Final Project

I chose the Windham County Humane Society as my organization to promote. Below is a new logo, business card and a trifold brochure.

Logo:

Business card:

Brochure setup: 
          Inside Back         - inside middle back  -     Front



















Other side of brochure set up:
    Inside front  -             inside middle front  -             Back

Poster assignment

My organization of choice is the Windham County Humane Society and the poster to promote donations uses tertiary contrasts for the artwork of yellow-orange against blue-violet. For the text I used primary colors of blue, green and orange.

Color assignment

My color wheel and 3 color strips

Screen shot of my color challenge results:

Self Portrait Assignment

Did my self portrait in Photoshop by copying and pasting textures of different values to create it.

Week Il = Illusion of space and motion

In all of these examples the red outline is my addition in Photoshop to illustrate my point and is not part of the original artwork.

Illusion of Space 



Size:
This painting by  Linh Chin-Lai
uses size to create the illusion of space. Flowers in the foreground are larger, flowers get smaller as they recede into the distance.
















Overlapping:
It wasn't clear who the artist is on this one, off of webshots website, loaded by prasantti, but this is an example of the use of overlapping to create space. The young girl in front of the dying girl in the lap of the mother, with a women behind her and yet another behind her give the illusion of depth and space.






One-point perspective:

This photograph from Retro-perspective Fine Art Prints utilizes the lines of the bridge and the railroad tracks to focus the eye to a single focal point, giving it a one-point perspective.














Illusion of Motion


Repeated figures:
The repeated figurines of rabbits by Pierre Vanni gives this sculpture a sense of motion  as you expect more and more to show up. This sculpture also uses anticipation by the position of the running legs to allude to motion.











Figure cropped:
This painting called Ballroom Dancing by John LaGatta crops out the extension of the man's legs and the woman's arm to maintain imagined motion by suggestion.














Op art:
This optical illusion by Japanese artist A. Kitaoka uses only static lines to create a sense of motion.

Texture and Pattern

I scanned the following 15 items as examples of texture:

a bamboo placemat
straight pins
cross cut cardboard from cat scratcher
terrycloth
hay
sand paper
oatmeal
pressboard
tin foil
Easter grass
a feather duster
crocheted lace
stones
string of beads
golf balls

I created a gray scale from parts of those scans, sometime having to enlarge to zoom into a certain value of that scan.

Negative space

I used my dining room chair and table I use as a plant stand shot from three different angles then deleted background objects and filled with black in Photoshop.

Line styles - Week 8

Emotions expressed in line with pastel:
(clockwise)  fear; joy; reluctant; love.













Verbs expressed in line with watercolor:
(clockwise) crying; whispering;
dancing; crawling.














Line Drawing in Dry Media:
(clockwise) contour; blind contour; gesture in pencil; gesture in pastel.

Volume created by line:
(clockwise) feathered lines in watercolor; cross hatch lines in pastel; directional line in pencil; bold lines in acrylic.

Mid term headshot assignment

I chose this photo because, while normally I am quite uncomfortable in front of a camera, at the time this photo was taken I was out on the town with my two daughters, so I feel it is a more natural and relaxed shot of me. I had Photoshopped them out for the purposes of this assignment by extending the wall behind me which also made it less cluttered. My time in the company  of my two grown daughters (and granddaughter, although she is much too young to be out on the town!) are my most treasured moments and I feel this sense of contentment comes through in this photo. It represents me today as I have become more accepting and comfortable with myself while I continue to explore new things.
The most predominant visual principle I see in this portrait is my face as the focal point. I like the angle at which this photo was taken, it is made more interesting by the added depth created by perspective than a straight on shot would be.  In a stretch you could say my hair creates rhythm as it keeps the eye following the strands around my face, my wrinkles too! I think it is hard to do an objective review of the photo since it is so personal and my eyes will be more likely to look at this from a different point of view than anyone else. Besides, my choice for this particular photograph wasn't for artistic qualities, but purely on an emotional level, for me anyway.

Week 6 - Rhythm projects

I chose to use the sense of smell to create my rhythm assignment. This design with skunks should bring the sense of the smell I described as pungent.




















 These spiralling lilies of the valley reflects a pleasant smell:
















For the smell that brings on relaxation I chose lavender with some photoshop treatment :

For the fourth sense of smell I chose comfort. The smell of chocolate chip cookies are comforting I think.

For the fifth design using shapes and lines in black and white:

Rhythms from past assignments

I see rhythm in this photo of the WorthamCenter in Houston, Texas that was posted on Flickr by 42leaves as progressive rhythm created by the persepective of the narrowing corridor and the columns that support the curved ceiling repeating while fading into the distance.

