Viewpoint tasks

 Drawing for illustration- Viewpoints

29th September 2020

Today’s session focused on the idea of angles and viewpoints, by using different techniques to capture unusual perspectives. When starting a new piece it is hard to know where to start and from what angle will capture the environment you are trying to create and engage the viewer with.  

 We began by creating a first drawing that captured a chosen interior or exterior. I chose to capture the corner of my office as I liked the placement of different objects and how the detail could be shown through use of line work, to do this I chose to work digitally using Procreate software with the sketching tool preset. I chose to work with a pencil like texture as I wanted to add that organic sketch like feel to my work however with the digital convenience. I felt this worked well as I was able to focus on the idea of perspective and line work whilst still being able to capture detail and texture.

Above shows the final drawing and the photo of the environment I was trying to recreate within my work. As you can see from my drawing I kept to a simple monochrome colour palette, I chose this as the task was to focus on the idea of perspectives and line work. Therefore, to create a sense of tone and texture I used cross hatching and patterns to create shadows and depth, giving a more three dimensional feel to the work.

The second task of the day was to create a frame using robust card and acetate. The use of the frame would help us to create a new perspective for the chosen interior scene in my case zoomed in on the foreground of my desk. Therefore focusing on objects such as my desk lamp and potted plant. For this task I also kept to a digital media base as I want the comparison to be focused on the angles and viewpoint. However, before I could start my final drawing I was to use the new frame tool to create a guide. I used a finaliser to draw on the acetate which I would then trace what I could see when held up towards the scene. This use of guide created a loose messy drawing which could be seen as piece of work within itself as it adopted a new unusual style. By using this method we gain a range of elements that will help us when thinking about our sketch. For example, by using the frame tool is allows us to consider the whole scene not just individual objects, this is an important element as it helps when thinking about proportions and how the different objects sit together in the environment. This method also allows us to create a considered drawing rather than ‘bland representation’, as we must choose the environment we are drawing and the viewpoint in which we are capturing it from. 

The photograph above shows the example of my frame in which I made during the session and also the scene in which I captured. I wanted to show this part of the method as I feel it is a crucial part of development as it allows us to gain those man perks whilst creating a base for the drawing. 

Below shows my second drawing of the session based off the framing method used above. I chose to work digitally for this piece as I felt it worked well with the ideas and also the process in which we were using them. I also felt digital was a good step for these drawing as I had access to a range of different digital brushes all of which reflect traditional medias and therefore add texture to the illustration. In this specific piece I stuck to using brush ‘6B pencil’ as i liked the strength of the line work it added to the artwork. As well as using single outlines I also worked back into the image using cross hatching technique to help capture the light and how it fell against the different objects. Although I was happy with this method I felt it became slightly heavy in areas for example on the plant pot it became too strong a contrast and felt disconnected from other elements of the piece. However, overall I was happy with how this drawing progressed and felt it captured the elements in which were intended during the session. 

Overall I was happy with the work i produced in this session and felt that I captured the idea of different viewpoints and compositions. I enjoyed working with the framer method and feel this will help benefit me in the future when thinking about capturing an overall environment not just single objects.