My series was about humanoid beasts. It also shows the transition from black and white to color pieces.
This was my first piece. It's a spinosaurus with human legs/arms, and his right hand is human. I also wanted to make the body look a little bit deteriorated which is why there are some bones that are visible. I used pencil to draw and shade the whole body, and I used marker to make some parts a little bit more noticeable. But I used charcoal for the background. I did this piece in black and white because the dinosaur is the most ancient animal of my series.
This was my second piece. It's a manta ray with human mouth, eyes and legs, and at the edge of the fin there are 3 small claws. On every colored part I used chalk pastel colors but instead of applying it directly, I made dust out of it and then applied it all around. There are some parts where instead of chalk I used normal color pencil, but the rest of it is black color or charcoal. On this piece I used color and blacks and whites. Remember what I said about the black and white to color transition? Well this is the middle piece - that's why some parts are with color and others with black and whites.
My third and last piece is a bird with a women's upper body and a face without nose and mouth. The green part below is green paint with some parts with lighter green. The mountains and the sky in the background are also chalk pastel. All the feathers that I drew were colored with color pencils. I chose these colors for a certain reason: the wings contain blue, yellow and green meanwhile the tail is red, yellow and orange. If you haven't figured it out, I am doing the representation of a color wheel that why the last combination is red hair blue feathers and a purple suit. I chose this piece to be the colorful one because of the feathers and the possibilities of combinations.
Hey ur first piece is my favorite. i love all the details on the dinosoar...even tho i have a deathly fear of dinosoars. i also like the way the bird really stands out in the last picture. i really like the series, esp the way the colors develop throughout it, although i dont really understand why it goes from a dinosoar, to a manta ray, to a bird.
ReplyDeleteInteresting series, what made you think of doing humanoid beasts? Mandi also raised a good question of why are the original animals so different from one another? Do they each have significance? Regardless, as I commented on Mandi's it's so great to see that each piece relates to the next even though the animals and color palettes are so different. I think your series has an interesting concept and I'm happy to see that you created backgrounds in each piece and experimented with different materials. Each piece has some strong areas and some areas where you could improve. In first piece, I can see that you spent some time on the creature and really developed the details of the anatomy, however my criticism would be that the background could be developed a bit more and the shading within the beast could be pushed a bit more to create more contrast. It would also add to the idea of beast! In the second piece, I really enjoy your transition between black and white and color and all of the materials you used, and love the background with the coral and sunfish. My suggestion in this piece would be, once again, a little more value in the manta ray, to really make it stand out and seem more three dimensional. It also seems like the blue and green are almost outlining the manta ray form, next time think about how the background could connect to seem behind the figure rather than around it. In the last piece you did a much better job of this but I wish there was more information in the background. Where is this bird? The manta ray piece really spoke to the ocean, what about this background? It seems a lot like the first one. Your use of colors and materials in this piece is great. Your colors really pop and I'm happy to see all of the different details in the bird, the color pencil worked well here. My only recommendation would be to think about creating more value or shadows in the mountains to imply a light source. This would make them much more three dimensional. Additionally, in all three the main figure is right in the center. In the future think about how you can create more interesting compositions and challenging yourself to bring the viewer's attention to your subject without it being directly in the center. Overall, great job!
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