Values Task

For this session we were given the task of recreating a given image using the colour values method. The method itself consists of matching colours to the original image and painting rather than sketching a rough silhouette of the overall drawing and then building up in shades of colour to create the final outcome.

I firstly started by using a large brush and picked the 85% grey colour and then adjusted the RGB sliders to create a 'cool' grey shade for the shadows and overall silhouette of the robot. I then began to block out the rough silhouette creating large paint marks at first and then going back in with the eraser and refining and adjusting using the scale and move tool until I got to the final silhouette I was happy with.

Silhouette Base

The next stage of the process was to then match and pick the medium shade of grey from the original image which was more on the 'warm' side of the grey colour palette and then matching the original image paint in these sections with the colour to start to add depth and dimension to the piece.

Mid Tone Added

I then followed the same process as the previous stage but with the lightest colour shown in the original image to create the overall highlights of the piece and add that 3D dimensional effect.

Highlight Tone Added

Once I had tweaked and played around with these layers of colours I then added in some finer details such as the glow on the lights and the line work details over the entire image to really bring the robot to life.

Finer Details Added

Once happy with the final robot I then added in the shadow to match the original image and ground the overall character and really help to show off the characters pose.

Shadows To Ground The Character

Overall I am really pleased with the final outcome as feel as though this is some of my best work yet. I am still very new to the whole digital concept idea and am still finding the controls of using a graphics tablet tricky, however I really found this painting method much easier to understand and allows me to create a higher quality and more detailed piece along with really understanding colour and bringing the piece to life rather than a flat overall piece.

Final Outcome

Total Time - 1hr30mins

Influence Map

One of our assignments after the ice breaker session, was to create an influence map of all the artists we aspire to be like in future using a given template.


 I chose 7 artists that really inspire me within my work and that I look up to. They all use bright colours and a sketchy stylised art style which I find myself drawing towards in my own work. I feel like the major points in my work I need to practice to begin to follow in these artists footsteps is perspective and anatomy, so when I create future concepts I then begin to see in these guidelines and will hopefully make my drawings less flat and bring them to life. I also am going to start by downloading and following along to a few tutorials by these artists to hopefully learn some tips and tricks these use that I can incorporate into my own work.

50 Minute Ice Breaker

For this first session of the 2D class we were given an icebreaker task of creating two 50 minute drawings, one character and one environment using the same two point perspective given in the provided images.

Given Character Image

Given Environment Image

 I first began by starting with the environment drawing and started by creating guidelines based on the given image. I then created a rough line art sketch of a library style room in this view. I found this task really difficult as I struggle to see in perspective when drawing and feel as though this is a major point I need to practice. I also find the time limit of this task really challenging as after masking out all the guidelines and creating rough line art I didn't have time to apply colour and edit which would have helped bring the concept to life. I then moved on to create the character concept in the same time window and again began by creating guidelines and again struggled with the time frame and the perspective. I have now discovered perspective is an area of drawing I majorly need to practice in and I believe this will help with creating better detailed concepts in the future.

50 Minute 2 Point Perspective Environment Attempt

50 Minute 2 Point Perspective Character Attempt