Week 4-Week 5

Memory Portraits

Final

Here is the final scanned in for print! I like the way it turned out. I chose the cartoon because I thought it would be fun and also I figured ZI could use flat color instead of a pick-out technique for the more realistic drawing. Wrong!! I had to do a gouache pick-out method because the flat color was not working!! On top of that water spilled all over it and washed of the paint because it was still wet, but hey I still think it turned out well :) I didn't want to do too much pick-out on the shirt and hair so I just chose some sections to highlight and maintain a illustrative feel. Finally I went over it with ink to make it pop and also to make it more cartoon like. I think it could have used some line variation but I think it still works. I may still go ahead and develop the other more realistic sketch for fun!

BACK TO SKETCHING fOR fiNaL

So I needed to work with the final drawing some more before I felt comfortable moving on to the final 8" x 10" color assignment, I did a cartoon version and then a more realistic version of my bro.

Color Studies

Moving on to the color sketches we were supposed to use the previous initial sketch and do three different color palettes for them. I think the color combination in the middle worked out better. I also took this stage to work with the composition a little bit and also still trying to figure out how to draw a more accurate representation of him... so I like color palette #2 and composition #3.... I used gouache for the color studies and really watered it down like watercolor for blending.

Sketches

For this assignment we had to develop a memory portrait of a family member without looking at a photo. Out of the five sketches I made the bottom sketch was selected as my most developed sketch and for me to tighten up for the next stages. I have to maintain the same general composition.