So...this year off I'm working on my portfolio for grad school. To help me stay on track, I made a deal with my friends to post some art work or something at the end of each week to show that I've been working on something. All of these works won't end up in my portfolio but they are helping me get back in the mix of things since it's been so long since I've used my drawing skills. This week was the first week and I probably picked a pretty hard subject to jump right back into drawing,, but it's something close to my heart, my camera. I decided to draw it because I couldn't capture in the earlier post that showed my tools. This is the beginning of my journey. I decided to show various stages of completion to show how I work.
This first image is me putting down the outline of my camera. You can see some of the construction lines that I used to guide my angles and the shape of the lens. You can also see a slight difference in the sketching style between the camera and strap. I used a looser style on the strap because it wasn't as necessary to be precise, just needed to rough in the basic shape.
In this image I'm beginning to shade and define the camera's shape and how the light plays on the surface.
It's not finished yet but this is what I have so far. I used a hatch on the strap instead of the smoother shading I used on the camera body to give the strap some texture. There's still some white spaces because I haven't decided how detailed I want to get and whether or not I want to draw in the brand name and writings on the lens. Also, I haven't quite figured out how I want to deal with the glass on the lens yet. I still need to darken the values in some places to give it a more finished look.
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This is so cool :-) I love the step by step you give the reader. You're picture looks fabulous - I love the camera idea. I showed my mom and her friend and they thought it was a photo of your camera so compliments to you. I'm really excited about this series. The details of the camera are great and I look forward to any updates you make to ur drawing. Grade A work! At least from my non-artist eye.
Thanks a lot Ashley. It helps to have your encouragement. I hope I can keep to the schedule and put something up every week. I really need the push you are giving me. I guess its ok to be unfinished now but hopefully I'll finish soon and update it.
I'm no artist but I think this is great. I love how you didn't just show the ending piece, but how you got to that point. Keep it up and looking foward to reading and looking at some more of your work
Thanks Cheesy for the comments. All I need now is some subject suggestions from you for the rest of these weeks and for you to start b logging again. I miss your random tangents lol.
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