Thursday, October 10, 2013

Animal Musician

Illustrate an Animal that's a Musician.


The assignment is to create an animal musician as the subject of the illustration, at the same time examine anthropomorphism as a style.

Be creative and ambitious with your approach, think of ways to use color and shape to describe senses and sounds.

In the context of describing the musician look for ways to use visual cues as a device to advance and convey your idea.

The subjects enviroment should support the idea of the picture, it should be well composed, read well, have impact and be accurate.

Deadlines:
5 thumbs: 10/22 for a grade
Research and/or create photo ref. plus provide paper copies. Present revised thumb: 10/24
Comp.: 10/31 due for a grade
Paint Day: 11/5
Paint Day11/7
Due at the end of class 11/12 due at the end of class

Size:
15 x 20 inches

Medium:
oils

Samples:
http://drawger.com/parada/?article_id=12147
http://www.richardsolomon.com/artists/kinuko-y-craft/
http://www.bradholland.net/portfolio/classics#/image01


Links regading cvalue structure:
http://muddycolors.blogspot.com/2012/08/composition-basics-value-structure.html
http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2012/06/loomiss-scheme-for-tonal-organization.html