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Dive intoDrawings
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About the Author
My name is Emma Healy. I graduated romMarist High School in 2012. I attended MoraineValley Community College or two years and receivedan Associates in Arts. I am currently a junior transerstudent at Saint Xavier University as a graphic design
major.
Tis book eatures art rom my first semes-ter at Saint Xavier. It goes through all o the things I
learned in my computer graphics and drawing class-es. I hope to look back at this book in the uture andsee many improvements in my art.
Table of Contents
Computer Graphics Work:Line Drawings
Value Drawings
Color Drawings
Inographic
Drawing One Work:Contour Drawings
onal Drawings
Gesture Drawings
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Line Drawings As an introduction to the Adobe Illustrator software,we started out by simply drawing lines using adrawing pad and stylus. Although working with a new media can
be a little intimidating, having a stylus and drawing pad made it
feel like I was getting ready to draw with a pencil on paper. While
looking at a wine bottle, I drew lines of various lengths to get
the overall form of the wine bottle. The paintbrush tool which is
located on the left tool bar was used to draw the l ines. There areone- hundred lines that make up the bottle.
After the bottles were made, using the brush tools I was
able to change the style of the lines. In the brush window there
are many different brushes to chooses from. By changing the
styles I was able to get different effects. These different effects
give the bottle a different feeling to them, while keeping the form
of the wine bottle still recognizable.
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Value Drawings Continuing with the idea of li ne drawings, we madeline drawings that start to take into account thevalue of the object being drawn. The rst i mage shows the
simple line drawing of the teapot. The second image shows the
object with different values.
Value is the relative
lightness or darkness of acolor.
Value is important because it can make a draw
become more three dimensional. For me this was one o
hardest parts. While looking at the object it was difcul
the many different values of color on the teapot. There
bright light shining on it and causing many shadows an
ing. Translating that into an image was difcult. As I co
practice working with value my skills will become mor
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This teapot also explores value. The darker values areused on the inside of the teapot to make it look morethree dimensional. The two different teapots on the right were
more explorations in how to change our pictures to make them
more interesting.
One teapot is made with watercolors and the other is
made with thin lines. Both change the image in different ways.
The watercolor image blends the tones in an interesting way thatgives the teapot a better three dimensional look than the original.
The thin lines gives an interesting negative space that make the
teapot look almost like a weaved basket.
Plenty of Pots
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Color DrawingsAs we moved forward in the class, we started to learnabout colors. Color is probably one of the most
werful additions to add to artwork. Color can easily change the
ling of a image.
Adding color on Illustrator is an easy thing to do. On theht hand side there is a menu called swatches. This is one way
change the color. The swatches menu has colors already made
you ready to be clicked. If you open up colors by double
cking the box on the left menu, you can pick colors from a full
ectrum. This has certain advantages because you can change
tone and brightness of a color in that box.
To make this picture I used the paintbrush tool on Adobe
ustrator. Equipped with a drawing pad and stylus I drew this il-
tration of owers. When drawing these owers I used the same
e drawing principle learned in the earlier weeks of class. I
liked the way the line drawings give off a very stylized look. It
helped me to draw in a different way. Instead of focusing on the
outline or contour of the objects, I built the object up through
making lines.
Also building on other skills we learned in previousweeks, I added as much value as I could to the drawings. The
yellow ower has darker shades of yellow to make the petal look
realistic. I also used a dark shade of purple for the owers in the
back to show that they are in the back. The overlap also attempts
to show some depth.
The most important aspect of this picture is the color.
This picture uses the complementary colors of yellow and violet
to create an image that is nice to look at. The image on the left
also uses a complementary color scheme of orange and blue to
create the same effect.
The colors on Illustrator can also easily be changed to t
certain color harmonies. By going up to windows and choosing to
open the color window, you can open a menu to play with differ-ent colors. You can change them manually on a giant color wheel
or pick from existing color combinations. This is how I quickly
changed the color of the picture on the right to the picture on the
left.
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This illustration was the next exploration in color. Allof the colors in this picture are warm colors. Theolor wheel can be split into t wo sections: the warm and the cool
olors. This is important when trying to make an image have a
rtain feeling to them. The original image on the right feels like
warm day at the beach, not only because of the objects usually
und at a beach like ip ops, sunglasses, and a hat, but also
ecause of the warm colors used in the illustration. The color
ariation on the left does not have the warm feeling.
