The End Has Come

I've always been the kind of person who gets things done as nice and as fast as I can. I don't like to sit around in class and do other things when I am given time to do something else. I feel like this has helped me in the class because I am able to get my work done on time and normally have a few minutes or days to look at my work and either find ways to improve it or see where I messed up. This also allows me time to ask questions and perfect the final outcome. Not only have I learned out to use a Mac without throwing it out the window, but I have also learned how to use the programs it comes with. Because I use Macs at school and another computer at home I now feel equally comfortable using either computers. I think this will help me in the long run because I don't know what kind of computer I will use at my job six years from now or what programs I will be using. Either way if I use a Mac or windows I know how to handle both, and I know now that there are tutorials online on how to use almost every computer program under the sun. Also during this class I have taken advantage of the freedom and have used my own personal pictures to edit in photoshop and iPhoto this helped me to create studio pieces for my IB art class. I really enjoyed working in iPhoto, it was simple, very hands on, and I could control everything. I really didn't enjoy working with illustrator it was to complex and to difficult and I got confused often. It was like there were to many possibilities and I couldn't chose. 


This is my last day in this class, I have to switch out in order to be able to fit in another class. I have surprisingly enjoyed the work I have done in this class. I won't miss the kids screaming at each other even though they are two feet away from each other. 


-Until Another Teacher Makes Me Blog...

Final

Done done done

And I Began Thinking Again

Even though I wasn't at school yesterday I was still thinking about my final in this class. Because I am combining two class finals as one I am considering two separate criteria. For my art class we are only allowed to have 300 words. I didnt think that when I added my artists statement into my pages document and I might want to add some more statements or more thoughts. Before we present our final in class I am going to add a few more statements so that it looks more like a magazine article them two finals akwardly crammed together.

-Until Final Day!

The Finish Line is Near

The Actual Red Ribbon

(I hope you get the joke)


I know I still have roughly two class periods to complete my final, but I think I'm done. Today I finished editing my artist statement put it into my pages document, added boarders to my pictures and just added and corrected little details like the fronts color. I'm one of those people who if they think about something for to long they start to second guess themselves, change everything, and half the time make it worse. So I've stopped thinking, it's a lot harder then it sounds. 
While working on my artist statement I sent several copies to my art teacher and to my dad. I then took their critics and opinions formed my own and edited the statement. The statement was difficult to do because I really enjoy my art and have lots to say about it but I could only have 300 words in the entire statement. I could have done 300 a paragraph. But I got it done and with our three brains working together I think I have a great and strong artist statement. I am so glad I was able to fit it into this class, because I really enjoy this class and it would have sucked if my last project I had to write about something I didn't care so much about.


It is Thursday! That means its the weekend!


-Until The Other Side of the Weekend!

color and feeling

Today I was able to get my artist's statement finished!

“Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.” - Pablo Picasso. Statements like this are what cause me to be so interested in the meanings behind colors. My goal is to master color symbolism and find ways to incorporate that into every piece I do. I want to know what someones reaction will be to a piece before they’ve ever see it. I want to know the feelings the viewer will think or feel before the piece is ever complete. While doing this I want studio pieces that are organized and controlled while also seeming fun and playful. 

My theme is color and feelings. People are drawn to color. I want to attract them with fun and bright colors but keep them there, looking at my work because of the depth each piece has. When I first start on a piece I select the colors first, then what kind of texture I will include, and finally once everything is dry and finished I lay them all out next to each other and play with how they should be arranged. Which colors would look best together, keeping in mind to keep complementary colors away from each other. 

My pieces have grown from what use to be cluttered and unorganized to polished and complete. I take what is that main attention grabber in one piece and try to make it the subtle detail of another. They are a collection because of similar colors and textures but there are mini-collections because of how colors and textures are represented. I am attempting to make people stop and look at a square of color only to find out that not only is it a square of color but it is a detailed, colorful, organized piece of feelings.

While I was working on it I began to worry that my magazine layout looked to childish or immature. Mr. Double- U gave me an idea to put a border on all my pictures, so I did that and that caused me to change my background from a lavender to my favorite brown with I think makes it look much nicer... It kinda also makes it look like a safari!

-Until the Next Excursion!

I haven't posted my work on the blog because it has my name on it and I still haven't figured out if I can post that...

And Today Is Friday!

Alright so today I worked on my final projected. I have every picture in their final place rotated and enlarged to perfection. My backgrounds are colored although I am worried that my does not look as professional and Mr. Double- U might me expecting, so I'l have to work on that. The only reason I didn't put a link to what I've done today is because it has my name in it and I'm pretty sure I'm not suppose to put anything with my name in it. So I also need to figure out if I need to fix my pages without my name in it and what not. All in all good day, I think all I'm missing is my actual writing.
It is Friday that means its the weekend!


-Until Then!

SO....

So I started the first illustrator tutorial and when I got to step 4 it asked me to do something with gradient I worked on that and tried to do it. But for some reason it wouldn't let me do what the tutorial said I would be able to. So I attempted the first tutorial and was not successful.

I then tried Tutorial #2 and I got THIS. I did not add all the graphics like the tutorial suggested doing. While I'm sure it would have made the outcome just wonderful I thought, since this will be one of the only days we work on illustrator I'm just going to try and have a basic idea of how to do these things rather then work my butt off to make one look perfect and then have no idea how to do any of the other ones. So I have a very nice not connected pie chart and attempts at other things rather then just a pie chart with a hand and eyes balls sticking out of it.

The Last thing I was able to do today was tutorial three. I was able to create the vase part with no problem but I couldn't find the ellipse tool. So I decided I would use another symbol but whenever I selected another symbol it would delete the vase I created. I'm not sure why it did any of that. For now though I have a flawless VASE!!




- Until the next assignment!