News Illustration Project

In this assignment, the student is required to illustrate an image that pertains to a news story as well as its topic in order to develop a detail oriented composition.

The news story I followed basically sums up the collegiate effort in checking wastewater to ensure that coronavirus should not show up within results. See the full story here: https://www.npr.org/2020/10/26/925831847/colleges-turn-to-wastewater-testing-in-an-effort-to-flush-out-the-coronavirus

In my final version called “Pandora’s Tunnel”, the emphasis on the unexpected behavior attributed through coronavirus spread is used symbolically. Additionally, pandora is depicted through the yellow on the more “organic” or demonized side of the well while the more engineered side swells in artificiality.

Moody Blues Exercise

Major Project 1: Self Portrait

In this assignment, the student is required to choose one color and illustrate a self portrait. This self portrait is supposed to show several tints and tones of that chosen color.

With my chosen color, blue, I was able to illustrate a self portrait with seven or more tones and tints of said blue. What works really well here is my overall ability to compose a multi-toned and vibrant design with various shades. This self portrait took me nearly 8 hours to start and finish, but I’m still satisfied with the outcome despite my poor handling with a brush. What could’ve worked better was my color coordination as well as which shades and tints go where. Nonetheless, I look forward to doing more with color and getting better with my paints.

Exercise 4: Color Contrast and Perfect Neutrals

In this assignment, the student is required to replicate a design a composition four times and demonstrate the use of cool, warm, 2/3 warm to cool, and 2/3 cool to warm. The second half is to use opposite colors in order to create grays.

Exercise 3: Tint, Tone, Shade

In this exercise, using the color tree theory, we test the tint, tone, and shade of two colors. Yellow and blue are the two colors used to test this theory.

Color Scales

The following is the color scale for yellow, orange, carmine , red, and blue. These colors are ranging from darker to lighter (tone and tint), while showing the percentages for these values.

Color Scales

The following is the color scale for yellow, orange, carmine , red, and blue. These colors are ranging from darker to lighter (tone and tint), while showing the percentages for these values.