CLASSWORK
Attempts of using eraser to create tones
HOMEWORK
A Bug’s Eye View
- Enjoy being playful making a drawing from a bug’s eye view. Do your sketches first as usual and then a final drawing. Make up a short story as to what is happening (Not a whole story but what is going on in your scene). That is your write-up.
- Remember to compose your whole picture plane. Make sure you have parts of your drawing intersect with the edges of the canvas. Remember the negative and positive spaces. See where your eye moves. If your eye gets stuck staring at the object you placed in the middle of the canvas then you need to make something to balance that out so your eye will moves to something else. Make sure your eye moves around the picture plane.
Sketch 1
My idea is inspired by the insects that like to crawl on my study table while I am studying, especially ants. I try to imagine myself in their perspective where everything on my study table is gigantic to them. I realized that since there is a lot of things on my study table, it would be like a giant maze for them to navigate around the table.
Therefore, I drew a pencil. I always have a mug on the table, hence I drew a mug too.
It is a challenge to get the perspective correct because the mug is supposed to be a distance away from the pencil. However, since the pencil is nearer to the bug, it should be huge too.
Sketch 2
Another perspective with the same inspiration from Sketch 1.
While I was drawing Sketch 1, I saw an ant crawling pass my paper and it hits me: the words on my paper will appear so huge to the ant and its view should so quite interesting. I tried to draw the words on the paper in a nice perspective but failed and decided to change to a world map instead. Since the ant is so small, it should be able to see one or at most 2 continents only, hence I decided to draw the unique and recognizable outline of Australia with the words “AUSTRALIA” on the continent.
In the background is supposed to be a noticeboard with a post-it with “GEOG (I)” written on it to complement the world map but it doesn’t turn out very well therefore I decided to leave it out in my final piece.
Final Piece
I decided to merge Sketch 1 and Sketch 2. I feel that the world map is an interesting concept and to make the picture less dull, I decided to add in a pencil. I feel that adding in too much will make the picture more messy.
Story
The little bug is travelling the “world” and he has arrived at Australia. The continent of Australia is relatively small to him compared to the continent of Russia. From where he is, he can see the next island where he will enjoy more adventures and challenges. However, there is an obstacle between him and the next destination — a giant pencil with its sharp tip intimidating the little bug. Mustering the courage he had found during his journey here, he decided to go for it.
Date: 14 October 2015
