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DERRICK ROSE
I started in Adobe Illustrator to begin this piece.
To start forming the rough outline of the image I used the
pen tool with no initial ll or stroke to begin the outline, be -
ginning with the face and working my way down the image
as I progressed.
For each individual section, for example the lips, I
would trace around the lips with no ll and then as I closed
he shape, I would use the eyedropper to match the color
of the lips based on the image. After that I created a new
ayer and hid the previous layer of lips. On the new layer I
created I made the shape on top of the rst lip shape. This
would show areas of light above the overall lip area. This
was the easiest way to apply different hues.
I used the same technique for the rest of the im-
age's pieces (arms, jersey, basketball, etc.).
After I matched each color and traced all vari-
ous shapes necessary, I began to blur and blend differenthues that required it. I did this mostly using the Gaussian
Blur Effect. I also used the blend tool to do small areas.
In order for this piece to work, it was very impor-
tant for value to be apparent in the piece. Having value
in the jersey really improved the depth and movement
of the image. The jersey is a key area of value. The
light and dark hues in the jersey show all creases and
illustrate the waves of the jersey. The combination also
shows the stress that the stretched body places on the
jersey and the shorts as well.
What I really think is important is the vibrant red
of the image against the pure white background; it in-
stantly draws the attention to the center of the image andallows you to see the value in the jersey.
The light hue on the left of the image was to
show the light source was coming from the left of the im-
age. This was key in matching the difference in shading
on the right side of the creases in the jersey.
...it was very im-
portant for value
to be apparent in
the piece.
COMPOSITION
CRAFT
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The day after I nished the original version of the
rick Rose image I started tweaking it to have a little fun. A
I spent so much time working on it I felt li ke I deserved it.
Actually my original version didnt have any Gaus
Blur applied to it, but once I started changing it for fun I ap
to most of the image. Then I realized it looked better and k
as the original.
When I look at a picture that is intended to have ain it I always want to see the action happening. That is wh
decided to do this image. It is apparent that he is an explo
gure and I wanted to make him look explosive It was a s
task but I enjoyed it. To do it I selected the main image an
ied it. Then I increased the transparency. I also sent it to t
to clean it up a bit.
I repeated the process for the next two bodies in t
picture and continued to increase the transparency of eac
Eventually the image naturally portrayed motion, which is
was going for. It creates a whole new picture because it sa
lot more than the single image of Derrick Rose alone.
What I also found interesting was that when I incr
the transparency further, you can see more and more indi
shapes and as if it were to go further back, he would look
were falling apart.
Art inMotion
...the image
naturallyportrayed
motion
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I didnt really know what the pictu
going to look like until I was done. I woul
every layer that I nished and lock it to p
it from being changed. So everything wa
den. But at certain points after an hour o
layers I would turn them back on and see
have done. Each time I would feel relief b
it looked great. It came out better than I e
each time.
Even though some spots too fore
was completely happy with the effort tha
The face was the best part once I started
ing the gradient and blend tool to make h
smoother and more realistic.
I started with Derrick Roses face in the begin-
ning. An hour in and I was still on his face. The layout
of the page does not display this because the face had
so much detail that I became exhausted after a period
of time and would stop and work on the jersey. Then I
would go back to the face and then the jersey and back
to the face. I dont even want to talk about the ear; I
could give 10 pages on the process of making the ear
alone.
Although it seems that the process of tracing is
simple, there is actually a structure that makes it mucheasier than it could be. To prevent tracing lines repeat-
edly I had to trace the lowest and furthest back layer of
the image. This would help me move quicker through
the image and save my wrist some strength.
Developingthe Picture
I could give
10 pages on
the process
of
making theear alone.
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thelittlethingscount.
A Snapshotof Detail
Although they are hardly recognized, the little thingscount. I gave just as much attention to the smallest objects in theimage as the most noticeable ones and I eel like this may be theonly way they get recognized. Without these small areas o detail,
the image wouldnt look right.All o the images on the le page are details that went
into producing the basketball, the brand o the ball , the signatureo the NBAs Commissioner David Stern, and the NBA symbol.
