This is a continuation of my SDA works. This time it's the ones that I've done during the second term. The subject is DESPRIN. This subject taught me about the various aspects of design. I had in creating these plates because it was fun playing with the principles and elements of design. The way you play with the colors and lines were really amazing.
This is a plate that shows dots or pointillism. The topic of the plate has to be 2 different video games incorporated into one picture. I decided to draw Luigi and Link because they're quite easy to draw and they're my favorite characters. I had fun coloring this despite the long hours of hand pain.
This is the second plate in which we discussed about lines. Our professor said that we should use the variety of lines that we learned in class and create a picture with it. Honestly, I felt satisfied with it, at first but then, I realized that it wasn't enough. I should've used the spaces more and I should've made a more complex design. Still, I got a good grade with this and I had fun making it.
This plate was created when the class learned about shades. This took a long time to make since I didn't really know how to assemble the statue correctly; it was made out of illustration board. I also need to be very careful and precise in making this because one wrong step (like wrong size on the face of the shape) means I need to make it again. It was kind of sad that I wasted some bits and pieces of the remaining illustration board but, I was happy that I got to finish it the way I wanted it to look like. It looks like a rocket ship from a sci-fi movie, honestly. I was also happy with the way I painted it because I always have difficulty with paint and now, I'm slowly improving.
For this one, the class learned about color and how you can use primary colors to create all the colors in the color wheel. I was honestly surprised that you can create the many shades and hues of colors using red, yellow and blue. I also had a hard time with this because I can't really tell if the green I created is the right shade of green or something similar. It was really hard that I had to ask my prof if it was the right hue. Nevertheless, it was really fun making the colors. It was fun playing with paint. I just don't like the time you need to make it dry and the right solution for it to look nice and dry fast, at the same time.
This plate is for our midterms; as seen in the image above. It focuses on emphasis and direct complementary colors. I chose that theme because I thought that society and an outcast can best portray a message on the emphasis of something. I chose the colors blue and orange because I wanted to use a cool and warm color to make it stand out more. The girl there is the outcast and is blue because she is sad that she's left out. I had fun painting this despite the time limit.
This plate is about the lesson of balance. We need to create a radial balance that uses analogous colors. I was pleased with the result of this plate because I learned how to paint in one direction and it turned out better than I imagined. I really like the simplicity of the design here and how the colors were executed.
This plate shows the different styles you can use in a drawing. I needed to use the color theories we learned during that time and incorporate them in the realistic, conventional, geometric and abstract styles. I really had fun with this one because I realized that I can actually paint well, if I had enough time to do it. Also, I realized that it takes a lot of practice and technique to do something like this. I am proud with how this turned out (although, I should've made the geometric one with more obvious shapes).
This plate is actually our finals for DESPRIN. We had to create a pattern. I couldn't really think of a good one so, this is what happened. I had a hard time coloring it because I used a pen for that instead of paint. I still had fun, though.
