Diving Into Drawings- Ehealy-spreads

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Dive intoDrawings


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About the Author

My name is Emma Healy. I graduated romMarist High School in 2012. I attended MoraineValley Community College or two years and receivedan Associates in Arts. I am currently a junior transerstudent at Saint Xavier University as a graphic design

major.

Tis book eatures art rom my first semes-ter at Saint Xavier. It goes through all o the things I

learned in my computer graphics and drawing class-es. I hope to look back at this book in the uture andsee many improvements in my art.

Table of Contents

Computer Graphics Work:Line Drawings

Value Drawings

Color Drawings

Inographic

Drawing One Work:Contour Drawings

onal Drawings

Gesture Drawings

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Line Drawings As an introduction to the Adobe Illustrator software,we started out by simply drawing lines using adrawing pad and stylus. Although working with a new media can

be a little intimidating, having a stylus and drawing pad made it

feel like I was getting ready to draw with a pencil on paper. While

looking at a wine bottle, I drew lines of various lengths to get

the overall form of the wine bottle. The paintbrush tool which is

located on the left tool bar was used to draw the l ines. There areone- hundred lines that make up the bottle.

After the bottles were made, using the brush tools I was

able to change the style of the lines. In the brush window there

are many different brushes to chooses from. By changing the

styles I was able to get different effects. These different effects

give the bottle a different feeling to them, while keeping the form

of the wine bottle still recognizable.


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Value Drawings Continuing with the idea of li ne drawings, we madeline drawings that start to take into account thevalue of the object being drawn. The rst i mage shows the

simple line drawing of the teapot. The second image shows the

object with different values.

Value is the relative

lightness or darkness of acolor.

Value is important because it can make a draw

become more three dimensional. For me this was one o

hardest parts. While looking at the object it was difcul

the many different values of color on the teapot. There

bright light shining on it and causing many shadows an

ing. Translating that into an image was difcult. As I co

practice working with value my skills will become mor


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This teapot also explores value. The darker values areused on the inside of the teapot to make it look morethree dimensional. The two different teapots on the right were

more explorations in how to change our pictures to make them

more interesting.

One teapot is made with watercolors and the other is

made with thin lines. Both change the image in different ways.

The watercolor image blends the tones in an interesting way thatgives the teapot a better three dimensional look than the original.

The thin lines gives an interesting negative space that make the

teapot look almost like a weaved basket.

Plenty of Pots


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Color DrawingsAs we moved forward in the class, we started to learnabout colors. Color is probably one of the most

werful additions to add to artwork. Color can easily change the

ling of a image.

Adding color on Illustrator is an easy thing to do. On theht hand side there is a menu called swatches. This is one way

change the color. The swatches menu has colors already made

you ready to be clicked. If you open up colors by double

cking the box on the left menu, you can pick colors from a full

ectrum. This has certain advantages because you can change

tone and brightness of a color in that box.

To make this picture I used the paintbrush tool on Adobe

ustrator. Equipped with a drawing pad and stylus I drew this il-

tration of owers. When drawing these owers I used the same

e drawing principle learned in the earlier weeks of class. I

liked the way the line drawings give off a very stylized look. It

helped me to draw in a different way. Instead of focusing on the

outline or contour of the objects, I built the object up through

making lines.

Also building on other skills we learned in previousweeks, I added as much value as I could to the drawings. The

yellow ower has darker shades of yellow to make the petal look

realistic. I also used a dark shade of purple for the owers in the

back to show that they are in the back. The overlap also attempts

to show some depth.

The most important aspect of this picture is the color.

This picture uses the complementary colors of yellow and violet

to create an image that is nice to look at. The image on the left

also uses a complementary color scheme of orange and blue to

create the same effect.

The colors on Illustrator can also easily be changed to t

certain color harmonies. By going up to windows and choosing to

open the color window, you can open a menu to play with differ-ent colors. You can change them manually on a giant color wheel

or pick from existing color combinations. This is how I quickly

changed the color of the picture on the right to the picture on the

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This illustration was the next exploration in color. Allof the colors in this picture are warm colors. Theolor wheel can be split into t wo sections: the warm and the cool

olors. This is important when trying to make an image have a

rtain feeling to them. The original image on the right feels like

warm day at the beach, not only because of the objects usually

und at a beach like ip ops, sunglasses, and a hat, but also

ecause of the warm colors used in the illustration. The color

ariation on the left does not have the warm feeling.

