REQUIRED TEXTS
RECOMMENDED TEXTS
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Figure Drawing For all It's Worth
Andrew Loomis; ISBN 10: 0857680986 |
REQUIRED MATERIALS
Since this class has been changed to a digital class room, all students will be required to have a Wacom Cintiq Digital Pen. These can be found at Ex Libris Bookstore; https://www.bkstr.com/ProductDisplay?urlRequestType=Base&catalogId=10001&productId=70434611&errorViewName=ProductDisplayErrorView&storeId=10227&langId=-1&rrec=true&cm_sp=Certona_Homepage1-_-Desktop-_-691
SUGGESTED MATERIALS,please wait to purchase.
Pencils (2H, B, 2B, 4B, 6B) kneaded erasers, inks, x-acto knife White charcoal pencils Vine charcoal sticks
Metal Ruler
Blue Painters Tape
Tracing paper
Black Micron Pens - various sizes T-square
Drafting triangle
Pad of Bristle paper
Layout paper pad(at least 11”x14”) Cold press Illustration board*
Other or specialized materials will be required for the major projects; please wait for the assignment and specifications
from handout before purchasing
Each class requires you to have appropriate materials. Always review the syllabus and project handout sheets
to get the specifics on what is expected of you daily for each class. At a minimum every class will require basic
drawing tools. Bring your sketchbook and pencils to every class session.
Metal Ruler
Blue Painters Tape
Tracing paper
Black Micron Pens - various sizes T-square
Drafting triangle
Pad of Bristle paper
Layout paper pad(at least 11”x14”) Cold press Illustration board*
Other or specialized materials will be required for the major projects; please wait for the assignment and specifications
from handout before purchasing
Each class requires you to have appropriate materials. Always review the syllabus and project handout sheets
to get the specifics on what is expected of you daily for each class. At a minimum every class will require basic
drawing tools. Bring your sketchbook and pencils to every class session.
IMPORTANT DATES
Day 3: 1-point Perspective; 20 Boxes, Chests, Desks, etc.
Day 4: Idealized Human Proportions
Day 5: Building Block City
Day 7: Giant Children’s Blocks
Day 8: 10 Superhero Thumbnails
Day 9: 3-Point Perspective Building
Day 10: Ecorche’ Athlete in Motion (Critique and Review)
Day 11: 4, Color/Tonal roughs; Superhero project; Photograph Superhero Models in Class.
Day 12: 6 Ellipses
Day 13: Interior Room, Critique
Day 14: Superhero project Critique and review.
Day 15: Photograph Costume Day for Band of Confederates
Day 17: Character Turn-Around
Day 19: Band of Confederates Final Review
Day 20: Final Submissions.
Day 4: Idealized Human Proportions
Day 5: Building Block City
Day 7: Giant Children’s Blocks
Day 8: 10 Superhero Thumbnails
Day 9: 3-Point Perspective Building
Day 10: Ecorche’ Athlete in Motion (Critique and Review)
Day 11: 4, Color/Tonal roughs; Superhero project; Photograph Superhero Models in Class.
Day 12: 6 Ellipses
Day 13: Interior Room, Critique
Day 14: Superhero project Critique and review.
Day 15: Photograph Costume Day for Band of Confederates
Day 17: Character Turn-Around
Day 19: Band of Confederates Final Review
Day 20: Final Submissions.
HOW TO PHOTOGRAPH YOUR WORK
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GRADING
My grading protocol is based on the process of learning. Each project and exercise is due on the date assigned but you will be allowed to revisit, revise for a higher grade up and until the last day of class. I know that most of this material is new so you will not be expected to be at the level of a professional, BUT you are expected to try and improve your skills and work toward understanding each of the skills, principles, processes and concepts taught during the quarter. Finished projects will be graded based on the quality of finish, mastery of materials, composition, and following of instructions. Please take a look at the following charts to understand the weight of each exercise and project in regards to your final grade.
EXAMPLE: For exercises; each assignment will be graded by percentage of completion. If for example you only complete 76 of the 100 body parts, that will be your grade, "76".