Te images on the right page are located on the jersey,
they are a major part o making the jersey look realistic. Eachextra small item took more time to create than it may look.However, the signature was the easiest because all I had to do wasthicken the stroke to match that o a pen and have no ll.
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VARIATIONS
I think I work hard, I think I dedicate mysto the game and sacriced a lot of things
a young age. I know what I can get out of i
continue to do good.
~Derrick Rose10
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XTREMEVARIATIONS
Creating variations of this image was very enter-
ning. Adobe Illustrator offers such an enormous library
choose from whether it be Calligraphic or Watercolor
fects and each one creates a unique image.
The images on the previous page consist of mono-
romatic variations as well as images with monochromatic
d subtle brush effects. I used the Charcoal pencil brush
create the subtle portion of the variations I created. If you
ok close enough, this brush allows you to recognize eachdividual shape that was made to eventually form a picture
the Bulls Derrick Rose.
The fun with variations began when at-
tempting to make each extreme variation. The anticipation
that I had grew as I was waiting for the Mac t o process all
of the effect on the shapes. Because there were hundreds if
not over a thousand shapes in this image the computer took
an extremely long time to process it all. But in the end,
it was worth the wait because some real exciting images
came out of it.
These three images were made by using the HandDrawn Brushes Effect. The image image with the effect but
without monochromatic color to me is the most appealing
because it seems that he is being constrained by forces as
he is going up to dunk the basketball. I wish I had made this
in yellow to make him look shocking.he computeran extremely long
to process it all.
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OGWine
Bottle
Using the Bamboo tablet and pen in Adobe Illus-
trator I began to make my drawings. I primarily used the
brush tool to begin my strokes. In the rst three pictures I
began making vertical and horizontal curved strokes with
10 weight/mid colors to catch the shape of the bottle. As I
moved on I dropped the weight and changed the color to
ights and then darks next. I would use the zoom tool to put
extra effort on areas that needed it.
I arranged the elements in a specic order and also
of specic hue to create the depth and value in the picture.
also mainly used horizontal curved lines to match the
shape of the bottle in the color drawings. As for the lines
n the textures drawings. I tried to pick numbers that would
slow me to make smoother texture to catch the texture ofhe wine bottle.
For both textured and colored pictures, I want the
viewer to see the areas of light and then the areas of dark.
This will allow them to feel the value in the picture.
Craft
Composition
This is my original OG green
wine bottle, this rst colored drawing Ive
ever done.
Concept
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DRINKING
VARIATIONSVESSEL
Once I nally cultivated an idea ot happens when you ool around in Adobetrator, I was able to make controlled (still
out o control) variations o the OGe bottle.
Te initial monochromatic variationsquite subtle, however the urthest top rightle is the most extreme monochromatic e-you can get by using more colors than theious variation.
What I enjoyed was making theh stroke variations, as always. Changing
hue and colors in each bottle is dull to me,ss it is neon and very vibrant, so changing
trokes is much more exciting.Aer doing the subtle stroke varia-
s and then adding another variation toit really starts to become a blur in some
ances, and it has happened hear. I kept it
ause that is what happens when you enterextreme. It was nice to be able to see the
e number o strokes I used to create thisge o a wine bottle.
...able to see the large numberof strokes I used to create thisimage of a wine bottle.
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This is my rst effort at creating varia-
tions of images. I chose to use the Grunge
Brushes Vector Pack in the brush stroke library
and I enjoyed the results. It was a free-for-all
for the computer. One click and after 2 minutes
of impatiently waiting, these images literally ex -ploded onto my display. Why the Mac decides
to create such drastic lines, I will never know,
but it sure does make a simple green wine
bottle turn into something a lot more exciting!
WINE
I chose to use the Grunge
Brushes Vector Pack
It was a free-for-allfor the computer
SPILL
THE
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I really enjoyed creating this image. I am usually
never a fan of red but the way that it pops out against the
black background is really effective. It is interesting that this
bottle seems to work better than others in terms of the way
the different hues blend together. When you go from one
hue to another, the change is not too drastic, which I think
is a good thing. However, the light lines in the middle of the
bottle drastically different but that is how it looked.
