ART219 Illustration

Airbrush stuff

OK. To officially blog what I assigned today. 10 masked cubes (1 color) and 10 freehand cubes (1 color) due on Wednesday 10th. The one really good planet and fruit is due on Monday 15th. Timelines for the Album Art, Book cover and Cheesy remain the same. Grace under pressure. Who's going to crack? You should know the secret by now. Feel free to ask.

Another Big Watercolor Opportunity

Another big watercolor due on Friday. Another wonderful change to watercolor. If one looks bad, do two. If two looks bad... third time is charm. Topic is you choice. We will see what they look like tomorrow.

Still messing around with technique

So, for Friday we are looking at 5 line/wash illustrations of the same image. The only thing that changes is the way you execute the artwork. This is simply varying your use of the technique and emphasis of line and wash. Also, I want 5 digital illustrations (topic open) of line and color on/in computer/photoshop. Again, these exercises are simply to develop an understanding of the range of media options and technique before we get into actually trying to solve visual illustration problems. Post the 5 digital pieces on your blogs so we can get to them to look at on Friday.

Line, wash... Wash, line

For Weds... 10 more 5 x 7 exercises. 5 are line art first then color wash second, then 5 color wash first, line art second. Combining color washes with line art is a quick and typically effective technique that graphic designers use for producing cost-effective artwork used in their designs. This exercise explores two traditional variations of combining color washes with structural line. Each has a job to do in the success of the artwork. Topic is open.

Bring your supplies to watercolor and draw during class. We will be upsizing to 8 x 10 one of the ten exercises. It will get better. Keep trying different things. No hidden expectations in this post. Do you now feel cheated?

Sorry, Late Post

We are looking at 10 5 x 7 watercolors of something architectural on Monday. Is this different than the skyscapes? More structure required - different emphasis on the four states of watercolor. Also, did you get the two 8 x 10s printed and mounted? Those too are due tomorrow.

Friday, Friday do do dodododo

We will be looking at your 10 watercolor 5 x 7 skyscapes. Go outside - look off to the horizon. If you do clouds, make them look like clouds, not frigg'n puffy cotton balls. I really would like to see ten really impressive watercolors which means maybe you will have to do more to get to ten good ones. Practice the various watercolor states. The more you do, the better you get. Also, bring your watercolor supplies to work in class on Friday. See you then. Watercolor till you puke. Did I mention practice?

5 Line Art illustrations

OK. This time it is 5 line art illustrations with the twist of drawing them in Photoshop using the graphics tablet (if you can find one that works). Only 5 this time to account for the small software learning curve. Make them look good. Size 5 x 7 inch and print out to the laser printer for Friday. Get your blogs created and email me your blog link. Start blogging about what you have been doing in class and scan and post some of your work. Give me something good to read. I like to be entertained.

10 more Line Art illustrations

OK, your first batch of line art illustrations looked good. There was a good range of use of black line. You should have seen from mass of artwork this morning some approaches and techniques to try in the future. For Wednesday, have 10 more line art illustrations ready to look at. This time use photographic reference as the basis for what you draw. Shoot or find the images you will translate to line art. Size this time is 5 x 7 inch. A bit more real estate to work with. Think of composition, focal point, technique and consistency. Have fun.

10 Line Art illustrations

Ten line art (b/w) illustrations from life are due on Monday. Not very big - 4 1/4 x 5 1/2. Ten of these little suckers. Let's see where you are at.

More Airbrush exerices

For Friday in class after we look at the Memory Portraits comps and the Number 11 assignment examples... be ready to airbrush more shapes. This time we will be airbrushing cubes... as promised. You will need to bring to class some frisket to cut masks for this one. Since we are cutting masks, you'll want to use an illustration board or mat board. If you are using paper, you'll cut right through it.

So I want 30 one-color cubes with grounding shadows and 10 two-color cubes with shadows for Weds.