2016年2月2日 星期二

Project Review #2

Another drawing I did for the same editorial project. This time was an article from the New York Times the tittle is Surf for Love, Not for Gold, which argue that surfing is not the right sport to add to the Olympics. It list a lot of reason about how surfing is not appropriate for competition. One of them is surfing really depends on the waves, "Lulls between waves are long, rides mostly short and unexciting." And that was what I want to focus on and illustrate.

I made two version of drafts. One with collage and one pencil. It shows how surfing is not as exciting as people think it would be as a competition.
It was very nice to got comment in this stage to see if I'm in the right direction. Luke (the tutor of this project) said he like the the idea and it will work well and should add more variety of expressions to the people. Also he likes the pencil drawing better, so I started working on that.

The final draw is pretty much the same as the sketch but really like how simple the characters are and I don't want to overwork it.
I kept the color palette very simple. I was going to use only different shades of grey but I ended up using pink and pastel blue just to add a bit of playfulness and I personally like how it looks. 

Thanks for reading.
Yan  

Project Review #1


So I did an illustration dedicated to an article from the Guardian. It talks about the situation of people in Britain hoarded house which leak to the problem of squatting.

To illustrate the difference between the people who hoard housing and the one who can't afford it, I draw the scene of the supermarket. I try to show the issue by illustrate all the houses that place in the trolley, the empty shelf and the contrast of the scale of both character. 

The sketch I did.

The first version. I try the first one by using acrylic but I didn't really like the bright color. Since it suppose to be a negative news, I decided to do another one with ink.

This is the second version by using black ink. Changing the color really brings out the theme that I was going for. It fits the subject with the right atmosphere. I also add a pop of red to highlight the houses that I thought it will communicate the issue better.  

After I presented my work I got a few comments on what I could have done to make it better. The hand of the shopper can draw in a better way which I agree, it did looks a bit awkward. Also the black outline for the houses and shelf are unnecessary, just a block of color might look better in this case. 

Thanks for reading.
Yan


Relief Print Opah


I choose one of my fish sketch for my first relief printing image. It was surprisingly easy to carve and it only took me a few minutes to get use to drawing with a carving knife.


As this was the first try, I experimenting different layer of sheer and opaque color which give the prints a more interesting effect.


The final outcome.


Thanks for reading.
Yan