stippling and more...

Well I never realized how much time was consumed on stippling. It is my favorite technique when it is complete, but the process is excruciating.


I think this one turned out the best, however I think the ball looks a little too light at the top.

Another thing that bothers me now that they are done is the balls float. I just copied the drawing out of the book and after I did them I realized how awkward they look.

Shading

My Favorite Revlon Nail Polish. I had a lot of fun using this technique of shading on it. I wasn't sure if I should shade the wall and floor though, I was afraid it would be too busy, but now I feel like it isn't complete.
This is a stool down in the lounge. I had a hard time showing the different values with just hatch marks on all the different angles of the stool so I added in some cross hatching. I didn't think we were allowed to do that but, Suzanne always says it is better to ask for forgiveness so I took the chance. = ) Overall, I enjoyed this assignment.

metamorphasis

This week we were asked to take two fellow classmates previous projects and combine them into one. This was quite a stretch for me because Sarah's designs were so simple and Stephanie's were a little more crazy. And beyond that I really did not want to have to construct another box out of matte board. Here are some of my brainstorming ideas...

These are the two projects I decided to work with. Stephanie's project is the feather "jungle" and Sarah's is the matchbox pencil holder.
Here is the iteration that is leaning towards Stephanie's project more. I will never look at feathers again after cutting that many out. The biggest trouble I had was trying to find a glue that didn't make the paper crinkle, and would not leave a greasy residue behind. Paper cement seemed to peel off as soon as I made the creases but in the end that is what I ended up sticking to, it was the only one that wouldn't leave the greasy residue behind.


Here is my middle mix of Sarah's and Stephanie's. I took the concept of Sarah's pencil box and the feather form from Stephanie's.


Here is my iteration that was more like Sarah's. I kept with the natural paper but found one that looked like it had flecks of feather's in it to mimic Stephanie's and I chose to put the turquoise feather inside as the pencil holder because in Stephanie's project the turquoise egg is hidden in the middle. I felt like it would be a more suitable place than putting a feather latch on the outside.

METAMORPHASIS!

Interior Environment "Zine"

This project we were assigned to design a "zine" that critically critiqued a category. I chose to critique Interior Environments. As I went along and created my "zine" I laid out the pictures and carefully chose where to place them, as well as the text. How big the space would be and so on. But, after I would glue the images and texts down I would realize that I should have done it a different way. That was my biggest issue with this project. I would think I laid it out all the best possible ways and then when I "sealed the deal" I would notice an even better layout. I also felt like some pages could use a line to guide the eye, yet I was very hesitant on making them in case it made it look too busy or awkward. I tried to focus on lining up pictures with datums and evenly spacing everything. I feel like if I were to do it over again I would be able to make it more visually pleasing to the reader. I got my images from "Metropolitan Home" October 2007; "Traditional Home" October 2007; "Good things for the Home" Fall 2007; and "In Style" Fall/Winter 2007

COVER

PAGE ONE & TWO

PAGE THREE & FOUR

PAGE FOUR & FIVE

PAGE SIX & SEVEN

PAGE EIGHT & NINE

Self Portraits!

This week our assignment was to make 2 self portraits a day through Thursday and construct some kind of stand to display them in the lobby. Here our my portraits, I wanted to represent my eclectic-ness so all of my portraits are completely random and have no connection besides me.

"What makes Studio, Studio?"

We were asked, "What makes Studio, Studio?" I began to brainstorm and look through magazines to find a layout I enjoyed and that would work for me. I saw this one in Metropoliton Home "Small Spaces" March 2007 and I really liked how they had cut the image out on the right side and transfered it over to the left side. So this was the inspiration page of my "zine" layout. This is my attempt at making a layout. I really enjoyed the second page not only in the making of it but I enjoy the end result as well. The first page however, could use some definite help. I drew lines to make sure my writing was straight but obviously that didn't help as much as it needed to. Also, I messed up on my starting off letter and make it too small to begin with. That is why it now looks like it is running off the page, and is awkwardly drawn in the first place. Overall, im about 75% happy with my outcome. I also couldn't figure out how to combine the too layers (images) in Photoshop so I could show them on here as a spread.

Memory Box

First Iteration
As I was brainstorming memories that I wanted to use for this project I kept thinking of memories with my dad. I couldn't limit myself to one memory, and as I began to talk to other people about it they suggested maybe that it isn't necessarily what we do together but it is the bond that we share. So I went from there sketching out different ways to show a bond. I decided I would go with the weaving one because it was simple, yet was able to show a strong bond. I compared the bond we share to my brother and sister's bond with my dad. Their bond isn't bad by any means, yet I feel like ours is the strongest by far.

Second Iteration
My second iteration I decided to change the color of the paper to distinguish the different between my dad and the siblings. I also decided to weave all three sides, instead of leaving the other two solid to be able to compare the strength of the bonds.

Final Iteration
The last iteration I decided to make a little bit bigger. I felt like it was just a little too small to show the bonds. I also cut the strips of paper of my dad different sizes to illustrate the different memories we had together, some being bigger than others. I also bonded it together a little bit differently which resulted in a lot more cleaner, simple edge.