Wow, I am actually blogging some info for you. Here are some of my thoughts on line art. Being able to draw black and white line art is one of the most useful skills you can have as a designer. I'm talking pen on paper, that you can then scan and/or modify digitally later. We will deal with that later in the semester.
Think of as many possibilities that you can using a black line and try them in your drawings. We talked about only a few in class today, but there are many more. Look at illustation work in CAA or other trade magazines to see the variety of ways line art is used. Printmakers are also a good source for how imagery is constructed using line art. Your skills using line art will become a foundation for you to build more and more complex artwork. Line art in illustration is comparable to the use of grids in a design. The drawing serves as structure in the artwork.
Be carefull and don't just crap out scratchy looking drawings. Be deliberate and confident in your markmaking. Be aware of line quality, line direction, use of line as value. The actual "correctness" of your observational skills can be overcome by simply being confident in how you draw what you see.
These first ten line art drawings will establish your baseline. See how many "good" drawings you can do from the ten. I can hardly wait until Monday.
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