summer artwork

I've been doing a lot of collages this summer and also dabbling in watercolors. This is my favorite that I have done so far.

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Cardboard Relief

We made this cardboard relief together as a class. I really liked how it all came together. I was really not diggin' this at all when we started. I really didn't want to work with cardboard and carve and cut and do sizing of the card board pieces. It was just not my cup of tea. However the final result made me happy to go through the process. I'm surprised at the amount of values found in the piece with the card board and happy to see how it has a dreamlike but industrial picture.

I enjoyed working with others and think that we did a good job.

the wheel

With this precision-ism piece we had to go for the more industrial rather then the natural, which I usually don't gravitate to, however the simplicity of a bike wheel enticed me.

I found the straight lines at first frustrating but after a while I got the hang of it, not saying that my lines are even that straight but still I feel that I can actually do much straighter lines then I could before.

I did a border to make the viewer feel zoomed into the piece, fading out everything else. I don't think any other color could have sufficed for this either, blue was a must.

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Max style, revisited

With this portrait, there had to be a sense of energy and life. I used hot colors to try and create a self contained chaos, surrounded by an abyss of black. To add a little somethin' I added some green to highlight my hair, this wasn't originally my idea but after seeing how it looked after a while it really grew on me and it created a lot of interest. The image transfer is not perfect, so there is some streaks of white paper left although this is true I feel that it creates a rush effect adding more energy to the piece.

max style

Creating this work was fun, although I think I'm terrible at drawing people it wasn't too bad. Especially when you get to change them with patterns and bold colors. Much more abstract, which is what I like. Duc and Larissa were very good models. Originally Judy was in this picture too, but I unfortunately had to cut her out.

Probably my favorite project thus far.

Querky

For this assignment, I wanted to make the final product as fun and different as possible.

Using a play on the words cork and querky, relating a bottle opener to clothing.

All a little silly, a little odd. Like the color orange.

Looking back, I would have spent a little more time on the lines in this piece. They are a bit crooked at parts, but all in all s'alright.

My Clothes in 2030

With this collage I wanted to show a sense of style that was classic with simple dress forms but modern with minimal colors and prints. How I imagine the fashion of the future- classic shapes that work for our bodies but modern in color choice and pattern styles. Also with jewelry that has accents of color for these simple wears.

I feel that it accomplishes the goal that I set forth but it does need a little something more to unify the piece, especially since it's such a contrast between the painted paper and the glossy magazine cut outs.