concentration 1-7

My concept for these concentration pieces, is relating to the bond between nature and technology; specifically, nature becoming technology. From a craftsmanship perspective, I have drawn a bunch of these in colored pencils, scanned them to the computer, then edited them in Photoshop or Illustrator. I have added text and other filters to make them digitally designed. My pieces have appealing compositions, all focusing on the rule of thirds and the different types of symmetry. The elements/principles of art I used are contrast, unity, movement, and balance. Contrast was shown in these pieces because of the different color schemes and bold views that are shown. Unity is also shown through color, because each piece's colors go together well and are carried on throughout the piece. My entire concentration used a lot of colors from nature, so I think that goes along well with my concept. Movement and balance can be seen in my concentration through digital brushstrokes and compositions.

Portfolio Progress 3-25-11

The focus for my concentration is technology becoming nature. I feel like the work I have done so far, is portraying my concept very well. Although some pieces need a little more work, I feel I am doing a good job focusing and getting my point across. I like my media a lot because I am able to draw and use the computer applications as well, which kind of brings out the nature and natural aspect through the drawings. The elements and principles of design my concentration pieces use are color, unity, and emphasis. I tried to incorporate similar colors in my colored pencil drawings, and the tree/mac and the electronic face one use the same color blue, but all together the colors are not the same. This is something I may want to change so that the entire concentration goes together. Of course, my concentration as a whole, has unity because they all are about the same concept. Emphasis is shown in each piece so that the concept gets across better. This is done through composition and rendering.
The three C's are also shown in my concentration so far.
Composition: each piece has an evident visual organization to please the viewer's eye.
Craftsmanship: The pieces show my hardwork on each piece, colored pencil and then computer editing. However, some may need a little more work/rendering.
Concept: Most viewers will easily distinguish the concept of nature becoming technology, or their own concept somewhere along those lines.

Concentration numba 1

My concept for this piece, and all my other concentration pieces is based around the relationship between nature and technology; specifically nature becoming technology. My first project is more based on technology and people. I took a portrait of myself and combined it with an electronic light thing picture and then added text in the background. I played a lot with the elements/principles of color, symmetrical balance, and unity. Color with the brightness and contrasts between the different shades. Symmetrical balance on the background being the same on both sides of my head. Unity in everything tying together (colors, fonts, textures).

Packer Fever

For the Packer Fever project, my concept was to create the literal feeling of having a "Packer Fever". I used the three C's in this project with concept, through the literal, craftsmanship, by creating and generating a poster with Adobe Photoshop, and composition with asymmetrical balance and the rule of thirds. The elements/principles of art I used are contrast, emphasis, and space. I think my project has a lot of depth and is very pleasing to the eye. I could see this poster in an ad or hanging up in an appropriate area.

an explanation of the semester..

"I don't think people are born artists; I think it comes from a mixture of your surroundings, the people you meet, and luck." - Francis Bacon, an Anglo-Irish figurative painter known for his bold, graphic, and emotionally raw imagery.

For my first semester portfolio/exhibit I chose to incoporate, what I feel are my five best projects from this semester. I chose "Save Us", "Running through Time", "Open Hands, Open Heart", "Give Happiness", "Broken", ad "Regret". All of these pieces fit into the 2D design portfolio I am aiming for. Three of the five of these projects are free choice projects to likely fit in the Breadth secion of the portfolio with the rest of my semester one work. Viewing these three free choice projects in particular ("Running through Time", "Save Us", and "Regret"), one can determine my development as an artist quite easily. I feel like I have grasped the concept of 2D design and the different directions I could go gradually from the beginning of the semester up until now. My pieces start out with little direction and meaning behind them rather than just trying to make something "cool" and move toward symbolic pieces with concept and thought behind them that actually makes sense, while continuing to establish the appealing and eye catching factor.

To make my work unique, I wanted to display it from a literal point of view. When people hang their clothes out to dry on a clothesline, they are putting it out in the open for everyone to see. My innovative approach was to expose my work as though it were being hung out on a clothesline in the sky for all to see.

exposed

Regret

My concept for this free choice project was to portray how in life you can't change the past no matter how hard you try, or want to. I was inspired to do this piece because of a Michelle Branch song called "Breathe" with the line "life's like an hourglass glued to the table". My composition and craftsmanship for this piece were successful. I created it in Photoshop and created a rule of thirds composition with one hand grabbing the hourglass and trying to change the past, while the other is glueing it down in place. I added the words to the project last minute, to give it some more depth. Without the words, the piece looked plain and boring. The words are a quote about regret that say "I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday." I feel like this project was a complete success. The elements/principles I used in my piece were unity - in the colors and how everything is connected in the composition, and space -in the space created by the composition.