Grant Smith

Rossi

Visual Arts II

27 October 2014

 Perspective

I enjoyed this project, perspective in some ways was easy and others was extremely hard. I personally found it a hundred times easier to do a picture in 16 point perspective than in 2 point perspective which is why I chose to do the project that I did. While I felt my project was simple it was also extremely repetitive and a lot of busy work to detail and draw all those building including unique tops to several of the building to add a little bit of creativity to the project. I was hesitant on even adding different rooftops to the picture in fear that the amount of perspective which was a key part in the originality of the drawing would also be my downfall if by adding the rooftops I would breach into the next realm of perspective and the roof would not match the building below it. Yet after I was finished adding one or two rooftops it made such an impact and such a huge difference in how the picture looked that I had to put it on as many as possible. The rooftops ended up making the picture and even though not all are the exact perspective as the building I was able to mask that by putting more and more rooftops on to strain the eyes from one or two small mistakes. Another huge difference that proved to make or break the picture was the use of retracing over the pencil in pen, this simple step made a world of difference as it left a sharp crisp look over all of the buildings and really made the picture pop. It also in a way added emphasis to the use of repetition in the picture such as the hundreds of windows that are incorporated throughout the faces and sides of the buildings. I was not able to produce a sketch copy of the painting as I could not re-do what I had already done in the time allotted to complete the picture because initially I was indecisive on how I was going to use my buildings in perspective whether it be like a hot air balloon supporting a house or the final product that you see today. Overall I am very pleased with the final product which goes into why I did not add the black to show the shadows of the buildings where they overlap each other because I did not believe I would be able to accomplish that in proper perspective and still have the same attractive looking finished product that I have today if I were to mess up in pen and over shadow or shadow the wrong side of the building. This project definitely taught me a lot that I didn't know prior to beginning the class and I am glad that we used this as our first project because I will be able to incorporate this into almost all of my upcoming projects that will give it a more intermediate look on my future projects rather than the 2-D look that was present in all my projects prior.