{"id":20546,"date":"2022-09-30T15:20:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T19:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=20546"},"modified":"2023-05-24T15:32:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T19:32:26","slug":"industrious-illustrating-12-a-new-semester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2022\/09\/30\/industrious-illustrating-12-a-new-semester\/","title":{"rendered":"Industrious Illustrating #12: A New Semester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new season means a new semester, and a new semester means a new Industrious Illustrating banner! It&#8217;s been a while since I last posted to this blog, and I hope that the summer was a restful or productive time for all of you, whichever one was your goal. While I have some exciting new projects I want to share with you guys over the next few weeks, I want to focus first on a brief recap of a few pieces I made over the summer.<\/p>\n<p>For most of the summer, I was spending time living with my parents in Hong Kong. We lived pretty close to the beach, so sometimes I&#8217;d go down to the beach and look for interesting-looking animals in the sand and rocks. Attached are a few watercolor and ink sketches I made of a Fiddler crab, as well as some clams, sea urchins, and sea snails I found when the tide was low.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20551\" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220618_123819-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220618_123819-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220618_123819-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220618_123819-1024x746.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20552\" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220618_124114-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220618_124114-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220618_124114-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220618_124114-1024x769.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Aside from sketching the wildlife, I also made more refined illustrations based off of the scenery and sights I saw in Hong Kong, albeit with a few changes for artistic effect. For example, one of the new pieces on my year 2 banner features a tiger girl dressed in summery clothing while leaning over the railing of a staircase next to overgrown terraces. This is actually based off of a real staircase near my summer home that led down to some tropical fruit trees and a tiny beach (though it wasn&#8217;t the one I frequented).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20553\" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waai-fu-staircase-min-223x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waai-fu-staircase-min-223x300.png 223w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waai-fu-staircase-min-768x1034.png 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/waai-fu-staircase-min-761x1024.png 761w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20550\" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220520_104105-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you look at the other side of the new banner, one of the pieces I added features a girl floating in a brightly lit vestibule as if she&#8217;s in a spaceship. This is actually inspired by the Moncler clothing store display in Hong Kong&#8217;s International Commerce Center, which always caught my eye when I was walking from the Kowloon MTR stop through the ELEMENTS shopping mall and the ICC lobby. I made a few tweaks to the lighting to make it look more dramatic, but otherwise I kept it close to the reference in an attempt to capture what I liked about the design.<\/p>\n<p>For a side by side comparison:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20548\" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220521_133439-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"359\" height=\"479\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20549\" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/10-March-7th-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/10-March-7th-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/10-March-7th-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/10-March-7th-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/10-March-7th-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/10-March-7th-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, I haven&#8217;t gotten around to making more studies of the sights I saw in Hong Kong, or even more pieces inspired by what I saw in Hong Kong, but I&#8217;ll be sure to work on some and post them when I have time!<\/p>\n<p>What did you guys do over the summer? I would love to hear about it in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new season means a new semester, and a new semester means a new Industrious Illustrating banner! It&#8217;s been a while since I last posted to this blog, and I hope that the summer was a restful or productive time for all of you, whichever one was your goal. 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