Thursday, February 26, 2009

Vector to Hand - Hand to Vector

Our next project forces us to visualize our every move in terms of BLACK and WHITE. We will look at using Adobe Illustrator to convert photographic elements to absolute black and white and the same for drawings you have done by your own hand. The process we will use will visually harmonize these various elements and through Illustrator you will compose your work of art. It will then be projected (through the light of the projector) onto a sheet of 22" x 30" drawing paper so that it may be traced and inked in. The hand inking introducing the element of chance into your final steps. There is no undo button for this phase. If something goes unexpectedly you will have to react on-the-fly in the real world.

Below is a very simple breakdown to visually explain this project:


A photographic element (from your own photography, NOT GOOGLE) will be used.


A hand-drawn element (from your own hand, NOT GOOGLE) will be used.


The assortment of hand drawn and photographic elements will be combined. The above example is meant to serve only as a simple illustration of the process to use for this project.

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