This project was for us to put all our skills together. We had learned several things about still lives and shading over this unit and needed to put them together for this assignment.

I started by making different thumbnail sketches of placements to figure out what I wanted. Once I finally landed on one, I worked on a large sketch. I tried to make sure all the proportions were right and even did some shading. Then, I transferred that sketch lightly to another white piece of paper to create a finalized version.

My diorama doesn’t necessarily have a meaning behind it. I think any theme or meaning could be interpreted by the viewer however they want.

I used shading to help with depth and show where things are placed. I also used it to help create contrast since I was using black and white. I had several light sources above my diorama, and you can tell the light source comes from above due to the shadows.

As I worked, I often had to adjust the values. For example, I had worked on the cat first, then had to return to it at the end to adjust its values to help make it more cohesive with the rest of the items.

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