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Week 15

Buy it Here

Week 14

Craft:

I played a lot around with the text. I used the "pen tool" the "text box" and the "box tool". I used colors that I used the "drop tool" to bring the blue color from previous spreads and used the border tool to create a frame around my work.

Concept:

This cover uses my design style and my current status as a graduate and computer graphics being the last class I've taken here.

Composition:

I tried to center the title and most important objects. Everything else was secondary.

Week 13

Craft: From my cover page I used the "box tool," the "pen tool," the "text box" tool, and the color tab. The blue color is a box and is set into the back ground. The two red boxes and long black box on the corner of the magazine is were made using the color and box tools. The text was used with box the text box tool and the regular box tool. The grad cap was made with the box tool and the "rotation". Then, I used the circle, color, and pen tool to add the button on the cap, color the cap and strings on the cap, and to create the string respectively. I also used the pen tool to make the line across the cover and through the numbers and to make the designs above the titles for the inside article. For Chanise's piece I used the box tool to outline the images and create the thick rectangles of color in the background. I used the border and pen tool to create the line of dots next to the text. I embedded the pictures through copy and paste and I entered the text with the text box tool.

Concept: This week I started my cover page and added in art work by Chanise Lohman. My cover is basically the ending of something (college) and the beginning something (adulthood). As a graduate this art class was a great way for me to finally express my more creative side and also reminded me that it is something I would like to keep exercising.

Composition: I believe that both of these pieces are simple, but also has enough art and text which brings about a great balance in both. There are images, lines, contrast, hues, shapes, and text.

Week 12

Craft: I created the complete layout in InDesign and the pictures I brought them all from Illustrator. First I placed all pictures into a box, using the "place" and "box" tool on my tool bar. I also switched up the box shape and used the circle. I used the box also in retangles. I added text books for the text, using the "text" tool and from inspiration in different magazines and from my own personal tastes created the layouts.

Concept: I basically layed out my spreads on my shoes created in our illustrator part of the class. I've accidentally I think came across a very elegant and relaxing style for this spread through the colors blue and black and through the cursive text. Its also very clean and modern looking.

Composition: The format for the spread as a whole is progressive. It goes from the finish multiple versions to the original version, to the version in process, unitl the original photo. There are an array of bright hues to my spread, blues, yellows, greens. purple/pink, and reds. I have some contrast given that black and white are in each, as high contrast, and the other color represent the low contrasts.

Week 11

Craft: For the black hair piece I used the box tool for the background. Then I added the solid green color. Next, I put a gradient on it and added blue and kept the white and back on the gradient. Then, I added a radial shape of the gradient and dragged it until I got the achieved look. Then, using the "place tab" I added all of the images and sized all the boxes to be even. Next I added the shade drop and dotted border from the border section in my tool bar of the top and made the dots white. I added the text box using the text box tool. For the paint I simply embedded the image with the place tab and because the first image had a colored background I couldn't change, I added it to the overall design with the cover page as well. I used a text box for the title and body paragraph which I added dashed (3-4) border to.

Concept: This week I added my black hair spread and my paint spread. The black hair is basically what the title states, talking about black hair as a black woman. I love changing my hair and I always wanted to be in one of those black hair magazines, so I thought it would be cool to have one of my own. The paint spread is basically a piece I created in high school using the paint application on my laptop. It took a very long time to do and I thought it was unique to show what you can create on such a basic and old application.

Composition: The black hair has a dynamic background using color very close to each other on the color wheel and black and white with a gradient. The photos on top have no contrast and actually blend with the background. Yet they sit on top of the background because of the shadow drop and the white dotted border. I hint of white at the bottom make the overall picture a little less overwhelming and the black shapes give contrast and increase the readers attention. The paint has low and high contrast with the light yellow and dark red, the black and white, and the browns. The use of ample white space draws the readers eye to the text and image. It also give the feel as though everything on the page is floating it space which give a nice raw feel. Almost like someone drew it directly on the page.

