't hurt yourself or cut anything unnecessarily

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. 
 When I spray painted, it didn't exactly turn out how I thought it would. I didn't tape down the stencil so the spray paint turned out a little messy and you couldn't see some of the small details. When choosing the color, I was deciding between either white or black. Black wouldn't show up as well because the back ground had dark purple in it. The white was light, and I thought it would stand out against the background. So I choose white and it ended up looking really good.