For all three of the color drawings we had to keep one

olor constant throughout. For me, that color was yellow. I used

e yellow in this picture as a focal point. The hat stands out

ecause of the red frame I made using the red sunglasses and red

p ops. Different values of yellow were used to try and give

e hat three dimensional qualities. However, this could have

een expressed with colors that have more contrast. The colors

end together too much because they are too similar. The image

on the left works better in this aspect.

What made this illustration more fun was the fact that

many different hues could be used. The other two combinations

we used only feature two main hues. In the future I would like

to try other color combinations like a triad or monochrome color

scheme. There is lots to learn about color harmonies.

Summer Sun Fun


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This illustration was my rst attempt at the colordrawings. The illustration on the right is what Ientually ended up with after many revisions. Working from this

st draft to a revised version was very important in my learning

ocess. I knew when I nished this drawing that it still needed a

of work.

No work is complete-

y nished because

additional changes

can always be made.

The great thing about working in a digital media is that many

changes can easily be made to old pieces of work. When work-

ing on paper or other types of media not as many risk can be

taken because of fear of messing up your only copy. Digitally

you can make as many copies as you need and experiment with

new things. It is a great way to keep improving yourself. Art is a

process that works differently for everyone. I like to keep trying

to improve old things.

The color scheme on this illustration is an analogous

color scheme. That is, colors that are close to each other on the

color wheel. On all three of the color drawings, I kept yellow asa featured color because it is one of my favorite colors that I feel

is under used. A lemon tree was the perfect image to use to create

this illustration.

In the rst drawing, I had a lot of trouble trying to use

shading on the lemons and leaves. The values of yellow that I

started with were way too bright. When I tried to add darker and

lighter values, they were too similar and ended up making what

looks like holes in the lemons. The revision xes that a little bit.

The other problem I had was the negative space. There

was way too much white space. By simply changing that to

green and adding a ew more leaves I was able to make the piecelook more balanced. Te ocus is changed to the lemons. I used

rounded lines in this revision to give it more of a rounded look.

This made the image look better than the previous one because

the items had better shading as well as a more stylized and unique

look.

Lovely Lemons


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Infographic

The next part of class focused on making an i nforma-tion graphic. Infographics are very popular mediathese days. They provide an easy and interesting way to consume

information. Many different elements need to work together in

order to make a good infographic. As you might have guessed by the graphics on the side,

I made my infographic about swimming. Thinking about the

content of the infographic is the rst step in creating it. I have

been a swimmer for all of my life, so I knew it was the perfect

subject matter. I am also going to hang the nished project at

the pool where I work as a lifeguard and swim class instructor.

Swimming is one of the best forms of exercise, so I wanted to

share the benets of swimming.

I did some research on the topic to get interesting facts,

information, and charts that I could use for the content. I like

to have a clear idea of the content being presented before I start

thinking of different designs.

After coming up with a concept, I started to thi

the graphics I needed for the infographic. I knew that I w

swimmer to be the focus of the infographic with zoom i

that emphasize different parts of the body. I had this ide

the content I came up with could easily be separated intcategories.

This swimmer was made by tracing a picture o

cheal Phelps. I started out by tr acing the main outline of

and nding the main features I needed to include like th

shadow under the arm. The red swimmer was my rst a

It looked too simple to be the main graphic on the page,

added more details. I added a more shadows and water

swimmer. I also changed the color of his swimsuit and c

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The graphics on the side are the other graphics thatI made for my infographic. All of these were madeusing the same tracing method as the swimmer on the previous

page. By tracing the image with the pen tool and using the ll and

outline to color it, I created graphics that relate to my informa-

tion. I made a heart and lungs to highlight the cardiopulmonary

benets of swimming, muscles to show the physical benets, a

brain to show the mental benets, and a ring buoy as decoration.

These graphics are used to make the information easier

to consume. By simply looking at the infographic, you can get

an idea about the information presented in it without reading it.

There are some graphics that work with the text and other that are

used as decoration. The decorations are still related to the subject,

but not used in the same way functionally.

When putting together the infographic these graphics

were placed onto my illustrator document by going to le andplace. You can move the graphics around with the black pointer

tool. This tool makes it very easy to rearrange items on your

document. Once I had the main graphics placed I could focus

on where I wanted the text to fall. The next page will show the

completed infographic.

