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Last Call for BottlesShapes and Lines
Computer GraphicsSpring 2012
Illustrationsby ComputerGraphicsStudents
Article by VitoMartinez on hispicture o Eccolo
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Alex Lukasik
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100 Line Vessels
Shading Vessels
Value Drawings
Shape Drawings
Midterm: Museum rip
About Me
Vito Martinez
22 100 Line Drawings
26 Shading Drawings
32 Eccolo
Mike Ward
34 1970 Ford Mustang Mach
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age 2
For our rst assignment we had to make 5(100)
Stroke Drawings.
Craft: I used a bamboo touch pad and pen that I
borrowed from a friend, also I downloaded adobeillustrator at home for ease of access, I used my
computer, and objects that can hold a liquid. I made
the drawings strictly out of horizontal and vertical lines
and i counted my strokes to make sure that they were
exactly 100 strokes.
Composition: I used Horizontal and vertical lines
because I wanted the viewer to see a 3 dimensional
object in a 2 dimensional eld without drawing the out
lines of the picture. I wanted to have them get a feel
for the outside of the objects almost like they were the
boundaries.
Te Beginning:Vessels
100 Line Drawings
age 2
The drink I had when i was working on this
project.
The bucket that was in my room while I w
starting my homework.
One of the drinks that I had to scaveng
house to nd more vessels to draw.
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age 4
More Vessels:Shading
Febrezeage 4
Craft: The Tools that I used to create this drawing were
a Bamboo Touch Pad, Bamboo Pen, Adobe Illustrator,
my computer at home, miscellaneous objects I fund at
my house, and a light. I made it by drawing all hori-
zontal lines and using different shades of grey to show
shadows. The more that I drew pictures the better I got
at drawing them, and then after the rst one I changed
my lighting so I had only one light on in my room and it
was easier to see the light on the objects then.
Composition: I arranged them these way becau
rst thing that I wanted you to see was the form
image without drawing the outlines. Also I want
person looking at the picture to see the different
ows rst so they can tell where the light was hitt
object when I was drawing it.
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age 6
Color
This was a bottle that we had in class.
When I was working on this drawing I
was primarily working on the lip of the
bottle. If something didnt seem right, I
would continually go over it again.
Craft: The tools that I used to create thedrawings were a touch pad and pen, objects
found at home and Adobe Illustrator. In Adobe
Illustrator i used the paint brush, swatch tool,
adjusted the stroke (the thickness of the
line), and I used the color picker. In the rst
3 pictures I used different values of the same
color. In the last 3 pictures I used either 1
number of 1 letter for the whole picture.
Composition: I used the different shades
of the same color so i can make it look
like its a 3 dimensional object not just at
by using shadows. I used 1 letter or 1
number so I can make it feel as if there is
texture. Also I used the shadows on the
texture drawings as well. The shadows
represent where the light hits the object.
Striped Bottle
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age 8
exture
Number 3 Vessel
age 8
Number 5 Vessel
Out of the whole semester this is probably the
hardest thing that I had to do for the class.
We had to use one continuous stroke for the
whole picture. We used two different colors
for contrast. On the left page I used a back-
ground made of 3s in different shades of
green. At rst I started with a thick stroke and
dark shade of green and as the more layers I
added on the thinner the brush stroke became
and the lighter the green became. This was
the same concept as the picture on the right
except i used 5s. I also used to same color
(green) as well. On the left picture I continued
with the 3s onto the bottle, except I used dif-
ferent shades of orange to represent the light
reecting off the bottle. The same went for the
picture on the left, but instead of orange and
instead of 3s I used yellow 5s.
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age 10age 10
Letter A Vessel
I nally decided to switch it up. I
used different colors and even used
a letter instead of a number. I chose
A because that is the rst letter of
my name. However, even though it is
different colors and I used a letter, the
process is the same. This picture is
actually an object that I used plenty of
times throughout the magazine. It is
a bucket that i have in my room that
is normally used to store pens. For
this project I decided to take them
out. For the bucket, I used differ-
ent shades of blue. On the left side
it has a lighter shade of blue. The
reason why it is lighter on the lefts is
because the source of light was on
the left side of the object. It is also
lighter on the right side because
the bucket was in the corner of my
room along with the light. the light
therefore reected off of the wall
and left the middle-right side of the
bucket the darkest spot. It also
had a lip on the top of the bucket.
Right underneath the lip, there
was a really dark shadow. This
was due to the fact that the light
could not get past the lip. I tried to
show that with the dark small lay-
ers of As near the top.
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age 12
My Picture
Yep, thats Me!
