Self-Portrait

For my self portrait I took 7 pictures of myself and then combined them together on to one picture. I used a camera and photoshop to create the final design. The concept behind my portrait was to show how although I may be teased a bunch at school, I too do the teasing, gossiping, and ignoring. The lockers represent the school aspect, the two mes in the center represent the gossiping. The me in the fetal position represents the victim or teased individual. The mes pointing and laughing represent the teasers, and finally the mes with their backs turned represent the people who ignore whats going on. I like the unity in the colors however it does make it hard to see, I also like the unity in using all one person. I liked the overall project and since it fits well in the 2D design since it uses aspects of design and it is 2D. I would probably do some changes if I were to add this into my portfolio however.

Limitless Imagintation

For this free choice project we had creative freedom to create whatever we wanted as long as it fit in with our portfolio. So for my project I used an old portrait I had taken and added a sumi-e filter to it while doing some illustrator work for the background and text. Overall I enjoyed this project and thought that it turned out well. I might have liked to do something more over the top with the text and background but the project still worked out fine for me. As for the elements and principles of design I feel that my project best emulates both shape, color, and contrast. There are a lot of circular type motifs in my work as well as fantastical colors that contrasted the dark background colors. I hope to have many more successful pieces after this one.

Word Art Continued

Word Art

While doing the word art project I learned many things. The first of which is that there are many different media options available to use other than those that I prefer. I found that I really enjoyed using the pastels and that painting is okay. I also experimented with charcoal pencils. Although it never reached the finished phase I did attempt collage and I think that would be something to explore further in my 2D design portfolio. Finally I also realized that time management plays a big part and if I were to have used my time well I may have done a better job.

Vacations

So I've been away for about two weeks due to two vacations. About two weeks ago I was in Vermont. It's a very lovely state with rolling mountains and lush greenery. Unfortunately I didn't get my new camera until last Saturday so only my mom took pictures. After that trip I had a week of chilling before leaving on my Mission Trip this last Monday. We went to Battle Creek and demo-ed a house, renovated a house, and primed a house. This time around I had a camera and took 305 pictures! Not all were usable since they were mostly to document the trip and have fun so they are mostly Facebook style pic's. In fact all of them are on Facebook if you want to check them out. Finally I'm close to finishing all 3 pieces so I'm mostly ready for next year.

Fireworks

So last weekend I watched fireworks at my Uncle's lake house. It was pretty cool and it got me to thinking. I thought that it might be cool to find a picture of a person and then like do their face in a firework kinda motif. I've got the idea of it in my head, and I think it would look cool. Regardless I think that fireworks are cool looking, colorful, and all around fun, so using them in art would be sweet. Will post pictures of stuff soon!

Summerfest

So I've been going to summerfest a lot this year, and just like Pridefest I have found a multitude of influences. Color can play an enormous part in what your final project looks like, but I've also found that taking a creative approach to sounds and conversing that into a 2D project can end up quite wonderfully. I have a whole bunch of ideas on how to incorporate music in to my work and make an intangible thing, tangible. Thus I've been sketching up a bunch of these ideas and hope to have a June piece all though by the look of time it seems that I may be doing two pieces in July. You know me, always slow on the uptake :)

Pridefest

So on Sunday I spent 8 hours at Pridefest and thought of interesting ideas to incorporate into my art work. Being as it was Pridefest there was plenty of rainbow inspired items as well as plenty of brightly colored people and objects. This excessive display of color made me think of how to use color in my own pieces to add emphasis and to overall brighten the mood. Unfortunately I did not have a camera with me, therefore there were plenty of portraits and photo ops that I had to pass up. Regardless, this experience made me think of color and reminded me to always bring a camera with you.