{"id":21326,"date":"2022-11-18T12:38:57","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T17:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=21326"},"modified":"2022-11-17T13:08:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T18:08:54","slug":"industrious-illustrating-19-material-explorations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2022\/11\/18\/industrious-illustrating-19-material-explorations\/","title":{"rendered":"Industrious Illustrating #19 &#8211; Material Explorations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to another week of Industrious Illustrating! This week I&#8217;m returning to discussing schoolwork and the creative process, as I&#8217;ve done for previous Industrious Illustrating columns.<\/p>\n<p>For ARTDES 270: Visualizing and Depicting, we&#8217;ve been working on an assignment to create a short childrens&#8217; board book about a letter of the alphabet. I ended up writing a book about mythological animals whose names start with the letter K. I made character designs and sketches in a mixture of watercolor and ink.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-21329 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220928_181411-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"411\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220928_181411-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220928_181411-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220928_181411-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Before I made the final illustrations, I explored a few different approaches and mediums to figure out which one I liked best.<\/p>\n<p>I tried gouache and colored pencil,<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21333 \" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gouache-colored-pencil-e1668707109210-300x223.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"439\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gouache-colored-pencil-e1668707109210-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gouache-colored-pencil-e1668707109210-768x571.png 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gouache-colored-pencil-e1668707109210-1024x761.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>ink and collage,<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-21330 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221019_104510-1-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221019_104510-1-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221019_104510-1-768x625.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221019_104510-1-1024x833.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\u00a0and digital painting.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-21332 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/material-exploration-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/material-exploration-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/material-exploration-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/material-exploration-1024x722.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the end, I still ended up returning to using watercolors for the book project, but I now had a better idea of what I wanted to do with the character designs, compositions, and techniques in my final illustrations.<\/p>\n<p>Next Friday I will post the finished layouts of my childrens&#8217; book to compare between the conceptual process and the result. I hope everyone has a great and restful Thanksgiving break with the friends or family of their choice!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to another week of Industrious Illustrating! This week I&#8217;m returning to discussing schoolwork and the creative process, as I&#8217;ve done for previous Industrious Illustrating columns. For ARTDES 270: Visualizing and Depicting, we&#8217;ve been working on an assignment to create a short childrens&#8217; board book about a letter of the alphabet. 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