Angry Pancakes

Angry Pancakes. Made in Photoshop.

Midterm Reflection

Most Successful

I feel like my value scale car is my best work so far. This is because most everything worked out just like I hoped it would. I included almost the full range of shading value throughout the car. It was also a very fun unit for me, which made me want to work on it more and do a better job on it. There are a few mistakes here and there, such as the tire looking a little bit flat, but overall, I am very happy with the way it came out. It was the most successful in my opinion because one of my strengths is in shading, and I feel confident doing it, so that made the car look more realistic.

Learned the Most From

Although it may not be my best drawing, I feel that I learned the most from drawing the skeleton (before drawing on right, after drawing on left). This was the very first drawing I did in this class, so I had no previous knowledge on how to draw not only a skeleton, but a lot of things. Drawing the skeleton for the first time was hard because I was sitting on the side of it, not looking at it straight on which made it hard to draw. I learned all about perspective in this unit and that you should only draw what you see, so from where I was sitting, I drew what I saw in the left picture, which turned out much better than the first. I also learned about the bones in a skeleton, and how they should be drawn. With these things I learned, I drew a better drawing than the first time.

Printing Project

These are a couple of printings I did of a bald eagle. First, I had to draw the eagle, then transfer it onto a rubber brick like thing. Then, I cut out all of the parts that you see that do not have paint on them, like linocut. Then I rolled paint onto the rubber and pressed it onto the paper. It was hard at first to figure out the right amount of paint to put on the rubber and how much pressure to put on the rubber when transferring the paint to the paper so no paint would get into the cracks that I cut out. I learned that it is good to try different things and different methods of cutting, transferring, and pressing so I could find the best way to do it. The hardest part was figuring out how I would show the feathers on the head of the eagle, but I think it turned out pretty well overall.

Spray Paint Stencil Portrait

This is a project that took several days to complete. First, I had to saw the wood to make a frame. Then, I had to staple cardboard to the back of the frame and cut off the edges that stuck out. Then I painted the background of the cardboard green. Next, I had to take the picture of me and put it into photoshop. I restricted the number of colors that were in the image to only 4 colors (I chose green, blue, red, and black). Then I projected that photoshopped image onto the wall and traced each layer on a separate sheet of paper for each color. Then, I used an exacto knife to cut out all of the shapes that made up the colors. Then I laid the layers down in the frame and spray painted each color at a time. This project was fun but challenging. It takes patience to cut every shape out individually and trace each of them evenly. I feel like it came out pretty well in the end, though.

Self Portrait

This is a self portrait I drew of myself. I had to use a lot of shading for my hair, and use exact measurements for my facial features. For example, all eyes are located directly in the middle of everyone's head, so I had to measure my head and find the middle. Also, the distance between your eyes is the measure of one eye length. The hair was a lot easier than I thought it would be. A lot of shading and shaping was involved. Overall, I think it is a pretty good self portrait, but it is hard to make it look exactly like you.