For all three of the color drawings we had to keep one
olor constant throughout. For me, that color was yellow. I used
e yellow in this picture as a focal point. The hat stands out
ecause of the red frame I made using the red sunglasses and red
p ops. Different values of yellow were used to try and give
e hat three dimensional qualities. However, this could have
een expressed with colors that have more contrast. The colors
end together too much because they are too similar. The image
on the left works better in this aspect.
What made this illustration more fun was the fact that
many different hues could be used. The other two combinations
we used only feature two main hues. In the future I would like
to try other color combinations like a triad or monochrome color
scheme. There is lots to learn about color harmonies.
Summer Sun Fun
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This illustration was my rst attempt at the colordrawings. The illustration on the right is what Ientually ended up with after many revisions. Working from this
st draft to a revised version was very important in my learning
ocess. I knew when I nished this drawing that it still needed a
of work.
No work is complete-
y nished because
additional changes
can always be made.
The great thing about working in a digital media is that many
changes can easily be made to old pieces of work. When work-
ing on paper or other types of media not as many risk can be
taken because of fear of messing up your only copy. Digitally
you can make as many copies as you need and experiment with
new things. It is a great way to keep improving yourself. Art is a
process that works differently for everyone. I like to keep trying
to improve old things.
The color scheme on this illustration is an analogous
color scheme. That is, colors that are close to each other on the
color wheel. On all three of the color drawings, I kept yellow asa featured color because it is one of my favorite colors that I feel
is under used. A lemon tree was the perfect image to use to create
this illustration.
In the rst drawing, I had a lot of trouble trying to use
shading on the lemons and leaves. The values of yellow that I
started with were way too bright. When I tried to add darker and
lighter values, they were too similar and ended up making what
looks like holes in the lemons. The revision xes that a little bit.
The other problem I had was the negative space. There
was way too much white space. By simply changing that to
green and adding a ew more leaves I was able to make the piecelook more balanced. Te ocus is changed to the lemons. I used
rounded lines in this revision to give it more of a rounded look.
This made the image look better than the previous one because
the items had better shading as well as a more stylized and unique
look.
Lovely Lemons
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Infographic
The next part of class focused on making an i nforma-tion graphic. Infographics are very popular mediathese days. They provide an easy and interesting way to consume
information. Many different elements need to work together in
order to make a good infographic. As you might have guessed by the graphics on the side,
I made my infographic about swimming. Thinking about the
content of the infographic is the rst step in creating it. I have
been a swimmer for all of my life, so I knew it was the perfect
subject matter. I am also going to hang the nished project at
the pool where I work as a lifeguard and swim class instructor.
Swimming is one of the best forms of exercise, so I wanted to
share the benets of swimming.
I did some research on the topic to get interesting facts,
information, and charts that I could use for the content. I like
to have a clear idea of the content being presented before I start
thinking of different designs.
After coming up with a concept, I started to thi
the graphics I needed for the infographic. I knew that I w
swimmer to be the focus of the infographic with zoom i
that emphasize different parts of the body. I had this ide
the content I came up with could easily be separated intcategories.
This swimmer was made by tracing a picture o
cheal Phelps. I started out by tr acing the main outline of
and nding the main features I needed to include like th
shadow under the arm. The red swimmer was my rst a
It looked too simple to be the main graphic on the page,
added more details. I added a more shadows and water
swimmer. I also changed the color of his swimsuit and c
match the color scheme I wanted to use for the infograp
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The graphics on the side are the other graphics thatI made for my infographic. All of these were madeusing the same tracing method as the swimmer on the previous
page. By tracing the image with the pen tool and using the ll and
outline to color it, I created graphics that relate to my informa-
tion. I made a heart and lungs to highlight the cardiopulmonary
benets of swimming, muscles to show the physical benets, a
brain to show the mental benets, and a ring buoy as decoration.
These graphics are used to make the information easier
to consume. By simply looking at the infographic, you can get
an idea about the information presented in it without reading it.
There are some graphics that work with the text and other that are
used as decoration. The decorations are still related to the subject,
but not used in the same way functionally.
When putting together the infographic these graphics
were placed onto my illustrator document by going to le andplace. You can move the graphics around with the black pointer
tool. This tool makes it very easy to rearrange items on your
document. Once I had the main graphics placed I could focus
on where I wanted the text to fall. The next page will show the
completed infographic.
