Big Draw

We began with 2D ink portraits of the person in front of us, I experimented with a sponge and used the shadows to create the face. Using dry ink smudging techniques , the facial features were formed. What worked well with this was working with the shadows and the ink to make an abstract image of someone.

















From there we moved onto watercolours. Taking a minimalistic approach, I looked into the basic outline of the person across from me. Playing with the material it created a watery effect, it seems to have blended well with the other work.











Moving from 2D paintings, our task was to create three dimensional objects and find a way for it to interact with the previous art works on the page. The item was meant to represent yourself in some form, I chose a paper crane because of my love for wildlife.














Flattening the 3D object back into a 2D presentation, like a dimensional cycle, the crane was placed amongst the other works. With the ink smudging effect repeated onto the crane, allowed my object to interact with the other works better as it blends with the background.


















For the second half of the session we were asked to build tower like structures with the materials at hand. Due to the short time frame the best solution my group came with were house of cards, this gave us more time to decorate the outside. The image shows us experimenting with felt and sponges as additional decoration, to give the building more character.















The 'house of cards' from a side angle, also the development of a possible character for the next task.




















We added an extra eye and a moustache to give it a humorous look, this was for a short stop animation we had to make. Also planned to incorporate the house from the previous task to become the setting for the story.

A three eyed female sponge companion was made to compliment its my counterpart for the gif video.

For our final task we had to create a portrait form of ourselves, I made a mask smiling because that's how I usually present myself. Overall yesterdays tasks allowed me to work outside my comfort zone and experiment with various materials to create random works of art.