First off, let me just say that these images are just reproductions and not originals. The point of our last Design and Art Theory class was to learn proportion and gesturing. Gesturing is the act of making a quick sixty second sketch of your subject, no matter what it is. Essentially we are being trained to break down each image into it’s essential shapes and lines rather than first focusing on little details. Within the art of gesturing it’s very important to nail proportion, which is what we really look for to identify people and things. The first piece was actually the last one I completed during class that day, but I like how it turned out, so I’m listing it first… ha ha. It was drawn from an image chosen for me from a magazine. The second image of the weird looking bearded guy who slightly resembles the grinch, was made from someone’s verbal description of a photograph they were holding. I’m really not happy with the second image but (as I’ve stated before), I’m interested in keeping an accurate record of my design work here, and whether I like it or not, this is part of it.
