Torn Paper

Part A and B

15" x 20"

Part A:

42 Designs made from torn paper. Each Design is 1.5" square.

3 types of designs:

a) Odd juxtapositions

b) play with the concept of tearing to create meaning

c) just a design

Part B:

Replicate an image of your choosing using torn paper.

5" x 6.5"

The idea is to take the image and make it more interesting by using the torn paper. Kudos for choosing an image with personal meaning: I chose London because my major (Visual Communications) goes on a study abroad trip after Junior year to study graphic design and advertising in one of the premiere locations for this art (after NYC) For this reason, I also chose to go for a very graphic look rather than a "photo-real" look.

Part C:

15" x 20"

Choose an object.

*Blue Painters Tape

Create a design using torn paper showing the object in action.

Drawing 1 Revision

Revised Drawing in Ink

30" x 22"

This is the Final Drawing. I revisited it after about 7 weeks and fixed a few things.

#1 Probably the most noticeable, I darkened the shadows from the grass because before they didn't match up with the shadows from the ants.

#2 I added some crosshatching to the grass to tie it in with the ants. You can't see it that well in this thumbnail, but it is a subtle change that brings the drawing together some more.

I got a B on this the first time I submitted it, and she said that was the highest grade she gave out. Hopefully with these improvements, it will get bumped up to an A.

Original Drawing

Procrastination

Okay, so I'm really putting off this design project and drawing. But its only sunday and I have a whole week ahead of me so I feel alright. Anyways, I did some research for my next project in Research Studio class today, so then I played on Photoshop for the rest of the day. ;)

This is a fake Movie Poster I made. I think it would be cool to have a live action Snow White remake. I'd love Tim Burton to direct and make it spooky like he does. I'd also want the witch to have a larger role and for the dwarves to be really creepy.

This is the source image I used. I shot this of my friend Susan's Hand. I don't claim credit for Art direction; Alyssa was having her pose for a video project and I was out shooting as well so I snapped a few pics of my own of her hand.

Somehow, I lost the entire picture which included grass in the background, but i didn't need that anyway; these remains that I had served me just fine for inspiration and usable photographic material.

1up

Dave is back from his trip to SF.

He didn't present anything in class this week, but he chimed in on something just long enough to utter his famous word...

Once.

So the official count is now: 183

Drawing 3 - Color Exercise

22 x 30

Introduction to Color. This was supposed to be a quick exercise that got us beginning to work with color. We were supposed to draw a toy in Complementary colors (I chose purple and yellow. [left] ) And then we had to draw a different view in Analogous colors using the same colors as before. So the one on the right uses the same yellow, but also a cooler yellow and a warmer yellow-orange. It is complemented with purple as well as fuschia and blue.

PEEPS

Holly, Caitlin and I finally got to set up our Peep Elevator Display today! I am very pleased with How it turned out.

It took about 2 hours to actually place the peeps in the elevator, but there was some prepwork involved earlier in the week because we had to glue paper to the backs of them so that we'd be able to tape them on the walls.

We fit about 6 people into the elevator at a time, and it became very claustrophobic. People gave more space to the peeps than they gave each other.

The most interesting feedback we got was that when the door opened, it was cute, but as everyone piled in, the peeps became menacing and intrusive. (That was our goal)

Under our budget of $60, we were able to get 600 Peeps, and we used them all. We all agreed that it didn't look like 600 though.

Unfortunately, we had to take the project down after our critique. I was only up for 2 hours. :(

So thats what 600 peeps look like in the trash.

Little Chick :)

Drawing Class: we're moving on to color! I love color, but I was just starting to love black and white. Oh well. So the next drawing is of a toy that we must supply. I picked this up from the dollar store. Her name is Gilda. I am to draw her in complementary colors and then in analagous colors using chalk pastels. Wish me luck. This is a quick drawing. Only a week.

More Boredom

It's a wonder how I get any real work done because enjoy just playing on photoshop much more. I found a photo of this girl, played with the colors and saturation and placed her on a plain background with some 60s stylings for a vintage pinup.

Bond Girls

I had a pretty busy weekend, but somehow I managed to find time for an extra project.

I love these Illustrations from the covers of James Bond Novels, so I edited them together and added some backgrounds, shadows, etc. to make some cool posters. Photoshop really is a semi-productive time waster!

Drawing 2 - Final

Final Figure Drawing

26" x 44"

Vine Charcoal, Compressed Charcoal,

and Black and White charcoal Pencils on White Paper