Museum Post

Modern Day Peck & King

Modern Day Dama (Original Title & Artist Unknown)
Craft

Both pieces of art in these images are more modern works of art. One of my favorites from the art museum trip is "Modern Day Dama". This piece has been created with many mediums to create the art. There are lit matches, bobby pins, paint, sketch, and buttons etc. to create this woman. It looks like the paint and drawing are create first and the 3-D objects are placed on top.

Concept

I believe this piece is showing how one can use random and everyday object (maybe even not so modern objects) to create art. In addition, this piece could simply express the look of the modern day woman.

Composition

There are various contrast areas of darks and lights between the back ground blues and whites, to the lit matches and buttons and bobby pins. The most unique thing about this piece is the composition because many different types of mediums are being used. Although it is probably obvious that the 3-D objects would go on top of the one dimensional mediums, there is still a fun play between using everything in this work.

Special Edition: Sister Solina

My favorite piece by Sister Solina was the piece in the back (as shown above) I don't recall the name of this piece.

Craft: I believe that maybe porcelain, maybe fire, and maybe a special paint was used for this piece.

Concept: I believe that the concept behind this piece is the use of materials. And the three specks of material represent blood. So, it could have something to do with Jesus and the Crucifixion, or maybe not. But I'm also reminded of those toys that you look through and turn and mosaic piece are turned to form different shapes.

Composition: There are very strong contrasts in the piece: the background of blackness with the white and grayish spots, the greens, blues, and browns against the black, and the bright red dots against the entire piece. Also having the spots over over the piece creates texture. There is also a texture contrast with the spotted background and the smooth bright red dots.

Also, I would like to share that meeting Sister Solina was a refreshing and warming experience. She is a great innovator and wonderful spirit to be in the presence of. My greatest respect is her crediting all of her artwork to God through the Holy Spirit (HS). She was a beautiful woman inside and out and so youthful for 97 years of life. She was the founder and creator of the art department in 1956 and was responsible for the movement of modern art on campus. Thanks to Sister Solina, we can study art today at SXU!

"FLOWERS DON'T HATE, FLOWERS LOVE..." ~SH

Special Edition Shoe Post - Week 10

Cream of the Crop

Have you ever day dreamed about an evening with ice cream?

The cold sweetness seeping into the taste buds of your hot tongue?

I bet you’ve never ever thought of having this tasty treat in a shoe!

Well ladies, however you have your ice cream, enjoy it. When you’ve had a long day at work, after losing those last five pounds, or if your sweet-tooth is ice skating around your tummy, use it as a time to relax and enjoy one of life’s treats.

Make it an excuse to have some time to yourself. Cozy up to a book and escape into the words of a new world. Lose yourself in comfort and pleasure. Enjoyment of food can be therapeutic if one will allow one’s self to be treated. As a young lady maturing into womanhood, I’m learning to appreciate some of the small meaningful things in life. It’s important to not let the hustle and bustle of the day consume your peace of mind. So slip into chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, sherbet, or whatever kind of girl you are and enter you own made up retreat for just a little while. Indulge into your bowl of bliss.

Week 10

Relaxing with Ice Cream

Craft

I began this piece in Adobe Illustrator. I brought the images from Adobe using the "Place" function and the traditional copy and paste. I used the "fit content to frame" function to adjust my bordered image according to the square shape I placed it in. I created a text box using the "text tool." I pasted my content written from a word document into it for my body content. For my title, I created text boxes and hand typed the information into them. I used my "black arrow" to place objects where I wanted them to be and used the "rotation tool" to rotate my objects in various directions.

Concept

The concept of this piece is to show how comfortable and pleasurable ice cream is. The article expresses to women that ice cream treats can be turned into spa retreats; a time where she can relax and gain a piece of mind. This is important for every woman as well as individuals in general and ice cream is a great treat to help woman acknowledge this time.

Composition

The idea of the location of my objects are free formed. The ice cream balls are placed sporadically. The framed picture and text are more structured and aligned on top of each other.

