Crysta Tim

The process of creating The 7 Deadly Skins began with finding what areas of the body could represent the seven deadly sins successfully. I chose these areas: forehead as pride, rib cage as envy, fists as wrath, under eye area as sloth, palm as greed, stomach as gluttony, and collarbone/chest as lust. After determining the areas for design, I sketched some patterns based on henna tattoos I found online. Once I had some ideas flowing in my head, I sketched a nude woman and drew small versions of the tattoos I wanted to replicate on students on her body. I then drew bigger versions of them on the same sheet of paper so I would know exactly what my plan was when I was ready to face drawing on real people. After I had finished sketching and finalizing ideas, I transferred the image on the students’ skin. This was the most difficult part of the process, as some of them had to lie down in order for me to be able to draw on them without the henna paste dripping out of its designated place. After each tattoo was completed, and again once it was dried, I took a photo of it. I then composed these pictures into one piece digitally to keep within my area of concentration: digital art. Overall, I liked making the piece because I got to try out a new form of art that I have been wondering about for months while sticking with the one I chose at the beginning of the semester. I loved having the opportunity to use henna. I liked the final product because it shows that I am improving in combining my love of art with my desire to overcome challenges (i.e. learning new things and improving skills in areas where I lack them.)

The 7 Deadly Skins pt 2

The process of creating Archer began with play League of Legends. If not for that, I would never have had access to my inspiration champion: Ashe. I decided to create a character based this champion because I liked her design and I wanted to explore new body positions since I normally draw figures in the standing, sitting, or laying positions. I drew the archer on a piece of paper initially. I abandoned the idea of rendering a stylistic version of Ashe and brought to life a majestic fantasy-like archer of my own. After I had finished sketching, I transffered the image into a digital format to trace and color. I used contrasting colors to make a bright piece with a sense of balance. After I was through with the sketching and coloring digitally, I added a background with a filter. Overall, I liked making the piece because it was something of my own and it brought together my love or sketching and my desire to learn to create art digitally. I loved having the opportunity to create a character of my own based on one I love. I liked the final product because it shows that I am improving in drawing digitally and improving my patience level so that I can deal with the transition from physical to digital art.

The process of creating Aqua Dragon began with editing the one of the photos of me from my senior project photo shoot. I decided to recreate this photo edit because I liked it so much that I wanted to challenge myself and make something new of the edit; I also wanted to try drawing an animal and this provided the perfect opportunity to do so. I drew the dragon and my figure from the edited photo first, then began to paint it with the colors that are in the photo- I didn’t change around the colors because I feel that would have taken away from the purpose of exploring with the picture even though changing colors is a form of exploration- just not the form I wanted to take. After I had finished painting, I added small details to it until I was satisfied with the look of the watercolor paints. After I was through with the watercolors, I added  in white watercolor paints as highlight areas. Overall, I liked making the piece because it was fairly simple to paint in theory, but in actuality it took me a lot of time to get paint the piece; the figure took one hour and the dragon took me a span of days to paint. I like having the opportunity to replicate my art in other forms through different mediums, including one of my new favorites- watercolor paint! I liked the final product because it shows that I am improving in drawing animals and improving my patience level so that I can deal with repetitive color and practice in my art.

The process of creating Contrast Pop began with seeing the picture of Alek on Facebook and deciding to create a piece of art after it. I decided to recreate this photo because it is simple, yet pretty in a way that is not enhanced greatly, it also was constricting in color, which I wanted to take the opportunity to defy by adding more color. I traced the outline of the photograph for the first step, then colored in the image using essentially the same colors as the original picture. Afterward, I took the drawing I’d done and made various hues of the image. After editing them together in a choppy form, I got advise to create more of a pop art look and loved the idea. In order to make the look better, I changed the original white backgrounds to the contrasting color of each color used. There is little depth in the drawing because I wanted it to have the overall quality of a comic book illustration or cartoon. Overall, I liked making the piece because it was fairly simple in look at first, but I got to customize it into something far more exciting. I like having the opportunity to do things like that with my art. I liked the final product because it shows that I am improving with digital art, though it is very difficult to master as an art form. I am slowly getting the drive to stick with animation/digital art.