Craft: The program that I used to create this
was Adobe Illustrator. Using adobe illustra-
tor I placed a picture on the background and
locked it down. I created a new layer and
started drawing on that layer. What I used
to draw or in other words trace, was the
pen tool. I rst started like I was building
myself from the back to the front. I started
with the back because then I could get the
basic shape down. I would create points
with the pen tool to trace the person out with
no color, then I used the eye dropper to try to
match the color the best it could. The more
shapes that I drew the more detail that there
was. After I got the shape that I like down,
I then locked it in place and then made it
invisible. Since I have a programming back-
ground and like to keep things neat and easy
to read, I created many layers. For example,
I would create layers for just the shirt and
inside of the shirt I would have a layer just
for the sleeves. Having multiple layers also
made it easier to turn the shapes visibili
and off.
Composition: I used these colors becau
tried to make it as close to the picturea a
could. I used the pen tool because I wa
to make a tracing of a picture. The pen
is a great tool to use because you can z
in and out on the picture and get close t
the edge of the picture. I used many lay
because it allowed me to keep it organiz
especially with the amount of shapes I p
into it. The more shapes that are put in
it a lot more detail to try to make it as ac
rate as possible. Also with the more de
and the more layers, it makes the pictur
pear to be 3D, because that is how we s
we see light reect off of objects at diffe
degrees and different objects which give
different light and the shadows give it m
depth.
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age 14
race o Me
racing in Adobe Illustrator
Craft: This is the same idea as last
week. I used Adobe Illustrator to lock
the picture in place and use the pen tool
to create shapes on top of the picture.
I also used the layers but i also used a
lot more shapes in this picture. If you
are trying to trace a picture use a pic-
ture with A LOT of DATA. If you use a
picture that does not have very much
detail in it, you cannot zoom in very far
before the picture gets pixelated. When
I redid this picture I got the actual image
instead of the image off of Facebook. It
let me zoom in when I was t racing it to
get more detail and more color which
makes the image look more realistic.
Composition: I arranged the elements
this way because i wanted to make the
picture appear as realistic as possible
The rst thing I want the viewer to see
the face to see how there is detail in th
teeth and the eyes and even the face.
Then I want them to move on to the sh
and to notice that the shirt is not just o
color of blue. It is made up of multiple
shades of blue. There are shadows fro
the rinkles in the shirt and there is also
a pocket which has an outline of a dif-
ferent shade of blue. and to also notic
that there is a white shirt underneath t
blue shirt. Also I want them to notice t
there are shadows. There are shadow
because that is how we see depth.
The Detail in the collar
makes it appear real
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age 16
Variations:racing o Me
Craft: Using Adobe Illustrator I took the
picture that I already had created from
Week 5 and Week 6. I created a matrix
from the picture, going left to right the
picture is normal, monochromatic and
then extreme chromatic. From top tobottom the picture is normal, subtle brush
change, and extreme brush change. Us-
ing the three different combinations of
brush strokes and color changes I made
a matrix of pictures. To change the colors
the rst thing I did was made sure all of the
layers I wanted to change were VISIBLE
AND UNLOCKED, then I selected all the
lines and shapes. If they are not visible or
unlocked they will not be selected and willnot be able to change the element. I used
the color guide and edit colors. Under
edit colors there was an option for mono-
chromatic. For the extreme chromatic the
or blue, it created an almost cold or dark
feeling which was not what I was trying
to get across. When I chose the color
group I chose an antique style which
ended up turning like a cowboy or a
western style. The brushes did not turn
out so well, since there were so many
small shapes it kinda of blurred the im-
age. Since the brushes literally crashed
the program, I was not able to do very
much with the brush stroke.
rst thing I did
was change the
color group in the
color guide win-
dow. Then I went
in and edited the
colors. To change
the brush stroke,
I opened up the
brushes win-
dow. I just picked
what I considered
a subtle brush
change and alsoan extreme brush
change. This was
extremely difcult
for the computer. Since there were so
many shapes and lines in the picture, it
was a big le and needed a lot of pro-
cessing power. However, Im pretty sure
we pushed the program to its limits.
Composition: The assignment was to cre-
ate a matrix of changes in chromatic and
changes in brush stroke, so this is mostly
why I set it up this way. However for the
middle pictures I chose red because it
seemed to t the picture. When I tested it
out with many other colors such as green
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age 18
Dierent Variatons o Subtle and Extreme BrushChanges with the original colors.
Dierent Variatons o Extreme Brush Changewith monochromatic and extremechromatic.
