Camouflage failure

[Maki]

Hi Becky, thank you so much for your comment and question.

I prepare some prototypes using some reference images before I start drawing anything like I mention in my comment to a critique episode here:

https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/members-minute-7-3-19/

So not only the composition, but also the values of each element included in the scene and the overall values balance of the entire drawing are almost, not fully, determined beforehand. I don’t think too many corrections added to drawings, be it a pastel or a pen-and-ink work, are good because corrections make the works dirty in most cases. Based on the original drawings, I make a variety of products like I introduced in this post:

From drawing to product design

There is one private art gallery in my hometown and they recently decided to set up a gallery shop to sell items designed by local artists. The gallery manager asked me to offer something for the shop. I have been selling mainly postcards and tote bags, but I took this opportunity to make the variety of the products of my design much wider. I share with you some of the items I recently produced utilizing my original drawings because I wonder if there are some people who may be interested in the…

…so I definitely need to make my original drawings as clear as possible. Without the preparation of prototypes, it wouldn’t be possible. This particular piece is also a carefully planned and minutely calculated work.