Week 6 - shapes drawing (final product)

Craft
        This week we finished and added the final touches to our drawings of an object using different shapes of different colors and sizes. The object that I drew is a 1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1. I made this drawing using Adobe Illustrator and the mouse, because the mouse is easier to typically trace an object using shapes. I made this drawing using a lot of different shapes of different colors and sizes to portray the object accurately. The first step to creating an image like this is to find a good picture you want to draw, (that is of good quality, good light source, picture of a real object not a drawing, etc), and place it into Illustrator so you can typically trace it but with the use of shapes. I then began to draw my image using shapes and starting to place those shapes one on top of another just like layers so there wouldn't be any extra space that would show through. In performing the first step I used just basic shapes of similar colors. For the second step I went back and focused directly on different parts of the image individually and made those parts more realistic and lifelike by putting shapes of different colors and sizes into that part of the image at close quarters to make it look perfect when you look at the whole overall image. Finally I went around the whole image I am drawing til I am happy with the base image then I needed to start in on creating the shadows and light reflections on the object to give it that even more realistic look and to tell where the light source is coming from.

Composition

      In this drawing I arranged the elements (in this case the different shapes) the way that I did to make the viewer see the object for what it is without any confusion, which in my drawing is a car, along with its own unique light source and shadows and giving it a different perspective then a normal flat two dimensional object and giving it depth and making it real and concrete. The first thing I want the viewer to see is the overall car, which stands out first off because of the bright orange color of the car along with the white spots that are the number decals on the car against a darker background image. The second thing I want the viewer to see are the reflections of the sun that are on the object in the picture along with its shadows to give it that three dimensional feel. Thirdly I want the viewer to see the background image of the race track to give it that realistic feel and not just a plain two dimensional image. I used shapes to create this object because shapes are easier to manipulate and move to where you want them to portray the object more accurately and easily than it is with just lines. 

 Concept

    I drew a car, more specifically a mustang, because I have a fascination with cars and find cars easier to portray then trying to draw an actual person, animal, flower, or something else along those lines. This is the final product of my shape drawing that I drew, with its completed background included.

Week 5-Shape Drawing (1st draft)

Craft     

     This week we started drawing objects using different shapes of different colors and sizes to portray an object. The picture/object that I picked to draw is a picture of a 1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1. I made this drawing using Adobe Illustrator and the mouse, because the mouse is easier to use when it comes to creating and modifying shapes instead of using the bamboo tablet and pen, which is better for just free drawing and drawings objects with just lines. I made this drawing with a lot of different shapes of different color and size to portray the object accurately. The first step to creating an image like this is to find a good picture you want to draw (that is of good quality, good light source, picture of a real object not a drawing, etc), and place it into Illustrator so you can typically trace it but with the use of shapes. I then began to draw my image using shapes and starting to place those shapes one on top of another just like layers so there wouldn't be any extra space that would show through. In performing the first step I used just basic shapes of similar colors, which later I'll go back and focus on different parts of the image individually and make those parts more realistic and lifelike by putting shapes of different colors and sizes into that part of the image at close quarters to perfect it. I'll go around the whole object I am portraying til I am happy with the base image then I need to start in on creating the shadows and light reflections on the object to give it that even more realistic look.

Composition

      In this drawing I arranged the elements (in this case the different shapes) the way that I did to make the viewer see the object for what it is without any confusion, which in my drawing is a car, along with its own unique light source and shadows and giving it a different perspective then a normal flat two dimensional object and giving it depth and making it real and concrete. The first thing I want the viewer to see is the overall car, which stands out first off because of the bright orange color of the car against a darker background. The second thing I want the viewer to see are the reflections of the sun that are on the object in the picture along with its shadows to give it that three dimensional feel. Thirdly I want the viewer to see how detailed the edges are along with little things on the car to finish off the overall image of the car. I used shapes to create this object because shapes are easier to manipulate and move to where you want them to portray the object more accurately and easily than it is with just lines. 

Concept

    I drew the car because I have a fascination with cars and find cars easier to portray then trying to draw an actual person or something along those lines. This is my shape drawing that I drew, which is also the first draft, hence it is not completely finished and missing some of the key features I talked about.

 

1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1

Week 4-Color and Texture Drawings

Craft

      During the next week of class we made another step forward and added colors to our drawings along with using both horizontal and vertical lines in the same drawing to give it that more realistic feeling. I made these drawings using Adobe Illustrator and a Bamboo tablet and pen. I made these drawings with straight or slightly curved horizontal and vertical lines of different thickness. If it was a color drawing then I picked a color along with different shades of that same color, so about four or five different shades to use, otherwise if it was a texture drawing I had to pick a shape (single letter or number) and use only that shape to create a background originally and then a depiction of an object with the use of different shades of the same color just like the color drawings, but I picked different colors for the background and the actual object to make it stand out more. The first step to creating a color or texture image is to find an object you want to draw then either use natural light or give your own light source to the object to give it a unique shadow feature. I then began my color drawings by picking a color that was in the medium range and typically drew the overall whole shape of my object. After that I moved to the  lighter end of the color spectra and used that color to start shading in or drawing the lighter areas of the object, then the same thing is done with a darker version of that same color and used on the dark areas of the object. Then after that I used some of the different shades of the same color I used previously on the other areas of the object that aren't at either end of the dark/light scale and have a sort of blending feature. Finally i went back with all the colors that i used and try to fill in as much white/empty spots with them, but of course with the appropriate colors. Now when it comes to creating a texture drawing I used the same guidelines as the color drawing in regards to picking colors for the actual drawing and for the background. But for the texture drawings I picked a certain emblem for each individual picture to use as a sort of brush head. I used the emblem originally with the range of colors over and over again to create a background to draw my actual texture drawing on. Then I began my drawing using the same emblem, that i chose, to draw the overall shape of the object then I used the same principles as the color drawings to show the light and dark parts of the object I am trying to portray. Then while drawing the object I would focus on a certain part of the drawing and get closer, use smaller versions of the emblem I picked to draw with and make that certain part more exact and look better then move on to the rest of the object til I was completely done.

Composition

     I arranged the elements for these drawings (in this case the horizontal and vertical curved lines) the way that I did to give the viewer the perspective of the object having a unique light source and giving it a different perspective then its normal view. The first thing I want the viewer to see is the juxtaposition of the lighter parts of the objects to understand which direction the light source was coming from and the darker spots on the image to show how exactly that object was facing when the light source hit it. Secondly I want the viewer to see how I used different hues and values to portray the light and dark part of the object even more accurately and show a sort of mix or blend of the colors to give it a nice flow from one part of the object to the next. Thirdly I want the viewer to see the different amounts of saturation I used in the images to give it a more dramatic look. For these pictures I used horizontal and vertical lines because I feel they are easier to use when it comes to having to draw an image with a shadow affect on it.

Concept

     Each object I drew was some sort of bottle or vessel because I think drawing those type of objects are easier to differentiate between the light and dark parts of the object especially with the curvature of the object. These are my three color drawings followed by my three texture drawings.

This is a color drawing of a wine bottle.

This is a color drawing of a Jagermeister bottle.

This is a color drawing of a Patron bottle.

This is a texture drawing of a wine bottle.

This is a texture drawing of a flask.

This is a texture drawing of a 24oz beer glass.