Plans for my final/ Proposal

After looking back at all of my work the above observational drawing was my favoirte. originally drawn through a caffe window, it depicted a young woman resting on the edge of an ice rink on a cold icey day. I really liked the direction she was looking, and the composition in general. As such I plan to develop this image into a final, as it will both focus on a person as well as their environment.

Before I put all the skills I have learnt for my I pad to use, I will do some visuals to play around with the composition some more, as there may be more still I can do for this image.

Success and Failure, experimentation.

As promised the other day I tried 2 different styles for the same image. I drew one of my friends, although I loosely drew the structure lines for both images quickly so i didn't have to worry about the expression being held.

The first image I spent an hour on. I used much bolder and solid colour than normal, and with minimal blending. I really like this effect, and feel I will develop this way of working for the final piece as well.

The actual peice itself is not perfect, But I feel it is defiantly an improvement.

However the next image is not successful at all in my opinion. I tried drawing my friend again in 15 minutes, like the traditional artist in my last peice did, however the anatomy is off and the shading no where near the traditional version. It was fun to try, however I now know it will be colour like the above I shall be attempting for my final.

Research part 2

2 more thoughts about my digital work hit me recently. Trying new things and getting inspiration from traditional work. for most of my studies and sketches I have used low opacity brush marks to help speed up the process of sketching, and I tried it once with an earlier image, however I plan to now try it again.

The above image is a 1 hour speed painting on photoshop from http://aurora-stylus.deviantart.com/
The artist here has used solid colour and a tight palette to blend the co,lour in her image, instead of using the same colour but at different strengths. I really like the effect it has on the characters hair and the skin on the face.

The traditional element I was talking about earlier was inspired by this. it has a great feel and mood, and the mark making is great. I'm not sure how I can recreate such an effect, but with I-pad and photoshop I intend to give it a try and see what I get.

By artist María Emegé

over at http://emege.deviantart.com/

So now all that remains is to go down town and try these ideas...

Recent Updates

Hi again all. Now 220 and the essay are out of the way I can start uploading work I have been doing for this module again.

For todays post I decided to show 2 quick Ipad drawings.

The first is of 2 people at pizza hut. Creating shapes like tables is harder to do on an I-pad then photoshop, so I decided I should be merging the use of both programs more.
I did like the mood in this quick 5-10 minute piece though, from pizza hut.

 The next I-pad sketch is from my house. we were watching TV the other day, so I did this in 10 minutes. The faces are sketchy, but I like the colour pallete used. It feels slightly organic to me, like the colours I could see then.

Although I plan to go back and redo the faces on photoshop with my tablet, I did have some quick fun with filters and overlaying texture, to see how they effected the mood of the piece

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Although not perfect, these do indeed add some interest at least. My next steps are to finalize ideas and techniques for my project, and start getting to the final.

Early research

For my first studies into the world of digital art, I decided to look at the work of other artists with the brushes app for Ipad. It is clear this way of working is still in its early days, but so far I have managed to find a few intresting finds

http://walyou.com/finger-painting-ipad-art-beyonce/
The vidoe in the above link is amazing, its a really realistic style, and i feel I can learn a lot with this artist. The most I have spent on an ipad drawing is 3 hours roughtly, so maybe if I spent this long on a drawing, i could compare myself with this style better.

http://paulaobrien.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/more-life-drawing-with-ipad-brushes-app/
This this link is another artist doing life drawing on an Ipad. Although I could never see myself working like this, I really enjoy some of the mark making going on here.

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2011/03/inspiring-artworks-created-with-the-brushes-app/
This site has a collection of Ipad drawing. By far my favorite is the image  "Route (lle de la Réunion) by jmhincky2007. Storm sky reflected in road."
 which I have also included here
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5097/5394469771_6b4a715558_b.jpg

This is an image I wish to try and learn from.

I-padding it at the Barbican, and some thoughts.

"I-padding it" heh, I shall be remembering that term. Anyways yesterday I did some drawing out at the Barbican, as well as one more quickly done at home.

 The above 2 images are slight variations of the same thing. this was the first scene that I drew, where me and my friend were sat on various rocks. I wanted to draw the artist on location, which fits in with my theme of people and their environments. The top one is the original, and the bottom one has been slightly edited with photoshop, with a slight colour overlay and a filter applied.  I really like the slight changes the second one has, and i feel it makes all the difference.

The above image was another 5-10 minute drawing. It was of a man sitting at a bench looking out to the boats at the port. I like the environment he is in more than himself for this picture. 

The final I pad drawing of the day was this one of my house mate watching television and midnight snaking (its almost a tradition here now for us). 5 minutes or less, really tried doing this without him suspecting. And even better, I think it worked.I like the blocky colours I used here, the sketchyness comes from the black shading, instead of the overlayed colour.


And finnaly below I am showing another one of my more planned drawing. this was a drawing I did for fun with no reference. I love fantasy art, and always sketch like this, but only now am I doing this frequently on the ipad. This drawing took 2-3 hours, and is much more refined than the above sketches, however I have used the same principles, such as shading with low opacity balck brush marks followed by overlayed colour, however this time i placed colour uiderneath the black lines as well as an overlay on top. I think this has created a much bolder effect, and I really like it. I will be trying this method with a more refined drawing of real people next time I do 220 work with the Ipad. so now you know what to expect next, woo!

As well as more detailed life drawings, I will be showing my research here as well,so my train of thought is made clear.

Cheers!

Tuesday drawing out, the shopping centre

Displayed on this post are drawings I did on my Ipad at a shopping centre, sitting on the top floor with a burger and fries, looking down at all the different shoppers.It was a fun afternoon sessions.

The above image was a collarge of sorts. These were 3 different people walking at different times. I decided to add them all on the same image to both save space on my Ipad and create a scene at the same time that shows the busy nature of shoppers at drake circus. Each figure was 5 minutes, and although they are quite rushed, I still think its a fun excersise. I added some crazy colours on the top layer set to overlay at the end to tie the 3 of them together.

The above guy may well of been 5 minutes or less in total. Was really quickly drawing a manager/ security officer who was on the floor below me looking down to the ground floor. He looked like a hitman, so I am glad he did not see me draw him.

I wish I had drawn more at drake circus, and I may well go back to try and draw some of the busy shoppers, but I had other things to do after this, such as finals for 220, so I called it a day after this. however I have done more drawing since then, which I will show in a later post