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.