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1Kelli Shaffer

Table ofcontents

2 Creating with line4Line Drawings

6Value Drawings

8Color Drawings

10 Texture Drawings

14 Creating with shape16Shpae Drawing

20Shape Revision

22 Shpae Variations

26 Creating on paper28Conte Crayon

30Charcoal

32Graphite Pencil

34Twisted Tricycle

36 Dial Tone


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Vaule Drawing of a coffee cup

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line


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Line

CRAFT: I used a Bamboo tablet and pen to draw thesimages within Adobe Illustrator. Using the brush tool in

Illustrator, I used different size brush strokes with

different directions of line to create different objects withonly 100 strokes. To create the images, the pen and tab

are used like a piece of paper and pencil, creating every

stroke that makes up the image in Illustrator.

Drawings

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COMPOSITION:For these drawings, the rst thing Iwant the viewer to see is the object as a whole. After

being able to recognize what the object is, the viewer

will notice the individual lines, or strokes, and the

directions they are in. Some of the drawings contain

strokes going in different directions to better

represent the true shape of the object while others

only contain one direction of line.

CONCEPT:At this point, the only message I amtrying to communicate is the object itself. The goal

of the assignment was to create ve objects that hold

liquid, like a bottle or cup.


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CRAFT: Thies drawings are created the same way asthe previous drawings were-using the brush tool in Adobe

Illustrator, and drawing with the Bamboo tablet and pen.

Different size brush strokes were used to create different

thicknesses in the values of the grayscale. To create the

images, the pen and tablet are used like a piece of paper

and pencil, creating every stroke that makes up the image

in Illustrator.

COMPOSITION: I was focused on creating an objectappear three dimensional by only using different values

of black. The darker values created the shadows of the

object, while the lights made the highlights. The object

should be the rst thing the viewer sees, while the

different values within the object should be noticed

second.

CONCEPT: In these drawings I am trying tocommunicate the object itself, but only using differentvalues. For this assignment, I created ve cups and bowls,

only using value.


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To create the images, the

pen and tablet are used

like paper and pencil,

creating every stroke

that makes up the image.


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colorDrawings

CRAFT:These color drawings were completed using thebrush tool in Adobe Illustrator and the Bamboo pen and

tablet. With the brush tool, I chose a hue and created at

least ve different values to use for the object. Using the

different values, I drew the object, using the different values

to capture the darks and lights on the actual object.

COMPOSITION: For these drawings, I really wanted thehighlights, or the spots on the object that reected the most

light (the brightest), to be the part of the object that draws

the viewers eye. From there, the contrast of the lights and

the darks will pull the viewers eye around to the rest of the

object, seeing the different values that compose the entire

object.

CONCEPT:Again, my main focus for the color drawings

was to realistically create the object. For these drawings,

I used a glass vase, a foam soap dispenser, and a large

push pin.

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different values capture the darks and

lights on the actual object.


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textureDrawings

The entire object is composed of

different brush stroke sizes and

different sized numbers.


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CRAFT:Just like the past drawings, these three texturedrawings were completed using the brush tool in Adobe

Illustrator and the Bamboo pen and tablet. With the brush tool,

I rst created a background layer of one number, consisting ofthree different values of the same hue. Then using the same

number as was in the background, I then chose a different hue

and created at least ve different values to use for the main

object. Using the different values, I then created an object, but

instead of using straight lines, the entire object is composed of

different brush stroke sizes and different sized numbers.


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COMPOSITION:For all three drawings, I wanted the viewerto see the whole object rst, then the background made up

of a certain number. The last thing I want the viewer to see

is that the object itself is made up of the same number used

in the background.

CONCEPT:In these drawings, I was trying tocommunicate the object as a whole and have the viewerthink about whether or not the texture and the numbers

created goes with the actual texture of the object. These

three texture drawings are of a glass vase, a lightbulb, and a

foam soap dispenser.

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think about

whether or not

the texture and

the numbers

created goes

with the actual

texture of theobject.


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Shape Drawing of Elvis Presley createdin Adobe Illustrator

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shape


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Shape

DrawingI built my

image up from

the back,

forward bylayering every

shape on top of

one another.


