"The Dark Knight"

Simon's Chess Piece.

       My name is Simon, I am going to explain to you my choices in creating my chess piece drawing, enjoy.

 In relation to how realistic my chess piece is drawn with proportion and value.  I used my pencil to measure where every certain part would be compared to the real thing.   I also used certain parts from the chess piece to make my life easier, I did that by putting one piece at a certain spot in relation to other parts of the chess piece.

I created pattern by putting the checkerboard design from the chess board on, but also I put solid black lines that go all around the paper.  I put rhythm in the checkerboard by not just having black, white, black, white but a diagonal b&w design to it.  Also I put movement in by making the b&w squares and the big solid black lines go towards the chess piece which makes your eyes travel towards the main focal point in the art.

I used value by making the solid black lines with a HB then 2B then a 6B pencil to make it as solid as possible and a thick black. I made the checkerboard with as white as possible squares and the black ones wih only a Hb, then a 2B pencil because I didn’t want a dark as much as the lines, just a hint lighter.  In the chess piece itself I made the darkest darks in the piece as dark as possible and the lightest lights as light as possible making it that way there are no solid lines in the piece just shades that make it look like there is lines.

I chose my composition by putting it in the center left of the page.  I did this because instead of putting lots of small chess pieces scattered around, I put one large one to the left of the center that way it makes the chess piece look like its looking into a farther distance than just the page it is on itself.

I made it the focal point by making it large and by making the lines and shapes lead towards it.  I did this because the chess piece is the focal point in the art piece not anything else, yes the lines look cool but there not that important.