Red & Delicious
This piece is an apple, as close to a realistic apple as possible. This was meant to help me learn how to use the program, Corel Painter. During this process I learned how to use various techniques in picking out colors from a reference, smudging and mixing colors, and using shading to create a 3D likeness in this drawing. My purpose in this piece was to make an apple that looked realistic and appealing. Focusing on very minute details, its proportions, and shading to make it feel as though an apple was placed on the screen. I feel that this piece was able to convince me of its likeness to something real. It turned out well and looks as aesthetically pleasing as it looks delicious. I want the audience to have to take a second look upon knowing this was drawn digitally. Having to catalogue or spot differences and inconsistencies with a real apple.
Mimicry
This piece uses the previously drawn apple and incorporates it in a fictional spider design. Using and feigning its own likeness to a real apple. Throughout this work, layers were crucial to my own learning to create the background and foreground to make a sense of depth and distance from certain objects. My goal in this was to immerse the viewer within this forest while creating a focus on the web and the spider. I feel that certain areas of this piece could be cleaned up or be more detailed, especially the spider’s legs and abdomen. With a realistically drawn apple, it makes other areas in the pieces more cartoony in comparison. When the audience sees this piece I want the eye to flow through the scene and not get caught up or halted in certain areas. Specifically with the web in view in all areas, I hope that this will not stilt or hinder their viewing of the background.
Hanbok
This project has a quilt like drawing using patterns to create the image of a woman. In this piece, I learned how to select areas using Corel Painter, make patterns, make pattern pens, and to change the color of something already on the canvas. These were all necessary in creating seamless patterns and matching colors within the piece. My goal was to mimic the look of a quilt using these blocks of patterns and added stitching along each seam. I also wanted to maintain the look of a person in her face and be able to still shade areas using darker patches of patterns. I feel I was able to create an image true to colors and shading. I was also able to add a lot of details that I hadn't expected initially with all the patterns. I love the stitching in this piece and I feel like it brings in more of the intended quilted look. When people see this I want them to look at her face first and be able to recognize her features and expression without getting lost in the patterns and blocked shapes.
Pearlescent Pig
This symmetrical portrait uses shading, color, and geometrical blocking to frame and shape this pig. I learned how to use the symmetrical tool in Corel Painter, a brief usage of watercolor on the program, and several shading techniques using lines. Such as hatching, cross hatching, and scumbling. My goal in this piece was to use the dividing shapes to make a round disposition while maintaining anatomy to the real animal. I wanted to use bright candy-like colors to bring more appeal to the image. I think that the project's background color takes away from certain elements for me and is a bit too stark of a difference from the pig than I would like. Otherwise, I think the pink and purple fit well together. Being both bright, cohesive, and vibrant. The ribbon-like elements around the pig are my favorite parts of this piece. Some have a true resemblance to ribbons while others have lines and have more of a resemblance to worms. When people see this piece, I hope they enjoy the bright colors and framing pieces. I also hope they find the contrast between the pearls and the worm-like framing elements enjoyable as much as they are synonymous with pigs through various imagery and metaphors
Star Trails
This piece is a star scene using watercolor and several pieces and subjects within it to create an active and moving image. In this process I learned how to use the watercolor tools on the program. Which differ greatly from traditional watercolors but allow much more room for experimentation and mistakes. My goal in this was to create an active scene centered around a star and a celestial giant, playing on the words to create an alien-like humanoid subject. I wanted to also make a unique appearance of the shooting stars in this piece, making a less linear path and a branching pattern that makes the shooting stars appear as though they are laying little stars down to create a constellation. This is my favorite piece over my time working with this program. I think having time to experiment and play with the program helped create a more solid foundation and understanding when starting this piece. When others see this, I want them to notice the trails of the stars and the rocket creating a moving element within this work. As well as the correlation and comparison of size between the shooting stars and rocket to the celestial giant.
Computer Art 1 - Sorel Bath