Sketchbook: Creature/Other Using Sources from the Text.

         This assignment was based off of our reading which was 'The First Lisbon or Durer Rhinoceros of 1515'. The context of this reading is that since there was no technology back then to take pictures or record, artists had to draw the figure either by looking at it or going off on someones description.
We then got a sketchbook assignment that was just like the Dürer's Rhino, there were four texts; two were creatures/animals and the other two were of some humanoid tribe. Since I prefer to draw animals than people I picked the creature, I actually did both creatures because I wanted to.
         As I am reading the first text I instantly knew it was a Hippo, the facts were right there; it was a large mammal, it was pinkish and brown, and that it used its nostrils to close while underwater. But since the challenge was to not look at reference of the real animal, then I drew strictly off of the description same goes to the other creature. The second creature was a type of sea slug (more specifically a sea hare) because of its foot membrane and feelers. 

Sketchbook Work: Form-Based Language

50 Symbols

   For this assignment we had to create abstract forms that represents concepts, like a form-based language. We must create 50 of these abstract symbols that are influenced by our lives and/or experiences. Each symbol represents something different and I used organic and geometric shapes to come up with these forms. A big inspiration for a lot of these forms were based off of animal behavior and markings.