Month: October 2019

Interpreted Journey – Progress – Project Three (2310)

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Instruction

Continue progress on the Interpreted Journey project.

 

Purpose

Reach towards finishing the project.

 

My Interpretation

Because I decided to have my scenes set at night, I knew I needed to either have extremely heavy pencil-shading or use my micron pens. I have never been a fan of shading, often preferring intense line work, so I decided to give a go at using the pens. I never used them before this project, so I spent some time drawing some very quick sketches to allow myself to explore if I wanted a black sky or not, if lights have an “aura” around them, and how light and shading is impacted by using different line weights of the pens.

Interpreted Journey – Drafts – Project Three (2310)

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Instruction

Create five or more near-16:9 drawings utilizing compositional elements as a draft.

 

Purpose

Finalize decisions on compositional elements should be decided. Prepare for final submission.

 

My Interpretation

I wanted to explore the idea of being chased by having ever-enclosing angles of the person being chased, save the last drawing. It starts with an over-the-shoulder mid-shot in hopes to set the scene and show the stakes for what is about to happen. The next drawing is a canted mid-shot to emphasize the motion in the chase, and the next is in rule of thirds and golden triangle to draw your eye to important parts of the drawing, mainly the rubbing subject (to be added). The fourth drawing is a high and slightly canted angle, again showing motion, but also allowing the subject to look small and running out of room. Next, I contrasted the previous drawing by doing a low-angle frame within a frame shot. Though the low angle makes the subject larger, the clock tower is the overbearing figure in the composition, allowing a unique big-but-still-small look on the subject. The final drawing was originally going to be a close-up but I decided to change it to birds-eye and focus on the Fibonacci spiral to frame the size of the crowd chasing down the subject, creating an overwhelming feeling of “I’ve been caught.”

Color and Pattern – Iterations – Project Four (2110)

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Instruction

Using 10 images from natural things, create iterations based off of the four categories of: proportion, individual components, direction, and color and value. Create a total of 40 sketches.

 

Purpose

Understand what makes a pattern and how they hide in plain sight in natural elements of life. Explore color and pattern in an extremely basic way, highlighting patterns that already exist. Hopefully become inspired by shapes or texture you may have never noticed before to develop a pattern in the future.

 

My Interpretation

I decided to focus on bugs. I knew starting out that they were both colorful and full of pattern, so maybe I could understand more quickly. I used a variety of bugs from bees to flys, beetles to spiders, and even more focused parts like eyes and wings. I struggled with proportion, but thoroughly enjoyed focusing on color and value as well as direction.

Interpreted Journey – Thumbnails – Project Three (2310)

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Instruction

Create at least 25 thumbnails (in a 16:9 ratio) from your Journey to Treasure drawings using various compositional techniques. May use one of three themes: flying, investigating an alien planet, or being chased.

 

Purpose

Explore different angles, frames, and compositional devices to observe where your eye looks in the context of your Journey to Treasure drawings. Iterate many different versions.

 

My Interpretation 

I decided to follow the “being chased” theme as I thought it seemed most fun, and I could use a lot of one-point perspective, which is one of my favorite ways to draw and show off detailed line work. I know that I want to expand my skills and try to not only use pencil shading but pen shading as well, exploring texture and shadows with darker blacks rather than different shades of gray since I wanted the drawings to take place at night.

2D to 3D Orthographic – Further Progress – Project Three (2110)

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Instruction

Continue progress on the 2D to 3D orthographic project.

 

Prupose

Reach towards finishing the project

 

My Interpretation

I have completed the plan/elevation views and pasted them to the final board size that will be used. I also used a ton of various templates throughout my process to help aid the iterative process and quick flow of ideas when cutting out of Bristol board.

2D to 3D Orthographic – Drafts – Project Three (2110) necessary

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Instruction

Building off or your chosen plans/elevations, create drafts of a 3D structure. Keeping to the word it was originally based off of is no longer necessary. Make the drafts out of Bristol and constrained 3” by 3” square on the used face.

 

Purpose

Develop the ideas from the orthographic drawings into 3-dimensional objects. Prepare for the final submission.

 

My Interpretation

My goal was to focus on each draft to be unique in its own way. The first being extremely grounded, heavy, and angular, the second being smooth, organic, and complex, and the third being fragile, tall, and dainty. I used templates so I could quickly try out iteration after iteration and aid in the process of creating nets for the objects.

Exercise – Exploration of Angles

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Instruction

Find an object and use it as a subject in the given frame/cinematographic terminology: far shot, mid shot, close shot, high angle, low angle, over-the-shoulder, rule of thirds, frame within a frame, and golden triangle.

 

Purpose

Explore and understand how different cinematographic angles and techniques create different tones and feelings.

 

My Interpretation

I used my water bottle as my subject matter.

 

Exercise – Mood Swings

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Instruction

With the same deforestation scene, use different angles and cinematographic tricks to create a feeling of guilt and disgust, weakness and fragility, and power and resilience.

 

Purpose

Explore usage of angles and how the impact mood and feeling. Hone into these feelings and explore how the change feelings and emotions associated with what you are looking at. Explore high and low angles.

 

My Interpretation

I decided to create a scene of the edge of deforestation, a contrast of lush forest and cut stumps among a singular bulldozer. For guilt and sights I wanted to emphasize and compare the slow death of a forest to a spreading plague from a high, brid’s-eye view, full trees replaced with empty circular stumps. Next, for weakness and fragility I went with a worm’s-eye angle, showing how weak and defenseless an already destroyed tree can be in front of a brooding metal beast. Finally, for power and resilience I went back to a higher angle to show the once-huge bulldozer as a smaller, almost ineffective force among the overbearing treetops.

2D to 3D Orthographic – Orthographics – Project Three (2110)

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Instruction

Create a 3″ by 3″ (1:1) orthographic drawing of three of the 2D words used from the previous project. Using the iterations from your perspective drawings, create a front, side, and top view of the to-be 3D object.

 

Purpose

Use the measurements and ideas as a template for cutting out the Bristol board when assembling the drafts and final projects.

 

My Interpritation

I knew going in I wanted a tall and thin object, and organic object, and a ridged object. I followed some iterations from my perspective drawings, but the organic (curved) one is completely new to this set. These designs still later changed as progress went on.