Got Graphics?


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Benefits of Swimming

-releases endorphinswhich is

known to make you happier

-Works all major musclesin your body

-reducesrisk of coronary heart

disease

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increases HDL(good cholesterol)

anddecreases LDL(bad cholesterol)

-lowers stress

-Swimming is a low impact

exercise, meaning there islittle risk for injury

-Teaches self-discipline and

boosts confidence

-Suitable for all agesandabilities

-improvesbodysoxygen useand

increases lung function

-easy on bones and joints

Calories burned in a 30 min swim

90-220 cal

recreational

150-370 cal

moderate

220-550 cal

vigorous

PERKS

MENTALPHYSICAL

Swim

NearaLifeg

uard

Am

eric

anRedCro

ss

CARDIOPULMONARY

The completed infographic is a combination of allthe things we learned in our computer graphic class.We had to apply the things we learned to make an interesting

infographic. At this time we learned a lot about the type tool. By

opening the type window there are many options for modifying

the type. From this menu you can change the font, size, spacing,

bold, italic, alignment, and various other options. By making text

boxes you can move the type around easily. You can even set the

type to wrap around a path such as a circle, which you can see

was used to make the swim near a lifeguard and American Red

Cross graphics on the bottom right of my infographic.

I knew that changing the font to a font that is a little

more interesting is important in making the information more

interesting. To change the font, rst the font with the style you

are looking for needs to be downloaded from a trusted website

and downloaded onto the computer. Then you can change that

font when you need to as long as the font les are i n your master

folder. The master folder needs to hold all of the pieces of the

nal product like the graphics and the fonts. I llustrator needs all

the les together to make the nal product.

When creating the overall design of the infographic,

one of the rst factor I took into consideration was the colors. Iknew that blue was going to be used because of the water that

goes with my swimmer, so I decided to use green because it is

analogous to blue. I used color for the headings and for important

words and phrases in the text. The color of the text is very i m-

portant. At rst, I had black text on the dark blue at the bottom.

This made it very hard to read the dark text. The text had to be

changed to white so that it can be easily read.

I added various small things to add to the overall design.

I added a safety line at the top and bottom to add a border to the

infographic. I also made the swim near a lifeguard and Amer-

ican Red Cross graphics to put at the bottom to not only quote

my sources, but also to add more content to the bottom where it

looked very empty in comparison to the rest of the info

The ellipse tool and line segment tool were made to ma

zoom in frame. The four categories that I came up with

ginning of my research came in handy for t he layout of

was able to put one category in each corner of the page

the inforgraphic feel very balanced. I tried to make a un

design with a constant color scheme and balance of tex

Final Infographic


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his drawing was made on the second day odrawing class. Not having any experience

in drawing I was ver y nervous to draw. Although theorm is no where near perect, I really liked this draw-ing because o the composition. I thought the way I putmy eet looked interesting. I like how one oot leansinto the other. It reminds me o a shy kid looking downat his eet. We were told to look at our eet and drawwhat we saw. I moved my eet around to make it moreinteresting, but that made it harder to draw.

Contour Drawings

We had to use a sharpie marker to draw. Tis

very difficult or me because I could not erase

Tere was also one more catch: we could not our pen up rom the paper. Tis is supposed help us find the overall orm o what we are ding. It is very similar to the line drawing that made in computer graphics. Both are to help find the main orm o what we are communicTe only difference is the medium.

Contour drawings are a lot like the linedrawings that we did in computer graph-cs. Tey are just the basic orm o an object, or thenes that make up an object. Te first hal o myrawing class worked a lot on drawing contour draw-

ngs because the contours are used as a base and more

hings are added onto it like tone and color.Te drawings on the side are examples o

asic contour drawings. Only the important lines ohe object are drawn. It is a simple version o the realhing. Tese drawings were made during the first

week o the semester. Each object had to be d rawn inwo minutes.


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As we continued to practice contour draw-ing, the teacher continued to create moredifficult still lives to draw. Tis still lie is a small statueo a man, woman, and child, and a camel in the back-ground. Te statue was set up in ront o the camel, so

really had to watch my proportions. Also, I had to puthe statue in ront o the camel. Te angle o the objects

was one o the hardest things to find in this drawing.

his drawing was an exercise in drawing el-lipses. I learned a lot about using reerencelines to keep proportions in place. Ellipses are used togive objects a tilted effect. It was challenging to keep

the proportions right. Later in the class we learnedhow to use a pencil or our finger to take the sight sizeo something. By calculating how big something is insight size and adjusting the size to fit the paper, youcan get good proportions.