Week 9

Magazine layout 1: Diametric Expressionism

Craft

Using InDesign, a new document was opened under a letter size setting for a 6 page spread. This image represents the 2nd and 3rd page of the overall spread. First, the box tool was used to create a box where the Diametric Expressionism picture was "placed" into the box by selecting the file tab and the "place" option. This option opened a new window where I was able to search for the image and place it into the box. From there I was able to size the box by using my black arrow and dragging the corners of the box. Then in order to get my image to perfectly line up within the frame of my box I left clicked, selected the fitting option, and the"fit content to frame" option. The I selected the text box again to add text which I used the text or "T" tab to do so. I repeated the same process for the two smaller images that I used for the Diametric Expressionism image. Finally, I drew a rectangle with the box tool, filled it with the color black and moved it to the background of the right side of the spread.

Concept

This layout plays on the style which incorporates opposites. The most repetitive and obvious opposites in this piece are the contrasts (contrasts in color the black and white background, text, and images against the background and scale text and images).

Composition

The first thing that someone may notice when looking at this spread in a magazine is the white background of page 1 against the black background of page 2. The dominant contrast of the two pages draws the reader in; even the white words on the back page and the black words on the white page because highly contrasted. The use of the black box on the white background adds to the coordination and relationship between the two pages in the spread. (This was mostly intentional). The repetitions of black and white cause an intense interest and a sharpness about the spread. The pop of color from the orange Fire piece centered on the black page also adds a lower form of contrast than the white; yet on the white page the mixture of the black and hue of oranges, yellows, greens, and purples creates a mixture of high and low contrast. Again, the repetition of the mixture of high and low contrast carries on in the black box atop with the author on the white page. The scale of the first picture is much larger than that of the second and third pictures, which makes the second feel more of a feature and the first the focus of the article. The name of the article is in the larger scaled picture and repeated as the title of the article, in which one can assume its the title, not because of the picture, but because of the change in font style use for the title and its scale in contrast to the other text.

Week 8

Diametric Expressionism

Fire

My Style

Craft (How to get this style.)

For My Style, I used my electronic pencil and hand wrote my style name "diametric expressionism." Then I applied color to the name with my black arrow selecting each I applied the color from the color tab. Next I duplicated the name by using my layers tab and dragging the layers of each word to the duplication tool within the tab. I duplicated this smaller version and turned them in different directions using my black arrow tool until I created a pattern and the name became subliminal.

In the work Fire, using Adobe Illustrator, I began with an electronic hand drawing of a hand lotion bottle, using an electron pencil and the pen tool, while holding the lotion at an angle where I could only see the top. Then, I used the brushes tab, choosing the first charcoal ink brush in the specified items list and applied it to my hand drawn object to create the ink styled brush stroke. Next, I added a solid color to the background using a burnt or hot orange from the color tab. Afterwards, I wrote in five different handwritten font styles the word "fire"; I gave color to four of the words: black, red, yellow, and orange. This is created by using the command shift key to group each word individually, using the black arrow to selected the text, and then the color tab to add the color. Then, I used the shape tool to create a circle around the lotion top image. Next, I duplicated all the words various times in the layers tool by dragging each grouped layer to the duplicate layer tool within the tab.

From there I grouped the various fonts and colors all over the backdrop to create a sort of pattern, but I did not entangle them in the circle or the top. Accordingly, I selected my circle with the black arrow and then selected the effects window where I used the distortions option and the roughen effect which created the jagged black perimeter where I increased the line point from 1pt. to 5pt. Finally I selected the swatches tab and chose a brown and apply this color to the fill of the circle and then used the opacity effect to soften the color.

Concept (What is this style?)

Diametric Expressionism is my unique style that combines opposites. It contrasts images of chaos with images order. Diametric is defined as two complete opposites and Expressionism is a poplar art style that exhibit order in the mist of chaos with positive, emotional, and artistic styles. In my works I juxtaposed order and chaos through texts and images.

The My Style piece is basically my self expressing itself through text and image.

In Fire, my favorite piece from my series in the diametric expressionism style, where I have used earthly disasters experienced by humans as the design inspiration, uses the word "fire" in a chaotic frenzy of text that directly evokes chaos in the image like fire would to a building. The object in the center is also chaotic with its charcoal ink medium in doubled circular tight lines that create and abstract look. It's also encircled with a chaotic roughen styled circle; however, the background both inside the circle and the entire image are regular or plain. They are the exact opposite of the chaotic lines, text, and images. Especially inside the circle, there is a calm structure feel that is juxtaposed against both the circle and the object.

