Reflection:
Overall I am of medium satisfaction with my drawing project. The biggest difficulty that I had was working with Ink in particular, as controlling the values became very difficult at times. Some of the objects are hard to recognize as a result. The use of different mark making techniques definitely was an aid in that department. My biggest risk in this project was definitely adding the suitcase, and for the most part I think it turned out recognizable, and added a significant amount to the piece.
During the critique, some helpful items of feedback that I received were:
-Improve clarity of several objects
-add some sort of ground to balance the view
-provide some sort of context/setting, extend the background
If I were to do this project again, I would focus more on other mark making techniques (such as stippling) and find ways to make the background interesting, and add to the perspective of the main piece. I’d also adjust the composition of a couple of my items.
This is the revised version of my ink drawing from last week. I attempted to retain some of the unique mark making from the original, while including the setting of an airport into the image, and making things overall clearer. The drawing was done in pen.
Thanks for your reflection Ethan! This is a great jump forward with both of these drawings and I am glad you found the critique helpful. Isn’t it interesting how others can provide a whole new perspective to our work? I know you are really comfortable drawing with pen, and this really comes through in your new iteration. Ball point pens are just another version of ink, so I wonder if you combined the black pen with the black india ink? Also I know the tool aspect of the assignment pushed a lot of people out of their comfort zone, but you can purchase tools such as a quill, which are made specifically for using that ink. These might give you some of the effects and more that you love about the ball point pen – or maybe you can try combining the too. This method could make some interesting comics!