I zoomed in to more than just the top portion of thebottle on this one. It required more detail in the label area
and also the bottom. Zooming in to me is such an under-
rated practice.
...it was sunlightthat was beingused to create
value
I made this in Adobe Illustrator using the Bamboo
tablet. I started with thick strokes in a medium red hue. I got
the overall shape of the bottle rst. After that was com-pleted I thinned out the strokes and used a darker red to
portray the areas of the bottle that light wasnt so generous
to. I believe it was sunlight that was being used to create
value. Anyway, I began using lighter hues of red to develop
value. As time and effort went on, the difference between
the lights and darks had to be softened to give it a more
realistic feel and look. I did that by making a medium of the
two hues of red adjacent to each other. I would then just
place that hue in between the two and it eased the eye into
noticing the value.
RED, REDWINE
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Out of all the wine bottles I certainly spent the most
me on this one, specially the neck portion of the bottle.
his the rst one I did in class and I really wanted to do
y best in the small amount of time we had. During the
ass several bottles were placed in front of students, each
udent had to share a bottle with three or f our classmates.ven though we were sharing the same bottle it was not
e same image attempting to be captured. The bottle held
many different areas of value that made it impossible to
e the same image unless it was from the same exact posi -
n. I was sitting with the light from the windows shining
rough from behind me. No one else seen the value that I
as seeing as I drew.
Then came the areas of light and dark. It was
difcult to capture all of the value in the bottle because it
seemed innite, and if I moved my head one centimeter
over it became even more difcult because it all changed.
I started with the darker areas around the right side of the
bottle because that was a major portion of the bottle. It also
quickly gave me an idea of the value in the image as a
whole.
I did the label (the block of light blue) next because
it was simple and had hardly any value in it. I did not draw
the words on it because the objective was not to copy the
image exactly but to capture the value using different hues.
The lighter areas were key in giving the bottle its depth.
Although it is a simple bottle, it took very long to do
and could take much more time to create. I zoomed in on
the neck and cork to capture small but important details. I
spent 45 minutes on it alone. It turned out really nice; thereare hundreds of tiny horizontal strokes that make up the
value in the neck. I tried to use only horizontal strokes be-
cause that gave the best depth and value. Vertical strokes
made the horizontal strokes disappear in a way. I did use
some however, in the bottom of the bottle because that was
the best way to capture value in that area.
BLUE WINE
BOTTLE
It was difcult tocapture all of thevalue in the bottle...
...it seemed innite
I used the Bamboo tablet to draw this image. I
started from the top of the bottle making horizontal curved
strokes to match the shape of the nose. At this time I was
using a medium hue, which happened to be a blue. As I
came towards the body of the bottle I made thicker and
longer curved strokes.
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This was my rst textured drawing and ultimately
turned out to be the best of them all because my hand
was tired after this one. I chose to use 3s to make the
image because it seemed easiest to be able to match the
curves with the actual object. I think it actually worked out
well. I started using t he Bamboo tablet and pen in Adobe
Illustrator to make this image. The background consists of
both large and small 3s of different hues. Some areas of
white came through from the blank document. I then used
large strokes with an orange medium to create the overall
shape of the bottle. Smaller and lighter 3s came next as
detail needed to become more apparent. To do the top of
the bottle I zoomed in and put a lot of detail.
This is my favorite color combination of all of my
images because of the contrast between the blue and
orange. It really gave the bottle a sense of depth and
attempts to go beyond 2 dimensional. It almost seems
to be oating in water. The objective of the image was
to capture the value and shape of the bottle using com-
plimentary colors and Id like viewers to notice the value
rst. The dark lines on the right of the bottle certainly cre-
ate depth, possibly more than the light areas.
As you can see the blue and orange combina-
n image has much more detail than that of the orange
d green image. At this point my hand had become tired
wards the end of the day.
