I found this module to be very beneficial to me. I don’t usually take the time out to just sit and draw as much as I should, but by doing this module I have learned the importance of that. Its also pushed the boundaries of what’s considered a drawing and made the word a lot more open to interpretation.

Blind Drawings

I really enjoyed the blind drawing activity. By doing this it helped take away some of the stresses of doing a portrait. Whenever I’ve done portraits in the past, I’ve found it a really tedious activity. I always wanted to get everything right, but by doing this I learned to be a lot more expressive with it and that it doesn’t need to be a really high quality realistic image. It also taught me that you don’t need to spend ages to get an idea down on paper, and a really simple quick drawing is all you need to get your ideas across. I also really liked the concept of layering different drawings, both of the same person and different. It allowed for some really interesting lines and forms and created a nice depth in the images.

Interview/Quick Portrait

This was a really good way of getting to know your subject. Questioning someone while they’re drawing you is quite an odd concept, but it worked. with someone asking you questions while you were drawing them, it distracted you from the pressures of drawing a portrait and lead to it being quite an enjoyable experience.

Circuit Drawings

By adding the circuit to the drawing, it added another dimension and element of interest to the drawing. I had very a very basic knowledge of circuits and this project helped deepen my knowledge and understanding of it. At first, we were given conductive ink to draw a circuit within a portrait, however, there was too much resistance in the ink and didn’t allow for the energy to pass through easily enough. Due to this I was forced to use wires instead. I wanted the lights to work well in the portrait and not look out of place, so decided to make them earphones. I pierced the paper to allow for the led’s to show and allow for the circuit to be hidden to prevent anything being taken away from the image.

Visual Personality Profiles/Layered Portrait/Interview

This task required me to interview my subject on her likes and dislikes. I thought this made the portrait a lot more personal. My portrait skills aren’t great so I wanted to create quite a graphicy drawing. I drew the basic outline of the subjects face so she was still recognisable but avoided drawing the facial features. I then coloured her face red as its her favourite colour. Autumn was her favourite season and Halloween her favourite event, so I wanted to include these things in a portrait. I went with an autumn colour scheme and included autumn trees. I also added a bat for a spooky element and owls and a dog as she likes them animals.

Observation Drawing and Mapping

I actually found the daily drawing quite enjoyable. It caused me to take time out of my day to sit and draw, which I don’t normally do. I completed 5 different drawings which depicted one aspect of that day. I didn’t want to just do realistic drawings, but instead create something a bit different. I enjoyed experimenting with different colours and mediums. I really liked using bold colours as I found it to be more visually impactful. I also really liked the simple shapes and forms and didn’t want to overcomplicate the drawings by adding extra detail.

When it came to the mapping, I found it quite difficult to draw a literal map depicting my movements, so I took a different approach for most of the drawings. I had a bit of fun with it, creating a pirate map, going from home to work. I also liked the idea of a pictorial map, where I drew images which represented each thing I done that day. This was almost like a pictorial diary and it was nice to look back on and remember what I done that day.

Pictorial CV

For my pictorial cv, I decided to base it on a mountain. I started with my earliest achievements at the bottom and as you move up the mountain you get to see my most recent achievements before getting to the peek which is my biggest goal, and when ill peek in life. I drew images within the mountain which were representative of the things which I have done in my life. I also put some employability skills which I have learned over the years within the clouds to show that I haven’t just done these things for the fun of it, but in fact done them to better myself as a person and make myself more desirable to employers. I thought it was quite a fun concept and its symbolic which enhances its success and meaning.

Character

I wanted to create a character which was quite fun and silly, so I went with a monster. I cut a square out of his stomach and replaced it with a bit of tracing paper so that the light would diffract. it was also able to be disassembled and flattened.

Story Board

I wanted to create a story which could include the Arduino within it. I created a story in which there is a monster who feels left out because his light wont go on, but all the other monsters lights are on. Within my Arduino design, I programmed it so that the light would turn on when a button is pressed, so that in my story, the monster could find his light, press it, and the light would go on. This created a parallel between the story and the physical character which I thought worked quite well.

 

Arduino

This was the first time id ever used Arduino. It took me a while to get used to but I believe the knowledge I have gained will greatly improve the quality of my models. I struggled a lot with the coding, and needed a lot of help to get it done, however I quickly grasped wiring up the circuit.

 

Sketchbook Tour

linked below is a video showing you all of the pages in my sketchbook.

https://vimeo.com/user25008678/review/298857129/547cc991c5