Assignment #8 - Pop-art

Artist Reflection:

           In this assignment we chose images to make pop-art. I think the strongest technical part of my work is the attention to different skin tones and colors. For example my pop-art of Eazy E (left) I think I made the lips look very realistic. On my picture of Biggie Smalls (right) I think I put a lot of detail into the sweater he is wearing. One thing that I could improve on is on Biggie Smalls making his face more visible, I think it is hard to see the detail on his face.

          I think one easy thing about this project was the coloring. I thought this was fun and enjoyable to color in all of the white parts in the picture. Along with being fun, this part of the project also was very easy and that might be why it was so fun. One thing I found difficult about this project was  making the image black and white and having all the features still visible. On my picture of Biggie I think the face is a little too dark and you cannot see all of the detail.

          The objective of this project was to make an individual pop art and then make a pop art with the image on a four image grid with the hue changed on each one. I think I demonstrated this objective very well throughout my work. I think I really did this with the picture of  Biggie, that picture is put into the four image grid. If I could do this again and change something I think I would probably make an NBA player instead of a rapper.

Assignment #7 - Merged Animal

Artist Refection:

              In this assignment we had to merge two animals together, the two animals I chose was a duck and a giraffe. The strongest technical aspect in my project was the use of the clone stamp tool. This tool was used to add the duck texture over the giraffes skin. This was used to make my project look a lot more realistic. An aspect that could be improved on is the cutting out of the beak. I think I could make this better by spending more time on cutting this part out.

             I think one thing that was easy about this project was lining up the ducks beak with the giraffes head. I did this by lining up the eyes and cutting out the beak and adjusting it until it looks like it was in the correct. One thing I found difficult about this project was the use of the clone stamp tool. I had to do the clone stamp tool many times and at first I didn't understand how to use the tool making it very difficult for me to use.

              The objective of this art activity was to combine two animals and have features from each of the animals in the project. I think I demonstrated this part of the project by having the beak and the ducks fur on the giraffe. If I could do this activity again I would choose two different animals to base my project on. I would choose a shark and an eagle, That would be a very interesting combination.

Assignment #6 - Shape Design

Artist Reflection:
                   For the sixth assignment in graphic design we had to make a symmetrical shape design. I think the strongest aspect of my work is probably the use of the opacity change. I used this to make it look like the rectangles were going from darker to brighter. I also like the choice of the three colors I used, I think these colors go very well together.  One aspect I think I could improve on is the spacing of my shapes. I think I could make everything more spaced out and make it less active in some spots and more active in others.

                 Something I found easy about this art activity was the use of the ellipse tool and rectangle tool. This was easy because the shapes I was making were really easy to create, also the color them in was really easy and also very enjoyable. I didn't really find anything that difficult in this project, but if I had to chose one thing it would be the outlining of the circles. I found this confusing a little bit because the settings were some what confusing, but soon I got used to it.

                I demonstrated the objective in this project. The objective in this project was to make a symmetrical image with the ellipse and rectangle tool. I did this by using the ellipse tool to make my circles and rectangle tool to make my rectangles. I also had to place my shapes symmetrically and had to keep that in mind while I was placing them. If I were to do this project again I would most likely not put those X's. I wouldn't because I think it takes up a lot of space and doesn't look correct. I enjoyed this project and it was a more easy and calm project that helped me relax while I was completing it.

Assignment #5 Polaroid

Artist Reflection:

               For my fifth assignment in graphic design class we has to choose a picture and put polaroid images around it to make it look like it was coming out of the polaroids.  I think the strongest technical aspect of my work is the polaroids placement and the trimming of the parts outside the polaroid. I think this because I believe my artwork looks good with the parts sticking out adding a three-dimensional effect. I think one technical aspect I could improve on is my background. I think I could add more to the background and add more and overlap more things.

                Something easy to do in this project I found was the overlapping of the polaroids. I found it easy to place the polaroids like someone just threw them on my image. I found this easy because once I placed all of my polaroids, it was easy to rotate and make all of the polaroids look like i just threw them on a table. Something that was difficult about this project was the cutting of my original image. I think this because it was hard to cut all of the images, one thing that was very helpful though was the polygonal lasso tool. That helped me cut my images out and made it very accurate.

               I demonstrated the objective in this project. The objective was to make an image surrounded by polaroids and have parts sticking out of it. I think I did demonstrate the objective of this project because I put some parts sticking out of the polaroids. If I could do this art activity again, (which I would) I would change the basketball player I did it on. I would choose a different image of a basketball player dunking or shooting and put my polaroids around that image. Overall I enjoyed this project and had a lot of fun making it.

Tattoo Artist - Assignment #4

Artist Refection:

                For our fourth assignment in Graphic Design class we made a tattoo on our body. I think the strongest technical aspect of my work in this project was the warp tool. This tool made it able for me to create the illusion that the tattoo was wrapping around my arm. A technical aspect that could be improved on is my use of the dodge tool and burn tool. This needs to be improved because the lines I brightened and darkened could be improved.

