Month: February 2016

Shelby Charette

Yenesis Moreno

Alex Pesina

Elements

Lines:  A mark that connects two points.

Shape: A figure that represents images.

Texture: A physical or implied pattern through repetition.

 

Value: Variation of dark to light in color.

Color: Hue and saturation within value.

Plane: A thicker dimension of a line.

Volume: Dimensions of an object.

Mass: The density of an object or figure.

Space: The area an object takes up and how it takes up the area around it.

Light: Source of brightness in a composition.

Time/Motion: Conveys movement.

Principles

Unity/Variety: sense of togetherness/difference.

Balance: When the elements of an image are properly distributed.

Scale/Proportion: Overall size of the project or elements.

Rhythm: How elements compliment each other.

Emphasis: When one element is more dominant than the others. What the artist wants you to see first/focus on.

From the readings, I have developed the idea that designers are more focused on a main product. Designers have less freedom, because their work usually has to do with meeting client’s needs. A designer not only creates to try to please aesthetically, but also functionally. An artist has more free guidelines, and their work draws in the clients, who pay to see more of the work they admire from that artist. I believe I am both an artist and designer. I work with side projects for my friends, such as a music album art work, and I give them the chance to decide whether or not it is good the way it is, or if something needs to be changed. But also, on my free time, I make art because I enjoy doing it, and if someone likes it, they can expect that unless they are paying me for my art, that I will not change it for them.

My Line Project started out with the 75 line drawings. I love to use lines, so this was very easy for me to do. In the first, I used mostly straight lines, and used what I was comfortable with, but in the second I started to experiment more. After, we had to draw a gesture drawing of an object. I chose to draw my sunglasses. Then, we had to do another gesture drawing, using 4 angels of an object while in class. I drew a chair outside of the Fine Arts building. I liked the chair drawing more, so I decided to use the chair drawings to influence my sculpture. I built my sculpture out of straws and hot glue. I then used my sculpture to cast shadows upon my poster board, and outlined the shadows. Then we used the 75 line drawings and combined them with our last step, and drew the different patterns and lines within the shadows from the sculpture. I was very happy with my final product. I believe it takes up the page nicely, and I liked contrasting the wavy lines with the straight  lines. Overall, I think my final draft was very neat and interesting.