Week 4: Reading

I chose this because it appealed to me. When I saw this picture I wondered what are these kids doing? and then I saw these kids are sailing but on a train tracks. I found that weird but surprisingly it was also interesting It made me think how did these kids come up with such an idea? It also shows that these kids have imagination they are imaging that they are on a boat sailing on the open ocean. This picture also gave me a calming effect when I saw the horizon. It gave the effect of a sunset you see at the end of movies.

Week 3 Reading: The Importance of Reference

Yuko Shimizu was asked by Mother Jones magazine to do a flood illustration. A flood that would take place in New York City. Where most people spend there days with not a care in the world. She had to pick a location that looks undeniably to New York City citizens. she choose Times Square so she downloaded a bunch of photos online but they did not work since they were not detailed enough about the city. So for reference she choose something she never though she could use as reference she used Google Map. She used it to get all the little details and live shots. It also goes to show that you can use anything for reference when you draw even when its something you never thought could be used for reference.