Reflection of Game art, week Ten

Visual design lessons have been merged into one lesson, which I prefer rather than having separate lessons at the start and end of the day, as I felt previously I was not learning enough from visual design at the end of the day. Everyone was always tired and nothing much ever got accomplished as a result of the lesson. However now that the lessons have teamed up, they are able to review and critique our work. I feel I benefit from this layout, as I am getting more feedback on my work and am able to use a computer during lesson, therefore mange my time wisely and continue with work.

During life drawing this week we used charcoal and chalk to explore value range and rendering. I enjoy working in this medium of material, because of the mark making and blending I can achieve. However in this recent task I fell I did not achieve the results I was hoping for. 

In the first warm up sketches I used continuous line to capture the curves and shape of the figure, in the two minute time limit we had, i did not use proportion measuring I quickly drew down what I could see, while trying to capture the volume and curves of the figure.

The second warm up sketches were to capture gesture of the the figure with a time limit of one minute. To do this I tried using long curved lines to quickly capture the shape of the figure, I also used circular marks to capture the muscular areas of the figure and quickly highlight the anatomy.

However in the charcoal and chalk drawing I felt I did not achieve the results I was hoping for. I the first Ten minute drawing I spent too much time on the proportions of the figure and left myself no time to work on the values. I think the reason for this was because I started drawing too big, also the position I was in gave myself very strong foreshortening looking at the figure, which made myself spend more time trying to get the proportions correct.

In the second Twenty Five minute drawing I managed to spend a lot more time on the  values, as I drew slightly smaller and quickly marked in the proportions with pencil first.