Got Graphics?
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Benefits of Swimming
-releases endorphinswhich is
known to make you happier
-Works all major musclesin your body
-reducesrisk of coronary heart
disease
-
increases HDL(good cholesterol)
anddecreases LDL(bad cholesterol)
-lowers stress
-Swimming is a low impact
exercise, meaning there islittle risk for injury
-Teaches self-discipline and
boosts confidence
-Suitable for all agesandabilities
-improvesbodysoxygen useand
increases lung function
-easy on bones and joints
Calories burned in a 30 min swim
90-220 cal
recreational
150-370 cal
moderate
220-550 cal
vigorous
PERKS
MENTALPHYSICAL
Swim
NearaLifeg
uard
Am
eric
anRedCro
ss
CARDIOPULMONARY
The completed infographic is a combination of allthe things we learned in our computer graphic class.We had to apply the things we learned to make an interesting
infographic. At this time we learned a lot about the type tool. By
opening the type window there are many options for modifying
the type. From this menu you can change the font, size, spacing,
bold, italic, alignment, and various other options. By making text
boxes you can move the type around easily. You can even set the
type to wrap around a path such as a circle, which you can see
was used to make the swim near a lifeguard and American Red
Cross graphics on the bottom right of my infographic.
I knew that changing the font to a font that is a little
more interesting is important in making the information more
interesting. To change the font, rst the font with the style you
are looking for needs to be downloaded from a trusted website
and downloaded onto the computer. Then you can change that
font when you need to as long as the font les are i n your master
folder. The master folder needs to hold all of the pieces of the
nal product like the graphics and the fonts. I llustrator needs all
the les together to make the nal product.
When creating the overall design of the infographic,
one of the rst factor I took into consideration was the colors. Iknew that blue was going to be used because of the water that
goes with my swimmer, so I decided to use green because it is
analogous to blue. I used color for the headings and for important
words and phrases in the text. The color of the text is very i m-
portant. At rst, I had black text on the dark blue at the bottom.
This made it very hard to read the dark text. The text had to be
changed to white so that it can be easily read.
I added various small things to add to the overall design.
I added a safety line at the top and bottom to add a border to the
infographic. I also made the swim near a lifeguard and Amer-
ican Red Cross graphics to put at the bottom to not only quote
my sources, but also to add more content to the bottom where it
looked very empty in comparison to the rest of the info
The ellipse tool and line segment tool were made to ma
zoom in frame. The four categories that I came up with
ginning of my research came in handy for t he layout of
was able to put one category in each corner of the page
the inforgraphic feel very balanced. I tried to make a un
design with a constant color scheme and balance of tex
Final Infographic
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his drawing was made on the second day odrawing class. Not having any experience
in drawing I was ver y nervous to draw. Although theorm is no where near perect, I really liked this draw-ing because o the composition. I thought the way I putmy eet looked interesting. I like how one oot leansinto the other. It reminds me o a shy kid looking downat his eet. We were told to look at our eet and drawwhat we saw. I moved my eet around to make it moreinteresting, but that made it harder to draw.
Contour Drawings
We had to use a sharpie marker to draw. Tis
very difficult or me because I could not erase
Tere was also one more catch: we could not our pen up rom the paper. Tis is supposed help us find the overall orm o what we are ding. It is very similar to the line drawing that made in computer graphics. Both are to help find the main orm o what we are communicTe only difference is the medium.
Contour drawings are a lot like the linedrawings that we did in computer graph-cs. Tey are just the basic orm o an object, or thenes that make up an object. Te first hal o myrawing class worked a lot on drawing contour draw-
ngs because the contours are used as a base and more
hings are added onto it like tone and color.Te drawings on the side are examples o
asic contour drawings. Only the important lines ohe object are drawn. It is a simple version o the realhing. Tese drawings were made during the first
week o the semester. Each object had to be d rawn inwo minutes.
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As we continued to practice contour draw-ing, the teacher continued to create moredifficult still lives to draw. Tis still lie is a small statueo a man, woman, and child, and a camel in the back-ground. Te statue was set up in ront o the camel, so
really had to watch my proportions. Also, I had to puthe statue in ront o the camel. Te angle o the objects
was one o the hardest things to find in this drawing.
his drawing was an exercise in drawing el-lipses. I learned a lot about using reerencelines to keep proportions in place. Ellipses are used togive objects a tilted effect. It was challenging to keep
the proportions right. Later in the class we learnedhow to use a pencil or our finger to take the sight sizeo something. By calculating how big something is insight size and adjusting the size to fit the paper, youcan get good proportions.
