Final Portrait Project Submission

My drawing depicts man vs nature. The man is in a city, with the city in the background. There is also a small island in the background with a futuristic soldier statue on it.  The nature side depicts a small animal in a luscious forest, with a deer in the background. The green in this goes throughout the whole piece as does the blue.I don't really want it to show anything other than my skills as an artist. I’m not trying to portray any certain message.

 For materials, I used a pencil to lightly sketch and then I rew over it with a micron pen. This is so the lines are thicker and won’t smear or erase like a pencil would. I then erase my pencil lines and began to color. The only thing I used to color were colored pencils. This isn’t my most diverse piece of work, referring to materials but it came out a lot better than previous things I’ve done in class. I was inspired by an artist name rodgon on youtube. His artwork is phenomenal. The way he captures emotion in his characters and always has correct anatomy is enviable.

 The technique that is important to this piece was simply drawing. If I couldn’t draw on the level I can it would be severely lacking. I didn’t learn a new technique from this. I’m proud of my ability to color since I never do it because it’s tedious and takes to long. If I could change one thing I would make my characters clash to add more excitement.

In conclusion, I had a lot of fun completing this project. Although I didn’t learn anything new along the way, I do think I became a better artist. I really am proud of how well I improved with my coloring and hope I will continue to do better.