This piece is of my pal Calli who runs cross country at Apex High School. During one of her meets, I captured a great picture of her running down the home stretch to the finish line. I wanted to take this picture and turn this moment into a piece of art work. When I found out that the piece we had to do coming up was nature turns mechanical I immediately knew this is what I wanted to draw. I wanted to get the colors right so I decided to work with prismas.
This was the first time I had ever drawn a human body and boy was it hard. Getting the proportions of the body right took many tries. I have to say, I gave Calli a bubble butt at first yikes! With the help of my awesome table group, I was able to figure out how to make it look more like her body in the photo. Once I finally got the proportions right, I had to add mechanical aspects to the piece. Since runners can be "super human" I wanted this piece to embody the strength of a runner. I wanted to make her knee and elbow joints stick out so I chose gears and hinges.Then I added metal rods for the bones and wires to be like the muscles. It was so hard, but I tried to add silver, purple and blue to give the metal value and depth. Then I started added color to make her jersey. Apex colors are black and gold but I did not want to use black because values would be hard. I choose dark blue and purple with some black in the very dark spots. I then mimicked the color and shape of her tennis shoes. I wanted to make this as close to the picture as possible. This was important to me because I know how much values runners put into their running spikes and shoes. Each person has something unique about their pair. I wanted to capture the wrinkles in her clothing. Then I moved onto skin which has always been hard for me. First I made the skin too pale but then I added values which helped a lot. Throughout the whole piece, I feel like I maintained my style. In the skin as well as the grass and tent I kept my textured style I use with prismas. Sometimes I get discouraged when everything is not as smooth as other peoples prisma drawing but then I get excited because I see my own unique style developing. After finishing most of her body, I moved on to the lettering of the banner. I have not done much lettering before so I worked very hard to make it look as precise as possible. It took a few tries to finally get the right shape and size to the letters. I am really happy I tried lettering on this piece because the simple font was a good starting point. To finish out, I completed the grass and trees. I am very proud of my tree foilage because I have not done much of it before. To make this piece more mechanical I added springs and bolts in the grass. Since runners do not always have both feet on the ground I felt this was appropriate because springs push you into the air. It also incorporated more mechanical aspects to this piece. To improve this piece, I would have extended her back leg more. I really feel like that would have made her look like she was running even more so. I also would work on her leg shape. I am overall pleased with the way this piece turned out though. I feel like every time I put effort into a prisma and give it time it comes out better than I had hoped for myself. I hope to continue to work with prisma and master even more tecnhique.
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