Mark Making Project
This was one of our first projects, we first explored the ranges of various mediums including ink, charcoal (vine), and graphite, using unconventional utensils, such as sponges, forks, and folded paper. It was a study of form, line, space, and other principles and elements of design.
First, we had to make a page of twenty-four 2-inch blocks using various mediums, attempting to display the most variation on a page. We also had to make two sheets of six, 4-inch blocks using the same methods.
Later, we explored how line and shape can induce and bring forth different emotions. For the final project on this topic, we had to make 2 sets of pairs of 6-inch blocks that showed opposites of each other.
The first of these pieces depicts the emotions anger and calmness in ink. The left shows anger, being represented in the form of an angry flame, using deep values. The right shows calmness, expressed with a light and soft ink stroke. The circular shape represents wholeness and peace.
The second of these pieces depicts velocity and languor. The left shows velocity, bring represented in the form of a comet, again using deep values. The right shows languor, represented with carefree, relaxed, and random ink strokes.
Stool & Figure White Figure Ambiguous Illustrator Collages
We spent many weeks practicing with gesture drawings, and drawing the figure. Later, we drew a set of stools. We scanned the drawings, and incorporated both into a document with interesting use of composition and space.
Afterwards, we used tracing paper to transfer the large shapes onto bristol. The shapes were cut out, and placed onto black charcoal paper. We had to create two 10″x 10″ collages; one collage with a white figure, and another that was ambiguous. However, they had to use the same shapes in each piece in different ways, for different purposes.
Later, we used the pen tool on Illustrator to trace the larger shapes made by the white space in the composition. For the final product, both collages were transferred to Illustrator. The first shown is the white figure, it depicts a dragon-like form. The head is in the top left of the piece, and his neck bends across and down to the body in the lower left.