The color in this piece is simply the typical colors seen in a flame or fire. The reds, blacks, greys, browns, oranges, and yellows all represent the disaster of fire and its consummation buildings, people, and things.

Composition (How does this style go?)

The general arrangement for diametric expressionism is for the opposites to be separate. Those images, text, and colors that are chaotic are separate from those that are calm or regular. The most common "arrangement" in this style is the repetition of text and color. The repetition of these create the chaos, where as the plain-ness of the non-repeated images hold the regularity. The scale of repeated texts or chaos are large in both pictures compared to the scale of order or regularity it seems. It may depend on the viewer as to which is larger of scale.

Week 7

Fire
Flames are hot.

Flames are bright.

Flames erase.

Tornado

Tornadoes move fast.

Tornadoes blow away all.

Tornadoes turn us upside down or right side up.

Volcano

Volcanoes burn.

Volcanoes errupt.

Volcanoes cause change chemically.

Earthquake
Earthquakes shake us.

Earthquakes make us question.

Earthquakes open us.

Landslide

Landslide arise by fault.

Landslides arise by nature.

Landslide don't arise.

Style Series

Given my style "Diametric Expressionism" have words like chaos, opposites, order, and emotion that express its definition. I thought about things that humans experience and different natural disasters came to mind. These disasters tend to bring chaos to our world, but its also unique how there is an order to which these events occur that indicates the experience to us.

Craft: In illustrator, first I hand drew electronically a bottle of women's hand lotion. I positioned the bottle in various positions and used lines to make out the object. Then I used a charcoal design to convert the basic lines into an abstract image and added a different color background drop to each picture by using my box tool. Next, I used my electronic pen and in some cases my mouse, to create the title of each piece using the pen tool. In the various pieces I created the titles in different hand written styles. I added different colors to these styles after research different tragedies for each kind of disaster and finding the dominate colors in each.

Concept: Each of these piece conveys a different type of natural disaster. In the words the name the disaster, the colors are those that you may see when experience the disaster, and the form it that of the disaster. Although these piece don't play on our actual emotions to feel happy or sad, they do make us feel as though we are experiencing or remembering the disaster when looking at the art.

Composition: The contrast in these piece are mostly low, the black against the background colors. The hues range from light to dark with reds and blues to yellows and greens. Those most interesting of these compositions are the forms they take on using the text. Each form is heavy and make the background colors, even if they are dark, seem light because of the compared simplicity. Last, they are all diverse in overall color pallet and shape.

Week 6

I C U

Shoe Shocked

Cream of the Crop

After the Party

Concept

My original piece, positioned last in this entry remains the image of an after party scene. The event is over and what's left is the mess that was creatively served in a shoe. The Shoe Shocked piece is the same concept; while the Cream of the Crop piece is a more realized atmosphere, to the effect that one person is enjoying this treat served in this shoe alone. Unlike the After Party piece, here the partying is just getting started (Depending on a person's preference on ice cream). The ICU piece is completely different from these concepts. This piece has no emotion of excitement or satisfaction like the others, which contain food. This piece is the extreme opposite containing something most people would not want to eat.

Craft

In these new works, many new techniques have been learned and used in Adobe Illustrator. Shoe Shocked was developed through the use of a series of affects and graphics. Effects and Graphics can be found in the standard tool bar up top and in the side windows where the layers and colors are as I discussed in previous entries. Cream of the Crop was created by importing and tracing various images in works from the Internet and some alterations by hand. When importing and tracing the images I opened a new document, trace the object using the pen or pencil tool, selected it using the black arrow tool, and pasted it in actual work. For the ice cream colors, I opened ice cream colors under the customize selections of the color guide. The color guide is a window that matches surrounding colors to the color chosen from the color window. I also used the pencil tool free-handed to create some of the details on the work and used the color guide window to create the background color. The ICU piece is very similar to the techniques used on both other works. In this piece I copied, traced, and used free-hand drwaing to create the look of the eyeballs in another document and pasted it my actual work. In addition, for the iris of some of the eyes I used a distortion effect to create some variety in them outside of color.

