Self-Portrait Project
For this project I took my school picture and changed it to look 3 dimensional by following a Photoshop tutorial. Instead of it looking 3D it instead looks blurry as if the picture is still trying focusing on my face. This is because I still feel like I am discovering parts of myself and who I am as a person.
Self-Portrait Reflection1. When is art criticism vital, and when is it besides the point?
I think that criticism is most necessary when the artist is building their piece, and when they are still making changes. Once an artist feels complete or they are satisfied with their art is when the criticism is least important. Art is mostly made so the artist can express themselves and once they feel completed I don't think they would change their art to impress other people. 2. How are the characteristics and expressive features of art and design used to create a self-portrait? All of the characteristics and expressive features affect the way the audience is interpreting the art work. If you are trying to deliver a dark mood, then you will mostly be using dark colors and maybe even a stern look on your face. In my portrait I wanted to show that I don't quite have a clear picture of who I am as a person because stress and work cloud the way I perceive the way I look. I mostly only see myself stressed at school and that is what my portrait conveys. Simply, the characteristics and expressive features allow the audience to more easily understand the art work. |
Photoshop Tutorials
In advanced digital arts when I haven't been spray painting, I have been learning new and re-learning old Adobe Photoshop skills. I learned these skills by watching tutorials on YouTube.
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Below I show the photo I changed to have vampire teeth. I did this by watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFokxonja08.
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Develop the Artist Within Project Continuation
Before the cold weather came Roxy offered the advanced digital arts students to continue their projects instead of instantly moving into the tutorials. I am really grateful even though I wasn't able to put up a second piece of work. I spent the time painting over my art so that I could paint a second piece of work from scratch. It took me every day that week to paint over my work and make sure the brushes and rollers were clean enough to be used again. I really enjoyed the process of covering it because it allowed be to really spend time reflecting on my work and also get some kind of closure with it. I wish that I had more time in class to work on spray painting another project, this was very interesting and I am proud of my work. Below is the wall currently, I hope I am able to add a new piece of work soon.
Develop the Artist Within Project
This advanced digital arts project allowed the student to explore what was personally interesting to them I wanted to learn more about graffiti and street art so through this project I learned more about creating street art, and how to make your graffiti look more professional. I wanted to write an inspiring quote that would help me face each school day with a positive attitude, the quote I decided on was "The world is yours" -Nas. I have a real appreciation for Nas not only because he is a talented artist, but also because he was able to persevere and make something out of nothing, and he has overcome more challenging obstacles that I have faced so he inspires me to never settle and follow my dreams. Below is my final product.
Reflection
This was my first time spray painting anything related to art. I have seen graffiti and I have always wondered how the artist is able to express their ideas so clearly in a creative way by playing with the style of the letters or even pictures in the word or words. One problem that I faced immediately when doing this project was the spray paint would start to run if I even a little bit of too much paint on the barricade. The first cart of my train was very runny because of all of the black paint I used. I learned to step back a little from the surface and let the paint fall more on the surface and not do as many layers at once. Although I did many layers, I learned that I had to come back the next day if I wanted to really make that color more bold because if I were to try and do all of the layers at once my projects would begin to leak and drip. I thought that the best way to get the most clear and put together letter were to use tape and stencil that letter out, but as I painted more I learned that wasn't the case. In the second cart my words are really sharp and I do like the way it looks, however I also really enjoy the way that the free-styled letter for example all three of the 'S's just look more authentic.
Overall I like the way that the letter play off of each other, the stenciled letters look more sharp, and the free-styled letters look more authentic and wavy. I learned that when I am creating freestyle letters, it is important just "to go with it". I learned that it ends up looking more like graffiti when you have letter that aren't perfect, the different styles, lines, and even colors all play a role in the interpretation and from feedback from my peers they like the more free letters because doesn't look like it was "planned". Comparing my work to more professional street art I am now noticing how all of their work doesn't have really straight and clear lines, instead they have layers and layers creating affect and images. Even though I watched tutorials on spray painting no one ever talked about how extra paint still gets on your surface even though it was taped down, I learned that the next time I spray paint, I want to freestyle all of it and just spend extra time refining and layering my project, for straight clarifying lines that are still authentic.
Overall I like the way that the letter play off of each other, the stenciled letters look more sharp, and the free-styled letters look more authentic and wavy. I learned that when I am creating freestyle letters, it is important just "to go with it". I learned that it ends up looking more like graffiti when you have letter that aren't perfect, the different styles, lines, and even colors all play a role in the interpretation and from feedback from my peers they like the more free letters because doesn't look like it was "planned". Comparing my work to more professional street art I am now noticing how all of their work doesn't have really straight and clear lines, instead they have layers and layers creating affect and images. Even though I watched tutorials on spray painting no one ever talked about how extra paint still gets on your surface even though it was taped down, I learned that the next time I spray paint, I want to freestyle all of it and just spend extra time refining and layering my project, for straight clarifying lines that are still authentic.