For Assignments; If each assignment for anatomy or Perspective is Correct, but only in line, the highest grade it will receive is a "C". If each Assignment is correct, and rendered in value correctly, the highest grade it will receive is a "B". If each Assignment is correct, and rendered in value correctly, and rendered to a finished degree with good compositional placements, and presents well, the highest grade it will receive is an "A". Professionalism is stressed even at this level of education; meaning the closer to "Perfection" or a better definition would be "Completeness" the higher the grade. This is a reflection of understanding of concepts and principles, artistic presentation and interpretation, mastery of skills and degree of finish and dedication to making each assignment the best it could be.
EXAMPLE: For exercises; each assignment will be graded by percentage of completion. If for example you only complete 76 of the 100 body parts, that will be your grade, "76".
For Assignments; If each assignment for anatomy or Perspective is Correct, but only in line, the highest grade it will receive is a "C". If each Assignment is correct, and rendered in value correctly, the highest grade it will receive is a "B". If each Assignment is correct, and rendered in value correctly, and rendered to a finished degree with good compositional placements, and presents well, the highest grade it will receive is an "A". Professionalism is stressed even at this level of education; meaning the closer to "Perfection" or a better definition would be "Completeness" the higher the grade. This is a reflection of understanding of concepts and principles, artistic presentation and interpretation, mastery of skills and degree of finish and dedication to making each assignment the best it could be.
ARCHIVING YOUR WORK
Please utilize the Archiving instructions above to save your work in its appropriate file/folder.
STUDENT WORK FILE NAMING AND METADATA GUIDELINES
FILE NAME
CAMPUS_Quartercode_DEPT Course#_FirstnameLastname_project no_title
Sample: SAV 202020_lllu305_AidanBarrow_A 1_BeachEnvironment
Save files at 300 dpi, AdobeRGB(1998) as a high quality print jpeg
Quarter Codes: Fall 10 - Winter 20 - Spring 30 - Summer 40
METADATA DESCRIPTION
Student Name
Banner ID
Student Hometown
Date of completion
Title of the Project
Medium used
Professor Name
Short Description (1-2 sentences)
©Student Name
Image by the artist, courtesy of SCAD
Please submit all images as JPEGs at 300dpi, JPEG quality 12, Adobe RGB 1998.
1. Inside the FINAL SUBMISSIONS folder students (and/or faculty) in each of their classes must place their best work in their personal folder.
2. Within 5 business days of the end of each quarter, faculty must review student FINAL SUBMISSIONS and move only the very best representative course work into the BEST PROJECT SELECTION folder.
3. After being selected by faculty, all data will be automatically copied from FINAL SUBMISSIONS including the BEST PROJECT SELECTION folder to a share folder for the deans and chairs review.
4. Within five business days of the faculty selection, deans and chairs will identify 5 to 10 pieces from the BEST PROJECT SELECTION folder as the best student work. Chairs and deans will then mark each project for creative direction’s consideration by adding the extension _CHAIR or (_DEAN) to the end of each file name.
CAMPUS_Quartercode_DEPT Course#_FirstnameLastname_project no_title
Sample: SAV 202020_lllu305_AidanBarrow_A 1_BeachEnvironment
Save files at 300 dpi, AdobeRGB(1998) as a high quality print jpeg
Quarter Codes: Fall 10 - Winter 20 - Spring 30 - Summer 40
METADATA DESCRIPTION
Student Name
Banner ID
Student Hometown
Date of completion
Title of the Project
Medium used
Professor Name
Short Description (1-2 sentences)
©Student Name
Image by the artist, courtesy of SCAD
Please submit all images as JPEGs at 300dpi, JPEG quality 12, Adobe RGB 1998.
1. Inside the FINAL SUBMISSIONS folder students (and/or faculty) in each of their classes must place their best work in their personal folder.
2. Within 5 business days of the end of each quarter, faculty must review student FINAL SUBMISSIONS and move only the very best representative course work into the BEST PROJECT SELECTION folder.
3. After being selected by faculty, all data will be automatically copied from FINAL SUBMISSIONS including the BEST PROJECT SELECTION folder to a share folder for the deans and chairs review.