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age 20
LumberjackWestern Look
Matrix o Me
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age 22
Te Start o Bro. Vito Martinez OFM Cap.s work
Surprisingly this pictures has come up in
conversation with vito. He claims that it is
his Dr. Pepper that he drinks while he is
doing his homework. The actual drawing is
made by 100 lines. It was the begginning of
the semester and we had to get used to us-
ing the pen and the tablet. After a while weall slowly got the hang of it. In this picture
he used curved horizontal lines for the most
part. This technique makes it clear that this
can is 3-D and that he is trying to portray it
as being round, not at.
age 22
Coee Cup
Vertical Lines
This picture is similar to the Dr. Pepper can,
meaning that Vito used 100 lines with a 1 pt
stroke. However, This picture is made with
purely vertical lines. Which makes it when
you look at the coffee cup it makes it have a
different feel to it.
The coffee cup sketch allowed me to w
on my vertical stroke...something I alre
recognize as a weakness. I actually dre
this image 3 times...this is the drawing
chose to keep.
-Vito Martinez
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age 24
3-Candle Holder
The rst lesson of the class focused
on getting to be comfortable using a
graphic tablet for drawing. The assignment
was simple: make 5 sketches using exactly
100 strokes in each drawing. The drawings
should use long, lling strokes instead of
outlining the object.
All images were done using Adobe Illustrator
on my MacBook Pro. To become more fa-
miliar with this skill, I bought an inexpensive
WACOM graphic tablet to outside of class.
The top drawing is of a 3-stemmed candle
holder. I used this image as the thumbnail
because I felt the most comfortable drawing
this object. Using a graphic tablet takes prac-
tice, and this image felt uid. The drawing uses
both vertical and horizontal lines to represent
the rectangular edges on the base. A 2pt brush
was used.
-Vito Martinez
Vito Martinez 100 Stroke Drawings (Continued)
Single Candle Holder
Hexagonal Vase
The hexagonal vase proved to be a tou
image to draw for two reasons. First, it
used vertical strokes exclusively. Seco
the shape of the object presented som
issues Id not foreseen...issues in the
fact that I am not a artist and I could no
sufciently render the dimensions of th
object. In its defense, the vertical strok
felt more uid in this drawing.
-Vito Martinez
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age 26
Vitos Value Drawings
Coee Mug
This is where we get introduced to value
drawings, and here is vitos attempt at
using different shades of the same color. He
used a range from gray to white. The purpose
of doing this is because human beings see
with objects by perceiving light. The different
reection of light gives us different colors and
also depth. The different shades of the color
forces your eyes to go in different places.
I used a ceramic mug with the light almost di-
rectly above the object and slightly to the right.
It sat on a slightly reective surface which
produced different shadowing effects. Theobject was rendered with a 2pt brush, then a 5
pt brush was used to cover the extra negative
space. A small 1pt brush was used to render
the thin shadow lines. The ceramic salt shak-
ers octagonal shape created a unique series
of shadows that proved challenging to render.
A 2pt brush was used to render the object. The
light source was a lamp without the shade 45
degrees above and right of the object. F
the bottom right, the expresso cup. This
ject was unique for two reasons: I used a
brush to render the drawing, and I positio
the cup in such a way that I looked down
the vessel. I regular lamp was used for th
light. A 1pt brush left a lot of negative sp
as I drew, so I used fast, vigorous stroke
draw the lines.
-Vito Martinez
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age 28
Vitos Value Drawings
For week three of our Computer Graphics
class, we were given two different tasks.
The rst was to make three drawings using
values of color to render an image. The sec-
ond task was to move away from line s trokes
and use a letter or number to create an image.
All images were made using Adobe Illustrator
and a Bamboo graphic tablet. All images were
completed on my Mac Book Pro.
This piece was a rendering of a bottle of
laundry detergent. The image was constructed
with thick, horizontal lines to quickly dene
the boundaries of the object. Five different
hues were used to represent the visual effect
of lighting on the object. This piece uses a
variety of different lines. The main body of the
work was drawn with a thick brush, giving the
appearance of a smooth plastic surface. Small
lines, both vertical and horizontal, were used to
represent the highlights on the bottle. Smooth,
thin lines represent the screw-off lid. Combined
with different hues, this give the appearance of
a clear, plastic surface.
-Vito Martinez
Laundry Detergent This is a wine bottle. A small brush was exclu-sively used, using both horizontal and vertical
lines. The size of the brush shows the lines as
well as the negative space, giving the appear-
ance of a wire or wicker construction. A black
box lies behind half of the image. The box
draws the eyes of the view through its con-
trast to the white, as well as emphasizing the
blue of the bottle.
-Vito Martinez
I met Vito in a Computer Science class la
semester. I have really gotten to know V
the type of work that he does. As you ca
in these pictures Vito puts more than eno
effort in everything that he does, whether
website or drawing pictures on the maga
even the magazine that he made.
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age 30
Vitos exture Drawings
Water Bottle made o 3s
age 30
D-Cup or -Cup? A green background was used to rep-resent this half-image of a tea cup on
a saucer. This piece uses a variety of
stroke widths in order to form the rende
ing. Thick D strokes were used on the
surface of the cup to give the appear-
ance of a clear and reective surface.Very small Ds are used to represent
the highlights and different values of re
on this image.
