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For my project, I chose image editing.  I originally was going to a picture of a door in a dark room with a beautiful picture on the other side. That was really hard to figure out how to do.  I watched videos but I could not figure out how to use it on Pixlr.  A success I had with this project is just learning how to use image editing websites, it was something I have never done before.  A failure I had with this project was learning how to crop pictures into another picture.  Some skills I learned from doing this project is some of the tools used in image editing.  An example of this is changing the entire color of the object.  Something I learned about myself with completing this project is that this is not something I really enjoy doing.  It was cool to explore the website and play around with the pic but technology/photo editing is not my strong suit.  I learned to have more patience with working with this stuff even when it gets hard.  If I were to do this project again I would learn more about the website and how to work it better.  I feel like I would of had a better outcome in the end.  Some tips I have for someone completing the project is make sure you watch enough tutorials to understand what website you are using to edit your image.  This project has inspired me to improve my photo editing skills in the future.  The website did not necessarily help with the message of my pic, but add more details to the pic.  

I choose to do value, line, and texture drawing because I am a fan of free drawing anything that comes to mind. one my favorite animal is a chimpanzee, one reason why I like chimpanzees is their similarity to humans. My overall vision of my drawing was chimpanzee can do just as many things humans can do, for example, walk on two feet, dress up, and etc. The drawing shows a chimpanzee in a suit taking a picture on an iPhone, I wanted to show a sense a humor in my drawing to make a viewer giggle or laugh. The process of my art drawing all started with a  movie call Planet of the apes, the movie shows an ape name Caesar growing up to be super intelligent and started to develop human characteristics, for example, he dresses, talks, and have a family.  My idea for my drawing was an ape with human qualities.  My work can influence others by thinking outside the box and being open to draw whatever they put their mind too. My work now compare to my previous is completely different, I notice some improvement over the last two months, a new tool I'll use was pencil shading. Pencil shading is twenty different types of pencils you can use to draw light, medium, or dark. Something I think I need to work on differently in the future is my time management Overall I am happy with my art project, I hope to influence people to draw whatever they put their mind too.

For my project I did a Linoleum cut this was my first time doing this project and I will admit it was very complicated to do but it was a fun project to do. I decided to create this project because it seem like it would be interesting and i honestly wanted to see if i could pull it off.  I also wanted to see if i would be able to curve it correctly. My overall vision of the work was to make my print look like it was a turtle in swimming in the water. That’s what i would have liked to communicate to the viewers also.

I don't think i did a good job trying to communicate that to the viewers because along the way i made a couple of permanent mistakes. In my opinion the only thing that the viewers might see is the water thats behind the turtle and a half turtle. I did a bad job the head of the turtle and the shell that was the most complicated part of the drawing the print. I feel like I did a good job doing the drawing the print in pencil. Although i made a lot of mistakes on the project I think the thing i achieved the best was actually still finishing the project despite all the mistakes and it still looked a little close to the picture i was trying to create. That's how my previous work is also, even if i make a couple mistakes designing the project I still finish my project and it always comes out looking close to the design i based my project off of.

The process I had to go through to create this project is first I had to draw my design on a my print on a white piece of paper first to show how i would like my print to look. Second I had to copy my print onto the linoleum cut with a black sharpie. Next I had to use cutting tools to carve  out the design. Then I had to use the printing ink and the rolling tools to roll the ink on the linoleum cut. Lastly i put the linoleum cut on a white piece of paper so that it could print and I was finish.

I created the linoleum cut because I simply wanted to try something different. I felt like it was something I didn’t think I could do so I wanted to try it. I wanted to create an image that people could make up their own story from. It is an image people can interpret in their own way. I think people would mostly see it as something spooky. Something you would see in a cartoon movie where kids are  trick or treating on a Halloween night and go into a forest for more of an adventure. Doing this project I think I created more of an imaginative mind for myself. I feel like my work doesn’t relate to my previous work because I feel like my previous work wasn’t much creative. I think my art relates more to David Hockney art because he did a lot of landscape art with painting of trees, woods, and towns with farms land. I feel like that is the type of art I was working towards.

Linoleum cut process was easy. First I had to sketch out an idea of what I wanted to crave and I had to make sure the image would be able to fit on the linoleum so that was challenging. After sketching the picture I had to print it on the linoleum using carbon paper. When it printed on the linoleum I then had to go over the image a black sharpie marker. Then I had to heat up the linoleum with a iron so that it would be easy to crave. The I began to carve the part of my image that wasn’t gone over with the sharpie. After I was finish craving I then had to print my image on a piece of paper using ink and a roller to roll the ink over my image so that it will print of the paper.

In my Art class each student got an opportunity to design their own project. We were given options from different varieties of  Art pieces that we had to choose one. I chose the value line and texture drawing because I’m more comfortable with that type of Artwork and I think it would be easier for me.

When I started brainstorming I knew that I wanted to draw the face of an Animal, so I decided to draw the face of a dog, but it wasn’t coming out how I wanted it to and I later changed my mind to draw the face of a Lion.

I drew a Lion, because Lions are a very strong and fears specy. I’ve always told myself that I have the heart of a Lion, but I want when people look at this art work they find their own meaning, because this is art and different individuals should be able to have their own insight.

What I really like about this drawing is the eyes, I feel like the eyes gives it a realistic look even though it doesn’t look a 100% real,because I did have some problems with the hair and the background, but otherwise from that I think the facial structure was somewhat good enough.

Artist Statement

When I was in the process of choosing what type of Multi Media I wanted to create I wanted to chose something that showed who I was in a way and something that would challenge me. I looked through the materials I had and saw clay. I chose to do clay because is a very hard material to mess with for multiple reason. Once I had my material I started to think about what I wanted to make. I knew I wanted it to relate to me in some way so I decided to do something with the ocean. I looked through animals and then picked to do a manatee. As I drew a sketch of what I wanted to sculpture to look like I wanted it to show what a manatee looks like and its environment. I believe that with my sculpture the view can clearly tell the message in the sculpture and what animal it is. While I made my sculpture I got to understand how clay works. My work fits into contemporary art because it's abstract and different.

To make my project I use basic shapes like circles and manipulate them into a different shape. I molded my clay and use tools to smooth it out and to create other textures. . I got my inspiration for this project by looking up pictures of manatees and other sculptures of manatees. These are some pictures that I got inspiration from. Picture 1,  Picture 2, Picture 3, Picture 4. I think that my art relates to the world we live in because with global warming becoming a big concern and animals becoming endangered i think my sculpture reminds people of the beauty in these animals.

The project choice I choose to do for my Q2 benchmark was Value line and Texture Drawing. I decided to choose this because I wanted to create an image that uses various techniques that would make my drawing realistic. When thinking about doing this project I had many different vision and ideas of what I wanted to do. I had did 2 rough draft of sample drawings I wanted to do. The first idea I had, was for me to do a one point perspective drawing of my name. The second Idea I had was to do a necker cube illusion. The reason why I didn’t go through with those ideas was because I didn’t like how the drawing turned out. I finally then decided, that I wanted to draw a human skull because when I was looking up realistic human skull drawings, I like what I saw and I decided I wanted to make a skull drawing. I think my work communicate to the viewer because of realistic aspect of the drawing. I think I achieved the realist aspect of the skull drawing. My current work relates to my previous work because I have done a value line and texture drawing in the 9 th grade. We had did still life drawings.

I believe my work fits in with contemporary art because of portraiture art work. When I looked at artwork on artsy.com I saw portraiture and when i had clikced on it, I saw that it was portaits and relaistic drawlings  that looked simlair to my darwling. When I finally decided to draw a skull for my benchmark, I had went online to looked up different skull ideas I could draw. When I found the one I thought I could replicate, I went on youtube to see different examples on how to draw a skull. I also watched some drawing videos about shading. When I had got an idea of what I wanted to draw a had started to draw my rough draft  to see how the skull would turn out. After I was done my rough draft I pretty pleased with what I had. However when I was working on my final drawing I realised that something was missing that would make my skull different from the skulls I saw on the internet. I then decided to add bones inside the skull mouth to make it look like a pirate flag symbol.My inspiration came from google because I was looking up different ideas for realistic drawing and I saw a skull which I thought was pretty nice. My work could have an impact on the world by showing people they can and try new things like I did when completing this project. My work could influence people to step out their comfort zone and try new drawing techniques. A certain technique I used in my drawing was the shading. When shading in the skull it gave it more value and realism to it which I think is really cool. I learn how to make different textures with a pencil and how to shade had realism to the drawing.

We wanted to do something that is similar to the project choices mixed with something we really like to do.  Our overall vision for the work is to mix and older style of artwork with a newer style of art. Henna is an older cultural art and it is very detailed. Graffiti style lettering is a very new form of art. When you put these two together it creates something new that you rarely see. The message that we are trying to send is that nothing should be stuck in it’s category and trying new combinations can turn out well. We made a unique artwork and that is not seen a lot. Practicing on the henna designs and also the lettering help us a lot. I like working with 3-D art and street art and this is mixed with a little of both. Our artwork is similar to  ZADIE XA because the  work is very detailed. First we sketched out where we would do my henna designs and then I started with a little flower into a big henna designs over all the buildings. I make a sketch in my book then I drew it on the canvas. I colored it in with acrylic markers and went over it again with another layer of acrylic paint. Our work shows Philadelphia which is the city we live in.  It could make different artists get together and collaborate to make new ideas. Without shading the lettering wouldn’t look the same. The shading makes the letters 3-D. It it was all white it would be very hard to read and look very flat and basic. I learned to go back over my paintings with layers of paint which is something I didn’t do before. I hope everyone likes our art work.

Henna Design by Shirin Akhter

Graffiti Lettering by Cyrus Foster

Abdulomar Tucker

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To begin, I created a linoleum cut wolf because that's my favorite animal and I wanted to make an animal.  After deciding that I focused on my vision for the work. I wanted to make a wolf with a moon in the back. I think my work would communicate deep thinking and even appreciation for a wolf in it’s glory. With this, I will be able to really capture this wolf. This project relates to my other projects in which the ideas come rather spontaneously. The original strokes I put into my artwork is the same as well. After reviewing some contemporary art, I noticed that my artwork is very similar to Wolfgang Tillmans. Wolfgang and I tend to see beauty in the little things and things people would really overlook. Things that would be taken for granted and where others don’t see the light in something. His artwork is also spontaneous as it captures either current emotions or moments in life. When creating this project, I had looked at some wildlife pictures of Wolves. I just decided to add a moon behind it to make it more special. This project doesn’t reflect my own life;however, the wolf in a multiple ways reflect some things i instill in myself and what I see in the world. Like when chasing a goal , I imagine being as serious and making every move towards that goal as purposeful as a wolf hunting to feed the pack. I also like what the wolf represents such as integrity and bravery. I feel as though my work can influence people to take some valuable lessons from this and change a life.  The most important technique is the specific knifes I would use to create certain cuts that would come out in the print. This technique is also new to me. I had fun experimenting  with it.

This quarter I have challenged myself to make a piece of artwork with a style that I have never done before. Mixed media was new to me, but I enjoyed creating this piece. My overall vision is actually amazement. I really was aiming for something very colorful and I definitely feel like I have achieved that outlook. At the beginning, I had no idea what techniques of mixed media I would use, but the three that I have chosen worked out perfectly fine. As my main materials I used tissue paper, sequins, and pompoms. These object all come very colorful.

I started out with this idea of being having color pop out of the work. I started out with painting white first just because that made sense to have that dry. I then went onto the background of tissue paper and I made my way on down. Nothing was really planned, I simply just laid out the tissue paper, the pompoms, and the sequences. There was no particular plan for where I wanted things to go, I just knew the space that I wanted things to go in and from there I just used up all the space that I sketched out. Along the way I learned I should cover the space that I may not want to get messed up, because when I went to melt the crayon it spilled over a bit on a space that I did not want it to. Fortunately, I was able to fix it up but I now know that when dealing with liquid materials I should cover up parts just in case for a spill over. As far as learning something new, I can take away the importance of probably knowing the quantity and the exact of mapping things out. I was a bit under prepared with pompoms and I had to run out and get more in order to complete the project.

This work just like my other work tends to be very different and stand out to the eye very well. Bella Szeift is a great example of my work comparing to contemporary art work. Her piece of art, Lace Maker was the first piece of work that I saw on the paper that made me think of my own art work. I see a face resembling out of different objects which is the concept of mine. There is a face inside of the objects that were used. Her work is very bold and colorful and I feel that my piece of work transpires the same views.

Overall, my work came out as expected and I am proud of it. There was no reasoning or inspiration behind the thought of making this. I literally have none tried this and found the thought interesting to try. I have learned that you can take just about anything and turn something into art. You can use different tools into a masterpiece. Beings though my artwork is a girl and she is bold and colorful, this idea can be inspirational for other women to really stand out for themselves.

We wanted to do something that is similar to the project choices mixed with something we really like to do.  Our overall vision for the work is to mix and older style of artwork with a newer style of art. Henna is an older cultural art and it is very detailed. Graffiti style lettering is a very new form of art. When you put these two together it creates something new that you rarely see. The message that we are trying to send is that nothing should be stuck in it’s category and trying new combinations can turn out well. We made a unique artwork and that is not seen a lot. Practicing on the henna designs and also the letterings help us a lot. I like working with 3D art and street art and this is mixed with a little of both. Our artwork is similar to  ZADIE XA because the  work is very detailed. First we sketched out where we would do my henna designs and then I started with a little flower into a big henna designs over all the buildings. I make a sketch in my book then I drew it on the canvas. I colored it in with acrylic markers and went over it again with another layer of acrylic paint. Our work shows philadelphia which is the city we live in.  It could make different artists get together and collaborate to make new ideas. Without shading the lettering wouldn’t look the same. The shading makes the letters 3D. It it was all white it would be very hard to read and look very flat and basic. I learned to go back over my paintings with layers of paint which is something I didn’t do before. I hope everyone likes our art work.

Henna Design by Shirin Akhter

Graffiti Lettering by Cyrus Foster

I chose this because I felt like this was the most challenging project on

the list and It was different. I was hoping to capture the three different media’s in my project and really be able to bring them out. I think my work communicates to the viewer because I drew something everybody likes. I hope to do good as an outcome of this project because I never did something like this before.

This relates to my previous work because in my previous work I went

outside of my comfort zone and tried something new. I gather my materials first which was difficult because I couldn’t find three different media that was going to work on the board I was using. Then I sketched out my sunset on the board. Then I painted the ocean first.I used acrylic blue and white paint. Next I filled in my sun with 2 different color constructions paper yellow and orange. Lastly I used a white substance and filled in my palm trees then I went over it with color pencil brown and green so it can really show.  

My world could impact the world because It could make people want to try something new. A new technique I experienced with was using construction paper to fill in my sun I always used marked or coloring pencils, etc.

My painting originally started out as a sketch I drew outside of school.  I really liked it so I decided to make it my painting. I am not sure if I necessarily had an overall vision of how the finished product would turn out.  I think my work communicates patience and effort for my viewers.  I could only use three color and I had to shade everything correctly.  Something I feel I achieved was learning how to shade better and limit myself to all colors.  I feel this work compares to other work I have done in the past because the bright colors.  Something I like to do is paint with bright colors.  Contemporary art is ard produced in this day and age.  By doing some research I found an artist who did a similar piece to mine. She painted some lemons in a jar.http://ind5.ccio.co/PB/g6/W2/38c342a6b70dc8f200f8ee49dcc91328.jpg  

I chose this piece because they were both of fruit and had similar shadings to mine and they were both pictures of fruit.  Also thread the sketch then I traced it onto a harder canvas top colors used were similar to mine. The first thing I did was make a color chart of the three colors I used.  This showed how each color would look mixed with one another.  I then traced my drawing onto a canvas to start painting.  Then I painted, I made sure the shading was right to make it look more realistic.  I did not really have inspiration to paint this.  I just saw the pic online and tried recreating it.  I feel my work reflects the world we live in because it represents holding on to the important things.  I feel an apple can represent  It makes an impact on the world because it shows the simple beauty in everyday objects.  A technique that is really important to the work is shading.  Before I shaded my hands and apple looked weird and unrealistic.  Adding the shading really made them pop.  Something I learned was how to shade better and make things look more 3 dimensional.  I am really glad I got to do this project.  It made me explore what just three colors have to offer.  They do a lot more than you think.  Also I got to paint one of my favorite sketches and see it turn into a beautiful piece of artwork.  

Artist Statement

I created this because I’ve noticed that I like creating hard-surface models more than organic surfaces just because it’s more fun to me even if it’s less like actual sculpting. My overall vision for the piece was a take on a vic viper (a ship with two long prongs in the front and a large engine in the back.) I’d hope this is a properly conveyed science fiction ship. Through this piece I taught myself more on reflections and lighting to create interesting pieces and i’ve gotten much better at it.