4. Within five business days of the faculty selection, deans and chairs will identify 5 to 10 pieces from the BEST PROJECT SELECTION folder as the best student work. Chairs and deans will then mark each project for creative direction’s consideration by adding the extension _CHAIR or (_DEAN) to the end of each file name.
FUNDAMENTALS OF PERSPECTIVE
Click on the link above to learn the process for Photoshop's Photomerge capabilities. This is useful for combining multiple images of the same work of art that may be too big to scan in one single pass.
PERSPECTIVE EXERCISES
PERSPECTIVE DIGITAL SKETCHBOOK
1%. 1-Point; 20 boxes/chests/ desks, varying clock positions, above/below Horizon
1%. 2-Point; 20 Doors and Windows, various designs and styles, varying clock positions, above/below Horizon
1%. 3-Point; 10 Stacks of Books, Blocks, Buildings, varying clock positions, above/below Horizon
1%. Ellipses; 20 various circular objects, tires, jars, utensils, etc. varying clock positions, above/below Horizon
1%. 1-Point; 20 boxes/chests/ desks, varying clock positions, above/below Horizon
1%. 2-Point; 20 Doors and Windows, various designs and styles, varying clock positions, above/below Horizon
1%. 3-Point; 10 Stacks of Books, Blocks, Buildings, varying clock positions, above/below Horizon
1%. Ellipses; 20 various circular objects, tires, jars, utensils, etc. varying clock positions, above/below Horizon
ONE-POINT PERSPECTIVE BLOCKS
Draw various sized and shaped building blocks utelizing 1-point perspective, above horizon line, below horizon line, and stradling the horizon line, with blocks of various shapes and sizes, overlapping, leaning on and stacked upon each other, various heights.
Clearly label Vanishing Point (VP), Horizon Line (HL) and with very light lines, show construction lines, and with dark, precise lines show contour of blocks. Due class 3.
Clearly label Vanishing Point (VP), Horizon Line (HL) and with very light lines, show construction lines, and with dark, precise lines show contour of blocks. Due class 3.
Student example, Emma Alba
TWO-POINT PERSPECTIVE, BUILDING BLOCK CITY
Draw a simple Building block City in 2-point perspecive, with various openings on various sides, overlapping, leaning on roofs, steps, various heights or shapes.
THREE-POINT PERSPECTIVE BUILDING
3-point perspective; adding depth or height, create an exterior building, with surrounding environment climbing into the sky. Indicate human for scale.
Digital. Due: Day 7 for review, Day 9 completed and finished.
Digital. Due: Day 7 for review, Day 9 completed and finished.
ELIPSES
Draw 6 objects with correct elipses in perspective.
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INTERIOR ROOM; 2-POINT PERSPECTIVE
Bringing all exercises together, Create an interior room with a receding tiled floor, elipses and with multiple windows on side walls, 2-point perspective.
Student examples; Fernanda Andrade Cerri and Jessica Song
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ANATOMY EXERCISES
ANATOMY DIGITAL SKETCHBOOK
5%. 20 each Male/Female; Arms; Legs; Torso, (Chest, Shoulders, Back); Hands/Feet; Head
5%. 20 each Male/Female; Arms; Legs; Torso, (Chest, Shoulders, Back); Hands/Feet; Head
IDEALISED HUMAN PROPORTIONS
The idea that nature has utilized and formed us through a set of universal proportions was one of the elements that Leonardo da Vinci worked on and was influenced by Vitruvius, a Roman author, architect, civil engineer and military engineer during the 1st century BC. He was famous for quantitating the proportions of the human body. The Vitruvian Man is the most famous sketch drawn by the genius Leonardo Da Vinci. ... Leonardo solved visual equation and represented this idea by utilizing the human body as a reference and drawing a circle and a square around it of same areas, which is the visual calculation for squaring the circle or trying to give a visual representation of equal mass. It also represents the two different centers of man, spiritual and physical.
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Draw and Chart Ideal Proportions for Male and Female models; (Loomis pg. 26-33; Vol 2 pg. 40-57) work on in class digitally. (Quality of Finish and Perfect Proportions" will be judged). Due class 4.