In this painting, Hansa Unity by Cherie Glasco, the lines that represent the feathers of the swans' bodies flow from one swan to the other creating a flowing rhythm.

Week 5 - Balance

I normally like to do things in Photoshop but this looked like too much fun not to do it with construction paper and years of accumulated items in my kitchen.
In my first composition I found the hardest part was getting the items to not move while I was tracing. They aren't called rolling pins for nothing.

 

 Composition Balance 1

I found it easier to design the black shapes on the white background than the kitchen objects on the black paper. On the first composition, because the final design was to be silhouettes it was harder to see the overall design without the interference of the colors of the items I was tracing. Also the 3 dimensions of the objects added an element of interest that didn't transfer in the tracing. When creating the second composition, what I was working with was the final design which I found easier.

Composition Balance 2

Scale Assignment

I chose to toys and items in reality that they often represent for the subject matter in my assignment of scale.I call this Babes in Warland

Emphasis Assignment

I found all of these examples online in google search of images. The focal points are circled in red.

The use of emphasis for a focal point


 




One element as the focal point example: The single lime green element in this composition directs the eye to the head of the lego object.


Edvard Munch's "The Scream" 
LEGO'd by Joel Grannas









No focal point example: The repetition of similar human faces wearing the same color clothing and hair leaves this artwork with no focal point.

Repetiiton from the website www.stealthstuff.com



 


Isolation as the focal point example: The larger blue figure set apart from the rest of the blue figures, drawing the eye to that area of the artwork first.

Cover art for the CD The Outsider by Donna Williams.




 

Placement as the focal point example: The central figures co-create a focal point as the eye travels from the woman dressed in black and white around to the black and white dog and to the children, first the one on the black and white dog, then to the other child. The flow is aided by the placement of arms and eye gazes of the subjects.

by Renoir


 


Contrast as the focal point example: The focal point here is the girl, a soft, warm (animal) subject against the course and cold (mineral) objects of furniture and architecture.

By Bryan Larsen

Week 2 - Unity Assignment

Example of a grid to create unity in art:

 

This painting on fabric uses a grid for continuity. It implies the single view out a window with the panes creating a feeling of connection between the left- and right- side orange patches that represent the leaves. The frames around the panes are a common factory between the leafless and leafed tree limbs. It think If I were to improve on this, I would add at least one more patch of orange in one of the top right panes to create a stronger path for the eye to flow around the window panes

Grid by Chandel  Design


Examples of Unity:

An example of unity through proximity:

 

These swans are in such close proximity that the path of the eye is contained within the flow of the shape of the bodies.
Hansa Unity by Cherie Glasco





An example of repetition with emphasis on similarity:

 


This photograph of the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas  is an example in architecture of repetition with an emphasis on similarity. The theme of repetition is not only in the pillars along the hallway, but in the design on the floor.
Photograph off of Flickr by 42leaves






 An example of repetition with emphasis on variety:

 

There is a repetition of Marilyn's face, but variety in how each image is treated
Marilyn by Andy Warhol 

 

 










An example of unity through continuity:

 


The flow of outstretched arms and legs keeps the eye moving along the line of women.
Unity by Monica Stewart








An example of a grid as an organizing factor:

 


This geometric arrangement of various creations of the same color range and similar patterns is organized by an imaginary grid.
Mixed media  poster by Robyn  Gordon







An example of a chaotic unreadable image:

 

The repetition of similar shapes gives this unity, but there is no discernable image to be perceived in the arrangement.
by Paula Phelps




An example of non-objective expression of unity:

 

Even though there is no distinct object, these patterns of color and light create unity by  repeated patterns of color. I find this beautiful and conjures up the idea of peacock feathers.
Abstract Design pop art by Giovanni Rubaltelli














An example of  figurative expression of unity:

 


There is unity with the repetition of women's bodies, with lines of the bodies flowing from one the other, creating one single unified figure.

 The Three Graces Variety, a marble sculpture by Antonio Canova
 

2D-Design Class

I already have an account and a blog set up with this google blogger that I did for my multimedia communications class last summer, so I will just pick up from there. I checked out the options available for other templates to thinking I would mix it up a little, but I REALLY still like this design so I will stick with it.

While listening to President Obama's state of the union address I searched and searched for the type of design that blows me away when I stumble on one, usually silhouettes of two items overlapping that creates a third image, all the while making a statement. If and when I find one during the course of this class I will post it. It is apparently not an easy feat since I can't find one. However I did find this one which is pretty close to ideal for me. It has balance with the buildings, a strong focal point and movement with the blue that is in contrast to dark buildings. I like the use of light to create shadows. It invokes the emotions of hope and optimism to me. All this is done with simple and uncomplicated shapes.