In this project, we did many figure drawings and learned how to render the shadows and tones. We began by making 1-minute quick sketches, and then we drew the model in 20-minute poses. We also did a drawing of artists’ stools. After that, we scanned our drawings and combined them digitally, changing scale and position, and turned the composition into a black and white version. Using the white shapes cut from our composition, we created two new compositions, one with a white “figure” on a black background and one in which the figure and ground were ambiguous. I first made a set of compositions by hand, and then I made my final piece digitally, using illustrator. It was my first time using Adobe Illustrator, and the pen tool was really difficult to control!
[Model and Stool Drawings]
[Composition – in Photoshop and Illustrator]
[Hand-made White & Ambiguous Compositions]
My first set of compositions are made by hand, and I hadn’t used the same shapes in both. Therefore, I changed both compositions when I make my final set digitally.
[White & Ambiguous Compositions – Illustrator]
Overall I enjoyed this project very much because I learned how to use Adobe Illustrator and manipulate negative spaces to make interesting compositions!
