Game Drawing

Game Drawings 

 
My thoughts on the final piece where that it could have been better and alittle Bigger. The perspective on the piece was good, but could use some work. The washes of the watercolor and the blending of the colored pencils looked very good together and made the overall piece come together. Also the overlapping of the two textures looked great together and gave the drawing good value. The part I had the most truoble with was the gradation and working with the vanishing points, trying to make them go together. From the piece I learned that working with highlights, shadows and the horizon are very important to makeing the piece turn out great.

Anamorphosis

Anamorphosis Critique

1. Describe the process you went through to change your object into the correct perspective to create the drawing.

First I went to photoshop and played with the perspective of the picture. Then I changed the scale of the picture to make it elongated. After that it was transformed in to a picture that look like it was sitting on the page.

2. How did distorting and stretching the object allow for you to create a drawing that would look different to the viewer?

I used a grid to help me to get the drawing to look like the picture in made in photoshop. Also I used shadows and value to make the drawing to look 3D on the paper. The the picture was transformed into a 2D drawing to look 3D.

3. What were the most important concepts in the project to make it susuccessful?

The most important concepts where the shadows and the value. They where so important because they made the drawing look like the drawing. The colored pencils anmorphosis where important to because it gave it a nice soft look to the drawing.

Stencil

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

To try my photo into a stencil I opened photoshop. When photoshop was open I changed the threshold of the photo. Finely I made the photo into positive and negative space therefore making the photo easy to identify the positive and negative.

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.

When I choose my collage colors I used red, white, and blue to go with the capital theme. The materials I used was an old book for the white, magazine for the red and a map for the blue to get different texture. It relates to my topic because the capital is very American and goes with Americas colors.

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

The positive and negative space was important because I used the xacto knife to cut out the negative space. Then when I used the spray paint be add the negative space again. The positive and negative space was also important to have good composition  

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 you use a xacto knife you have to cut the paper away form you or you will cut yourself. The knife was hard to use because it was hard to cut out circles and keep it straight. Also you had to keep the cap in the knife when you where not using it to keep form hurting other people.

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. 

My experience with the spray paint was good, but sometimes it would not work well. The color choice is important because if the stencil blended into the background you couldn't see the photo so you need a good contrast. The placement was also important to see if the photo was going to go with your background.

Print Sketch Critique

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

 Texture is important to have in this sketch because you need to  show the details of the animal to make it look real. The texture is also important to have because you need to have the animal stand out form the background. Also texture is important to have a realistic look to the animal.

 

2. Why is it necessary for you to have several references of each animal and each background? Explain.
Its good to have different references fo ou can combind all of the refereces to have one good animal. The same goes for the background so your can have the best picture. Also if you like one thing in one references you can add it to your own drawing.

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 I think that my seal is my beat drawing. I think that its the best because it has the best contrast in the drawing. Also the most texture in the animal with a little in the background.

Chalk Mural Critique

                                                                                                                                                       

1. Explain your experience working on a team and executing your ideas for the mural.
Working on a team was very different from just working by myself, bout it was fun. It was fun coming up with the idea of the mural, and putting it all together. When we were coming up with the idea we all though of two idea then we voted.

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

When your working on a team you have to plan and work together. If you everybody just comes in and starts working you will have no order. You will just have a bung of jobs half done. So your team needs to have collaboration to come up with a plan for everybody to have a job.

3.  How successful was this project? Explain how and why.
I think this project was a great success. The way it turned out was just the way the team wanted. In the end the Mural was very colorful and fun to interact with.

4. Explain how you feel about creating artwork that others can interact with.
I think creating artwork for other people to interact with was fun. Seeing how other people interact with the art is cool to see. The interact art also made the courtyard look really cool.

Value Portraits

                                                                                                                                                        

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

First I took some trace paper and put it on top of the picture I got. Then I put the paper on the window and traced the value of the picture by outlining the different shadows the face made. After i outlined the shadows i flipped the trace paper over and colored on the back. then i traced the picture i draw into my sketch book. Finally i looked at my picture and shaded the face to the color i saw on the picture.

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

I found the different values by first putting trace paper on the picture. Then put the paper against the a window and since the paper was trace paper the light shined throw. After that I outlined the shadows (values) I saw on the face which made the outline of the face.

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

I think I did achieve a full range of values in my drawing. I got the dark parts by looking at the hair which was the darkies part. I got the middle shades by real looking at my picture and deciding what values went beat with each section. 

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

My craftsmanship I think was very good. I worked hard on the outline of the values and tyred to get all of the ones I saw. I think that the hair could be a little neater and could have more values.

5. List any obstacles you had to overcome and how you dealt with them.
The worst obstacle I overcame was the blended of the values. I dealt with it by starting out really light then slowly get darker. In the end I think my picture as a whole turned out very well. 

Value Study

1. Describe your overall thoughts on the final piece. I think that my final piece trued out very good. The value and blending on the shapes turned out great!

2. If this was a group project, what was your contribution? My contribution would be the blading of the cone because it looked the beast on my project.

3. How successful do you feel this piece is and why?  I think this piece was very successful because the final piece looked just the way I wanted it to look.

4. What worked about this project? What didn’t work? The part that worked in this project for me was the blading, but the part that was a little harder for me was the shadows and trying to put them in the right place. 

5. If you were to do this project over again, what changes would you consider making? I would take a little more time looking at the shadows and putting them in the right place.

6. What was the most difficult part about completing this piece and why? The most difficult part of this piece was trying to keeping the oil pastels off my hands! 

7. What did you learn from this piece? I learn that it is harder to do shadows the it looks, also that oil pastels are very fun to draw with.