Monday, January 18, 2016

Den galen kanin




     The mad rabbit is my fairytale illustration project. This project was meant to be portrayed how I see a certain character. I chose the white rabbit from Alice in Wonderland. Similar to the mad hatter, I see the white rabbit to be a bit crazy or insane, as in he's not all there. I tried to portray his craziness in his eyes and his smile. He points to his stop watch just as he does in the movie because he's running late. I also made him gray instead of white to show his darker side. This piece is done in watercolor pencils.
     I did use value a lot here. I made the light source in the upper left corner, this allows more shadows to be done on his backside and lower part of his body. Color is a good point, too. This image has no blank space because it was all colored and shaded in. His eyes are even colored a very light red (which turns out pink). The emphasis is more on his face because that's where his insaness is portrayed but I don't think people pay the most attention there. To be broader, emphasis is put towards the entire rabbit.
     I chose a bunny because I feel that they are one of my strong suits when it comes to drawing. I specifically chose the white rabbit because the idea I had for him was the best one I had compared to other characters.
     The one judgement I have for this piece is the value/shading. It was my first time using water color so I wasn't sure how to go about it. I messed up on his hands and shaded them too dark.

Svart och vitt





     Svart och vitt is my Ink Printing project. It is a bunny, in a patch of grass, on the night of a full moon. The board I used was white and I wanted the ultimate color that contrasted with white, so I chose black. Plus, black is one of the colors that represents night. I used cardboard to make the design, then painted that design and stamped it onto the white board.
     Contrast is used between the two colors, black and white. I used lines to make the background and color for the ink. I wanted to emphasize on the bunny, white is why there isn't much going on in this picture. I made very little grass and the moon is quite small so that the bunny would be noticed more. There is balance, too. You can tell there is balance because when you split the image in half, there is an equivalent amount of actions happening on each side.
     I drew a bunny because it was the first thing that came to my mind and rabbits are one of my favorite animals. I was going to make it a rabbit with floppy ears, but you would be able to tell what the image is if I did that. I gave him a little tuft of hair on his head because it's adorable. I drew him standing on his hind legs looking around for predators. I thought this pose was very easy to distinguish which is why I drew it.
     I wish that the paint was more refined, as in not a bunch of random strokes everywhere. The paint got kind of messy and it smeared a bit in places, [such as the moon], although it looks natural, I wish it didn't happen. Other than the in smearing a bit, I absolutely love this piece.

1000 days





     This piece wasn't a project for class, it was just something I decided to draw in my free time. This is the same character as the one in my "Lady Shiro" project. In this image, she is wearing a hoodie and leggings. I didn't go into too much detail for this project. I used a #2 pencil to shade it instead of a color medium. There is no background to this artwork, it's just blank.
     Value is the strong point here. I didn't want the image to look flat so I attempted to shade it in a 3D sort of way. The parts that appear from the light source are shaded too, but it's very light compared to the rest. Lines are also very important here. Her ears, head, hoodie, body, just EVERYTHING is made of lines.
     I tried out a different art style here, it's not much different than my current style, I just made the face more square. I wanted my character in a hoodie because hoodies are one of my favorite pieces of clothing. I thought leggings would be suitable bottoms for this outfit as well.
     If I had to change anything about this piece, it would be the eyes and eyebrows. I am bad at drawing 3/4 view, so here right eye looks a bit strange (to me). And her eyebrows are too long. Another thing is her right arm. It looks as though it's straight, but it's supposed to be bent like her other arm.

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Giraffe Zentangle




     Here, I have my Zentangle project. For this project, I drew a giraffe. I made the background in black and white and the animal in color. I used a thin styled sharpie for this image. I took breaks here and there but this project was spanned over 4 days. Some of the patterns I found online, others I made up myself.
     Lines are going to be my most used and most noticeable element. I used lines to draw every zentangle pattern and form my giraffe. Color and contrast are used quite a bit, too. Color comes only in my giraffe. I wanted the giraffe to stand out from the background, which is black and white, so I made him in color. I contemplated on whether I should make the giraffe black/white and the background in color instead, but after many opinions from friends and family, I could finally decide. You can see the contrast from the background to the giraffe since the giraffe is in color it ultimately stands apart from the background. You can also see a little bit of depth in this image, at the bottom, the half ovals appear to be going back into the picture, enlarging the giraffe.
     I drew a giraffe because they're one of my sisters favorite animals. Some of the zentangles in the background symbolize something. I wanted the giraffe to look as though it was outside, so that's exactly what I did. The wavy squares represent the clouds, the half ovals at the bottom of the paper are grass/hedges, and the huge target with arrows in it next to his head symbolizes the sun.
     Judgement for this piece? Of course! I feel like this image is way to busy. Even though the giraffe is in color to stand out from the background, I think it can still be hard to make out for some, and looks a bit confusing to the eye. Other than it being a tad too busy, I like how the negative space is evenly spaced throughout the image and the colors I have chosen.

Saturday, January 9, 2016

Lady Shiro


(Note: The line across her face is a crease in the paper)

     Shown above is my value project, one of the first projects I made in my art class. This art piece is of a character I created, her name is Shiro. She is cosplaying as one of my favorite characters from the anime Black Butler. She's shown wearing a pink hat and a bow around her neck. For the background, I placed roses on vines and falling leaves around her. My goal was to express beauty in this drawing.
     Value is my most used element in this project. I used value to show the light placement and shadows of objects, trying to make the image look more bold/3D. I would say lines are my second most used element since lines are what I used to make the image stand out more and make it more distinguishable. I only used color on the hat, part of her neck strap, and her eye because I wanted these three things to be the most eye catching. I felt that adding little color made these things pop out. Originally I was going to color the background roses in but I thought that that would take away the attention from her clothes. I have no specific reason for wanting her clothes and eye to stand out, I just thought that it was a pretty idea. Even in the color element, value is used.
     The story of this piece is quite simple, I had wanted the character I created to have a beautiful look to her. The flowers are a symbol of beauty and the leaves are to represent my favorite season, Autumn. I chose this outfit specifically because the original colors of it are pink and I wanted a soft color to go with the shading of the white.
     There's a a lot of judgement I have for this piece but I will only express a few. First is her eye color. The character she is cosplaying as has blue eyes and so I figured "why doesn't she wear blue contacts?" I didn't have to make her eye blue, but I did and I wish I hadn't. I feel this color is too deep/dark for this piece and contrasts too much with the soft pink coloring of her outfit. Another judgement I have is on the shading/value I did on a couple of the roses, specifically the one in the lower right corner of the page. I shaded it way to dark, showing little to now value in it. And the flower in the upper left corner also has little to no shading too, it is not too dark but too light.