Tracings p.2

Raphael  

Red Chalk

264 x 197 mm

All original images form the book The Draftsman Raphael. 

These drawing were great to work with, I found that the detail and motions depicted in them almost as good as looking at a real figure. The dimensions of the drawings were very much along the same guidelines taught in class. Lightly tracing around or within the torso created a shape very close to the egg shape for the ribcage. The exercise was good to see the ribcage in or for different positions.  P.S. sorry about the lay out, I am still learning to use the blog. 

Tracings p.1

Left: Caleb Summers

         9-21-2008

         colored pencil on                    tracing paper

         11 1/2 x 8 in

Right: Raphael

            pen and ink

            269 x 197 mm

Left: Caleb Summers

         9-21-2008

         Colored pencil on                tracing paper 

         11 1/2'' x 8''

Right: Rapheal 

            Red Chalk

            379 x 281 mm

I thought this was one of by better drawing so far. 

I posted it just to post it.

Three Long Drawings

I have learned what a gesture drawing is to start. I thought before that a loose drawing of the figure was a gesture drawing. So far in class I have learned that not much more than a stick figure can express, or contain more information than a representation of what our eyes see.
For example the first 30 minute drawing has some good  quailties, but you do not see the qualities that the gesture drawing contains. The next drawing is much easier to find the correct proportion by using the long axis lines. I did not know to look for these lines in a figure until it was explained in class, but as soon as it was I understood why. It may not look like like much more than a stick figure, but it is the foundation of drawing the figure. 

                                 

Drawing with the long axis lines and a basic ribcage and pelvis, shows where and at what angle the limbs are at. When adding line variation ads a good amount of depth to my drawing compared to the first long drawing.

The figure is such a

 familiar image for our eyes to see, any flaw in the drawing pops out of the drawing quite a lot. The latest drawing I did after learning about the spinal cures, I feel looks odd.

The curves of the spine are rather difficult to get correct for me right now.  The drawing with the spinal curves seems distorted to me.  I began to add the outline of the figures lower limbs. It was not done well and it creates an odd dynamic to the drawing.  The human figure is a very complicated form to draw. Learning the figure step by step through gesture drawings has shown me that even though you can show it with lines is still difficult to get right. 

sign

My graphic design project is one of the ones that show my humor. I made this warning sign for the squirrels on campus. I felt the need to inform them of the dangers of the junk food discarded on campus. Squirrels have the right to be healthy also. 

my Lamp

The Lamp is made out of completely recyclable materials. It contains no glues or other adhesives, which make recycling difficult or impossible. This project became drawn out and I decided to design a lamp I want for myself. So,  this is what I ended up with.

This is one of my latest ID projects that I feel it is a great representation of my talent for 3-d modeling programs. This is one of the first complete models I built in Solidworks. This was for a branding exercise and the brand I choose was Radio Flyer. 

I tried to tie in an old school feel with some of the iconic colors and forms of past and present Radio flyer products. While creating this stroller for radio flyer I realized that I wanted to start designing for children or something relating to kids. One of the main reasons I am taking life drawing is to draw people interacting with designs like this one.  A key feature of this stroller is a second child can ride on the back  of it.

To show that I need to improve the quality of my figure drawing.