ILLUSTRATIONLAURA PATTONSUMMER 2011

Page 1Doodle Pages

The Doodle Pages project was to get the illustrative mind in gear!

Page 2Doodle Pages

To draw

anything and

everything that comes

to mind or sight.

Page 3Lighting

The purpose of this assignment was to show how light can effect an object. Six different light angles were used to create six very different effects.

Page 4Product

This is Panic Pete, a children’s toy. I chose him as my Product Illustration. The light source was above and slightly behind. The left picture is a rough stage of Panic Pete before the final (right) was completed.

Page 5Grayscale

Grayscale was an exercise that required 5 different scales of 0-100% black. Each scale had to be a different medium or technique.

Page 6Product replacement

The point of Product Replacement is to find an ad and create an illustration for it. The original ad had a steak on a plate with vegetables, etc. From the context of the ad, you can figure that they want their steak to be portrayed as the master of all steaks, the steak you don’t want to mess with, the steak that everyone wants to be. With that in mind, I created a steak with muscle arms. A steak that everyone wants to be and no one wants to mess with. The steak that is the boss of all steaks.

Page 7Matte background

The Matte Background project required us to photograph an action figure of our choice and remove the background. We then had to create a background that would blend with the figure. I chose to use dark shadows, dying trees and smoke in the background, as well as a creepy lair for the creature to go home to.

Page 8A walk through the forest

After listening to the sound files for a Walk Through the Forest, I settled on the house in the woods scene. I wanted to show that the trees tower well above the little house, as if the house is hiding within them. The left painting was done with water color and charcoal pencil. The leaves of the tree start out darker toward the bottom of the forest floor and grow lighter as they move upward toward the light.

The picture on the right is the Student Choice redo. I wanted to lighten up the forest and provide more room for the house. I also wanted the house to be made of stone to give it more texture and make it seem as if it would still be standing within a wooded forest.