Aesthetics and Objectivity in the Visual Representation of Artifacts (Part 1) – Traditional Object Documentation

Any kind of visual interpretation, either being a color rendering of a wall painting or a modeled three-dimensional view of an object, must be tailored to the audience and to the purpose of the actual drawing, whatever the range of technological aids available at the moment.

Approaches to Archaeological Illustration, A Handbook by Mélanie Steiner

This time, we would like to introduce a long planned new series here at digitalEPIGRAPHY’s Reading section that concentrates on recording archaeological artifacts.

Object drawing work environment at the Abydos Settlement Site project

Clay "paddle doll" figurine from Abydos South drawn freehand by using pencil on matte acetate

Experimenting with digital object drawing on the iPad Pro using the new Photoshop for iPad

Pencil representation of a faience shabti from the mortuary complex of Senwosret III

Pencil drawing of a painted ceramic horse head from the Abydos Settlement Site

Life-size, fully modelled and shaded representation of a small clay figurine head from South Abydos