It is evident that the 3s used in the picture above
ow depth to be perceived much easier. The 6s used
the picture to the right certainly do not have the same
fect. The nature of 6 itself is smooth and it is apparent
the bottle. The 3 provides a rough look to the image
t still gives off a smooth bottle also. Also the contrast
etween the orange and green is not as vibrant or strong
the picture above.
TEXTUREDRAWINGS
d like viewers tootice the valuerst
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Grunge Brushes Vector Efect
Bristle Brushes Efect
Hand Drawn Brushes Efect
The title couldnt be more appropriate for these
textured line drawings. It was such a simple bottle.
Seems that it took 666 hours to do each one. Or rather
these drawings put my hand through hell (and then
back once I nished).The cramps in my hand did not
explain the process in which I went through.
With the Bamboo tablet and pen I began to
make large individual 6s in a dark green hue. Once
I lled the page with those I used a lighter hue andcontinued to overlap them until a thick background was
established.
Then came the bottle. I cant remember the
brand of wine but it was fairly typical. That means it
caught the different values just as any other would. To
offset the green hue I switched to a red-orange swatch.
To capture the value in the bottle I had to create my
own set of various hues ranging from light to dark.
Beginning with the dark I drew large thicker 6s and
then I took more time on the areas of light because that
is what I believe would reveal the most depth in the im-
age.
It was much more difcult to create accurate value
when using characters or symbols because you are forced
to make a specic line and cant display the reality of the
object. That is the idea of the whole piece.
...these
drawings putmy hand through
hell
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I wanted viewers to rst see the use of indi-
vidual strokes to show that 100 were used to compose
the image. Second, I wanted viewers to observe the
curved strokes that gave more depth to t he vessels.
The lines are arranged this way to show that they in
fact are strokes rather than precise, measured, and
straight lines. And also that an image i s present.
COMPOSITION
CRAFT
0 Stroke Drawings
In order to make each of these
pictures I started off using Adobe Illustrator.
By using my hand and a Bamboo tablet and
pen I began to make vertical and horizontal
strokes to create drinking vessels. Since only
100 strokes were allowed, I had to be careful
in order to complete the entire image.
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This was a blue bowl that I had at my house. I
wish I could have done color with this because I really like
the color of it. This might be actually my favorite bowl in
the world! Of course it may be a tie with the orange one
at home. Ive eaten breakfast out of this bowl hundreds of
times, couldve been thousands if I had done the dishes
everyday. Its sturdy, been dropped probably at least half a
dozen times, and it still manages to hold my classic Spa-
ghettios, Cheerios, and practically any ios combination
you could think of. It denitely deserves to be drawn.
The area where the light was coming from had to
be from above and behind me if I remember correctly. The
value in it was fairly simple. The light had evenly fallen
around the sides and the same followed for the inside. This
bowl was a delight to draw on the Bamboo Tablet because
it was practically symmetrical.
...manages to hold myclassic Spaghettios, Cheerios,
and practically any ios combi-
nation you could think of!
Ahhhh... The old Christmas present coffee mug,
uld not choose a more worthy cup. I t has seen value in
rms of family and gathering, and also from a light source.
laced this on top of the scanner in the classroom and
ew away. It actually has a Santa gure popping out from
e side of it. However, I turned it away so I could get an
en spectrum of value. The value in the majority of images
e done is similar, mainly because I work on the same
mputer and the light is always the same. I switch fromme to time.
The hard part was the value in the handle; the
adow in the handle did not work in the same way as the
st of the cup along with the rest of the cups and bowls in
e magazine.
The lines on the outside arent the smoothest but
at plays into the value of the cup. By consistently going
er some lines that were a tad bit too long with several
rokes, they ends become more solid rather than sketchy.
CUPSANDBOWLS
Andhowtheyputvalueinmylife...
WITHVA
LUE
the shadow in the handle did not
work in the same way as the rest of
the cup
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I love making basic styrofoam cups, its theand it often comes out to be a good picture. At this
was tired of drawing cups so I hurried and punche
nal one to get it over with. If you can tell, I used re
strokes in each gray because I was getting tired. T
also late on a Sunday night if that has any impact o
...ANDBOWLS
the lip
created a
shadow
that most
bowls didnt
have ,
a different
version of
value wascreated.
