Shriya's Blog

These are the designs I created that display and describe at the same time, six different words using only white and black media. I decided to make them on photoshop. Not that it was faster…but also because the lines are properly defined.

They are:

1. ORDER

In this image you can see that the squares are arranged in such a way that it creates an order in the image.

2. CONGESTION

This image has many black squares that are congested in one area. It might even displease the eye. But to me it looks like a tree!

3. INCREASE

I have arranged the squares in such a way that it makes an illusion that the squares are coming from a distance showing depth. In the image the squares seem to increase in size from one corner to the other.

4. PLAYFUL

This looks fun…! It reminds me of old cartoons! As you can see this image shows playfulness with the squares enjoying a nice see saw ride and one almost flying up in the air because of the other square…This also shows visual weight!

5. BOLD

This image shows one bold square among many small squares. The contrast in size makes it easy for us to distinguish between the bold and small squares.

6.TENSION

This image shows tension between the squares. The poor little square is trying to hold the weight of the massive square that is trying to balance on one corner of the small square! If I were the square i would surely have a lot of tension!

I created a design combining  principles of form and repetition on complex grids and ink it  on a 10″x10″ white  illustration board.

At first I created a motif made out of two shapes combined together. I quickly sketched some options and the following photo shows what I came out with.

Out of these I selected the one I liked the most and tried out a few arrangements it would possibly look good in. So I got my single cell printed and made copies so i could physically arrange them and decide…

Here are a few of them

Out of these I selected the 4th one

After painting the whole design with india ink I got this as a result..

These are the designs I created that displayed a focal point by either concentration or isolation using only white and black media.

This is my design for concentration. This is a spiral design which is cropped but you can clearly see that it is leading you to a certain point in the image. This is the focal point of the design.

This is my design for isolation. These are tattoo like designs that are only outlined except one that is filled with black, making that the isolated design. Our attention is drawn towards it the minute we see the image.

100 Thumbnail Sketches..

These are the 100 thumbnails i had to draw for practice…

I started with 25 sketches using only horizontal and vertical lines. The next 25 I made were using only diagonal lines followed by 25 designs made out of only curved lines. Finally, the last 25 had either a horizontal or vertical line plus a curved and diagonal line.

After all that sketching I finally selected 4 designs from each category..

This one is made of only horizontal and vertical lines

This one was made of diagonal lines

This one had only curves

This one had all of the above

After making these 4 final designs I redesigned the one with diagonal lins because I thought I could create an illusion with that design.

I made it first on paper with copic markers and ink and then to enhance it a little I edited it on photoshop. This is the result I got and it really does create an illusion.