Thursday, September 11, 2008

This was my photography final. This was by far the most enjoyable thing i've done. I was looking for a way to incorporate my family in my art work and this was what I came up with. This was my own take on the speak no evil, hear no evil, and see no evil. It was really interesting working with natural light and bouncing off a white piece of paper. I had to create a make-shift studio by pinning a black sheet to my sisters wall, while I was taking the photos whomever wasn't in the picture had to balance the huge piece of white paper. I chose for everyone to be wearing the same black sweater to not only bring consistency to each photo but give it a theatrical look since the hands and faces are very white in contrast.
This was the first project in Graphic Design 2. The project was to pick a logo or product that we felt needed a change. I chose to play with the Spotted Cow Beer design. This was in a way difficult since they don't really have a logo, so I just made up my own design that could be used for the logo and the design of the bottle and carrying case.

This was the final painting in my painting 1 class. This was a memory piece, the two red balloons represent two people, the figure below represents both my sister and I. This was also a very enjoyable project but it took me all semester to come up with my technique. The canvas is has a clear gesso and the paint is watered down to the point where it's pretty much tinted water. This helps me in layering the paint and being able to control. I work with acrylic paint which drys very quickly. By watering down the paint it gives a really cool affect if you start in the middle of the object I am able to get a really nice clear hard edge on the object almost outlining it.

2 Comments:

Blogger Strauss said...

lol, I love the cow design for spotted cow. Litterally I think they should be using that design instead of what they have, thats great. I found your painting very interesting. Mainly the way you chose to use two different canvases for the same composition. As well, your use of mainly one vibrant color in each panel, against the earthed tones in the rest of the painting. That really gives a lot of attention and focus to each panel.

September 15, 2008 at 8:38 PM  
Blogger Erik Gannon said...

You have some very interesting pieces. The spotted cow design is pretty cool. I also really like your photography piece, I like what that style brings to the viewer. I also really like multi canvas paintings and yours added a nice touch to the piece as a whole. Good work.

September 23, 2008 at 11:02 AM  

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