- Why did you pick the option you did? What drew you to it? I chose weaving because it was different than what we have been primarily doing (drawings). It was something new to do that i thought sounded interesting. I also right when i saw we could do it as a project i had an idea for what to do. It also felt a lot more like a craft rather than the traditional sense of art, kinda like knitting. This is what primarily drew me towards it because it was hands on/crafty and was something different
- What was the most challenging part of the project and why? The most challenging part for was setting up the weave, but also part of starting the weaving. This is because of the amount of times i screwed up and had to restart. I think i restarted at least four times. Every time i would set up the string i would mess something up. For example i made the knots to tight and then pulled on them breaking half of the strings. This was very frustrating, but i got through it.
- How successful do you think it turned out? Did it turn out the way you envisioned or did it turn another direction? (Art changes all the time, it is totally okay if it did change!). I think it turned out very successful. This is because it was exactly what i wanted a triangle that represented the illuminati. It actually ended up much better than expected, and i think making it look like the illuminati symbol on the dollar really helped make it successful. It turned out how i envisioned it, but had some major differences. For example i was going to make it a rectangle that had a triangle on it, but ended up making the actually piece into a triangle. I also planned to stitch on the eye but opted to use sharpie since there was less space to work with. I believe it turned out even better than what i had expected.
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My picture was stuck on the camera so i can not upload it to my blog. I stand for rest. I stand for rest because i believe it is something people neglect especially teenagers. People will go days without sleep to get stuff done. This is not healthy, but staying up is almost ingrained in our society especially for teenagers. I believe people should try to get as much rest as possible for their own physical and mental health. Ironically i am writing this at two am.
Regardless of whether a project was successful or not, describe the one where you learned, grew, or developed the most from? I learned the most from my drawing of the charcoal object. It was my first real art piece. I learned two very important concepts shading and drawing to the correct proportions. I really feel like learning how to shade helped me develop as an artist. Learning how to contrast the light and dark is a very crucial skill for art. Also getting the correct proportions is very necessary to art. We were taught how to do things like using the tip of a pencil or thumb to measure out proportions. These two key skills i learned, make me believe the charcoal object was the project that i learned the most from. Which project was your most successful? My most successful art project was the artist solve main project. The theme of the project was to make something that solves a problem. I decided my problem would be to paint using something that would create random results. I at first was going to use the wind, but remembered i owned a catapult. I decided my problem would be to paint using a catapult, so i outfitted my catapult to fling paint, and created something that ended up being pretty cool. I really thought this project was successful because it did not rely on accuracy, but was random. It did not have to really have a meaning. It just got to look interesting. Sketchbook: pick any warm-up from your sketchbook that you found beneficial, interesting or simply felt you handled well. I felt like i did the character morph really well. I combined Jerry and Casper the ghost. The activity was to morph to characters together to make one. This is more complex than it seems. You had to decide which parts of the characters to combine, and for my piece i used Casper's body and Jerrys head. I chose this sketch above all others because i felt like a i did really well on it. I actually got Jerrys face to look correct. Personally i think it is the coolest thing i have ever drawn, which is why i chose it. What is a technique you used in your artwork that worked well? Explain what technique it was and why it was successful. I used randomness in a lot of my pieces.While you could say this is not a real technique i believe it is one. It was successful because i worked with my style of art. I did i whole entire project based off of randomness ( Artist solve problems). In my other projects i also added random things to it. For example in my drawing of the rocket turtle i added a cartoon sun, and googles for my turtle. I think randomness is successful because it is lets you work in a more flowing way. When you have strict rules for your art it feels rigid, and i believe limits your creativity. That is why i believe randomness is successful. Artist solve main project showcases how this works perfectly. ( Artist solve picture is used for two questions). Has your definition of art changed since from the beginning of this class? My definition of art has most certainly changed. I used to think of art as a only things like paintings, drawings, and sculptures. My definition of art is far different now. I believe art is anything that people use to express feeling, emotions, thoughts, and ideas. This makes art a much broader genre. Art does not have to be something amazing like the paintings on the sistine chapel. It can truly be anything. I think dada art explains this concept really well. For example Marcel Duchamp and his Fountain. You may think that a satirical urinal should not be considered art, but it does the samething all other pieces of art do, and that is express something. Art is simply an expression. The urinal may not seem like art, but it is it expresses that art is something you piss on. Quote by Stephen Hickens, "The artist is a not great creator—Duchamp went shopping at a plumbing store. The artwork is not a special object—it was mass-produced in a factory. The experience of art is not exciting and ennobling—at best it is puzzling and mostly leaves one with a sense of distaste. But over and above that, Duchamp did not select just any ready-made object to display. In selecting the urinal, his message was clear: Art is something you piss on."
My limitation was to use a catapult to paint. My biggest problem was to make a pattern with the catapult. This lead me to mixing the paint in diffrent colors, and positioning the catapult at diffrent angles.
The word i used for my art journal was dingus. I believe my work shows the meaning of the word very well. The way in which i explain it is by the odd usage of color and the way in which the art does not make sense. I deliberately used brown and blue so it would look silly/stupid. I also used a picture that says ya dingus, so people would know what the work was representing. When you first look at it you think wow that looks really dumb, and that is the reaction i want. The first layer was water and dye that was sprayed on the paper. The second layer was stamps in each corner. The third layer was blue tissue paper that was glued in the middle. The fourth layer was the picture that said ya dingus. The fifth layer was a really bad looking brown that i covered the now tissue covered parts of the work with. Not a single layer really makes sense together you might say i was being a dingus putting them together. https://www.pinterest.com/bootlegtoast1/art-journal/
I worked with everyone at my table Connor, Cameron, Alex. I came up with the story for the video. I also did all the stop motion for the first half of the video. Alex and Cameron made the props, and Connor along with Alex did the stop motion for the other half of the video. The video is successful because it is funny. It is a story about how Obama's bird pooped on a man causing him to get dumped. I also think that the roller coaster scene was animated very well. If i was going to change something it would be to use a different background where you cant see the board under it. I would also move the scissors out of the way.
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From this piece I learned how to sculpt using the teapot clay method. This piece is successful because of it's oddities. It looks like an alien space ship, but at the same time looks like an alien it is like a bio-ship. If I was going to change something I would have made the legs look more like landing supports. From this I learned that the Illuminati is real, and can even be found in nature. This piece is successful because it proves the illuminati is real. If I was to change something it would be to make the pine needles look neater, and make the eye look more eye like. What is the difference between getting "inspiration" from another piece and "stealing" an idea? Stealing an idea is copying it exactly or close to exactly or using the same idea without adding anything new to it. Getting inspiration is when you see a piece of art and decide to do something similar to it. This is not copying because you are changing variables in the art. For example you see a piece of art that uses only black and white, so you decide to make a black and white piece that is of a different subject. Is it okay to use part of an idea or part of another picture in your piece if you change something or give credit to the original source? It depends on how major that part is. If you want to make a metal kinetic sculpture that uses mirrors because you saw a sculpture that uses mirrors. It is ok to do so if you are not copying the design of the sculpture and make you piece unique. This can be compared to sampling in music. If you use part of a song it is ok, but if you copy the bass, treble, and lead then just add like a filter and call it your own. Then you are in the wrong. It is like calling a remix your own song. |
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