Assignment:

Cartography is the practice and study of making maps.  Unifying science, aesthetics and technique, cartography communicates spatial information.  In light of this practice we will be using our analog drawing from the prior assignment as the foundation to map out an invented comprehension of light in Photoshop.  We will also use photography to better comprehend, explore and manipulate value, light logic and surface textures digitally.  Although we are not creating a map in the traditional sense, we are applying the concepts/science of light, aesthetics and technique to communicate the way light falls upon objects and how we translate that to the viewer upon a two dimensional surface. We will use photography to gather source material in addition to documenting our charcoal drawings from the prior assignment.  

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Edited Still Life Drawing

Charcoal on 18 x 24 in paper

On Adobe Photoshop, vanishing points and horizon line are identified. The analog drawing is corrected.

Using the intersecting lines, the Fill Tool is used to re-draw the still life with accurate perspective.

Texture was added using the Fill Tool along with other tools such as Perspective Warp.

Final Layout of Digital Grisaille with analog drawing, digitally corrected drawing, and three textures applied.

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This was my first time utilizing digital tools to further my analog drawings and although I had used Photoshop before this assignment I still had difficulty remembering all the tool functions. However, as I worked with layers and transparent construction, the repetition became easier and I got faster at performing the same tasks through the help of shortcuts. Initially, I kept having to redo tasks such as drawing straight lines because my hands would slip but after doing it over and over again, especially in the second and third steps, it became less of a hassle. It was nice to use Photoshop to perform tasks such as finding the vanishing point and horizon lines as well as completely even fills of color in the digital drawing. Overall, I enjoyed this project because it helped me understand the flaws of analog drawing while not aiming to prove digital fabrication is a replacement for analog drawings.