2D Design Stipple Drawing

The stipple drawing graded project begins with a black and white photograph of your choosing. It must be a photograph of something real, not line art, computer graphics, etc. Ideally the photo should include a wide range of values, from light to dark and various gray tones in between. It can be an actual photographic print, or something you find in a magazine, book, etc. You'll be making a drawing based on the photo, so choose something you feel comfortable drawing. I made the example above, the three below are student projects from earlier semesters. (Click on the photos to enlarge them)

                                      

On a piece of paper draw a box 6"x 6" in pencil. Choose a square portion of your photograph to reproduce inside that box. You can draw it at exactly the same size, or choose a smaller square and enlarge it to fill the 6 square inch box. (in all three examples above, the smaller image is the original photo, the large image is the resulting dot drawing) Draw the composition from the photo in pencil inside the box. Then use your ultra fine point marker to match the values from the photo in your drawing, using nothing but dots.

The main focus in grading these will be how well you match the exact values of the original photo. Your ability to exactly copy the composition of the photo is not as important, but it will be very difficult to match the various value shapes within the composition if your drawing is not faithful to the original. I'll also be looking for consistency in your choice of values. You may not use line or switch to a larger marker to fill in broad areas of black, just the same tiny dots. It must meet the minimum 6 square inch size, but may be bigger if you want your drawing to be of a different proportion.