Expression Through Experimentation

Image 1:

The task, for this first image, was to draw the image of the man using tempo to each stroke. The tempo was 1 Steamboat and the resulting image, although minimalist, manages to capture the emotion behind the image. 

Image 2:

The task for this image was to draw the old man using single motion straight lines. The resulting image had an edge and hardness to it that comes a lot more literal here than the original image. The image also took to the art style that is more commonly found in graphic novels. Personally I found this image to appeal to me more than the rest. The style and translation of emotions comes across and connects with me more here than in the others. 

Image 3:

The final image was interesting. The task was to draw the old man, but while the reference image was upside down. The resulting image, for me at least, was a closer resemblance to the original image then the others. I found this exercise to be highly interesting and it made me think: was the image a better match to the original because our brain inadvertently flips images upside down when we look at them? If so, would an image that is already upside down, which would end up as right-side up, be the resulting factor in a better match to the original. I believe so.