Recommended readings

Some books (yes, old fashioned I know - but awesome nonetheless)  That have inspired me. and that I have read more than once:

Steal Like an Artist: 10 Thinks nobody told you about being creative  by Austin Kleon - about $7

"The great thing about dead or remote masters is that they can't refuse you as an apprentice. You can learn whatever you want from them. They left their lesson plans in their work." pg 17

Practice Productive Procrastination" ... "The work you do whole you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life." - Jessica Hische (Kleon pg 64-65)





The Creative Habit: Learn it and use it for life by Twyla Tharp - about $4

Training yourself to be consistently creative

Assignment #6 – Ashley Sanborn

Dr. Vanna Adamsen is a (xeno)biologist— her expertise is put to use when Earth is invaded by hostile lifeforms. Vanna's fascination with the creatures leads to her wanting to preserve them, and even coming to see them as better than humans. She ultimately accepts an offer to join them and become hybridized with their kind.

Garrett Hamon- Assignment #6

Dr. Dorian Goldbeak
Dr. Goldbeak was created from the nose of a disassembled god. He is a master of alchemy, and can discern all the different elemental properties of a material by smelling it. Dr Goldbeak's primary objective is to become a full god. His pursuit has lead him to the practice of capturing characters with heroic properties and using their parts to complete himself.

*I did the shaded version before seeing the instructions not to.

Rachel Sackett's Late stuff

I can't find my straights vs curves

Dutch Lady Chef

I really only put up the second one because I like her dickey pattern most. But I like the angry lady more. 

Wooden shoes in the Netherlands are actually only really used for tough work. Someone like a chef who spends a lot of time inside would actually wear buckle shoes. The Dutch traditionally eat a lot of potatoes and will mix in applesauce into potatoes and vegetables. 

I don't have any idea how to change the orientation of these, they're correct on my computer. 

Melissa Vance-Assignment #6

Line Version

Shaded Version

Evil Geneticist: Genetically modified as a fetus, by the (now deceased mad scientist) Evil Dr. Morbert. He was raised by said doctor as his prodigy, being the only experiment to survive. As a result our satyrical friend truly believes himself to be the next step in human evolution, thanks again to Morberts brainwashing. The evil geneticist now wants to change all of humanity into half human/animal hybrids, believing that humanity is too limited in itself. His genius intellect has made it easy for him to surpass human genetics to the point where he is very close to his breakthrough. He then plans on releasing his modifications into the water supply where it will directly affect the human genome, changing it to a "superior" version of what it is.
He also has a lovely pet lion-cat which he modified himself. It is his only friend. He's very lonely and looking for a female companion if anyone is interested.

Assignment #6 - Villain

Design an Evil Scientist

There are 3 Parts to this Assignment
1) Story - Write a 1-2 Paragraph (please no longer) character analysis in which you address his/her Persona, life, motive, ideology. (in other words: why he is a villain, His goal, his personality, how he gets what he wants.)
2) Creativity - make sure your design supports your story- this is what makes your character unique and different from all other evil scientist.  On the creative part - visually show what specific type of Scientist this is (Biology, chemistry, nuclear physics, virology etc.)
3) Value - Provide 2 versions of your character. 1 line only, AND 1 with Value.  Value should just be flat - like we did in class. Not shading.

**Bring a hard copy to class**
Post all WIP, and Skeleton Drawover to Blog

*Hint on Value - I recommend doing value digitally in photoshop so that you can experiment like we did together in class.  If using traditional media, be sure to scan your drawing first and make several printouts to experiment with.

Melissa Vance-Out of Class Assignment #6

Box Hands

Without Boxes

Master Copies From Reference

Hands for Midterm Oct. 23rd

Value

"A lot of attention is given to color, and while of course color is very important, in my opionon, VALUE is even more important. If you composition is working in value, you can use almost any color and it will work reasonably well.  Good color will be icing on the cake."

Maurice Nobel

pg 88 The Nobel Approach

Value - White, Black, Grey

if dealing with color, you also have:
Tints:  colors lightened with white
Shades: Colors darkened with black

"The eye is naturally guided to the area of highest contrast, the area of darkest dark against lightest light.... As designere we can use this fact to make characters READ (made visible to the audience) even in a complex background setup.

"good use of light and dark is the first important step in learning to use color." He cited Rockwell Kent as a great example of how to use value. 

Many have asked... "What exactly does stacking value mean?" In simple terms, it describes the method of putting an element in a picture against something darker or lighter than itself so that it "reads" easily. In these Kent examples, every single element in his picture can be seen clearly in spite of using a limited value range.

Novices will often confuse the viewer by splitting the focus in a design, having too many areas of fucus competinf for the eye's attention. This greatly weakens any design statement they might have.

Make sure you have a strong focus - There is no question where the eye should look.  This is a dramatic high contrast example

Use Value to STRENGTHEN your design

STORY - what values and lighting Strengthens the story of your design

Have a Nice RANGE of Values - No Muddyness - control where the eye is drawn

Use Value to define the dimensionality of forms