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.