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I’m running a little behind but here is what I have done. These are all different volumes of My Hero Academia which is actually the only “book” I have in my dorm but also a favorite. This is 20, 21, and 23 because they have the most panels of my favorite characters. I plan to color them Monday lol.

Update:

When I first started the still life I had a lot of problems using ink. I have never used ink as a medium before so my greatest challenge was adjusting to how ink develops on the paper. A lot of time went to experimenting with different ink washes and figuring out how to create value rather than just line. What helped me in the end was starting with a very weak dilution of ink and adding in shadows and then adding a drop of ink to the wash and adding more shadows and after creating all the value adding texture on top. I wanted to experiment with what I could come up with organically so I didn’t try to copy anyone and I also wanted to use different tools. I took a big risk by not sketching the flowers. Instead of drawing them with line I wanted to use the plastic bag because it created a really cool texture in the previous assignment. I think it payed off because the flowers looked really cool almost like they were floating. In the critique I took away mostly that the crocheted hat didn’t read the way I wanted too, so I want to work on making it more recognizable. I also think the contrast of my objects wasn’t enough and I didn’t push the dark and light values enough. Going back I would rely more on tools I could make rather than the bamboo brushes because I think it would be a bolder approach and would have given more feeling and interesting textures to my drawing. For this still life I used vine charcoal and focused on making each object stand out from one another to get the full contrast that I wanted.

Objects:

Sprite Bottle

Spoon

String

Medicine cup

Plastic bag