The process of creating Animation of a Girlbegan with wanting to animate something simple. I decided to do this specifically because I saw it in a 11 minute real time tutorial and figured it would be easy for my first time animating. I followed the tutorial exactly, but made my character have different features, such as different eyes, hairstyle, and facial expression. There is no depth in the animation because it is a simple sketch to get me started in the animation world. Even so, I added color to make it a "complete" piece. Overall, I liked making the piece because it was a very simple tutorial and it got me back into what I desired to start this semester. I liked the final product because it shows that I have the ability to animate and gives me the drive to keep going. It also has a Disney-esque look about it, which I love because I want to work with Disney, Pixar, or Dreamworks as a career.

Media consumption online has had both positive and negative affect on my daily life.

The process of creating Mountainous Rose Gold began with the idea of using only watercolor as a medium to paint two roses. I decided to do this because I had seen an impressive piece made using watercolor for roses. I used my memory from the tutorial to create the flowers from my imagination. I used a very watered down read for the base and built up on the color, depth and shading from there using deeper reds, browns, and greens. Overall, I liked making the piece because it was a very ‘loose’ design and I got to use my new favorite. I liked the final product because it held a slightly unrealistic quality that questions what the subject of the image is; where I say it looks like two roses, I have been told it looks likes two mountains in a landscape. I like that there is room for interpretation in his piece.

The process of creating Finding Din Fing began with the idea of using only marker as a medium to draw the figure/face. On a whim I sketched a student using markers they had finished using; I liked the final product and decided to do a better piece as a breadth. I used a different student as a model. I used a light pink marker as the guideline for the piece and then from the feet to the top of the head I used various other colors of marker to complete the piece. Overall, I liked making the piece because it was a very ‘loose’ figure and easy medium to use (although markers do not necessarily always layer well.) I liked the final product because it held the unrealistic quality I desired, but the head of the figure was a bit too large proportionally.

The process of creating Stone Age began with taking a reference photo of me. I then sketched a cartoon-like, semi-realistic version of the photo on paper with pencil. I traced that sketch with fine point Sharpie to add definition to the lines. I put the image away for a few days and worked on other art. When I picked up the image again, I finally decided on creating a monochromatic image upon suggestion. I used black watercolor to shade and define features in the figure and to add texture and depth to the background. A week after the painting was completed, I matted it with black matboard. Overall, I enjoyed creating the piece, but I still to not fully enjoy looking at it because it is off-center in the picture plane.

The process of creating Ariel began with the thought of drawing a girl swimming. After sketching the body of the girl swimming, I couldn’t get the legs right. I then took the opportunity to create painting of a mermaid. After drawing in her tail, I got to the hair and decided to make the mermaid into the luscious-haired Ariel. Once the sketch was complete, I filled in the image with bright, vibrant watercolor to give the image a fun pop of color. I like the idea that even though the painting is filled with energetic and exciting color, that Ariel looks very melancholy because of reasons left for the viewer to interpret. I also gave Ariel assets that did not quite fit her ocean-born attire as a representation of how out of place and unhappy Ariel felt under the sea. Overall, I am proud of this piece because of the accurate depiction I created of a well-known Grimm/Disney character.

The process of creating New Years began with a graphite sketch on paper, which I erased. In around two hours I drew the sketch and filled in the hair with Sharpie. In another two hours I completed the clothing with glitter, the skin with watercolor, and the background with bottled ink. I added a 3D effect to a 2D image by adding glitter on the clothing, creating a false realistic curvature to the figure. Overall the piece was a bit time consuming to create, but it was low in difficulty because I was using familiar media and creating a work of the female figure, which is what I am best at drawing.

The process of creating Rainy Days began with a black line art on paper. In around two hours I finished painting the piece, though originally planning to use colored pencils instead of watercolor paint. I added the texture by using different types of brushes, my hand, and my fingers. Overall the piece was fairly easy to create and it’s the first male figure piece I've completed this year and I plan on making more to improve my figure drawing skills.

The process of creating Vanessa began with a sketch on paper that I scanned and started to transfer into a digital image to paint. I didn't like how that piece was turning out so I decided to create a digital piece from scratch. In around two hours I finished the piece, though originally Vanessa did not have texture over her skin and hair and she blended in to the background. I added the texture and now she stands out among all the colors in the background. Overall the piece was easy to create and it's the first of many abstract and figure pieces I want to create for this class this year.