Mechanical objects

Ink Drawings

Modeling utilizing mark-making techniques: stippling, hatching, and cross hatching

Warning Signs

Danger, corrosive, and poison 

The challenge is to communicate boldly and clearly, thus quickly important warning ideas in a universal image, not reliant upon words.




For an great example look at Ron Cobb's concept design for  the movie Alien:

Student examples:

Drawing II Perceptual/Conceptual project

What is our IDEA of a color, versus what the color actually is:

Visual definitions

timid, aggressive, & balance

Examples of the gridded self portrait project

           

               

Design 1 Gray Scale Paper Cutting

American Artist/Illustrator Suggestions

Georgia O'Keeffe
Edward Hopper
Ivey Hayes
Alexander Calder
Patrick Nagel
Keith Haring

Drawing II "white" objects

Drawing II Illustration project

Example Illustrators:

Arthus Rackham

Gustave Dore

Sulamith Wulfing

Beatrix Potter

Elenore Abbott

Kay Nielsen

Maurice Sendak

Anita Kunz

Richard Sala

Graeme Baese

Lane Smith

Story resources:

Thumbelina

http://hca.gilead.org.il/li_tiny.html

Jack and the Beanstock

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0328jack.html

Bonus:

http://blog.ryan-a.com/tagged/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E6%98%94%E8%A9%B1

More Illustrators to inspire: 

Goni Montes
Frank Stockton
Bertha Lum
Tomer Hanuka
Adrian Tomine
Kazu Kibuishi



Student Examples: 

      

Self-Portraits

Two example of student self portraits Fall 2010

Example of the Recomposition Project

A student example of the recomposition assignment from Fall 2010.
Source images from Da Vinci, Sargent, and Hokusai.

Example of Pinecone Still life

Student example from Fall 2010

Example of Assignment 2

A student example of the negative space assignment:

Assignment 1 Contour

Here is a student example of the first assignment on contour drawing.


Roger Amos, Fall 2010

All contour drawing using pencil and two primacolor pencils.