Art examples by Andrew Loomis
ECORCHE' ATHLETE IN MOTION
Draw a figure (male of female) from a photograph of an athlete in motion. Traditional or Digital, but the final image will be handed in as a digital PDF 9x12 300dpi, with each major muscle labeled digitally, on a background. The project will be graded according to quality of overall design and composition (muscles must be labeled correctly); use and mastery of materials, correctness of drawing and muscle anatomy. Good luck.
CHECK OUT THESE websites and L’Ecorche’ Apps,
https://store.steampowered.com/app/741150/ArtPose_Pro/
https://www.renderhub.com/bonebrew22/ecorche-male-anatomical-reference
https://appolicious.com/the-best-iphone-apps-for-anatomy-students/
http://www.apppicker.com/applists/23751/the-best-ipad-apps-for-anatomy
CHECK OUT THESE websites and L’Ecorche’ Apps,
https://store.steampowered.com/app/741150/ArtPose_Pro/
https://www.renderhub.com/bonebrew22/ecorche-male-anatomical-reference
https://appolicious.com/the-best-iphone-apps-for-anatomy-students/
http://www.apppicker.com/applists/23751/the-best-ipad-apps-for-anatomy
Please take a look at this site for reference Material for your "Athlete in Motion, Ecorche".
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SUPERHERO
“Super Hero” Create an illustration of a single figure as a Super Hero, of your choice (Male of Female) in a cityscape with forced perspective, dynamic pose, utilizing some form of foreshortening.
Finished image must be 9x12 vertical or horizontal 300 dpi flattened PSD please use ALL labeling protocol as instructed in Blackboard.
(make sure to save your original file for yourself as Tiff or PSD).
Due: Day 8: 10 Superhero Thumbnails; Day 14: Superhero project Critique and review.
Finished image must be 9x12 vertical or horizontal 300 dpi flattened PSD please use ALL labeling protocol as instructed in Blackboard.
(make sure to save your original file for yourself as Tiff or PSD).
Due: Day 8: 10 Superhero Thumbnails; Day 14: Superhero project Critique and review.
Before proceeding to finish, please utilize the form above to create at least 10 black and white thumbnail sketches to workout composition and ideation before creating 4 color comps with the form above to work out possible color schemes. Please place these completed thumbnails and color comps within the project Dropbox folder. This process will be part of the graded project. Process ALWAYS helps create a better finish.
This is a great visualization of the full creative process. First ideation through thumbnails, then fully worked out composition with values and then the finished color illustration.
BAND OF CONFEDERATES
Create a Group in clothing costume (show or highlight at least one character in costume) The image must also convey the concept of “Dynamic Scale” (Small/Very Large).
Finished image must be 9x12 vertical or horizontal 300 dpi jpeg (make sure to save original file as Tiff or PSD).
Ex; Kung Fu Panda, Jungle Book, Lord of the Ring, Game of Thrones, Star Wars, King
Kong, The Borrowers, Totoro, etc.
Finished image must be 9x12 vertical or horizontal 300 dpi jpeg (make sure to save original file as Tiff or PSD).
Ex; Kung Fu Panda, Jungle Book, Lord of the Ring, Game of Thrones, Star Wars, King
Kong, The Borrowers, Totoro, etc.
Character Development and Turnaround
Develop one of your Band of Confederates Characters through the process of a Character Turnaround. The Character should include a Front, Back and Side. Please show any important aspects of your character through cutouts, e.g. weapons, costuming elements, effects. At least one view should be fully rendered in color. Stylistic approach should reflect your illustrative style and approach.
Environmental Studies and Color Keys
Take a look at the color keys and composition pained by Singaporean artist AC Masoen. His understanding of light is expressed brilliantly in these keys. Rendering is not very tight, but expression is high enough quality to get the message across. This is how powerful the fundamentals of value and light can be utilized to help convey the emotional impact that you want to impart to your viewers. COLOR, more than ANY OTHER ELEMENT of your composition has the greatest ability to evoke and emotion. Use the templates provided below to help create different color schemes and keys based on your value studies.You can ALWAYS make more, but the assignment asks tat you make at least 4 different color keys in which you explore the process of creating the "The Best" solution for your Book/Game Cover. The templates are provided as Horizontal but you will use the in the vertical format for our cover designs.