This was the most difcult bowl to draw; the damn
lip came at me out of nowhere. It was also very rewarding
to draw. Because the lip created a shadow that most bowls
didnt have, a different version of value was created.
I started on the inside of the bowl for this one. I
often caught myself starting to create value at a differ-
ent point of the object even though I wasnt even close to
nishing another area. After completing the inside I moved
onto to the area under the lip. It was nice to use a darker
gray than I have before because I repeatedly used too light
of shades of gray. I worked my way from the top to bottom
creating layers. The next layer fell onto the previous one, I
tried to blend the two layers together as best I could. The
indents in the bowl also offered a challenge in this piece
because it caught light a different way. What was weird is
that the left side of the bowl in not have any shadow to it,
it made it look as if it is unnished or 2D, but that is simply
how it looked.
MORECUPS...
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FLOWERSTILLLIFEBy: Eva Kowalczyk
Eva sits next to me in my Computer Graphics class.
She is a very good artist and I think anyone would agree. It
was an easy choice to use her art in my magazine because
it is excellent.
Eva and I met for the rst time in the Graphics class
although weve lived within 10 minutes of each other our
whole life. We actually went to somewhat rival high schools.
This piece of art is actually a perfect t for my
magazine because it has drinking vessels in it and t hat was
overall theme of a major portion of the class. She made this
using Graphite and colored pencils on paper. The image
she was drawing was a photo and this in fact is a photo of
the drawing. So in essence, this is a photo of a drawing of a
photo.
The wine bottle is not the main image in this picture
because the objective for her was to show that those drink-
ing vessels were inanimate by giving vibrant color to theRose and beads.
this is a
photo...
...of a
drawing.
...of aphoto
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TakingArt...From Art
Its nice to be able to use someone elses art to be able toincorporate it into my own magazine. Although Im not making
art, just moving around various portions o the piece allow me toocus on the things that I need to make it work. It being thetheme o my magazine.
She madethis using
Graphiteand colored
pencils onpaper
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I chose this piece to be my masterpiece not only
because it has lots of information available, but also it also
to carry very familiar image and concrete images arranged
in an abstract way, creating a collage.
At rst glance of this piece my mind began going every-
where. Then I looked at the title of the painting, Volunteer
by James Rosenquist.The name volunteer made me match images in
the picture with one another. I rst noticed the individual
with the face covered. I believe this is the volunteer, and
what it is trying to portray is that a volunteer needs no face
because they are all part of a bigger picture; you can say
a piece of the puzzle. The goal is to complete the puzzle.
though.
I also believe the hand signies ngerpri
that all volunteers are individuals but at the same
band together to a form a whole.
Then after I sorted that out, I recognized
think is an ice cream cone. This one thing that I c
explain, but not being able to explain this made t
ing that much better. Because paintings need demysteries in order to be continuously observed b
provide an answer.
From the Art Institute of Chicago
-Volunteer by James Rosenquist
A Little About Me
My name is Steven Lesniak. I am
senior at Saint Xavier and am graduat-
g this May 2012. My degree is Business
dministration with a concentration in Fi-
ance. This Computer Graphics class was a
witch-up for me. I have taken Graphic Arts
high school but things and programs have
gnicantly changed since 2005.
When I enrolled in this course I
ough it was going to be a breeze, howev-
, I was wrong. I devoted more time to this
ass than any other class this semester and
ossibly my entire college career.Im glad that I had this course
ecause I enjoyed creating images. I wish
ad the software at home to use my new
ills more often. I might have had enough
me in front of a Mac for the semester
ough.
I took the picture above after a conference down-
town (explains the dress shirt and tie). It is almost inevita-
ble to not take pictures downtown, everyone does and Im
no exception. I really like the skyscrapers because they
are unique and represent massive pieces of art. This was
a beautiful day in October and it was a great experience.
The picture on the left is of the tops of skyscrap-
ers. I took it on a fairly dead street. I thought it was unique
because it almost looks fake to me. Like something in a
video game.
Computer Graphics class
was a switch-up for me
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