Aisha

This was a very annoying assignment.  I think it could have definitely come out better, but I just gave up because the amount of patience I had for this was low to begin with.  Most everything looks perfect until you get to the face.  I couldn't quite get the lights and darks to blend the way they should.  So the most difficult part was most definitely the face. 

Stencil Template

Cancun Text

Stencil Photo

Junk Shadow

I feel that this piece was very successful because many of the materials that we were allowed to use are very difficult to work with.  The fact that our result was quite unique and realistic was an accomplishment.  From the start eveything seemed to not work at all, and we had no idea what we were trying to make.  We just kept throwing stuff on top. Our base wasn't very sturdy, so I grabbed a flatter box to use as our base.  and that seemed to help a lot.  If I were to do this project again I would just open up my eyes more and make use of the things that were in plain sight.  The hardest part was to think of something to create out of tons of junk.  I learned that I need to visualize something before putting it together. 

Value Scale Drawing

I feel that this piece was very successful.  I believe it is my best piece yet in AOIT Art One.  If I were to do this again I would spend more time on picking out the shapes.  That seemed to cause some issues later in the process.  I must say the most difficult part of this piece was working on the nose and mouth.  I still haven't fixed it to the best of my abilities, but yes it was the hardest area to work with.  I learned that I shouldn't be afraid of the dark.  That worked out for me quite well because I am not!

Flying Shadow Reference

Bono - Reduced to Four Shades of Gray

Walk Cycle Animation

This piece is not one of my most succesful pieces.  This was just overall a pain in the butt...since the paper was so light when people would walk by my working area the paper would move.  That was the difficult part, just keeping the paper still till I snapped a picture.  If I did this project over again I would use construction paper instead of printer paper.  I learned that stop motion animation is a pain staking process and it requires a lot of patience.

Fish Animation

  

I feel that this piece is pretty succesful.  We had the task of taking a grammar school students cartoon artwork and animating it using Photoshop.  To complete this project I had to cut out the fish and and then clone the waves to make a flowing background where the fish used to be.  Nothing really didn't work for me that I ended up trying.  If I were to do this project again I would make my animation more elaborate. The most difficult part of this project was the blending of the background.  It was a challenge to get things to flow like they do.  I learned that the feather eraser option is very helpful in many ways.

Mesh Project

My object was fairly unique I believe.  I made a list of both animate and inanimate objects.  I went through both of my lists and chose two thing that I thought I could possibly mesh together.  I came up with a snake and a garden hose.  I feel that my cuts are very clean and precise.  I tried my best to math the colors so it will still look like a snake and a hose.  It was difficult because the lighting was different on each image.  My image doesn't contain much juxtaposition or high contrast.  It was a fairly simple idea, I just couldn't come up with the result I truly wanted.

Mesh Objects

20 Animate Objects:
- Tree
- Clouds
- Flower
- Bird
- Dolphin

- Fish
- Sun
- Octopus
- Athlete
- Zebra
- Giraffe
- Snake
- Gazelle
- Lion
- Okapia
- Coati Mundi
- Kangaroo
- Sugar Bear
- Panda Bear
- Worm

20 Inanimate Objects:
- Grocery Bag
- House
- Hose
- Power Lines
- Electrical Tape
- Plane
- Kite
- Car
- Yarn
- Headphones
- Car Wash
- Gummy Bears
- Gummy Worms
- Paint Splatter
- Sparkle Dust
- Purse
- Snow
- Lightning
- Ball
- Lollipop

Bono Colorize

Elephant Tang

This particular project was fun and challenging at the same time.  I was able to use my creativity to come up with two animals that I could put together to create a newimal.  I chose to put a yellow tang and an elephant together.  The shapes worked well together so it was a great idea.  My only issue was the texture and color matching.  I still wish the color blended much better than it does.  I also wish the texture of the elephants head was more like the fish's body.  Overall the project was interesting, it defintely gave me some practice with tools I don't normally use. 

Rhino in the Street

Chick the Skeleton

 

We have drawn Chick the Skeleton twice already this semester in Art I.  The image above shows both of my attempts at drawing her.  I enjoy the challenge that this brings forth, it allows me to go into deeper thought about the details that matter while drawing something like this.  I feel that my first attempt (right) is too sketchy and not very proportional.  However, my second attempt (left) is very good I believe and my confidence was much greater than that of my first attempt.  I would definitely say that I spend to much time on the smallest details when I am drawing, so hopefully I can correct that over time.  20 minutes is the time that is allotted to draw chick, which makes it difficult and pressuring.

SplatFant

Colorized Dancer