2023 — Precious Utobunwa

[Sketch #9] Houston City Hall Building Reference [5-25-2023] Finished 5-25-2023 7:05 P.M. Houston City Hall (Reference) Houston, TX Style - Art Deco 5-18-2023 [Started the drawing]

[Sketch #8] Elverson Building (Philadelphia, PA) [4-27-2023] Precious Utobunwa Elverson Building Philadelphia, PA Style: Neoclassical Finished 3:35 A.M. on 4/28/23... looks awesome w/ [w/ means with] the brick (limestone or maybe marble since the building is Neoclassical) detailing all over the drawing. Even better than the Keenan Building sketch I completed previously.

[Sketch #5] Guggenheim Museum [3-3-2023] This didn't go so well.. Tried to salvage it at the very least... These pencil smears are annoying... Will retry at some point in the future.

[Sketch #3] Blue Pencil Sharpener [2-24-2023] + Absolute Basic Perspective [2-28-2023] 7-24-26 12:52 A.M. Update I had absolutely no understanding of 3D space when I did this sketch Original Text [2-24-2023] I tried... definetly not as good as Sketch #1. I should learn more about 3D. Was going to read Chicago Plan (Great Depression economic policy book), but charger plug [for Surface Pro 7] was out of reach, and battery's almost dead. Quick Sketch, could be much better. [2-28-23] Absolute Basic Perspective (7-24-26 Update: The day I found out Stephen Travers Youtube Art channel; Excellent Art Teacher, I am very thankful I found his channel almost immediately after deciding to pursue learning to draw).

[Sketch #2] Igor Stravinsky Upside-Down Portrait.txt [2-24-2023] BILLIONS MUST DRAW! Jk... but in this case, it came out better than expected. (Note: Some of the original words are now unreadable due to pencil smearing, but the text above is what I could make out of the remaining visible text).

[Sketch #1] Schwarzmann Library Lamp Sketchbook: To be frank, I should have done this sooner. Over 5 years, I have been interested in architecture + learning to draw. Might as well take my first steps 4:46 P.M. - Schwarzmann Lamp Thoughts: Better (more detailed) than expected. Most difficult part was attempting to draw the thin bulding lines at the top and bottom of the lampshade.

Dubious Depths Zone Rough Draft

Dubious Depths Zone v2 10-14-2023 Completed early Jan 2024 Note [7-24-2026]: This drawing was based on concept art of an unused zone from the platformer Sonic the Hedgehog CD, which I found very pretty. The drawing is meant to a little mysterious, having elements from the unused zone (streams flowing from dark, stone architecture), and elements from the bad future of Palmtree Panic (the game's first zone), namely robotic trees, pipes going throughout the background of the landscape, and water completely contaminated with industrial waste. Sonic the Hedgehog CD Notes: Good Future = Mix of nature and technology, vibrant and lively colors throughout the zone. Present = Colors vary with the intent of producing a modern feel; Potential for technology to produce harmony, but also danger of letting technology sap the vitality of the environment if uncontrolled. Bad Future = Technology used by Dr. Robotnik to completely exhaust the landscape for his mechanical concoctions. Environment is extremely rusty and dangerous, and the music's mood is one of hopelessness; of being either too late or neglectful to prevent Dr. Robotnik from pillaging the land for all of it's resources.

Perspective Test (sometime early July-2023.. preparation for first drawing without reference)

House-Street Idea [7-8-2023] (Rough Draft for Street Drawing from Imagination) Sketchbook: 7-8-22 (Typo, it's 2023) House/Street Idea Very Rough Draft, will flesh out After doing mainly architecture reference sketches for 4.5 months at this point, I wanted to put my skills to test and draw a street featuring houses and roads using purely my imagination.

[Sketch #7] - Keenan Building Reference (Pittsburgh, PA) [4-16-2023] Style - Beaux - Arts

[Sketch #6] - East 86th Street Building (Park Avenue) [3-3-2023] Sketch #5 (This is my 6th sketch, but I considered the Guggenheim Museum I did earlier as a failed sketch, hence why this building is called Sketch #5) Completed 4-11-2023 I hope putting my thoughts in pen will be much cleaner.. Had to put this off for a month to complete Roppers... [Online Cybersecurity Course] Decent.. but could be improved, especially right side

[Sketch #4] My Bedroom [3-1-2023] Much better than Sketch #3, looking at perspective videos along with analyzing the curvature of the Guggenheim Museum and applying it to real life situations (train stations, buildings, vehicles, etc.) Seems to have helped massively 4-11-2023 Edit These smears...still readable, but I sould use pen when writing these from now on.

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