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CONCEPT:Through this image, I am mainly trying tocommunicate what the image is actually of. Just like this is

the rst time Ive used the pen tool in this class, this is also

the rst time I have another point I would like to communicate

with the viewer. Up until this point, I havent had an

opportunity to chose something that interested me or wasa part of me. I chose Elvis because he is one of my favorite

singers of all time, and I want to communicate that through

my image as well as allowing the viewer to recognize who my

image is of. Obviously, in order for the viewer to understand

that Elvis is important to me, I must be successful in

communicating who is the subject of my image.

This week we began using a different tool in Adobe

Illustrator. Up to this point we had been using only the brush

tool to create different objects, but this week we were

introduced to the pen tool. The pen tool might sound like it

functions similarly to the brush tool, but in actuality, it is quite

different. The pen tool allows you to create more controlled

shapes, either by plotting multiple points (done by clicking

where ever you want a point to be) or by clicking and

dragging, which creates a smooth curved line. The pen

tool gives the user an endless array of lines to use to create

whatever it is you want. To create my image I chose, I started

with the part of the picture that was farthest back. Once I had

determined which part of my image was underneath

everything else, I started there and I created every shape that

was created on the original image by the differences in hues.

In other words, I built my image up from the back, forward by

layering every shape on top of one another, allowing them

to overlap and come together to create the entire image. Not

long after I started, I noticed that the shapes added up very

quickly and was beginning to become hard to keep track of

what each individual shape was. To x this problem, I

organized the shapes into groups, or layers, and labeled each

one so they were easily identiable.

COMPOSITION:For this particular image, I wanted tocreate a realistic version of the original photograph, so I

simply duplicated the photograph. Because I wanted my

nished product to look as similar as possible, I did notrearrange the elements. I left everything the way it was in

the original picture. The rst part of the image I created that

I want the viewer to see is the guitar. This is because of the

particular photo I chose. Most of the image is composed of

darker hues, except for the esh and the guitar. However,

because the guitar has more intense, or saturated, hues

within it, that is where my eyes go rst on the original picture;

thats where I wanted them to go for my image. From the

guitar, the microphone guides the eye up to Elvis face.

CRAFT:


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I wanted to create a realistic

version of the original

http://e-callao.net/tag/elvis/


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photograph, so I simply

duplicated the photograph.


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shaperevisionRevision of the Shape Drawing

CRAFT: To revise this image, I used the original image Icreated of Elvis Presley using the pen tool in Adobe

Illustrator. To create the changes I made, I played around

with the gradient menu and tool, as well as the gaussian

blur effect. By changing the sharpness of the edges and

creating a smoother transition from one shade to the next,

it made my image look a little more realistic version of the

original photograph I used. While I got the guitar to

appear to have a smoother nish to it, it took a lot of trial

and error to get to that point. When I used the gaussian

blur effect, in order to create the look of a smoothtransition, the entire guitar looked out of focus. I tried the

blur with different radius lengths, but still could not come

up with a satisfactory look using the gaussian blur

effect. I then tried the gradient tool to achieve the smooth

transition on the guitar. Despite the irregular shape of the

guitar, I was able to come up with a fairly decent gradient

setting that smoothed the transition enough, and cover the

majority of the guitar.

COMPOSITION: I still have the same intentions with therevision of Elvis as I did the rst time around. My main

goal is to duplicate the original photograph as realistically

as possible. In order to do this successfully, I need to

keep the arrangement on the composition the same as the

photograph.

CONCEPT: The main purpose of me playing around withgradients and blurs was to communicate a more realistic

guitar with a smoother transition between hues and a more

subtle change in the shades within Elvis face. However, I

was only able to create a smoother look to Elvis guitar.


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Shapevariations:Variations of the Shape Drawin

CRAFT:To create these variations of my orginial image ofElvis Presley, I applied different brushes and different color

schemes to the original image. In order to create the two

images with the orginial color scheme, but different brush

strokes, I used the brushes window to select two different

brushes to apply. The rst one I created, I found

and applied a more subtle brush to the imgae. After

creating that image, I then applied a more extreme brush to

the image. I then created two images that had different color

schemes to them. The rst, more subtle one, I used different

shades of blue (monochromatic) and the second

one has a more extreme color scheme to it. Once I had

created these four images, I then blended them together

to create an image with both a new brush stroke and color

scheme. To get the image to have the different colored

brush strokes, I went through each individual layer and

selected the color I wanted that particular layer to be (for

the stroke, not the ll), selected all shapes within that layer,

and applied the brush stroke to that layer. I repeated those

three steps for each of the fteen layers that make up the

entire image.


