Violin Studies

Illustration

2015

A series of studies on what elements are required to make an illustration read as a violin, and how the stylization adds additional characteristics to its interpretation.

Originally drawn in marker and later vectorized.

Medium

Vectorized Marker

Contents

9 studies

I (Traditional)

Line art depicting a violin

II (Stamp)

Line art depicting a violin inverted against a black speckled background, reminiscent of a stamp.

III (Line)

A single line wrapping along and back across itself to give the impression of a violin.

IV (Silhouette)

A featureless black silhouette of a violin.

V (EdgeBlock)

Organic lines and shapes depicting the 3-dimensional nature and interplay of light across a violin.

VI (BlockShape)

Rough organic shapes depicting the bridge and key planes of a violin.

VII (Electric)

A dynamic mix of line weights, shapes, and dots making up the shape of a violin.

IIX (Sunken)

Rough broken line segments and dots, reminiscent of a violin that is buried in the deep sea.

IX (Minim)

Short minimal line segments reflecting the essential shape of a violin with no extraneous detail.