Project 2, cont.

So, let's start with some drawings.  This is the garlic press that I've chosen to redesign.  We've been put into groups, but we haven't decided whose object we're going to tackle.  More on that later.

Although switching to ink outline drawings was an attempt to save time, due to the nature of ink, I still sketched these first before applying the micron to paper.  Thus, not really saving at time at all.  I really like the way they came out though.  Not sure I could render an outline drawing with nothing to look at though, which is the true skill I'll need to develop.  Drawing at all though, is helping rendering skills too, it's like reading vs. writing.  Drawing objects is reading them, creating non-existent objects in 2d that are legible is writing them. 

Speaking of legibility, this is the removable basket from the garlic press.  Yes I know, a removable basket is a great idea, but honestly, it's still a terrible garlic press. 

Easily one of my favorites.  India ink and brush.  I honestly don't know how it turned out this well.  

This drawing betrays my methods a bit.  Back when I took Drawing I at OU, we sat on benches and drew farily large compositions.  You had to make sure your bench was always in the same position if you were going to come back to your drawing later.  We would mark the floor in chalk and initial it so we could find it the next time.  When drawing this small objects right in front of you, it's really really easy to change your perspective entirely.  A few inches one way, when your object is close enough to see detail, would be like moving my bench/easel thing back in Drawing I, halfway across the room.  Solution?  Take a bunch of pictures, edit out the backgrounds in photoshop, increase the contrast, and draw from the image on your laptop.  This image was drawn from a picture taken at a wider angle than the eye would normally see, so my drawing of a crappy little hand tool, seems a bit more sizable, a bit more architectural?

That's all for now, more to come.

GeorgeP