Prompt: Draw a city from above from memory.

The first location I drew was OSU’s North Campus. I lived there for two years, so my memory of it was fairly accurate.

A screen capture from Google Earth is shown above for comparison. I also drew a map of my hometown in the style of Kathy Prendergast. The area right near where I lived is almost perfect, but the accuracy declines rapidly the further away from home I drew. This exercise was very nostalgic; it brought back a lot of memories from my childhood. I drew the grassy median strip where I played baseball with a foam ball and plastic bat, the house of one of my best friends, an alleyway where I fell off my bike and gashed my knee. It’s sad to see that, despite living there for twelve years, the neighborhood is already starting to fade from my memories.

The first prompt I followed asked me to sketch visually appealing scenes from movies. The first movie I chose was Inception. Leonardo DiCaprio is flanked by two staircases. This shot is quite dramatic, and occurs directly before the first major special effects sequence.

The second movie that I sketched is Green Book. After the emotional climax of the movie, the two main characters find a small restaurant. One of them, a world renowned pianist, decides to give a performance. This is the first time in the movie that a warm, comfortable setting is used, to reflect the same feelings within the pianist.