Hey guys, I'm back from after my last post!

I hope you take your time to read what I have to say (even if probably most of it may not interest you personally)!

My Graphic Design course in high school had given me a project on drawing a letter... like F... U... N... etc. Not just any letter, but a letter with some artistic representation, kind of like having to draw O and using a donut as an idea or something.

1) Being assigned W, I didn't know what to do honestly. However, I guess the ideas just came along as the process came along. Being told to brainstorm twenty tiny sketches in order to collect ideas, this is what I came up with:

Masterpiece.

Not very neat, not very thoroughly thought out, but within 10 minutes (the first four took two days, but I had to rush the last sixteen), I had my ideas fleshed out. Well, I'm kidding when I say that, because I felt as if the sketches weren't helpful. I'm not the type of person that usually plans before doing things, but rather do them, fail the first time, then keep trying until I reach my satisfaction point. (albeit this point is relative as many artists would probably consider my final work as their first five minute sketch).

As you can probably see, the blue post-it is a peer review. Although it didn't affect my final idea, I did very appreciate it

Points being made, I did find the drafting the most important part. Check out what I did:

and...

Honestly, I didn't really like the first draft, and drew that in ten minutes. The second draft started with just a few vague strokes of the pencil here and there, literally. I didn't know what I was drawing until I was almost halfway done. I was literally sketching a W and adding two snake heads and a broken tree. But for me, it worked. Thinking back, I probably had this innate liking for animals, and just drew it without consciously thinking about what I wanted. 

2) I really just wanted to draw some animals that I liked, and I would be lying if I were to say there were some deep, hidden meaning that can never be found. But I did want to show some sort of antithesis between opposites. By that I mean light and dark, and opposite directions. A look at my finals might show you:

Although not perfectly aligned vertically, you can see that this snake is black in color mostly, and faces forward.

This snake, on the other hand, faces inward, and is yellow with some brownish stripes

2b) And... here's my final for show as a result:

3) I'd say the most challenging part of the project was the coloring, and the drawing. The black snake gave me a lot of trouble because it was hard to figure out how the snake would look facing forward. The yellow snake, on the other hand, was facing inward, and therefore didn't need even half as much detail. The color part though, was difficult for both of them. I had to figure out how to mix colors but at the same time make them blend and mix, rather than stack on top of each other, if that makes sense. Because I was using color pencil, I found that some colors would sometimes mess with the outcome a bit.

4) Am I satisfied? Yes. It might not be winning any awards, but jeez I felt like I did spend a lot of time on it. I would sometimes come after school to work on it. I didn't feel satisfied no matter how much I kept recoloring over, but I kept mixing more of them. As you might be able to see, the colors on the yellow snake in particular has over 8 colors or so. The black one had a bigger focus on shading and darkness/lightness. 

5) If I were to change my design, I would use more colors, find a background, and maybe draw the other snake facing forward too. Endless possibilities. I wanted it to look more vibrant. But I still like my current drawing. 

And with that, I'll see you next time. 

(feel free to comment if you 1) liked the project or disliked it 2) what you drew yourself if you were in my class)