Sketches and Faceprints

Welcome!

This week we had a very interesting set if tasks to complete. 

Faceprints:

First thing we done this week was a faceprint with our name on it. To accomplish this, we were asked to go to the study zone to find typography related books with texts that we found interesting to ourselves. From the book I had I had chosen a text that I drew instead of printing out as I found it easier. Out next job was to put this on a photocopier and scan it along with out face on it. Although an easy enough task sadly only my ear was visible on the scanner! I guess this made this bit of my work more interesting as it almost appeared as if an image had somehow manifested into tomhe paper. As graphics is my favourite type of design, I found this quite interesting as I learned that graphic design can use an image to create a message or impression towards someone, and that it doesn't matter what way you do it as you will never be able to create a design that will please everyone. Time management with this was very easy as it was a very short task. When drawing out the letters I found that this was quick and simple as they didn't not need to be very intricate or complicated.

Sketches:

The second task of the week was sketching! I found this the most interesting part of the week. I believe that this task whilst being interesting was one that I got on with very well and apart from my own self portrait I achieved quite well considering the time limits we had.  Feedback I received from other students was very good, especially for my drawing of the left handed 10 minute sketch of the person sitting in front of me.

I wasn't happy with my first drawing being only made up of eyes as we only had one minute and also had to draw with our eyes closed. The most challenging part of the sketches was when we had to draw with our teeth and the pen, and even though it came out very jaggedly and wiggly, I was quite pleased that I actually managed to draw a basic face with glasses and hair using such a ludicrous method! I think the worst of the task had to be ofcourse when we had to draw out own self portraits. I've always been terrible at it and today it showed why. I'm terrible at drawing my own face! What I had drawn looked like someone completely different to me and after asking many peers about it they told me that the only thing I drew correctly was the hair. For the future this is something I could work on as drawing faces has never really been easy for me unless it was that off a cartoon or fictional character.

Concerning my time management with this task there was not much I or any other student could do since the tasks were to draw within a small time limit. Ofcourse this was most likely done to see how fast each of us would think on what feature to draw first or how to make the image stand out more.to improve my future work, I learnt from this challenge that this is a hint of getting basic shapes on my sheet rather than wasting time on what should be drawn first. Any idea is better than no idea in my opinion to work with.

Left handed drawing and self portrait: (10 minutes)

1 minute no view drawing and mouth one drawing: