Pure Contour

Pure Hand Contour

Tie by a hair

12"x9"

Graphite on paper


Shoe 1

Slippah

12"x9"

Graphite on paper

Shoe 2

Slippah 2.0

12"x9"

Graphite on paper

Shoe 3

Slipper

12"x9"

Graphite on paper

In the two different pure contour drawings I used different techniques. I played around with line thickness and texture. Though, after completing these, I wish I hadn't gone through with the texture because now it looks like I tried to shade. I wanted texture from the beginning because the material of the shoe is suede, and has a soft, fur-like feel. For the hand, I didn't include any texture luckily, and instead made it as realistic as possible without any shading which I would typically use. While I tried to capture all the lines in the hand, I didn't want to over-do it. These drawings relate to my life by one, being me, and two, being my shoe. But besides the obvious, I love my slippahs and wear them often, so they are a part of my life that way.

To create my drawings I started with a light 2H pencil and moved on from there. after having the basic design down, I started to add a 4B pencil some of the main lines, and highlight the big parts of the shoe. Next, I started to add depth with the lines, and made some darker lines in the front and lighter in the back as I was instructed. At this point I was pretty much done. I used the same techniques for the other shoe drawings. For the hand, I started the same way with the same materials, but added less depth in the end.

When creating my I stuck to my basic process when creating most of my art, but was certainly introduced to the depth lines. This technique has proved well in my work and will use it in future works. For the process of the shoe drawing I started out with some basic shapes, which formed the first simple design of the slipper. Next, I started drawing some of the features of the shoe, laces, fluff, etc. After that, I used the depth line which I said before, and cleaned up the extra lines. For the hand drawing, I started with basic shapes again, and tried to best equal the angles with the fingers. I started with the thumb and struggled a bit with the angle of the outmost thumb bone. After fiddling with it for a minute or two, I finally found the right position and decided to stick with it. The rest of the fingers were pretty easy, though they could still use some work. I again struggled for a minute or two with the left side of the palm, and were it left the pinky and met the wrist. But other than these two place I was fine. Next and finally, I added the interior lines to the hand, all the creases and crevices, as well as the creases in the joints. If I was to continue these projects, I would first remove the texture from the shoes, and then perfect the fingers on the hand.