New tools I've used here are the color guide window, specialty or custom patterns and colors within the color guide window, distortion and roughen effects in the tool bar, and the copy paste feature. Repeated tools are the color window, black arrow, and I constantly reorder and organized layers for each piece to create these masterpieces!

Composition

In Shoe Shocked the layout of the images remained like those in the original piece. Additions where made in Cream of the Crop and ICU mostly to the contents of the shoe, but the table and shoe remained in these works positioned like the original. The ICU work has a very desaturated feel to the color creating lest contrast between the background and the table, but more contrast with the shoe and eyes. The piece has the various hues of the original through the different objects and has no real change from this with the effects.

Week 5

Craft:
Continuing from week 4, there are many new functions I've learned in class in addition to the layers tab, colors tab, gradient tab, pen tool, and the select & direct select tools. I've now experimented with the op. tool, which creates different contrasts of transparency in an object; the Shift + Command + 3/4 keys, which captures a screen or allows you to select images to capture in your screen to save a a jpeg and upload it online or to a flash-stick etc.; the pencil tool, which uses lines, instead of shapes like the pen tool, to normally create details for a more specific or fine look on an object.

I have used the Shift+Command+3/4 to capture my image from adobe illustrator and upload it in my blog, which an image has to at least be in a jpeg or other specific picture formats to produce.

I have used the op. tool to create the clear shoe and coasters in my picture and become more identical to the actual photograph. The op. tool give you 100% to 0% variation of the image of an object; the closer an object is to 0% the more transparent it will be and the closer an object is to 100% the less transparent it will be.

In addition, to have my layers appear in the order that they are now, I've had to create a newly ordered system, with the help of Prof. Peck, to layer objects in the photo in a way that is functional, changeable, easier, and simply makes sense. For example, inside my shoe are chips. Some chips are seen inside of the shoe underneath the clear portion of the shoe, while others are seen on top of the shoe. This shows the actual position of the different chips on the shoe, some are on top while some are on bottom.

Then, new details to the table have been created using the pencil tool. I used the pencil to draw the lines in the wood of the table. Here, I started to create a natural wood texture to an otherwise solid colored cartoon coffee table. I also used the op. tool to soften the lines to look more natural rather than like marks on the table. I believe that a better tool maybe available in the feature for this texture. I also created a glare on the table which is supposed to represent the light on the table. Here I used the pen tool, but this hasn't turned out like I expected; like the lines, I used the op. tool to soften the glare, but this hasn't helped. Finally, I attempted to use the gradient tool to create the shadows on the legs of the table first. I lacked the experience with using this tool and decided not to use it this week because of the contrast of black, white, and grey it casted upon my tan table. I did learn that like the op. tool, it has a max. and min. variation that lightens, darkens, and changes around shadow placed on an object.

Composition:
Currently in this piece , contrast and repetition have been analyzed this week. The repetition of the coaster really draw the the eyes of the viewer from the foreground, to the middle ground, to the background and the repetition of similar and like colors adds to this concept; the transparency in contrast to the colors of each coaster intensifies this repetition and brings the eyes past the large clear shoe. The contrast of the chips also differentiates position, and last, the contrast of the transparent shoes and coasters have been altered from high white and gray low white/greys.

Concept:
This piece still captures the leftovers after a party or get-together; however, the new concept here is to get the viewer to believe that this shoe is clear and that the chips served in a shoe, highlight of the party, can be seen in and through the shoe. The coaster also hints at the transparency of objects in this picture.

Week 4

Craft

After opening my photo in Adobe Illustrator, I had to size my photo according to the picture

settings on the program. I first used the magnifying glass (from the tool bar) plus central to

reduce the size of the picture. Next, to size the picture according to the standard rectangle shape, I used the black arrow from my tool bar, my mouse, and my shift key. Each corner and side have a cross hair, lines, and rotations symbols that will allow you to know what move you are correctly executing. After my photo was made the standard size, I created a layer over my

photo to begin drawing on. Layers, colors, and color guide etc. are on a separate tool bar.

