Word as Image Final

Well, as we kept working and sharing ideas I finally came up with two ideas that I thought would work and that I was pleased with. I ended up using the work I had put into the "top" piece but completely transforming it in Photoshop. I scanned the image in and inverted the colors and turned it 180 degrees. Erasing the word "top", the image turned into a sun or explosion. I decided to elaborate on the sun idea and use the word "sundance" as my word of focus for the piece. I really like the final product of this one, and so did many of my classmates.

My other piece was an idea that I wasn't sure would work or turn out the way I had imagined, but it did. I scanned pieces of crumpled newspaper to create a 'text'ure for the image. In order for the piece to be contradictory, to fulfill the assignment, I added the word "new" in Photoshop. I made the text a little bit transparent so it would be clearly visible but not take away from the depth and values in the crumpled paper.

I am very pleased with both of my final images. I learned how to properly mount pictures for successful presentation. I enjoyed this project.

Module Progress Report

MODULAR MADNESS IS UPON US!!!! When the assignment was introduced, I immediately had thoughts and ideas running through my mind. Most of which would end up being pretty expensive. On a college student budget, I needed to find something to use that would be free or very inexpensive. I decided upon plastic water bottles. I went door to door in my dorm one night to collect everyone's empty bottles. To my surprise, I collected quite a few. I washed them ALL out in the laundry room of my dorm before I began working with them:

The next day (or so), in class we were to begin experimenting with our modules. I decided to not use the non-water bottles (gatorade, soda...). I glued them in a very geometric/square shape and was impressed with how the hot glue was holding them together.

We'll see where this project goes....

Word as Image Progress

When Bill assigned this project we were all initially very confused. I don't think anyone really knew what was expected of us. As we started to produce ideas and hang them on the wall for brief critiques though, I think we all got a better grasp on the assignment. I started with a very literal image for the contradictory composition. I put the word "top" at the bottom of the page and filled the rest of the space with text. The text that filled the page was arranged to create a gradient, if you will, or weight/darkness. Here is a picture of my first idea for this:

Bill said this was interesting but that it wasn't as good as it could be. I agree... I'll keep playing with the idea.

Cardboard Final

Well, here it is! After many hours of manipulating my cardboard, I have produced this shell. My favorite parts of it are the curve on the bottom half and the attention to detail of shape on the top. The middle is what isn't working well for me. The connection of top and bottom isn't very realistic/looks sloppy. I am pleased with the final product though. Here are a few pictures of the final product!

Sloppy connection of top and bottom

Top of the shell

Shell! ...with some clutter in the shot, unfortunately

Photo Safari

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gutter in the street near HKC/White Hall - 2/2/2011 - 4:30pm

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blinds in Vick House lobby - 2/2/2011 - 4:35pm

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tennis shoe - 2/2/2011 - 8:20pm

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light in hall of Vick House - 2/2/2011 - 4:23pm

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winter sock - 2/2/2011 - 8:21pm

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bed sheets - 2/4/2011 - 11:40pm

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jeans - 2/2/2011 - 8:22pm

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back home in Dripping Springs, Tx (I took this picture a while ago0

Cardboard Progress Report

As I typed the title I felt like a second grade teacher sending a report home for the parents of a child mid-semester. Here is the progress your (cardboard creation) has made during the (duration of project).

The assignment is to take a natural object and recreate it - on a huge scale - using ONLY cardboard and Elmer's glue.

Here is my progress in chronological order:

{preliminary sketches}

{sketch with skeleton of shell and actual shell}

{shell with skeleton}

{skeleton with cardboard pieces giving it height}

{covering with craft paper to make it look smooth}

{applying pressure to make sure the bonds are strong}

{top of seashell taking shape}

{wet cardboard is MUCH more pliable than dry cardboard}

{tape holding the cardboard in place while the glue dried}

The cardboard seashell is due on Tuesday! I'll post final pictures then :)

Human Dot Photos

For this assignment we were to pick three photos from a newspaper and recreate them with only six black dots of any size. Wherever your eye led through the newspaper picture, your eye should lead through the dot creation. Here are my newspaper photos with the black dot pieces that correspond with them. (In order of personal preference)

After we talked about these, we were to just take two of our dot creations and take completely different pictures of our own and use people of the dots. I don't think I completely understood the assignment, but here are my photos - with people as the dots.