Blog Assignment 8-B

Mark and Ryan's 
http://markadelserger.blogspot.com/

The primary element that Mark and Ryan’s drawing use to contrast one another is movement.  Mark’s drawing of his villain, Abe, uses lines to create upward movement.  The lines extending out of his feet act as a way of indicating that he is being propelled upward.  The downward triangles created by his head and waist provided parallel downward motion from the center of his body while the horizontal lines of his arms contrast this motion.  Ryan’s drawing of Awesome Hero, in contrast, establishes downward diagonal motion.  The lines of the sidewalk behind the character provide a strong foundation for the movement of this image.  Parallel lines are created with the skateboard and the bent leg of the character, while the upward lines of his body, leg, and the pole he is carrying contrast the downward movement and provide weight to the image.  Weight is also created by the slight bend in the leg that is supporting the character on the skateboard.  These two contrasting movements in the image are further established by the horizontal lines of his belt and the shoe on the skateboard and the downward line created by the other shoe.  Contrast is not only established by the opposing movements of the images, but the two characters create virtual lines with their eye-lines that look in opposite directions.  When looking at these two images together, the contrasting direction of the eyesight of the two characters can also create affinity by establishing that they are looking at one another.  A sense of affinity is also created by the fact that the overall shape of the two images creates the same diagonal line, even though the villain drawing creates movement in the opposite direction.  Finally, affinity is created by the similar use of dulled colors in the two images to highlight their specific characteristics as super heroes.

No assignment posted for Tony Hermane




Ashton Rutledge's
http://rutledgemedia.blogspot.com/2011/03/character-nexus.html

           Color is definitely the element most heavily implemented in Ashton’s assignment.  The color scheme of the villain, Nexus, is primarily grays and other muted colors.  The grays of the character’s armor utilize varying levels of both brightness and saturation, which creates the effect of a reflection on the armor.  These muted colors allow for the bright red and blue of the character’s eyes to pop out much more in the picture.  This is important for the drawing of Nexus because the eyes explain much about the character.  The red hue of the one eye contrasts with the blue hue of the other eye, which functions to show the two-sided nature of the character.  While the red symbolizes the mechanical parts of the character, the natural blue eye shows his human side.  Color is equally important for the presentation of The Janitor.  This character’s color scheme is of slightly muted green with a highlight of yellow.  These colors complement the red and blue that highlights the drawing of Nexus.  The muted colors are important in establishing The Janitor as a character, whose background is that he is a school principal who secretly fights crime as a janitor.  Contrast is established in this way between the character’s dynamic story and his bland appearance.  Contrast within the drawing of Nexus is found between the red and blue eyes.