My idea was a spur of the moment idea, I was picking my sister up from school and was in the carpool line and thought it would be a cool picture. Although before this happened I knew I wanted to draw something related to my truck because it reflects me since its my vehicle and its probably my favorite thing I own. When I was sketching I had a couple other pictures I could draw of my truck, however some of them I wasn't in and some of them my face was covered. I ended up cropping the original picture and then drawing it almost exact. Also when I was planning I knew I didn't want to use realistic colors and I wanted it to have a color theme of reds, oranges, yellows, and purples. Some of the obstacles I faced was drawing the blurred background, in the picture the blurred background was trees, but I didn't want to use green or so I decided to switch the green out for blue, red, orange, and yellow. It was difficult to get the shape of the trees and then replace the colors because I just had to picture what it would look like. Another obstacle I faced was getting the shades of purple darker, I still don't think they're dark enough and could be darker but I did the best I could. Some of the success I had was the background, I love how trippy it looks and how it turned out. I also love the sky inside the small mirror it gives the other background a break and makes the mirror pop even more and gives it a little bit of a realistic vibe with the bright sky. I also think the drawing of the car mirror was successful, the car mirror was originally black and I decided to switch everything that was black with purple because I liked the color and it was easier to get values with shades of purple. The only things that are realistic colors in my drawing are the truck, concrete, and blue sky; I think by having these few realist elements it adds to the piece and gives the piece more definition. This is only my second time working with prismas and I liked them more this time, however they still aren't my favorite medium, but I did gain skill from them and I now know how to use them properly and how to build up the pigment. I also gained experience with working with a new medium and I ended up liking it more than I thought I would because I didn't like it the first time I used prismas. Its inspired me to use prismas more since I now know how to use and I've learned to take my time on pieces, this piece took me a lot of time and I normally rush through pieces which makes them not look as good as they could. If I were to redo this piece I would make the shades of purple darker to that it has more dimension and I would draw my face differently. In the face my ears are too high and I don't like the hair or the hairline, I would also make the sunglasses look more realistic. Overall I really like the way my piece turned out and I think it was successful for my second time using prismas. I also think after doing this project I would use prismas again.
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January 2018
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