Light Drawing - Zeus

Our light drawing is supposed to resemble Zeus, the greek God of...something.  We basically just kept trying stuff till we liked one.  This was our best natural shot with out using stencils.  It is the best of the bunch I think.  The one difficulty is keeping the light from streaking off the shot, as the green light did here.  This project is always fun because it is uniquely creative and interactive.

Talking Tiger - Wagon Wheel by Darius Rucker

This is my talking tiger, he sings the chorus of Darius Rucker's version of the song Wagon Wheel.  It was difficult to teach him how to sing this song but with practice it makes perfect...and well, he sings it perfectly now. I am very proud of him for his hard work!

Painting Project

This place is very dry and windy.  The grass flows in the wind, and the sun skoals the soft tar.  The heat rises up the cliff side.  The smell of nature travels through the valley in the wind. I used natural colors in this painting to show the reality of the scene.  Very warm and dry.  When painting the sky I used a sideways brushstroke to get the right effect.  For the mountain range I used up and down brush strokes with a loaded brush to get the streak effect in the rock layers.  I slapped a fan brush on the canvas to create the grass. Lastly, the brush strokes for the road went inwards towards the center of the canvas.  and the lines were done the same way, just with extra detail.

Sparkle Project

This project was unique and challenging.  The struggles I had were with the colors.  It is difficult to keep everything within the same color scheme.  I also feel that it became too busy real quick.  However, it was cool to work with loading custom brushes and gradients.  Downloading brushes in way allows your creativity to be expanded even further.  The picture I used is of a buddy of mine longboarding.  I took the picture maybe a year or two ago.  Overall this project was interesting and a good learning experience.

Flare, Glow, Brush, Gradient

Parts Project

University of Alabama Brush

Flowers Two

Forced Perspective Photography

This project was simple and fun.  Very succsesful as you can see.  I am a decent photographer, so this didn't take long to achieve.  We just had to wait for the right cloud.

Zentangling

Zentangling in the courtyard was really fun, I love abstract art.  I like how we were able to do it in the courtyard where everyone can see.  The only difficult part about this was getting the brown mud to stand out on the brick.

Clay Project

This project was sort of succesful,  but I didn't get to complete my monster.  He has no face...which stinks.  I havn't seen the finished project yet.  But I liked this project because it was a learning experience, I have never worked with clay before.  This project was very entertaining and unique.

3D Logo

2D Buttons

Ducks

Duck

Flowers in Illustrator

Two Most Successful Pieces

I must give my stencil project the award for my best piece so far this semester, it is beyond what I expected it to turn out like. The colors flow really well together, my cuts were neat, precise, and detailed which gives it texture.  Yeah I took longer than everybody else to finish, but I guess I saved the best for last.  The colors give it a very natural look.  If I had used pink, or purple...or any color like that, I do not believe it would hold the same effect.  I love this piece a lot!

My second best piece was my value scale drawing.  Bono is one of my favorite musicians, it was an experience to draw him.  I am not afraid of the dark, which is why this piece came out so great!  In order to get a portrait like this to turn out, you must include contrast and that is exactly what I did.  I hate bragging on my work, but this is a really great piece.  The shading flows very well.  I spent a lot of time on this piece and I know it was worth every second.

Printing Project

This project was very successful I believe.  I learned a new skill, printing.  The process was sort of frustrating and tedious but the end product was very worth while.  I think everything worked about this project. It is not exactly what I had invisioned but it turned out great.  The most dificult part about this project was getting my print carved out. It was difficult to picture what levels should have been cut out and what shouldn't have.  In the end it came out well, so I am proud of my work.

Writing Name Cinemagraph

Photo Retouch 2