Design week

Once again we had a design week, were we could follow up on last time we had it, and dig even deeper into the seven elements of design (line, shape, form, space, color, value and texture), and how - through contrast - we could make them work the way we want them.

First up, we did a visual representation of Jazz music. Just like last time with strawberry icecream and dark chocolate.
I don't really feel that I nailed it, but here it is anyways:

Then we spend quiet some time focusing on texture and value, how to shade/render an object, to make it feel different than another, to give it texture through value/shading.

We got the assignment to make a fully rendered "final" drawing, of a interior house burning.

That proved to be quiet a challenge.

Here is the lineart:

Then I spend a long night rendering it, trying to make sure the smoke felt diffrent than the fire, the focus point was the right place, the right levels of value, and so forth. A lot of things to keep in mind.

Here is the final result: