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

Final Pencil Box

With my final pencil box I added flaps to close off the box. I was careful with the glue so that the drawer wouldn't get stuck in the back. I took away the design paper and created a design with the subdued yellow paper that mimicked the long lines of the pencils.

2nd Iteration of Pencil Box

This is my second making of my pencil case. I threw the first one away before I realized I hadn't photographed it. The second attempt was more successful with different supplies and adhesives.