Final Genius Hour Post

My final drawings:

Where I go from here:

1. While I improved on my abilities to make backgrounds for my characters, I found that my natural backgrounds still are not up to my standard. While I feel that my throne room is a complete world, with characters, background, and detail, I need to refine my skills in other areas. This refinement will mean studying nature, completing practice drawings and working on details in my backgrounds.

2. I want to complete drawings for my entire book, so I will continue to create my illustrations. These illustrations will show key parts of the story. I want to ensure my drawings complement my book, not overpower it.

3. I want to have separate pages for my text, as I found it too cluttered to have the drawings and words on one page with the style of illustration I was going for. While I liked have the text with the header and footer, I think this would look better with a full page of writing and different lettering that is not in all capitals. With typorama it allowed me to input text into procreate, but it meant fewer choices on types of text, and if it would be all capitols etc. I want to continue to research other programs I could use to create the text.

4. I want to continue to try different styles of digital drawings, and continue to practice. I want to ensure I am refining my skills and completing a variety of drawings using the full range of the app.

What I learned about myself:

1. I learned that I put too much pressure on my art. I want everything to be perfect and thus lose joy in the creation of my drawings. I want this process to become more positive for me, and while I will still strive to become a better artist, I will be gentle with myself.

2. I learned that I have a real passion for writing and illustration. I said to my mom that I could see myself doing this as a career.

3. I learned that while I still love traditional ways of creating art like sketching or painting, I also love digital art. I didn't know how I would feel about the process being electronic, not feeling the pencil in my hand. However, I found that with the advancement of drawing technology, it does somewhat feel like a pencil in your hand and the pencil senses your pressure, if you are using the side of the pencil etc. I began to see digital art as its own medium.

What I learned from the project:

1. I learned how to use the app, and many of the tools, functions, effects and brushes.

2. I learned how to complete a fully realized drawing.

3. I learned how layers help with having the sketching, outlining, and colouring in one illustration.

4. I learned about background and character design.

5. I learned how to time manage, and complete drawings on a schedule.

6. I learned how to input text into my drawings.

7. I learned how to create and embed PowerPoints, images, videos, TEDtalks, and stop motion.

8. I learned how to create a blog.