Day sixty-five of The 100 Day Project for 2021.
I thought I'd left myself short of space for the camera width, so I shortened the top elements accordingly.
As it turns out, I think my sketchy Instamatic is actually too wide, proportionally.
The text on the front of the camera certainly is. I made the executive decision to leave off the word 'camera' due to space.
I think I struggle with fonts when they are white on black and slimline because I'm drawing the outline. If I'm not careful and it's too close, the lines merge together. So shading then makes it disappear. It's something I need to work on.
The perspective of the front of the camera feels okay. But the lens ended up drawn deeper than it should be. (Again, because of not wanting lines to merge together). And the lines of the side of the camera are off.
The shading is totally haphazard and rubbish.
This puppy was a gift from Simon my birthday last year from a charity shop or similar. It came complete with an unused roll of 126 film, which we've almost used up.
It would have been used up more quickly except for us having been in lockdown a lot of the time since he gifted it to me. We should finish off the roll in the next month or so. And then hopefully get it processed and printed soon after. Much-delayed gratification; not at all 'Instamatic.
Here's hoping it's not faulty and that the film comes out okay!
Today's initial sketch was done with a 4H pencil. Some lines were drawn over heavier with the 4H pencil. Darker lines and shading were done with a 2B and a 4B pencil.