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CONCEPT:The main purpose is to show that a realisticimage can easily be changed into an unrealistic one in

many different ways and that it is simple to change the

degree of realism within an image you create. As the

creator of the image, it is your own choice of how realistic,

or unrealistic, you want your image to be. And that can

easily be created by using different brush strokes, differentcolor schemes, and a combination of both.

COMPOSITION: For some of the variations, I wanted theviewer to notice the color schemes I used, and in others Iwanted the brush stroke to be noticed. After that, I wanted

the viewer to notice the subject of the image, Elvis Presley.


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a realistic image caneasily be changed into

an unrealistic one.


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Up until now every image has been created using

Adobe Illustrator. Now, instead of being created on the

computer, the images in this section were hand drawn

using a variety of mediums, including graphite pencil,

charcoal, and cont c rayon.

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Contcrayon

This image is a unique one within all the compositionscreated in Drawing I because of the color paper that is used.

Black paper creates a whole new challenge when drawing.

Typically, when creating on the usual white paper, the

shadows need to be created, while the highlights can be

depicted with the paper itself. Until an image is created on

black paper, it goes unnoticed that creating shadows is not the

same as creating highlights. One needs to focus on differentareas of the composition; the darks when using white paper,

and the lights with black paper. When black paper is being

used, the shadows can be created with the paper, while the

highlights need to be created with the medium. This is why the

composition is mainly created with white cont crayon, with the

black cont crayon allowing me to make a smoother transition

between shades and sometimes taking away some of the

lightness in certain areas.

Using both white and black cont crayon, I created this image

of a bed sheet hung along a clothesline. I really focused on

creating the folds and creases of the sheet by the highlights

and shadows as opposed to creating individual shapes, like I

did with my Elvis Presley image. By recreating the highlights,

shadows, and midtones by following the direction of that

particular section not only creates the true shape of how the

sheet was positioned, but also adds depth to the image.


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Charcoal


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Sketchbook:sunfower

Sketchbook images give me freedom. I am in control ofevery aspect of these drawings: subject, medium,

composition (layout), style. In my sketchbook I put objects

that have some sort of signicance to me. Or sometimes,

they are just simpily things that I like. This is the case for

both of these sketchbook entries. To the left is an entry of a

glass of sweet tea. I drew this with charcoal at thebeginning of winter, when I was thinking of the warm

summer days, when sweet tea is almost always lling up

my cup. And above is a sunower, another wishful image

of summer, both in the name of the ower and the time they

are plentiful.

In my sketchbook

I put objects that

have some sort of

significance to me.


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These two sketchbook entries are of common items foundaround a room; to be specic, a classroom. On the opposite

page, there is a close-up drawing of a pushpin. I really focused

on capturing the smooth transition of the shadows to show the

roundness of the pushpin. Not only does the intense shadow

accurately show the shape of the pushpin, but it also tells you

about the environment that the subject is in. In this case, the

light that the pushpin is exposed to is coming from the upper

right hand corner of the sketch. Oppositely, the light source on

the chess piece to the right is coming from the left. Where the

shadows, and highlights for that matter, are can tell youinformation about the objects surroundings.


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I found this particular composition to be one of the moreinteresting pieces I drew for a few reasons. The rst reason

was because this drawing required me to draw the same

object multiple times to complete the piece. However, there

was a catch to this; each time I started a new

drawing of the tricycle, I turned my paper. This elementto the drawing added a level of abstractness to the piece.

When I drew the tricycle for the second time, I not only

changed the direction of my paper, but I also changed my

view of the tricycle. By the time I had completed three

drawings of the tricycle, it was hard to tell what the subject

of the drawing was because the three overlapped so much,

and the different directions added to the confusion. The

second reason why I thought this piece was interesting was

because of the use of positive and negative space. For this

piece, all of the negative space, or space within the

composition that does not make up the subject, were

shaded one of ve values ranging from darks to lights. It

was up to me to decide which negative space shapescreated by the positive space overlaps were what value.

