PRODUCT PROCESS

Creative/Scientific Process

At first, I didn’t struggle much with creating my anatomical drawings because I feel like I had the basic of the scientific and creative process. After I got the initial shape however, it was a little difficult for me to captivate the details within my drawing. I remember using the incorrect pencils to shade in different parts of my heart. I had to continuously refine that drawing, trying to make everything darker to counterbalance my wrong shading. I ended up starting over because I didn’t feel like it was my best work and was flooded by the amount of work I was putting in and not getting the result that I wanted.
The most helpful tool that I used was the framing device we used for our Abstracted Observation drawings. This was a simple piece of construction paper with a square cut out in the middle, but it worked wonders for me. Using this, I was able to look at smaller parts of the overall image that we could draw. It made me see the exact shape of shadows, how vertical or horizontal lines were, and allowed me to pay more attention to detail.

Zine Page

Scientific Process Through Creative Lens

When my class learned about the scientific process, I knew many of the things we were learning and understood that there were a lot of steps into creating a scientific observation/experiment. Then, when we learned about the creative process and the elements of art, I didn’t know that there was so much overlap between the two. I was able to take what I have independently learned from my art and apply it to the observations I would make. I would start to see the brain and heart as a bunch of shapes and lines more so than seeing it as a complicated figure.

Anatomically Correct Drawings

Struggles & Accomplishments

While doing work, I found it extremely hard to keep from drawing out of my own head or drawing what I thought was there. This was due to a lack of motivation I had when looking at the details. I would look at the image and know what I had to draw, but felt overwhelmed because I didn’t think I knew how to draw it.
I am most proud of the drawing of my heart because I went through a lot of trouble with it. I know it is not my best work and can continue to refine it, but I feel like it itself has been through a lot and I appreciate how I was able to try to salvage it and succeeded at it, but ultimately not settle for something when I knew I could do better the next time.