Thursday, 30 October 2014

Line: Tone, Mark and Pattern

Task/Aims

After completing the previous task and finding it difficult to not include tone, mark and pattern within my line drawings, I was looking forward to completing this task and really appreciating how much detail can add to a line drawing.

My aim for this task is to look closely and consider my reference material when communicating and recording selected information by way of tone, mark and pattern. I want to focus on high amounts of detail using stippling, cross-hatching and other patterned techniques.

Practice tone, mark and pattern techniques

Dream catcher - stippling technique

Teepee - stippling technique

Smoke signals - stippling technique (unfinished)
Reflection

I was really disappointed when I was unable to finish this task. Other commitments, deadlines and areas of the course took over and I found my approach to creating images centred around tone, mark and pattern were so time consuming that I was only able to complete 2 in the time allocated.

Despite this, I really like the outcome of the images I managed to complete. I feel the stippling effect I explored was really effective and interesting - conveying a lot of the information that I had wanted to put across from my reference imagery.

If I had had the chance to complete this task, I would have liked to repeat these images but focus on a variety of different patterns to compare which results were the most successful/ effective at conveying key information. I would also work in a variety of different media and maybe even explore digital solutions to add interest.

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