Every part of the positive space was left white. To bring the

viewers attention to certain areas of the piece, I created

contrast with the white of the tricycle. In other words, the

negative spaces surrounding the parts I wanted to

emphasize I made the darkest value. By placing the darkest

values in only specic spots within the composition, I

controlled where the eye went.


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This drawing has a story to tell. Every aspect of thedrawing has some sort of signicance in effectively

telling the story it holds. But what is that story? This

drawing entitled Dial Tone depicts the last interaction I had

with my Grandmother before she passed away.

My sophomore year of high school had come to an endand summer 2009 had just started. My travel volleyball

team was preparing to go to the biggest tournament of our

entire nine-month season-AAUs in Orlando, Florida. It was

a practice day the day she called to talk. There wasnt a

real reason she had called me, but she was excited that we

would get to see each other in September. I was just as

excited as she was since we were so close. Knowing that

I had to get ready for practice, I told her I had to go. We

exchanged the common goodbye of See you soon, and I

love you, but I had no idea that that would be the last time I

would ever get to talk to my Grandma.

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August 21,2009. Just a few weeks before we wouldve

been able to see each other. This was the last day the

world was graced with my Grandmothers presence. She

passed away peacefully in her favorite chair right next to

the window that let her look out into her yard lled withnature.

I was completely devastated when I found out what had

happened that day. My rst thought was that I never got

to tell her goodbye. My memory immediately went back to

that phone call that I had cut short. At the time, I thought I

needed to get to volleyball practice. Looking back on that,

there isnt anything I wouldnt give to be back in that

moment so that I could tell her everything I wanted to tell

her, even if that meant being late or even missing that

practice.

This drawing is all about the one phone call I wish I couldhave back.

Dial Tone was made in memory of my Grandmother,

Brenda Jo Shaffer.

This drawing is all aboutthe one phone call I wish

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I decided to use graphite pencil for this drawing because Iknew that I would want to have detail in this drawing. Not

only was I more comfortable with graphite pencil, but it also

gave me more control than charcoal or cont crayon.

Almost everything in this drawing helps tell the story- from

the parts of the telephone itself, to the positioning of the

objects. The old telephone base on the right hand side

represents my Grandmother, and the receiver on the

opposite side represents me. The distance between the

base and the receiver shows the distance that was between

my Grandmother and me. The cord connecting the two is

a very important part of the drawing. Yes, it does connectthem together, but the cord has a more signicant meaning

than that. The cord transforms into a cardiogram when

following the cord from the receiver to the base. However,

as the cord gets closer to the base, the cardiogram begins

to weaken and eventually at lines, then transforms back

into a cord. The cord represents life on my end, and death

on the other end of the conversation.

The telephone itself isnt the only thing that adds meaning

to the drawing. I also placed the parts of the telephone

where they are for a reason. I decided to put the entire

telephone at the bottom of the composition to show the

heaviness I felt after I had learned that she passed away.As for deciding to not to include the entire receiver in the

composition, I chose to cut most of it out just like I cut the

conversation short. Not only does it say that the

conversation wasnt everything I wanted it to be, it also

gives you a sense that something is missing. To me, the

something that is missing is me not telling her everything I

wanted to.

Shading also plays a part in telling the story. The shading

adds a lot of meaning to the cord. When the cord is near

the receiver, the cord is very light, symbolizing life. But as

the cord moves further away from the receiver and closer

to the base, it gets darker and darker until it is completely

black by the base. The black represents the lack of life

and the mourning that came with that. The shading in

the background also follows this pattern. In the bottom

right hand corner, the background is the darkest it is bythe base. It is slightly lighter in the corner by the receiver,

but is not completely light like the cord. This is because

I wanted to add to the heaviness feeling. By keeping the

bottom portion of the composition with a darker

background, it pulls the eye to the bottom, where the

entire drawing is. As the background gets further away

from the telephone, it becomes lighter, with the lightest

section of the background in the corner above the receive

and darker above the base. This transition from lightest

to light, while more subtly, shows the transition from life to

death.

Once all these elements are combined, the story thatinspired this drawing comes alive. Let the whole story be

told and dont cut it short.

Once all these elements are

combined, the story that inspired

this drawing comes alive.


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