Exploring color with different media inspired me a lot, because I used to draw illustrations by procreate which is electronic and it cannot express the texture of garments. However in this project I tried many materials like charcoal, oil pastel, acrylic and markers, and these various type of drawing tools really enrich my paintings and it’s quite interesting that I can discover the difference between each tools, through the discovering of materials I do know how to express the texture of gauze and folds. Thus, I think my drawing skill really improved a lot. Moreover, I enjoy the process of mark-making, making some scribble and interesting marks on the paper with all the funny materials I can think of.

 

Through this project, I refer to a fashion illustrator named anjelica roselyn, every stroke of her illustrations show a free and casual feeling, but it can still shows the important component of each garment. So I try to use the same fast drawing technique, at begin of this project I drew very slow because I want the illustration to be perfect at any point and I focused on all the details, from now on I realize that it is ok to draw a garment without the complex detail and I pay more attention to the silhouette.

 

I think the best work I’ve done is the 3D collage since I love doing handcrafts so I applied many folds and silhouette in my design and the the color is also extracted by my color palette which I think is good cuz it was related to my former work. 

 

It’s my pleasure to have so many hard-working and talented classmates, they all did such an excellent work and give me inspiration sometimes. To be specific, every time when I get the chance to see each other’s work, I can find the different drawing and design styles and it influenced my work. Another example is when I was doing the 3D collage which is too complicated to finish in time so when my peers all finished this, I was still struggling with the folds and the waves, I tried to catch up with them and improve my working efficiency.