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Avatar

Avatar was created for Sketchbusters; the name of the Illustration Group for the summer of 2011.

Through the use of stippling, cross-hatching, line, and value this avatar was created to convey the feeling of mystery and darkness to fit the Sketchbusters theme. To achieve this, the use of Perspective and scale were incorporated.

The final illustration was created with Pen and Ink and Carbon Pencil.

Product Illus t ration

For product Illustration we were to illustrate a product using either a stippling or cross-hatching technique.

The product chosen was a wooden drawing model and because of the smoothness of the product, stippling was the better technique to use in order to convey the texture.

The overall product was created through perspective in order to give the drawing model life and character.

Ultimate Bedtim e StoryThe ultimate Bedtime Story consisted of choosing a sentence from several to pick from and creating a visual for that sentence and convey the message intended. The illustration was to be for a children’s bedtime book.

“She should have been scared of it but she wasn’t” was the sentence chosen for this illustration. The illustration was created using watercolor and carbon pencil. Perspective and scale create the dynamic look of the illustration.

A walk through t he forestA walk through the forest was a psychological evaluation exercise that consisted of listening to an audio which told you step by step what to visualize. The imaginary trip was a walk through a forest which was created any way we desired. Through this walk we came across a key, a cup, a bear, a body of water, and a house. After drawing detailed sketches of everything we say as we walked through the forest, we were to determine which was the

most interesting part of the walk and create a fully rendered illustration of every detail that was created in our mind.For this illustration the discovery of the body of water; a stream was chosen. It was created through the use of imagination, watercolor, ink pen, and carbon pencil.

Matte Painting

Matte painting consisted of creating an atmosphere for an action figure that we would then be placing into the actual painting and making it part of the atmosphere created.

In this illustration the action figure selected is “The Rhino”, a character from spiderman. The matte painting was created to compliment the character’s facial expression as well as his body position.

A diagonal horizon was given to the painting to create movement and tension. The final illustration was created through the use of water color, carbon pencil, and photoshop.

Student Choice

Student choice was an illustration inspired by one of the sketchbook exercises: “I see the light”. It consisted of drawing an object with different angles of light.

Back lighting was chosen for this illustration to create extreme highlights and shadows on the subject.

A doll was chosen for this illustration because a children’s doll would not commonly be illustrated using this lighting. The use of light gives the doll a dark personality and the pose is what brings her alive. This illustration was created using watercolor, graphite pencil, carbon pencil, and charcoal white.

Sketchbook Exe rcises Throughout the course, different sketchbook exercises were assigned to help us with the projects. Different drawing techniques were experimented with, concepts were created, and ideas were developed.