The Mechanics of
Visualizing
The
mechanics of visualizing tells us the evolution and history of illustration and
how artists now-a-days have produced and make their art. It explains that as we
illustrators experiment with different tools and techniques we will eventually
find our own style and visual language that we can carry on in our own
concepts.
The
depiction of space, form, tone, light, composition, and color are most powerful
when used together. When creating art the message is everything; so it's best
not to over emphasize these techniques to overpower the communication of the
message. You need to use these techniques as tools in a way that gets the
message across.
Sketches: Sketches are a good tool for
artists who use all different kinds of mediums. The sketch is to provide a
transition from what is imagined in the mind to placing it on paper. Sketching
is a frustrating process because it is always unfinished but provides great
practice and visual examples when developing the final piece/drawing.
Finished Drawing: When the finished
drawing is complete, you know that you've accomplished your goal when looking
at it you feel that there is no need for any further addition or subtraction.
It contains both accuracy in observation and authenticity. When an audience
looks at a finished piece they should feel that the artists know their subject
intimately.
The
finished image can be split into two main categories, the observed and the
imagined:
Observed Image: The
observed image is drawn in a specific time and place formed around realism and
what is going on in the artists surrounding environment. For example, cars
driving past, pedestrians walking by, etc. In an observational drawing the
artist can add or subtract anything that they would like to, but not so much to
the point where it becomes too unreal.
Imagined Image: The
imagined image is powerful in its way because it can look like it's formed from
realism where it can look real, or it
can come out looking completely bizarre. The artist can choose the location,
the lighting, the characters, and their costumes. Nothing is out of reach in
the imagined drawing.
There
are many different types of mediums you can use when creating your final
drawing. There's painting, printmaking, assemblage, and much more. With these
three specific drawing techniques artists can use multiple varieties of
artistic tools to complete the pictures:
Painting: For
painting you can use different kinds of wall surfaces such as wood, canvas,
paper, etc. The drawing tools consist of pen, pencil, and chalk. The variety of
paints you can work with are acrylic, watercolor, oil, etc.
Drawing: Drawing
tools consist of pen, pencil, chalk, the possibilities are essentially endless;
as well as surfaces to apply the drawing to.
Printmaking: Like the other techniques, printmaking can
be as easy or hard as the artist would like it to be. Using this technique, it
is easier to create something not so original I guess per say. With printmaking
you can make multiple prints over and over with the stamp created, it's a lot
harder to make something so original with just a paint brush and some paper. There
are many different kinds of printmaking techniques such as wood engraving,
edging, lithography, screen printing, etc.
Assemblage: With
assemblage, artists make these pieces taken from found imagery and assembles
them in a new way. They are usually always abstract images that are interesting
in their own ways.
As
traditions in depicting space it's a very cultural depiction. While an image in
which parallel lines diverge as they move farther away might seem right to
someone of a Chinese descent, the same image would feel wrong when viewed by a
Westerner. Although in her own world we seem to be biased on our own opinions,
neither artistic tradition is right, but yet they are both right. Each cultural
background has their own depiction of style, and that's what makes us all
different and it's why art is as amazing as it is.
Perspective
When
observing perspective in an image, there are different guiding principles that
are applied to help guide our eyes in the image. There are parallel lines,
texture, pattern, and there is also the fixtures of the horizon line, and where
it is placed. Three point perspectives give us a different view of an object in
an image.
In
form, tone, and write, it talks about highlights and lowlights and the
difference between the lightness and darkness in an image. All products of an
image are made up of three particular shapes. The circle, triangle, and square.
Everything that we see is essentially made up of one or more of these shapes.
