Kismet Arts Tangent
Art Collective
Author: KC
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People commented on my costume that I wore to school today. I think it’s especially fun because it’s not recognizable to everyone. The people that say something about it do it in hushed tones like they’re in on a secret joke. Any mimicry has a kind of funniness to it. I took notes on people…
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I submitted this for critique today. I explained that I decided to combine the elements of the automotive industry and Zebra into the concept of car tourism, the vertical lines acting as tree silhouettes and zebra stripes. The consensus was that I should lose the tire-shapes, offset the vehicle outline to create movement, change the…
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Inspired and fitted for this article, my mid-term for drawing class is to create four 4×4 and one 10×14 ink illustrations. It’s important to have the square ones be somewhat thematic and all of them to convey the same (if not essentially my) style. I drew these thumbnails (the teacher imagines we’ll be making quite a…
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I had some fun with construction paper. All that graphic design knowledge coming into play right here.
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The assignment: Create a white still-life and using only shading techniques, (think of lines that you do make as edges) and use any material you like, though charcoal is quite handy.
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Credit to Alan Shapiro for this image that I will transform in Illustrator. And God for making beautiful birds. Adobe Illustrator class’ next assignment –color– Step one: Create line drawing the old fashioned way (with a Sharpie). Step Two and a Billion after that: Create layer with the drawing and lock it. Over it, use…
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Approaching a project with different techniques is a surefire way to challenge yourself and get ideas. Here’s a kiwi rendered, color-blocked and drawn (with emphasis on interesting line quality– I could have done this better, but I like the nib perhaps too much at this point). Assignment for this week: ” Render & Stylize. Work…
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By using Adobe Photoshop to clean up the scan of a handrawn Mr. Yoks, (make it pure black and white, refine the edges a bit) and running Adobe Illustrator CS5.1’s livetrace feature, taking that and setting (and locking) that as a guide for the pen tool, I created this super crisp drawing. I am constantly…
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