First of two major projects in my drawing class. (Updated with a better image + close-up details)

[Ms. Toad]

Last edited Mon May 6, 2024, 04:46 PM - Edit history (2)

The goal was to ignore content and focus on composition and values. We tossed all our images from the semester on the floor, arranged them looking at composition (lines, values, etc.) without worrying about the content of each image. Not something I do naturally. Then we had to create a new drawing from the bits and pieces.

After the first draft, my professor suggested that it reminded him of a dynamic symmetry grid (kind of like the rule of thirds on steroids). So I ran with it (at least loosely for placement of lines and items). He also wanted scale change - hence the drops that go from small to large (in a mathematical ratio) - and pygmy seahorses (about 3/4" tall) that take up around a third of the page.

This is made from two 22 x 30" pieces of paper.

There's some chromatic aberration that isn't in the actual drawing, and the seahorses are missing some of the detail. I may update later with close-ups of them.

There are definitely parts of it I like. Not sure if I like the whole.

ETA: Updated the image, and added close-ups below.

Web at the top with the brick detail from underneath visible:



Seahorse and splash detail:



Intersecting ripple detail:



Through the underpass (you can see the split betwen the two 22" x 30" pieces of paper here).:



Drop detail: