Illustration I Portfolio Magi Ruiz
“I See the Light�
A small vase was drawn with the light source hitting it at different angles. Stippling and ink were used to shade the one on the left, while graphite pencils were used for the one on the right.
Replacement Ad
The tube of lipstick was replaced with a Crayola crayon. Graphite pencil was used for shading.
Textures
The texture on the left is a design engraved on a cabinet and the one on the right is the bottom of a Converse shoe.
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Sketchbook Exercises
Just Doodles
The assignment was to doodle on a spread in our moleskine notebooks.
Ultimate Bedtime Story
A Walk Through the Forest
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Thumbnails
Product Illustration
Self-Portrait
Four different shading techniques were used: line, stippling, crosshatching and grayscale. The fianl image is a self portrait and relates back to the class name, Sketchbusters. Carbon pencil and ink were used.
Roughs
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aVATAR
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Sock Monkey
Stippling was used as the shading technique on the sock monkey. Sock monkeys are pretty limp creatures and I wanted him to be doing something other than just laying there, so I positioned him on a stool as if he were waiting on something. Non-photo blue prismacolor and ink were used in the final application.
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PRODUCT ILLUSTRATION
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Honey Reserve
For this piece I wanted it to look like something out of a childrens book so I drew inspiration from Winnie the Pooh books for the shape of the tree and the honey comb. I worked with foreground and background with the bees to add depth to the image. Watercolor and carbon pencil were used.
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uLTIMATE bEDTIME sTORY Comp
Roughs
My forest
This is the first scene I visualized when I was in my forest. The beginning of the forest was light and gradually became darker the farther back you went. There was a lot of vegetation and these larger than life flowers. Watercolor was used as a base with ink and carbon pencil on top.
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a WALK THROUGH THE FOREST
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Roughs
Brooklyn, Baby!
I wanted to draw a nice cityscape view as a background for my action figure, Slinkey, but I wanted it to be more than just buildings so I decided to draw the Brooklyn Bridge. The dog is placed on top of the bridge to show scale and play with the idea of a small dog in the big city. It is a dusk setting so I created a halo around the buildings and they are reflecting onto the water. Watercolor was used as a base with carbon pencil, ink and white charcoal on top.
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Matte Painting
Roughs
Comp
Bones
This illustration started out with an idea from a sketchbook drawing of skull flowers. I like the idea of the skull being paired with something beautiful because it is out of place and not expected. The idea was developed even further and eventually became a girl looking into a mirror and insead of seeing her reflection she saw a skeleton. I wanted the mirror to be heavy and have a sort of antique look to it. Watercolor, ink, graphite, white charcoal and carbon pencil were all used in the final application.
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Student CHOICE
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