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@edel82
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1mo
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Ended up zooming out some on the original Idea. It wasn't reading as the church sitting on a river of oil. Spent more time painting digitally. Probably got carried away with brushes and adding effects to try and make it feel dirty.
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I've done the same thing @edel82 . I was just a few years into my career and teaching at the Illustration Academy while working on an illustration in the faculty lunch room. I spent all week trying to "find" something interesting in the surface and texture. My mentor Mark English complimented me when it was done- "Looks great- what the hell took you so long?" It was said in good humor, but the lesson stuck. Your value and composition look very well thought out. You might benefit from some smaller elements- shapes/marks, etc. particularly in the oil towers, even if it deviates from reality a bit. Excellent finish.
@edel82
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2mo
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I chose the film There Will be Blood. I wanted to show the coming of the oil industry. How it develops itself and takes over what was once in there before. I wanted to show Daniel with the milkshake mostly because it's this innocent thing, but within the context of the dialog in the film it's something else, he's also covered in oil as he's slowly being consumed by his obsession.
@edel82
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I chose The Glass Menagerie. There were themes of nostalgia and regret. Feeling trapped and yearning for escape.
I tried playing with the Victrola as a symbol for nostalgia and the glass figures as memory.
In one of the thumbnails I made Laura the glass figure. The shape of the windows and display case.
Themes were nostalgia vs regret. Feeling trapped vs yearning for freedom. This was tough for sure.
@edel82
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I went with The Hound of the Baskervilles. Landed on chapter fourteen.
In the first thumbnail I liked the visuals described in the book about the fog looking like an ice field and the house a floating ship.
Second thumbnail is after the Hound has been shot with Watson examining the body.
The third is upon discovering Mrs. Stapleton tied to a beam in the center of a room used as a gallery for a butterfly collection.
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@edel82 Rich and evocative thumbnails, Edel. No.3 has an amazing setup for storytelling. I don't know the intimate details of the scene, but I'm assuming Mrs. Stapleton is found dead? I feel like she can become more of the centerpiece of the illustration- brought around the beam, towards the viewer. Additionally, if you can lift her off the ground- it becomes that much more terrifying. Use light and additional elements for framing and you have yourself a very powerful setup for your piece.
@edel82
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2mo
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Great exercise, I don't think the likeness is all the way there in these. I spent too much time trying to figure out the jaw line in the first attempt. I prefer the 30 minute one where I pushed the values some more.
The most interesting one to me was the 30 second attempt. I tried to keep the shadow shapes simple.
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2mo
I once had an instructor tell me that we see vertical and horizontal lines/object rather easily. We struggle with the angles. For many artists, it's a lot like math, where we are plotting points between the vertical and horizontal "grids" we envision. I love th weight and mass of the shape beneath the jawline into the neck, and I really like that 30 second drawing.
@edel82
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3mo
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The first image was the low key value study or as close as I could get them. The most contrast being the area between the buildings.
For the second I tried making it look like the light source was coming from off screen and directed at the man standing by the entrance.
@edel82
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3mo
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Went digital on this assignment, still learning the program so it look a little longer than expected. Eye dropper and lasso tools were very much appreciated for this one.
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3mo
The lasso tool- highly underrated. Nice work @edel82 If you bring the value closer together on that inner shadow, it may have a bit of a unifying effect on the overall shape of the barn.
@edel82
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3mo
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I used markers and started with washing everything with a 4. Then I chipped away at the shadows as i saw them. I tend to stay in a high key when I draw so this was a good exercise.
@edel82
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3mo
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Tried to keep them with in 3 values, it was difficult not trying to add too much and keep them simple. Squinted my eyes a lot to make some of the details blur and focus on the big shapes. I probably spent more time on these then I should have especially trying to chip away at the white areas with my eraser.
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3mo
Well, these came out VERY nice @edel82 It is hard to simplify, especially when so much feedback focuses on our ability to bring dynamic and details into our drawings. The most important things, though live in concept and composition.
@edel82
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3mo
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Live in a 1 bed room apartment with the wife and toddler so it gets tight. We split the living area in two its currently set up like the first sketch for illustration mostly. Works well for me since I work at night mostly.
I would like to set up more like the second sketch with my easel to paint more often. I usually will move into the open space while my wife is at work and my daughter is at daycare to work during the day. Making a more open space would work better for painting, we may need to down size some elements or see how they can fit elsewhere.
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3mo
That's a lot going on in one room! I wonder if there are wheels on casters, or sliders to make the conversion of the space easier? Nice work on the thumbnails!
