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