Sketchbook Drawings 3

So here's the next set of sketches from last quarter. The requirement for this week was to use pen and ink, and I don't think I did such a good job with it. It was one of the first times I used pen and ink to create a full value drawing, and I still haven't quite got the hang of it. However, I'm going to upload everything whether I like it or not because its all part of the process, good drawings, and bad.

Sketchbook Drawings 2

These are a couple more of the drawings I had to do for my sketchbook last quarter. This time the requirement was to use repetition.

Oh, I suppose I should tell you the theme of this sketchbook before I get too far into it. At the beginning of the quarter, I had to choose a certain topic to explore in my drawings. I chose to show the differences between the forms of man-made objects and natural objects. Every week I tried to pick two subjects that showed that.

Charcoal Still Life

So here's a still life from last quarter. I used one directional hatching to add value this time, which I haven't tried before, and I really like it. Here's the finished piece:

Here's the process I went through to get there. I forgot to take a picture of the line drawing, but the first image is the value block in stage. The second image is after adding a bit of value using one directional hatching.

Sketchbook Drawings

Last quarter I had to keep a sketchbook for my drawing class where I did two drawings a week. Every week we had to use a different technique and/or medium, because it was all about experimentation. I certainly experimented, and it didn't always lead to the best results, but it was a lot of fun anyway. I don't even like most of my drawings but I'm going to post them all anyways. Bad drawings are just part of the journey, and I did learn a lot from each one.

Here are the first two:

In these two drawings, the requirement was to use a toned background and to create a focal point. The first one is ok, but I really don't like the second one. I tried using colored pencils for a realistic drawing, which I had never done before, and it didn't really work out.

Modeling In Maya!

Hello everybody! I'm back with some new stuff! It's the third week of a new quarter here at SCAD and I just finished my first ever project in Autodesk Maya! I'm pretty happy with the way it came out, especially since it was my first time using any 3D modeling program. The assignment was to create a room, and it could literally be whatever kind of room we wanted. I chose to make a futuristic train station/subway:

Maya is quite a complex program, so this was a pretty tough project. I had to spend a lot of time watching online tutorials. It was a lot to figure out in two weeks, but the result was very rewarding. I especially like the lighting I was able to achieve in this scene, which took a lot of experimentation to finally figure out. I thought the lightning was a cool, futuristic effect too :)