How to Individualize:
As with most things that involve artistry, it takes a lot of practice and experience to masterfully learn individualization and execute it with the utmost of detail, but there are some tips that can help with mastering Individualization. The first tip Dodson provided us is to break your old viewing method as an artist and start to view drawings with less logic and more curiosity (Dodson 22). This is because if we constantly view and image with logic then, we can never understand fully why the image is like this or like that. But, instead we just look at the complex shapes depicted within the drawing and we're unable to comprehend the reasoning the artist drew it in that very specific way. Viewing with curiosity cures this, because with a curious viewpoint it makes it easier for people to learn and notice the subtle the differences in an drawing. And the curiosity drives the artist's passion of understanding and replicating the same technique. So in the case of individualizing, a logical viewpoint would result in someone just saying an image with no questions. But, a curious one enables the persons to notice the small and little characterizing things in the images such as maybe one side a slightly more narrow or this certain thing is darker. Overall, the way you can view an image can change the whole experience and the way people can understand artistry,
There's also one more step used to help Individualized which I talked about in my previous post, but it's the use of practical dialogue. As Dodson said, people should use practical dialogue to be able to question the subject (Dodson 23). What that means is basically questioning the subject or the object that someone is drawing allows the person to think of ideas that they make to allow the subtle details that are so important in drawing. Practical dialogue helps create those ideas for the artist to apply upon their drawings without the need of viewing another artist's works.
So, I used the technique of drawing two eyes to express individualization. You can see many subtle differences between the two eyes. maybe a little bit too much but, that's beside the point.
Question: Do you think it's important to have small and little details to drawing?
Source: Dodson, Bert. Cincinnati: F&W, 1990 Print.
Hey Huy!
ReplyDeleteI personally do think that the small details are one of the most important elements that you can add to your drawing. I like drawing realistic art so when I do I almost always have to keep the small details in mind in order to create a lifelike picture.
Your drawing of eyes looks great and I can identify some of the subtle differences between them. A tip to enhance them though would be to use a stencil or any other circular object to make the iris and pupil perfect circles. Doing this helps add a realistic element to it since real eyes are also perfect circles. Great work on your drawings, keep it up!
Hi Tolu!
DeleteThank you for your feedback and advice. I have to agree with what you have to say, it's the small little detail that makes a drawing so special and unique. I'll be sure to use a circular object for the iris and pupils next time like you said, to add that little extra realistic effect.
Hey Huy,
ReplyDeleteI think taking time to input small details is very important as it could enhance an image immensely. It can also show hard work and passion you put into an image if details are visibly seen, like in your drawing. I can see that you've added many details to your drawing like the glistening of the eye and shading all around. It shows that you took time and effort into it, nice job!