Evaluation

For the visual language module I have learnt a lot in terms of my drawing skills and overall drawing practice. Throughout the study tasks I have experimented with different mediums and used different approaches to drawing.

The main thing I have learnt from this module has been to think cinematically when drawing and have worked on composition elements within drawing practice. Even when making studies in my sketchbook I am thinking about the drawing as a whole instead of just not paying attention to anything but the subject.

For the set, series, sequence task I got the word octopus and I enjoyed this task, it was fun to experiment with different compositions and ideas and because there aren’t any octopuses to draw from life available to me It got me to draw from my imagination instead of entirely from reference.

The next study task was captain character, which consisted of character design. I struggle with character design a lot because I find it hard to design exciting characters but I learnt that altering the features of the face and body and using basic shapes to experiment with the body shapes really helps to build good characters.

The next study task was you spin me right round which consisted of a drawn character turnaround of our character that we created on the last study task. This went well, I made sure the figure kept the same mass throughout the turnaround and made sure to make her look consistent. One thing I got confused about was that the turnaround had to be thought of like a clock with the 12 frames but once I got my head around that idea it wasn’t too hard to animate.

For the environmental storytelling brief we had to visit 3 places and draw 5-10 drawings for each place. My first place was kirkstal abbey, I picked this place because I thought it would be interesting and good practice to draw old ruins of buildings. Also there is a good opportunity to think cinematically in that environment. The second place was an abandoned warehouse where everything was falling apart and broken; I thought this was an interesting place to visit because of the building falling apart. The last place was victoria quarter, I picked this place because I liked the detail on the walls and the lines of shops were good for perspective drawing.

The last task was the form, flow, function task. This was my favourite task, I had never though enough about the weight of the figure when drawing when I really should have because weight is very important in drawing the human figure and I have only realised how important it is.

In conclusion I have enjoyed this module and have learnt a lot from it such as focusing on composition and the picture as a whole a lot more. Also I have learnt about weight and how important the rhythm and weight of the figure is to the drawing because the drawing is nothing without the foundations of the drawing.