Next, I traced shapes according to the shape of the objects in the picture with the pen tool. When tracing the objects using the pen tool, I created layers for each object on top of the layer I first created. After tracing each object, I made color the shape to be as identical to its picture from the photo as possible. When creating these shapes, I constantly when back and forth between my picture drawing and my photo to be most accurate.

Composition

Currently in this picture are coasters, a cup, a coffee table, and a shoe all capture a an angle that creates depth, objects in the background, middle ground, and foreground; contrast, in the foreground, objects are darker and lighter in the background; primary and complimentary colors: pink, red, blue, green, grey, black, yellow, and brown.


Concept

For this picture, I am simply starting with the exact colors and structure from the actual photo. Therefore, this picture represents the day after a party or get-together. The cups and food left on a coffee table is normally just mess or a chore for the host, but because of all the colors and shapes from the objects left can become art if captured at the right angle.

Week 3

After the Party

Craft

This photo contains a shoe with chips, coasters, and cups with and without beverage in them on a coffee table.

Composition

The photo contains depth, color variation, lines, shapes, and contrast. The depth of the picture is portrayed by objects close in the front of the picture appearing larger than objects in the background of the picture. This achieve a feel of distance in the picture. Blue, green, read, yellow, pink, orange, black, grey, and the underling colors in the clear material produce a range of color that contrast and compliment each other. In addition, all the objects in the picture take on various lines and shapes, also adding visual interest to the photo. The contrast in the picture goes light to dark from top to bottom. The carpet, table, and coasters in the front are darker than the coasters, cups, and lights shown in the background of the picture.

Concept

This photo displays the clutter that is left over from a party, with the main dish, being served in a shoe.

Week 2

Shoes Do Belong on the Table

Craft

The coffee table in my living room has a made-up centerpiece of coasters and a pail of candy. I have interesting clear shoes and I thought it would be cool to see the candy through the shoes. The pail is not clear and a person has to dig through it to see all it contains. The shoe was placed in the middle of the table filled with the candy and surrounded by coasters. This made a new and unique centerpiece.

Composition

The position of the objects in the far right corner of this frame gives the photo depth. The photo has a balance, yet the eyes are drawn to the colorful corner and then pan to the space on the table. Although not porportioned literally, the ample empty table space create volume and a balance with the little corner with the shoe and coaster. The table also acts as a border (blank slate) and the objects bring visual interest with color, depth, and contrast.

Concept

Normally, shoes are on a table because people put there feet up when watching television or reading; however, this action is seen as rude, dirty, or just common. The concept of a shoe being the center of attention or the centerpiece on a coffee table is opposite the standard in the typical home. In addition, the shoe plays a functional role. It holds the candy for guests, but does not determine whether or not guests would be comfortable with eating candy from a shoe. In this photo, shoes on the table work!

Same Old

Craft

This photo was taken inside of St. Xavier's Andrew Conference Center. It was crafted by the slow strut of a male talking on his cell phone. His pace was very slow, probably because of thinking. This photo was taken successfully without the flash, earlier in the morning in front of big windows.

Composition

The placement of the person in this frame adds motion to the picture; the fact that the person is not centered in the photo creates a focus on the legs and shoes of the person in the picture, while acknowledging the background. Uniquely, the color in the photo is not very diverse on the color palete, but is varied within the same palete, making the photo feel colorful.

Concept

The old feel of the tiles, shoes, and walk of this male give the picture a lazy, dirty, antique look. The idea is that the picture is simple and lacks enough color to make it feel old. The shoes are not white, but a beige and brown and the color of the floor and wall is a shade of red/brown that creates a old feel. Yet, the multiple lines in the tiles create interest and the pop of blue jean creates an abstraction from the rest of the picture to add contrast.

Week 1

Hometown: Saint Louis, MO

Major: Business Administration Marketing
Most Interesting Book: Bible
Artistic Inspiration: The Ghetto
Favorite Traveled Location: Barcelona, Spain