Monday, November 16, 2009
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Week 10
Craft
I constructed all of these images using Adobe Illustrator. All of these illustrations were done using the pen & tablet tool available to all art students. The use of the color tablet was an important feature in these illustrations especially the first and the last one which feature fire in the fireplace.
Concept
These illustrations are of the fireplace in my parent's home. The fireplace is my favorite place in the entire house simply because in the winter it is the only thing that keeps us warm. Yes, I have heat in my house but nothing emits heat like that fireplace. A downfall of this fireplace is that when it is on the rest of the house is freezing because the heat will not kick on. When it is cold in the winter I come to expect the fire place to be on at almost all times, but when it is not and I am cold, I get angry, really angry. Because the fireplace was previously on the house is still freezing and when it is turned off there is no heat source available which is an extreme annoyance.
In two of the illustrations I decided to try to capture the essence of the heat that comes from the fireplace. In the top illustration I tried to show the overall feel of the fireplace by adding color to the walls and to the bricks on the fireplace. The middle illustration shows more of a contemporary view of how the fireplace could look in a more modern house, as opposed to my house which has more of a country feel to it.
Composition
In the top illustration I used a very thick, charcoal brush to make the picture look sketchy, yet realistic. I used different color strokes on the brushes to add color to the bricks and the walls surrounding the fireplace. I think the color adds to the warmth of the illustration as well as the realism with the color in the fire.
In the 2nd illustration I used only the pen tool to create a very geometric version of the fireplace, because of the lack of versitility/knowledge of the tool, fire was not added because I believe that a geometric fire would take away from the realism of the main piece, the fireplace.
The 3rd illustration used the artistic brush tool and created a simple sketch of the fireplace. The sketch is realistic yet lacks detail in the wall color and in the bricks when compared to illustration number 1. The color of the fire is really the only color in the picture which is not a negative feature because it shows how warm fire is and that it is the main part of the picture & my favorite part of the object.
I constructed all of these images using Adobe Illustrator. All of these illustrations were done using the pen & tablet tool available to all art students. The use of the color tablet was an important feature in these illustrations especially the first and the last one which feature fire in the fireplace.
Concept
These illustrations are of the fireplace in my parent's home. The fireplace is my favorite place in the entire house simply because in the winter it is the only thing that keeps us warm. Yes, I have heat in my house but nothing emits heat like that fireplace. A downfall of this fireplace is that when it is on the rest of the house is freezing because the heat will not kick on. When it is cold in the winter I come to expect the fire place to be on at almost all times, but when it is not and I am cold, I get angry, really angry. Because the fireplace was previously on the house is still freezing and when it is turned off there is no heat source available which is an extreme annoyance.
In two of the illustrations I decided to try to capture the essence of the heat that comes from the fireplace. In the top illustration I tried to show the overall feel of the fireplace by adding color to the walls and to the bricks on the fireplace. The middle illustration shows more of a contemporary view of how the fireplace could look in a more modern house, as opposed to my house which has more of a country feel to it.
Composition
In the top illustration I used a very thick, charcoal brush to make the picture look sketchy, yet realistic. I used different color strokes on the brushes to add color to the bricks and the walls surrounding the fireplace. I think the color adds to the warmth of the illustration as well as the realism with the color in the fire.
In the 2nd illustration I used only the pen tool to create a very geometric version of the fireplace, because of the lack of versitility/knowledge of the tool, fire was not added because I believe that a geometric fire would take away from the realism of the main piece, the fireplace.
The 3rd illustration used the artistic brush tool and created a simple sketch of the fireplace. The sketch is realistic yet lacks detail in the wall color and in the bricks when compared to illustration number 1. The color of the fire is really the only color in the picture which is not a negative feature because it shows how warm fire is and that it is the main part of the picture & my favorite part of the object.
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