                Something that I found easy in this project was the warp tool. I found this easy because it allowed me to have the tattoo wrap around my arm. It was pretty easy to do this part of the project because the warp tool was an easy tool to use and all you had to do was drag it until the tattoo looked good. A harder aspect of my work was the burn and dodge tool. This is because I the darkening and brightening of the image was confusing and difficult to me at first. Another thing that confused me and I found difficult was the displace tool. This confused me because at first I messed up on the displacement map so the displace tool didn't work correctly.

                I demonstrated the objective in this project. The objective of this project was to apply a tattoo to a black and white picture, and make it realistic. I think I demonstrated the objective in my artwork with the way my tattoo looks and how it wraps around my arm, like a real tattoo would. If I were to do this activity again I would use a different tattoo. The new tattoo I would use would be another animal, a lion or a tiger, something fierce like that.

Landscape Collage - Assignment #3

Artist Reflection:
              For our third assignment in graphic design class we did a landscape collage. For this we got different images off the internet and used them to put them into a landscape to look like it was all one image. The strongest technical aspect of my work was the masking tool and making the whole project look like it all goes together. The masking tool allowed this to work because I erased the background with the mask. My weakest aspect of technology and the aspect I could work on improving is the cutting with the magic wand and eraser. This could be improved by not trying to cut so exact and making it look so unnatural.

            Something I found easy and fun about this project was using the masking tool to make the project all come together. I found this easy because after I was first showed how to, it was very simple after that.  I also found this part of the project very fun and interesting to make a new environment that I created myself. Something that was difficult about this project was getting rid of the white background on the forest and making it look good and realistic. This was difficult because the white background behind the trees was behind the branches and made it look very choppy and unrealistic.

           The objective in this project was to create a unified imaginary landscape and have a fore ground, middle ground, and background. I demonstrated the objective in this project by adding the sunset to the background, putting the mountains in the middle ground, and the forest and lake in the fore ground. The fore ground, middle ground, and background all make the imaginary landscape. If I could do this project again something I would do differently would be the environment I made in this imaginary landscape. I would maybe change it to a more tropical theme if I were to do it again.

Personal Identity - Assignment #2

Artsist Reflection:
              In graphic design we did a project on personal identity. This project was for us to go get pictures for things we like and help describe us. The strongest technical aspect I used on my work was the colors I used. I think the different array of spontaneous colors looks good in this project also. I like the way the colors compliment each other especially on the sneakers. I think a technical aspect that can be improved in my work is the spacing on the project. This could be improved by me making things smaller or larger and positioning them in different ways to make some of the things on this project stand out more.

             I found many things in this project to be easy and enjoyable. One thing that I found easy was the coloring, I also found this enjoyable because it was fun to color in the images that I liked. Another thing that was easy was finding the images. This was made very easy by going and looking for large images on google images. One thing I found difficult about this project though was getting rid of the white backgrounds for some pictures. One picture I had trouble doing this with was the pizza because it had part of it connected to the part I was removing.

             I demonstrated the objective in this project by making it about my personal identity. The objective of this project is to show who you are and what you enjoy through pictures. I think I succeeded in doing this, because a lot of different things in the project has something to do with what I enjoy or do. If I was to do this project again I would add more pictures. I would do this to balance out the top part because it only has one thing up there. Overall I enjoyed this project and think it helps describes me a lot with the things that are in it.

Text Design- Assignment #1

Artist Reflection:
                    The first assignment we did was a text design with the letter of our choice. One of my strongest technical aspects of my work in this assignment was how I flipped and rotated my letters. I think this was good because it added a lot of originality to my project and made it very unique. A technical aspect I could improve on though would be the colors that I chose. I could have added more colors that are much brighter and florescent to contrast with my more darker color
scheme.  I think this would improve my overall project adding more original and contrasting colors making my art much better but it can do without it.
                 
                   There was many different easy things about this project. The first thing I found easy was the flip tool. This was such an easy tool to use and it was so helpful in this project to keep everything symmetrical. It also added some creativity to my project because I could put different shapes and flip them and have them all symmetrical with the flip tool.  Something I found hard about this assignment is my colors I had to choose and background color I chose. I found this difficult because I didn't think anything looked good, this caused some problems. I decided to use green and keep making it darker but still having some lighter green to go along with the dark.
                 
                   I demonstrated the objective in this assignment by using the radial symmetry. The objective of this assignment was to use your letter and make it exactly symmetrical on both sides. I demonstrated this by making my letter B the same on each side of the project. If I were to do this project again I would do a few things differently. One thing I would do differently is I'd pick different different, brighter colors to use in my project. Also I think I would make my design much different. I maybe wouldn't have as many Bs but I would make bigger ones but not as many. Finally I would change the opacity more if I was to redo this activity again.