Category: Discussions (Page 3 of 18)

This art piece that contains an illustration using a limited color palette is by Tiago Galo in his Red and Blue Series. His striking images use red, blue, white and black and show off his style and his sense of humour in his artwork. Galo starts by using pencil to create the outlines and then colors it in Adobe Illustrator. The color techniques Galo uses is having the skin color be red and most of the colors be blue. He uses white for clothing and the sky. He uses black as details for pants, shoes, and hair. I consider these color techniques effective because every color is in perfect relation to each other and one color does not distract from the other. 

This piece was created by Akira Toriyama who is the artist behind the famous anime series, Dragonball Z. I chose this piece because It is a good representation of  value structures and tonal organization. Akira Toriyama uses pencil and ink to create his images. However, when creating the front covers of his manga series, he uses watercolor.  The compositional techniques Toriyama uses are triatic arrangements of Foreground, Middleground, and Background. In order to heighten the relationship, he restricts each area to a general range of value which is black, white, and grey. He purposely places these values in certain areas to reinforce the image’s sense of depth. I consider this technique effective because each field of view does not distract from one another and makes a perfect relationship. Even if there is a lot going on with the characters’ clothing and special effects in the background, the three values compliment each other.

This Illustration was created by Johnen Vasquez, an American artist and animator who created the children’s television show, Invader Zim. The Process that the artist used to create this art piece was with digital media. Perhaps one of the Adobe programs. However, to get the overall image drawn, the artist used pen before adding color digitally. The compositional technique that the artist used is one point perspective. Each building is carefully placed and shows its 3-dimensional aspect in a 2d space. You can see both sides of every building and how the light affects each building This makes the landscape appear more realistic and effective. I can integrate one and even two point perspective in my own landscape drawings to make my buildings pop out of the page and appear more realistic just like Johnen Vasquez did.