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Out of the many characters I’ve seen from Hiveswap Friend simulator, this character in particular was the one that stood out to me as one of the most due to his strong level of optimism, enthusiasm, and ambitious dreams. The purpose of this piece was an attempt to accurately interpret the feeling of the character visually. My coloring style tends to use more vibrant and saturated colors. I normally use various complementary colors to create an asymmetricality in my pieces. Majority of my work uses a portrait canvas orientation. Normally my marks give off a smooth or shiny look. I tend to like using perspective to add a more unique way of viewing the subject or subjects that I am using. The type of work I create is intended to use ways of recreating or bringing to life worlds of fiction while also representing various perspectives of many people, animals, bugs, characters, games, etc, that normally aren’t well or commonly represented in art.

In preparation for the creation of this piece, I practiced my ability to sketch out my subject in my sketchbook. I had collected the necessary reference photos and organized them on my other digital device for easy access. I created two main layers to start with. These layers being the layer where I sketch the pose of the character and the layer where I more accurately draw and color my subject. During this process, the layer above the sketch deferred from my original sketch in both proportion and pose. With the background decided, I chose to have the lighting and lines of the image to appear softer. For the larger moon that shows up in the background, I decided to use the more simplistic shading style of Steven Universe as a slight form of inspiration. I chose to use the brightness of the moon as a way of creating contrast from the character to add an emphasis towards where I wanted the viewer to look. I used the  gradient sky colors to represent both the sky and space of Alternia. I used the blue of the character’s blueprints to create a flowy aspect to the image.

Since seeing My Hero Academia, I have been greatly interested in perspective style views that were used for its animation. The level of dimension created by the use of perspective was inspiring to me. With the help of the diversity and emphasis of the dramatic characteristics portrayed into the many Pokemon designs, I was able to learn how I can find and use the important visual characteristics of a subject to create another level of interest in my pieces. In the past, I have seen various people recommend the use of blues or purples as shaders as opposed to the use of the greyscale or simply the darker versions of the colors used. By my own observation, I was able to realize how often colors that are surrounded by other colors tend to reflect those surrounding colors on themselves. While practicing my more compact pixel artwork, I was able to realize how much softer using colored lines can allow the whole image to become... I'm sorry this is so long. . .

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For this piece (skull painting #1) I was using a monochrome palette. I used blue to create a cool feel and I saw blue in the reference photo. I tried to do a zoomed in version to really accentuate the eye sockets and teeth. The purpose of this piece was to get used to the monochrome palette and to practice drawing and painting the skull. I wanted this piece to feel really large and powerful and to really focus on the value and form.

For this piece I used gouge in a blue monochromatic palette. I sketched out my skull on large paper after a series of thumbnails and started to put down a base layer of paint. I used large paper and really focussed on the scale and value. I used the reference to sketch and help me with the values. The final piece came out how I envisioned it and I like the scale and color pallete.

This piece was an exploration of the monochrome palette. I was excited to use gouge and watercolors and I really enjoyed the blue colors. I wanted to create a piece that was creative and different while still being an accurate representation of the reference photo.

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Here is the draft

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You will post what you have so far on Padlet (paragraph, full statement, or outline).

Read every one of your peer’s statements and answer the following below their statement:

How does your peer show examples of Motivation, Context, and Decisions?

How do they explain their reasoning?

Does your peer show enjoyment, interest, or inspire you?

What types of strong descriptive words do they use?

Do you have any advice for your peer about their statement?

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Malak
sorry for the bad hand writting this is my draft, i still need to finish it

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angelina

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-Charlotte Di Giacomo

I chose to create this piece in particular because I saw the soft gradient of the sky in the original image, and thought it would be a good opportunity to take advantage of the chalk pastels' superior blending capabilities. I think I got my style from sketching a lot. You can't tell in the final piece, but I had sketched out the landscape prior to coloring it in so I could get a sense of the details in the original photo. I like that my piece has a blend of detail and simplicity to it... It allows the piece to resemble the photo, but still feel like an original artwork.

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Harry Styles, "Golden" - typography vector portrait

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Harry Styles, "Golden" - typography vector portrait

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Harry Styles- now a solo artist, originally from boy-band One Direction- is an inspiration to many, but I chose to make the portrait of him because he's incredibly special to me. His beautiful talent and kindness makes me cry, and his lyrics are so influential. Harry's face is so handsome and unique, I just couldn't resist choosing him as my subject for the portrait.

