Graphics- Day 1, Part 2

Fig 1. ear (author's own)

 

We each drew someone's ear on a big sheet of paper. I decided to use a fine liner, this meant I couldn't do as much shading as I wanted to in the allocated time, so I shaded the most important bits that would make it look more 3D. I think if I was to do this task again, I would use charcoal or a thick graphite pencil instead, this way I would be able to give the image more tone plus less rough edges because you can smooth it out.

Fig 2. ears (author's own)

Fig 3. ears II (author's own)

Fig 4. looking down at ears (author's own)

 

In Fig 2, Fig 3 and Fig 4 you can see photographs taken of the whole class' ears from different angles. When drawing people, we never focus too much on their ears, we sort of just draw any old ear and focus more on the eyes, nose, lips, etc. but just like the way all the other features differ from person to person, so do ears. In fact ears are more complicated than we think. They have a variety of shapes, sizes, curves, dents and piercings, all different and just unique.