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.