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My Process Booklet

Zine Process

The thumbnail sketches made it easier for me to do my zine. The hardest part of deciding the placement of text and pictures was taken care of by doing the thumbnails.

Instead of looking for magazine layouts to use as a model and inspiration, I chose to create my own.

Le Corbusier

Even though in class on this day, November 13, I was tired of drawing, but when I got to these exercises I was somewhat relieved that they weren't cubes although angular shapes are still present. I was glad that we were given the opportunity to complete the exercise.

Drawings of Models

I'm not satisfied with my models; therefore I am not satisfied with the drawings. The second drawing is actually my scale model made for today's class. There are many blanks and things that I have to figure out. I know the drawing of my final model will be better because I will actually like the model and put more confidence and work into the drawing.

Still Life Shading

I found the crosshatching technique to be more difficult than the blurred/all over effect and the diagonal line that I used in the other drawing.

Exercises 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

With these exercises I definetely "experimented" with the techniques as the book said. I found the pencil drawings to be too messy. I love my pen drawings. Using pen creates a clean, neat look, even with the scribbling technique. Also with the pen it is a total commitment that I am making which is scary yet, beneficial at the same time.

CLIMBING TO THE TOP!

In my layout I tried to mimick the placement of text and color and images to a certain degree to maintain a little originality. In place of the woman hanging out on the tree limb, I place tags that each represent the elements line, value, texture, form, space, and pattern. I chose red because of its vibrant energy which relates to studio in a sense that you want to create objects that are vibrant and eye catching, not anything dull. I put a matte knife where the rolex once was. The matte knife has been my best friend in every project we have done so far in studio. The HB and 2B pencils represent our drawing class. The two classes coincide and you can use things learned in one in the other class.
For this post, the assignment was to look at double page ads in architectural magazines. We were to look at the different techniques used as far as placement of text and images, and how colors and texture were incorporated. I liked this ad for Rolex watches that was in Wallpaper magazine. After finding an inspirational ad, using the theme "What makes studio, studio?", our task was to create a double page spread in our sketchbooks addressing the mentioned theme.

meta-mor-pho-sis: the art of transformation

My initial thoughts about this project were, "What in the world am I supposed to be doing?" The assignment was to make a project that was a mixture of two of our classmates projects. I collaborated with Ashley's, http://ashleyb17.blogspot.com, memory container and Anna's, http://lifesketch-anna.blogspot.com, memory container. For my intermediate project I mixed the angles and vibrant colors from Ashley's container and the tissue paper and curves from Anna's. I found my next two projects to be a lot better than the first one. With the next two, I simply took small elements from each one and mixed them together.

Memory Container