Contour Still Lives
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Eventually, we started to use new materi-als. Tis was my first ever time using vineharcoal to draw. We started out by filing the wholeaper with charcoal, then used our erasers to bringhe objects out. Tis is called the subtractive method.
What is lef is the outlines o a roll o paper towels
tting on top o a stool.
his is a drawing o my avorite chair. Forthis exercise we were supposed to use crosscontour lines to help give the object more dimension.Tis was very challenging or me. I tried to vary thelines in different ways. Some are long, shore, thick,thin, close together, or ar apart.
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Tonal Drawings
onal drawings are exactly like the valuedrawings that I did in my computer graph-
ics class. It is too bad that I did not learn more bouttone when we were drawing the value drawings incomputer graphics. I would have been able to makebetter pictures. one is the term that is used whentalking about black and white. Value is used more ofen
or the darkness and lightness o a color.Te eggs on the side were my first attempts at
tone. It was a simple way to learn about tone. It is easyto see the dark and light spots on an egg. Te shadowusually casts the darkest tone and the light reflectingon the top is the lightest tone. It is best to use the sideo your pencil when shading. Once tone is introducedto a drawing, you can make the drawing look morerealistic.
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his is an abstract drawing o olds in a pieceo abric. I used vine charcoal, white conteayon, and compressed charcoal or this drawing. Weere told to zoom in on one spot in a piece o abric
nd draw all the olds. It was in interesting light thatade it hard to draw. I struggled a bit with express-g the tone, but there are parts o the drawing that
emonstrate tone.
Using vine charcoal, charcoal, and whiteconte crayon I drew this still lie o a yogaball. Te lights were very dramatic in this set up andcast a complex shadow. I used my fingers to blend the
charcoal together and create an even tone. Blendingthe colors together helps to create a more smooth andnatural look to the drawing.
Trying Tone
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his is a drawing o two garbage cans madewith charcoal and vine charcoal. o getthe white tone, I used the subtractive method. First I
blocked in a solid tone with the vine charcoal, then Iused an eraser to draw in the white tones. Te blacktones or the trash bags are t he charcoal. Smudgingthe charcoal with my fingers were a very useul wayto blend the tones and make it look better. We wentoutside one day to find things to draw. Tese two trashcan sitting next to each other looked like an interestingthing to try because o the difference in color o thetwo garbage cans.
Take out the Trash
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his is yet another still lie drawn withvine charcoal, charcoal and white contecrayon. It is a drawing o a t eacup on a plate with apourer, sugar holder, and teapot in the background.I really enjoyed drawing this picture because I got toset up the still lie. I arranged my mothers good chinadishes in what I thought looked nice and shined some
light on the side o it. I had the spouts o the teapotand pourer point to the teacup in the middle to givethe composition a ocal point.
After School TeaTime
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Gesture Drawing
At this point in the class we started to drawhuman figures. We learned how to drawthe overall gesture o a persons pose. In class we had amodel pose and we would draw a quick sketch o thepose. A gesture drawing does not have much details
and is messy looking. Tese gesture drawings on theside were all done in thirty seconds. Having a time lim-it made it difficult to draw the pose. I learned to drawwithout relying on contours. I used the line o action
that runs through a person to help find the movemento the pose.
In class one day that we were working on ges-ture drawing, the instructor Mr. Villa decid-ed to pose or us. He sat on one o the drawing horseswith a drawing board and posed as someone drawing.I was able to add more detail to this drawing becausewe were given more time. What helps me when draw-ing figures is to draw circles or the major parts like thehead, thigh, calves, arms, etc.
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owards the end o the class we started towork on sel portraits. Tese portraitsutilize many o the things we learned in the class.For this drawing we used the grid method to draw.First, we took a picture o ourselves and drew a gridon top o the picture. Ten, on the paper we copiedthe grid to fit the pa ge. By ocusing on the details inthe box you can work to make the whole picture lookvery close to the original. Tis drawing was done ingraphite, so blending the tones was more difficult orme. We used a new tool to help with blending calleda shading stump.
Self Portrait
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You get better at working byworking. And i you dont work,youre not getting better.
erry Crews