Since this piece was digital, I used my computer, iPad pro & Apple Pencil, Procreate and Google Drawings. I used a dropper tool to identify the exact colors from the original picture. I outlined each little detail on their own separate layers, then filling each in. I then downloaded the full image and put it into google drawings. I added text individual boxes in rows to fill the background behind Harry’s figure, purposely missing letters to give it more depth.

I used the song “Golden” because of the background and thematic colors in the image. They are all different shades of yellow and gold. “Golden” is also a very pretty song, and I listened to it while I worked on this image. So now, in my head when I look at the final piece, the song “Golden” starts to play and flow with the colors on the screen.

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Gina Sexton - Typography & Vector Portrait (1)

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My underwater exploration was something I wasn’t super comfortable with. As I started working on it after the thumbnails and planning I figured out what I need to do and how I can work with the pencils. I decided how I wanted my piece to turn out and in the end, I was happy with it. I think it was a good project to work on and it was a new experience to step out of my comfort zone. I usually stick with acrylic or oil paint because that’s what I’m good at and works for me.

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i tried to make the decision paragraph but made it too long, i apologize

"I worked on a reference image, thumbnails, and a sketch before starting my final piece. I had put the most thought into the final. I looked at multiple different koi references for anatomy, texture, accuracy to the flowers, and water. I used my sketchbook as the paper media. The first step of the drawing was to sketch out the fish, flowers, and lily pads in graphite. I did not sketch out the water in graphite. I made sure to make the fish become the main leading lines, adding to the composition. I added in my colors by getting a light base layer of colored pencil down. This helped me to remember which colors went where. After that, I added in some layering and shading with other colors. I used a range of reds to light yellows for my fish. For my lily pads, I used a range of dark blue to yellow. For my flower petals, I used red to light purple. For the inside of the flowers, I used bright orange to light yellow. I started with the bottom fish, and worked my way to the rest of the drawing. I kept layering over colors until I felt satisfied with the result. At the end, I used a white gel pen to create highlights where I felt necessary. One thing I failed on was having a realistic perspective. I feel that in some areas in the piece, the flatness of the lily pads and the angle of the fish did not match. Overall, I’m happy with my piece."

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A lot of the work I do for school is very different from what I’m used to. So I often have to work in different ways, with different mediums from what I’m used to. Though, one of the things I’ve done that I feel was a little more me was the water exploration. Having the chance to work with a lot of color, and a sort of character is how I wor, and this allowed me to do something closer to home, even if I never work with fish.

I drew a rainbow trout, and the medium we were tasked to use was colored pencils which I don’t work with too often. Starting with a graphite sketch which I admittedly went a bit too heavy handed with. I worked with only one reference really, since I couldn’t find one in the pose I was looking for, so it was quite a lot of guessing honestly. But for the colors when I got to that, I did work quite a bit brighter than the actual fish. That, and the rocks are completely unrealistic with blue and purple hues. Since I like to work with a brighter, vibrant palette, and used a white gel pen on top (that kind of died on me) to push the highlights where the pencil couldn’t. I didn’t really go for a full underwater color as I couldn’t find a good reference, and I didn’t want to mess up the perspective as that is an area I’m still working on in my personal work. So I kept the tan paper I was working with on display. Just adding a bit of blue at the top as a sort of hint that the fish is in water, even if it isn’t fully represented. Overall, I think the piece didn’t turn out too bad, and is actually my favorite thing I worked on all year.

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My personal series is a watercolor portrait in my style of 2d from Gorillaz. My motivation for this piece: The past couple of months has been a bit depressing and put me in a bad mood, following this was a bad artblock. I had always liked and listened to Gorillaz but recently got into the fandom more to cope with quarantine. The band is super unique and has a lot to it. The characters are relatable and have super cool designs. Once started drawing them, it brought me out of my art block and made me happy to see I can create good, colorful artworks.
Decisions: I decide to do a watercolor because I have recently been getting into watercolors with black inking over top. The black inc always brings the piece together and gives it more dimension.
Context: I wanted to express color and creativity through this piece. I also wanted to show how 2d as a person acts, hes very light and bubbly .

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Personal Series Project Proposal  (Mar 19, 2021 at 1:28 PM)