EVOKE AN EMOTION
“Evoke and Emotion”, create an illustration, utilizing body posture, facial expressions, or gestures to evoke an emotion through the combination of movement, atmosphere, setting and the appropriate lighting. Ex; J.C. Lyendecker’s fashion illustrations, Scared expressions of Ichabod Crane in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, uplighting from a Monster Movie with mad scientist lab in background, dramatic Film Noir lighting such as Black and white gangster movie or western, etc. Medium of your choice, Finished image must be 9x12 vertical or horizontal 300 dpi jpeg (make sure to save original file as Tiff or PSD). Student example; Avery Goff |
EMOTION PROMPTS FOR IDEAS TO ILLUSTRATE
FANTASY
FANTASY
- In a world where magic is gained through one’s interactions with others, how does your antagonist acquire power? (Courtenay Connor, Canada)
- They ran through the countryside, spreading out in all directions. We watched in horror as the battle was lost. (Michael Falcone, Canada)
- Technology-less, humans find themselves evolved with shrunk tongues and brains due to their lack of use. (Disnna Gallant, Canada)
- The acrid smell of burnt wood hung in the air, making her eyes water as she stumbled along the deserted sidewalk. (Raven Anxo, United Kingdom)
- Your hair, features and skin are gradually disappearing. What do you see when you look in the mirror? (Lina Ashour, United Kingdom)
- A mysterious merchant in a station sells all kinds of tickets to anywhere, fictional or not – where do you go? (Sharna Bennett, United Kingdom)
- You awake in a still battlefield, under a pile of bodies, blind in one eye. You recall fighting; nothing else. (Richard Billing, United Kingdom)
- Her jeans grew damp from the wet grass as she watched the fireworks light up the night sky. (Alice Coughlan, United Kingdom)
- I stood by the graveside. We were burying Uncle Eric. Again. (Judith Field, United Kingdom)
- Every emotion a human feels becomes written on their body. One day a woman is found with empty skin. (Bethany James, United Kingdom)
- You wake up, only to find that the dragons have returned and have claimed you their leader in the upcoming war. (Taryn Kimble, United Kingdom)
- Bored at college you start tapping inaudibly under your seat. You find a note stuck to the bottom of it. (Jennifer Leask, United Kingdom)
- A young girl looks in her bedroom mirror to apply her lipstick. Nothing is reflected back at her, just darkness. (Erica Murdoch, Australia)
- His camera could steal people’s souls. On his walls, the portraits wailed and begged for freedom. (Henry Bugalho, Spain)
- You’re lying on a cold metal table in a morgue. And you’re awake. (Louise Beere, United Kingdom)
- Friends take a shortcut through a dark wood each telling a scary story as, unbeknownst to them, something follows. (Marcus Caballero, United Kingdom)
- At first, she thought that nothing had happened at all. Then she looked down and saw the blood, and screamed. (Rhiannon D’Averc, United Kingdom)
- She woke again with that desperate feeling of panic. It had happened again: the bloody blade lay beside her. (Julia Evans, United Kingdom)
- An abandoned storage locker has been emanating a sickly sweet smell for weeks. What’s inside? (Johanna Mackin, United Kingdom)
- Late one night you hear a knock at the door. You open it to see Death himself waiting. He offers you a bargain… (Aisling O’Kane, United Kingdom)
- Its evil red eyes burned into mine. I froze with cold terror as I realised the face staring back at me was my own. (David Turton, United Kingdom)
- An innocent tweet about your breakfast spirals out of control, when a strange police squad arrests you for treason. (Johanna Feuerlein, Germany)
- You’re preparing for bed, you glance outside & there’s a car you don’t recognise. Then your doorbell rings…. (Linda Ball, United Kingdom)
- Alone, a woman waits. Today, after twenty five years, she will finally meet her daughter. (Krithika Murali, United Kingdom)
- Every year on the same day a new letter comes: ‘He’s alive, and he’s waiting for you.’ (Emma Nelson, United Kingdom)
- She saw him across the room, another woman on his arm. The first man she ever loved. The first man she’d ever kill. (Kirsty Phipps, United Kingdom)