knife-project 2#

Knife drawing

I started my knife trace with the knife blade, the blade was made out of mostly curved lines and when I did the handle is was also curved lines. The shape of the knife is a mix of organic and geometric shapes and lines. The knife is varietal and the lines of the knife are thin and long with a lot of curves and only a few straight lines. The color of the knife is darker with the handle being dark brown and the blade a darker gray. The texture of the knife handle seems rugged and easily grip able and the knife blade looks sharp and strong.

I started my knife sketch using the paintbrush tool and I did a quick sketch of my knife and didn’t use any other tools. Next when I did my knife trace I put the knife picture in the middle of the screen and then locked the image. I then started on the knife blade using the pen tool after I had traced everything; I then used the direct selection tool using the knobs and adjusted my lines if it was needed and then locked the image anytime I adjusted something or did another segment. After the blade I moved on to the handle, using the pen tool I made the handle and after I made the groves in the handle. My last step with to go back to the blade and trace the darker area inside the blade and then I was finished.  

In my opinion I like the color drawing better than the free hand drawing and uncolored trace. I like it better because my drawing isn’t the best because it doesn’t look like the knife in the trace. I also like my colored trace better the outline trace because the colored trace makes the knife look more real.those are the reasons I like the trace with color best and not the other ones.