Mason Gatner

 Assignment 7: A Line as a Relation to my Body For this assignment, we were supposed to make an art piece that could relate to our bodies in some way. The part of my body I decided to use as a subject for the art was my brain. I tried to capture the disorganized, chaotic nature of a mess of thoughts with a scribbling style of drawing and a mixture of crayon, highlighter, ballpoint pen, and mechanical pencil.  I wanted the art to have symbolism of imagination, grandeur, fear, and chaos. I wanted the viewer to have lots to see and to want to look at it. I also wanted to add some symbolism of how, even though someone may be sitting still and staying quiet, their minds will remain active. I added my own oc's in the piece. I call the little green guy in the corner "Grimoire" Sketchbook drawings: This page was mostly dedicated to doodles and sketches while I brainstormed for my final project. This next page is where I got the original idea for how I wanted the drawing to look. ...

 Assignment 6: Part 2 (Animals) In the second part of the assignment, we were supposed to make 12 non human drawings in relation to our first 12 drawings. I chose animals that my first humans made me think of. The drawings are all in chronological order, like the first half of the assignment (left to right, up-down).  1. Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) on the left as a representation of Ursula K. Le Guin. Not only are females bigger than males, with the largest preserved shark being a female at 5.83 meters and weighing an estimated 2000 kilograms, but like Le Guin never stopped writing, sharks on average never sleep and almost never stop moving. 2. Black Sheep, although not a species, is a rare physical development caused by a recessive gene in domestic sheep (Ovis aries) that results in a discoloration. The black sheep on the right is representative of Tim Burton, a black sheep in his own right. 3. The Barn Owl (Tyto alba) on the left is a species of purely nocturn...

 Assignment 6: Tone and Value Study Part 1: For this assignment, we were supposed to use ink wash to create 24 (originally 50) tonal drawings. Here are the first 12.  The main subjects I used for these first 12 drawings were human portraits, mostly celebrities. The theme I had in mind for all of these people was, in a nutshell, "Square pegs in round holes". This can pertain to people who had different career paths then what they originally intended, or people who act contrary to how others think they'll act, or people who are symbolic of the "other" or "the weird ones" or a different way of thinking. These drawings will be done in chronological order (up-down, left-right). 1. Authors Stephen King (left). One of the most famous American authors, Stephen King was known for his works in the horror genre. However, while King is best known for horror, he also has several books in the realistic fiction, science fiction, and fantasy genres. That's one rea...

 This is my informal archive. As an English student, I am expected to read at least once every day. Since this project is about drawing every day, I decided to combine the two subjects and draw a moment from some of the thing I've read. The books I've read from are the following: The Broadview Anthology for British Literature, The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, Dracula by Bram Stoker, The Wastelands  by Stephen King, and The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. If you're considering reading any of these books, consider this a minor spoiler warning. Below is a picture of the books I read from. October 2, Pearl by the Pearl Poet (Broadview), A text from the medieval period, I've drawn the maiden from that text when the narrator falls asleep and sees her in his dream.  October 3, The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline, A young adult novel following a group of indigenous survivors in a post-apocalyptic world. Wab is one of the character...