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Safiyyah Wilkerson _(Not blind) Contour_ 

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Safiyyah Wilkerson _(Not blind) Contour_ 

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My first attempt doing this self-portrait I ended up cheating by looking before I could finish. I stopped immediately and was surprised with what I saw... Not half bad for my first try 🤔

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Self portrait drawing_Attempt #2_Blind Contour

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I was in my bathrobe and headwrap while laying in my bed listening to lofi hip hop music on YouTube. I used my phone's camera as a mirror for this piece.

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Demon Slayer Crocs shoe

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Cross Contour Hand - Final draft of 1st attempt

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Cross Contour Hand - Final draft of 1st attempt

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I tried to focus on making the hand pop off the page like a 3D drawing. This is my final draft after my first attempt (I posted the first draft earlier)

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I began with an HB pencil to draw the outline. Then I tried to challenge myself by using an ebony pencil for the rest of the crossing. It was difficult to keep certain lines light and others dark by taking or putting down pressure, so I went over the darkest area with more lines. Finally, I revised the lightest areas with an eraser which super difficult to erase. The biggest challenge was trying to show that the Bell pepper was cut in half and that you could see the inside.

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I made three drafts before I reached my final one. First I created a grid with very fine lines. Then I drew my peppers and peach which were intially too big. I almost wanted to start over entirely since I was already 10 mins in to our 20 min drawing session. Although when the Prof added more time to the drawing session I was encouraged to erase the previous drawing and continue. (Attempt 2) was after the check-in session where I received helpful feedback on what I had so far. Revisiting lessons about the tools that are used to draw still-life was fun and helped me make my final edits. (Attempt 3) I erased all my shadows and replaced with an outline. Also, looked over my ellipses for my mug and bottle. I tried making my peppers bigger and rounding out my peach as well. Going through all those stages for my work was necessary because my final edits was my best one.

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Updated perspective drawing

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Vine charcoal on newsprint paper

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I attempted this with an ebony pencil. I need to practice drawing with the value scale more.

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I tried drawing around the subject while focusing on only the shape. At first it was quickly done, but when I finally settled on the shape I pressed harder on my pencil to create definitive lines. I used a plastic/vinyl eraser to clean up the edges and to help with details like the chair legs or head. I even tried drawing streaks on the floor with the eraser just to experiment.

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Vine charcoal on newsprint. I didn't feel like doing any details on the sheet and got a little lazy. It was hard to make the whites in between the items lighter or darker so I turned my computer screens brightness up to the highest point so I could see the contrast.

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My first attempt with ink 🥲

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-I left school for 5 years to be a fashion model
-I hate going to the gym b/c of toxic gym culture
-I like traveling to different anime/gaming conventions