Ok, so this is my last self chosen project for the class. After this I will be starting a papermation. But for this project I took a project I did previously in the class. I took each layer (there were 5) and separately put each layer across 3 frames the same size as printer paper like the vines are above. After I print each layer I put the paper for each layer together so that they as 3 pieces of paper made the correct image for the layer. I taped each layer to a thin piece of cardboard and began cutting. The stencils are above. Then it was time to spray paint. This surprisingly was the hardest part in order for them to look good. I had to use a stick to hold the stencil down in order to get smooth lines. Put after all the work I'm happy with the results. It looks a lot better than most spray painted shirts I've seen around campus. If I were to make another this way, I might look to do less detail. Thats what got me during the hard times.

illustrator targets 

pen heart

pen tool

This is my second out of five last quarter projects. This project was inspired by a book I bought by Jason Munn. Munn created concert posters for bands and used a minimalist approach. Along with that he tries to make the picture relate to the band name. I'm very happy with how it turned out but was surprised with how hard it was to think of a clever idea. If I were to do the project again I'd either try to think of a more clever idea or make a picture that used less colors and had less objects in it. Munn's book showed that the art of concert pictures from the sixties isn't dead. The picture itself wasn't difficult to make but allowed me to learn to focus on the planning process of art, something I tend to overlook. This should be the first of many posters I hope to make in the future. 



Final Product



Original Picture

This is my first of five projects for the final quarter. I set out to add color realistical to a black and white picture. I found this old picture from the 1930's from a French movie. From there I used to original picture and added Solid Color under the layer, that thingy thats like a circle. Half the circle is black and the other white. So once that is engadged you choose a color, say the skin, and just pit a random orange. The adjusting comes later. This created a mask over the picture if you set the mask to Color. Erase everything that doesnt need that color. I repeated that step over and over for every color. From there I did some editing. Rotated the picture, added text, and ofcourse adjusted the color. I did so by double clicking the color in the layer and manual moved the little circle to the correct shade of the color selected. I'm very happy with the results but must admit it doesnt look very realistic. Like its obvious that it wasnt originally a color picture and wouldnt do well on a Pleasantville challange on worth 1000 but I think the way it turned out is fitting for its intended purpose. I those this project to learn how the worth 1000 people added the color. They have a different more time consuming way, but they also get much better results.

Yeah, it's on a shirt.

I have to answer the 6 questions. So basically I like the shirt the most. I used dodge and burn to get the wrinkles. I dislike the cup. wrapping that sucker was annoying. Yay, the theme things done. I hope this covers the 6 questions.

It's on a box

And don't you think I can't put this junk on cups too.

My theme for the theme projects is the Kennedy Family.

1. Describe your overall thoughts on the final piece.
I'm happy with how they all turned out. They are all very different.
2. How successful do you feel this piece is and why?
I think they were successful because they are all different but still hold the theme constant.
3. What worked about this project? What didn’t work?
I didn't understand what we were doing with the themes at first so the theme I chose was a little difficult.
4. If you were to do this project over again, what changes would you consider making?
I would say I would pick a different theme to make it easier, but I think picking the harder theme worked in my advantage. 5. What was the most difficult part about completing this piece and why?
The silver spoon dollar took a long time to edit out all the normal one dollar parts.
6. What did you learn from this piece?
I learned a lot about masking and planning a piece out.

Newimal

 This is my newimal. it is half play and half organ.. it so happens the vines spell something... crazy. anyway its a newimal that i made scratch.

Brush #3

Brush Tutorial
Banksy got tagged

Brush Project #2

Brush Project #1

London Calling

This piece is made of text, but unfortunately i feel like i had to relie on the outline/gray shading for Paul Simonon and that this name didnt do the job. Im happy the backround text could created the correct backround of the origional picture and that I could use the origional colored texted. The backround text is the lyrics of the song. Thought that was clever. If i did this project again i would work to make the person more out of text.

German sounds good!



Letter Tutorials



This is my entry for Doodle 4 Google. The theme was "One day I would like to..." so I chose "...design a comic book". I'm happy with how it turned out. I stayed very close to origional comic drawings. I had a difficult time finding what worked in the spots of the letters. The detail was the most difficult part.

Face Expressions

reverse?

Mars Volta

Since i didnt do the Kanye 100% to the tutorial but still learned the skill i thought i would make my free tutorial pick more like the original tutorial. It's freaking sweet ya'll

Kanye West

This isn't what we were suppose to do for this tutorial but this looks much cooler and is still using blending options

Reverse engineering