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Eventually, we started to use new materi-als. Tis was my first ever time using vineharcoal to draw. We started out by filing the wholeaper with charcoal, then used our erasers to bringhe objects out. Tis is called the subtractive method.

What is lef is the outlines o a roll o paper towels

tting on top o a stool.

his is a drawing o my avorite chair. Forthis exercise we were supposed to use crosscontour lines to help give the object more dimension.Tis was very challenging or me. I tried to vary thelines in different ways. Some are long, shore, thick,thin, close together, or ar apart.


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Tonal Drawings

onal drawings are exactly like the valuedrawings that I did in my computer graph-

ics class. It is too bad that I did not learn more bouttone when we were drawing the value drawings incomputer graphics. I would have been able to makebetter pictures. one is the term that is used whentalking about black and white. Value is used more ofen

or the darkness and lightness o a color.Te eggs on the side were my first attempts at

tone. It was a simple way to learn about tone. It is easyto see the dark and light spots on an egg. Te shadowusually casts the darkest tone and the light reflectingon the top is the lightest tone. It is best to use the sideo your pencil when shading. Once tone is introducedto a drawing, you can make the drawing look morerealistic.


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his is an abstract drawing o olds in a pieceo abric. I used vine charcoal, white conteayon, and compressed charcoal or this drawing. Weere told to zoom in on one spot in a piece o abric

nd draw all the olds. It was in interesting light thatade it hard to draw. I struggled a bit with express-g the tone, but there are parts o the drawing that

emonstrate tone.

Using vine charcoal, charcoal, and whiteconte crayon I drew this still lie o a yogaball. Te lights were very dramatic in this set up andcast a complex shadow. I used my fingers to blend the

charcoal together and create an even tone. Blendingthe colors together helps to create a more smooth andnatural look to the drawing.

Trying Tone


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his is a drawing o two garbage cans madewith charcoal and vine charcoal. o getthe white tone, I used the subtractive method. First I

blocked in a solid tone with the vine charcoal, then Iused an eraser to draw in the white tones. Te blacktones or the trash bags are t he charcoal. Smudgingthe charcoal with my fingers were a very useul wayto blend the tones and make it look better. We wentoutside one day to find things to draw. Tese two trashcan sitting next to each other looked like an interestingthing to try because o the difference in color o thetwo garbage cans.

Take out the Trash


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his is yet another still lie drawn withvine charcoal, charcoal and white contecrayon. It is a drawing o a t eacup on a plate with apourer, sugar holder, and teapot in the background.I really enjoyed drawing this picture because I got toset up the still lie. I arranged my mothers good chinadishes in what I thought looked nice and shined some

light on the side o it. I had the spouts o the teapotand pourer point to the teacup in the middle to givethe composition a ocal point.

After School TeaTime


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Gesture Drawing

At this point in the class we started to drawhuman figures. We learned how to drawthe overall gesture o a persons pose. In class we had amodel pose and we would draw a quick sketch o thepose. A gesture drawing does not have much details

and is messy looking. Tese gesture drawings on theside were all done in thirty seconds. Having a time lim-it made it difficult to draw the pose. I learned to drawwithout relying on contours. I used the line o action

that runs through a person to help find the movemento the pose.

In class one day that we were working on ges-ture drawing, the instructor Mr. Villa decid-ed to pose or us. He sat on one o the drawing horseswith a drawing board and posed as someone drawing.I was able to add more detail to this drawing becausewe were given more time. What helps me when draw-ing figures is to draw circles or the major parts like thehead, thigh, calves, arms, etc.


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owards the end o the class we started towork on sel portraits. Tese portraitsutilize many o the things we learned in the class.For this drawing we used the grid method to draw.First, we took a picture o ourselves and drew a gridon top o the picture. Ten, on the paper we copiedthe grid to fit the pa ge. By ocusing on the details inthe box you can work to make the whole picture lookvery close to the original. Tis drawing was done ingraphite, so blending the tones was more difficult orme. We used a new tool to help with blending calleda shading stump.

Self Portrait


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You get better at working byworking. And i you dont work,youre not getting better.

erry Crews

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