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Did you ring for the messenger? – Orson B. Lowell
This is the only illustration I found interesting because i really like the design of all the wooden furniture. it feels like im in the scene but the chair kept my eye centered on that design. Orson Byron Lowell was an illustrator that was different from all the others, from the way his work was to the person he was an good-natured personality. His style and personality kept him active in the illustration field for more than 60 years. Throughout his life he has moved a lot first starting with where he was born, Wyoming, Iowa, in 1871. Then moved to Chicago because his work was already starting to become popular at a young age. And finally he made his way to NY where he became really famous for his work. From what I can see from his work the setting looks very realistic but in away cartoony maybe from the painting style. This illustration is also symbolic to contemporary courting rituals did not permit gifts to be shared from a man to a women without her approval. The gifts were usually things that would easily go away unlike something of a teddy bear, watch, etc.
Gregory Manchess And Above the Timberline
Gregory Manchess is a famous Oil painter in New York that has created this beautiful painting that stood out for me called “Above the Timberline”. This painting is for a Visual novel that Gregory Manchess has worked on for 7 preparing, painting, and writing for. The thing that stood out of me the Most for this Painting is how the lighting is used to focus on the man leading the polar bears through the mountain because its something that I aspire to do as an artist. Another thing that drew me towards his work is the choice of colors he used which is something I need to work on a lot and since I heard that you mentioned him doing a drawing in many different ways that makes me even more determined to reach his level of color and drawing. Another thing that makes me love his artwork is how the light reflects off of some of the objects like the leather material on that man’s head showing off the texture of it as well. Gregory Manchess makes me want to draw something very awesome but I will need a lot of time for that.
IMPORTANT CLASS TIMELINE
Sep 26 | Week 4
DUE Project 1 part 3 final pencils, due with Peer critique.
Lecture: Intro to Value
NEW Project 2 Object Staging, part 1 – Brainstorm & Thumbs ( use sterling hundley Ideation method) & research (at first no thumbs but free sketch on subject matter in sketchbook – THEN 20 THUMBS)
Exercise 1: VALUE SCALE & Rendered Form in Value, & 3 VALUE STUDIES : begin work in class
Exercise 2 : Ink Objects (part 1: pencil sketches only no ink yet!)
Oct 3 | Week 5
Lecture: Intro to Ink
Exercise 2 : Ink Objects part 2: INK Textures
Exercise 3: Ink Doodle Value Swatches: begin work in class
NEW Project 2, part 2 – Concept sketches
DUE Project 2 part 1 research & 20 thumbnail due with Peer critique.
Introduce Midterm Project – inked Illustration
Exercise 4 : Ink Washes (TAKE HOME)
Exercise 3 : Ink Objects
Oct 10 | Week 6
FEILD TRIP to New York Society of Illustrators
DUE Project 2, part 2 – Concept sketches posted to OPEN LAB
EX 1, 2 , 3, 4 on posted on openlab
NEW Project 2, Part 3 FINAL Sketches due with Peer critique.
Oct 17 | Week 7
Due Project 2, Part 3 FINAL Sketches due with Peer critique.
Work in Class on MIDTERM PROJECT *Students must bring to class the illustration they wish to use for the final and 3 value studies!
Oct 24 | Week 8 MIDTERM DUE
IN class Presentations of MIDTERM Project & Illustration PROCESS
NEW Project 3 Editorial Introduced
Oct 31 | Week 9
DUE: Project 3, part 1 – Research.
NEW: Project 3, part 2 – concept sketches DUE (Thumbnails uploaded for approval).
Nov 07 | Week 10
DUE: Project 3, part 2 – concept sketches.
Lecture / Work in Class: Digital Coloring.
Exercises: digital-painting-101-the-complete-guide: 5 Lessons
NEW: Project 3 FINAL Pencil, Values, and Color Palate. (Upload work in progress for approval.)
Nov 14 | Week 11
DUE: Project 3 FINAL Pencil, Values, and Color Palate. (Upload work in progress for approval.)
Introduce Project 4- Narrative Illustration
NEW: Project 3 FINAL Art.
NEW:
NEW: Project 4 : Concept Art & Final Project Assigned.
Proposal for Final Project: Narrative Illustration DUE Nov 28
Nov 21 NO CLASS Happy Thanksgiving!
Nov 28 | Week 12
DUE: Project 3 FINAL Art.
DUE: Narrative Illustration Proposal
NEW: Project 4- Narrative Illustration Character Design & Concept Art Rough Sketches
Dec 5 | Week 13
DUE: Project 4 – Narrative Illustration Character Design & Concept Art Rough Sketches
NEW : Thumbnails for Final Project Narrative Illustration (Get Openlab approval for MORE WORKING TIME!)
Dec 12 | Week 14
DUE: Project 4 – Narrative Illustration Character Design & Concept Art Rough Sketches
DUE: Thumbnails for Final Project Narrative Illustration.
NEW: Concept Sketches and FINAL for Final Project.
Dec19 | Week 15
Final Project due. Peer Critique
Inked Studies
Week Four Sketches
Ink exercise
Thumbnails sketches
Assignment 2 Concept Sketches
I chose to go with the shoelace, a cowboy’s lasso, a grappling hook and a jump rope ideas.
