The Dreaded 30 Minute Drawings =)

Here are three, 30-minute drawings done in class, starting with the most recent:

My first drawing was basically my first attempt at a human figure in a drawing class, so I didn't really know what I was doing. I started drawing the figure and noticed the angle I was drawing it wasn't quite right, hence the two figures on one page. My lines were not very well planned and I was drawing lines everywhich way, sort of sketching instead of drawing, as you can see in this detailed picture.

After learning a little bit more about line variation and trying not to outline the figure, I began to sketch small shapes first, very lightly, then darkening as they became more and more human body parts. I feel this second drawing has pretty good line variation and it was a good attempt at using atmospheric perspective. The figure in the second drawing also looks way less cartoonish and illustration-like than in the first. Using axis lines to map out the figure before drawing also worked very well for the sitting pose.

My most recent drawing although further off, proportion wise, was my most successful thus far. I kept my strokes simple and though much more about what I was doing during the 30-minute process. The bottom half of the figure uses foreshortening, which was not my intention and makes the figure seem larger on top, and too small on the bottom. After finishing the most recent drawing, I felt as though I rushed the first two. This detailed picture of the last drawing shows some stronger lines, with a bit of variation which helps bring the figure more forward.

I hope I continue to learn more and more about drawing the human figure because I feel that it's my weakest point when it comes to drawing.

As a designer...

Being a graphic design major, the favorite part about designing for me is the finished product. I consider myself a huge perfectionist even though I don't like the idea. The challenge of not only designing something that I feel looks great but what the client needs, is what fuels anything that I do or may end up doing in future projects. I find that my design process is nothing super new or unique, but it works for me...







My design process is actually quite simple. I start with the objectives that need to be met for a piece and I make a check-list of them. Once I finish either a prototype or a rough layout of a design, I go back to that list and make sure everything gets checked off, and make adjustments, so that the next version will be better and more effective than the last. Although I am more into digital design, both print and websites, my other classes give me a chance to try whats out there and open my mind to newer processes and techniques for producing art.

One thing that I like to think is unique about me is that throughout middleschool and highschool, I was never really into taking art classes, but I was an okay drawer and was also very interested in online design and teaching myself photoshop. So, I developed a passion for graphic and web design during the summer and knew that after getting better and better at it that this is what I wanted to do for a career.