-Vito Martinez
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age 32
Look Closely
I use the words look closely because that is
literally what you have to do. You honestly cant
tell if this is a picture or if it is a drawing. Vito
spent a tremendous amount of time on this
project. He called this image Eccolo which
translates to Behold Him.
Behold Him
The following illustration is a trace of a photo,
taken of the processional crucix from our
chapel here at the friary. The original woodsculpture was designed by Fr. Mark-Joseph
Costello, OFM Cap.; Mark-Joseph is a student
of the Chicago Art Institute and is a consultant
for worship spaces all over the world...including
McDonnell Chapel at Saint Xavier University.
The crucix, along with the specic lighting to
project shadow onto the wall, were all designed
by Mark Joseph. Because of the various ways
that his crucix embodied the areas of focus for
this project, I chose this image as the piece to
work on.
The image is a photo trace done with A
Illustrator CS5. The original image, take
at an angle below and to the right of the
object, was taken with the daylight shin
through the windows and with the spot-
light designed for this particular piece. T
image was then imported into Illustrator
where it served as a base for outlining.
is similar to a process, used when I was
kid, of placing an image against the win
pane and placing a blank piece of pape
top...albeit much less technical.
-Vito Martinez
It is my hope that this image, created only as a re-
alistic rendering o a reality, is a tool or device bywhich people are able to enter into an internal dis-cussion o their Christological aith.-Quote From the Artist, Vito Martinez
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age 34
Mike Wards1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1
age 34
As you can see, Mike Ward love
cars. He created this picture simto the way I created the picture o
myself. He used Adobe Illustrat
rst place a picture on to the can
After the pictures is in place it ca
locked down without moving. Af
that, it comes down to how much
you want to put into the picture.
pends on the work because the
son creating the picture creates
shape of the different images an
pictures that they see. It is crea
zooming in and out multiple time
chose to put this picture in my m
zine because I have seen the or
picture and how realistic it actua
looks. He uses a tremendous a
of detail to emphasize the curve
the car. The different shades of
color orange shows that it is actu
three-dimensional object. Even
to the rims, they actually look likeare made out of crome, even tho
I know that it is made by him zooming in
out while tracing many shapes and settin
them as different colors. What I nd fas
ing about this picture is that this is really
the true background. This car is actually
a show oor. He basically free handed t
background to make it look as if it really
on a race track.
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age 36
A Sunday on La GrandeJatte
When I went to the art
museum there was one
painting that stood out
to me and that I con-
sider the masterpiece,
A Sunday on La Grande
Jatte. This picture stood
out to me because of the
concept. When you are
far away from the picture
you see the objects in it
clearly, however when
you get closer the objects
become less clear. That
is because the picture
is made up of small
horizontal brush strokes
and dots which is now
referred to as pointillism.
In a way this picture reminds
me a lot of Adobe Illustrator
and the things that we did this
semester. The rst thing that
we did this semester was draw
objects with horizontal lines, and then we
did the tracing picture, obviously he didnt
trace this picture, but in reference to how
we view the painting reminds me of the
tracing painting we did. When you are
far away everything is clear and when we
had to add small shapes and objects we
zoomed in, where it became less clear,
which is exactly why it reminds me of
adobe illustrator. Looking at the picture it
makes you really think about it, in a way it
has an enormous amount of detail but in
the exact same way it has no detail at all.
It has detail because it has all the people,
Proo Tat I went to the Museum
the shape of the people are seen perfect
has trees in the picture and even shadow
However, one thing is something that I n
right away, the eyes do not have detail o
not even there. Which I feel is if I were
when this painting was being painted, wo
be almost the way I would see the peopl
well. Looking anywhere, the rst thing y
would see in a person would be their bod
the shape of their body and the colors of
only their cloths but their skin as well. W
maybe this was exactly how he visualize
which is brilliant in its own way.
My eacher, Nathan Peck, afer a rough night he stillwalked circles around us.
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age 38
About Me
Name: Alex Lukasik
Junior at Saint Xavier
Major: Computer Science
Minor: MathHigh School: Brother Rice
Expected Graduation: May 2013
I Enjoy Spending time with my friends, family and
girlfriend. Sometimes we all get a little foolish, but
I wouldnt trade them in for anything.
age 38
For my girlriend
Photo taken by BooPeas Photography byAmanda Lynn(My Sister)
This is my girlfriend, the person who I talk to
and spend most of my time with. So I only
decided that it would be fair to put her in the
magazine. Somehow she still decides to stick
by my side.
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age 40
CreditsImages By:
Me: Alex Lukasik
Vito Martinez
Mike Ward
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