The method I used to create this was the same as everything else i’ve made, but essentially I did as follows:

1. Use basic shapes, and adjust the camera for an interesting angle

2. Use primitive shapes to block out shape of vehicle

3. Delete the primitive shapes and replace them with detailed parts

4. Create shader to give it an interesting texture (I actually made this shader as a product awhile ago)

5. Experiment with lights in the scene for clean and interesting reflections

6. Fix reflections in Krita, and do final post editing there.

My piece as it stands compared to the people I look up to is just completely out classed in all fields. Things like Modeling, Texturing, Shading and lighting. The piece that I made doesn’t reflect the world i’m in or anything deep like that, nor my experiences but it’s just something i’m passionate about (Science Fiction).

I created this project because Rihanna is my idol and i wanted to draw her since I idolize her so much. My overall vision for the work was to draw a picture of Rihanna with details as in depth as in the picture without the color. I wanted to bring out the beauty through value and lines which was used to represent her facial structure and contour.I think that my art communicates that Rihanna is beautiful and her beauty can be represented in many ways.I think i achieved personal happiness in getting to represent my idol in the way that i want her to be represented. My current work relates to my past work because usually when i create an art project it relates to things that affect my life or things that have been inspiring in my life.

I would say my work fit in with Post-war American War . I think i could relate my artwork to Irving Penn in 1917-2009.I first started my art piece by creating many sketches of what I wanted to draw. Once I got the idea of how I wanted to draw I then got my drawing utensils and started my work. I started first by drawing her outline features. Then, I started on her features. Once I got her features down packed I finished by outline of her facial structure. The image that I was trying to describe was a picture of RiRi with a short cut, holding her middle fingers up to the paparazzi . My work reflects the world I live in because people have this i don't care type of attitude and I can say that for myself as well because I have become a person that doesn’t care about a lot of things.The technique that I think was most important was vaulie because it really brought out the features of the drawing. A new technique I used was smudging .

I created this artwork because I wanted to do something I knew I could do, but also push my limits. I didn’t want to push my limits too much, but enough for me to learn from this art piece, creating a new perspective for myself. I hoped to create a one point perspective and a value, line texture, drawing all into one piece. I was hoping to improve as an artist, and with this piece I know I did improve. I think to the viewer they see a nice art piece that is well drawn and detailed. This art piece relates to my previous artwork because it has my style of drawing. My style is sloppy esque type of drawing where it looks sloppy, but very neat and organized. Another artist I would compare myself to is Dylan Cale Jones, his art has that same sloppy esque style of art. Yet, it’s still able to pertain the very organized feel and aspect.

To create this work I looked for how I can make my value, line, and texture drawing unique. I decided to make it a one point perspective drawing from a room. Every time I made this drawing it came out crooked or one part was too hard to make. In the end, I chose to make a hallway and the sunlight coming through the windows on the wall to create my value.

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My work reflects on my life because you see how the hallway has two entries where light comes in and there are dark areas, that is my life basically. I have both positive and negative things going on in my life, and I think that the idea of the dark and the light really sums it up. I don’t really think that my art is good enough to impact the world, but if it did then it could start a trend of the sloppy style. The technique of lining up and making sure every line fits is very important. The rays of light have to line up with the things in the room to create the shade which also includes lines. Unfortunately I didn’t learn any new techniques while working on this piece.

I created this work to focus more on the background. I always focus on the centerpiece and never put enough dedication to the background. I thought this would be a perfect chance to be able to do such things.While creating this work, I wanted people to understand some of the things that can associate with a person without the actual face. I feel like I wanted the background to speak for itself without the help of the centerpiece for once. I will honestly admit that some people could be confused if they don’t understand the character or seen the show, so I would say it’s the clearest communication for the viewers. However, for people who do recognize the show, then they will understand. I think I achieved ( well as far as I know) blending the colors well together as well as bring das detailed as possible for the background.It relates only in terms of it having an Anime theme, but it’s still different as in how I colored it. In terms of contemporary art, I would use the image of Kay Bradner artwork called Crew of Four  because we did very similar things. For both of are images, we wanted the background to talk for itself rather than the people in it.  The background for both can also has color that is can attract the viewer due to vibrant/soothing colors. ( https://www.artsy.net/artwork/kay-bradner-crew-of-four )

Before actually making my artwork, I had searched for a character to draw and I made sure to practice on drawing the image, especially since I was drawing it on a much smaller space than I’m used to( as in size). The I took my time to draw my sketch on the canvas and I colored that part in black for the silhouette. Afterwards, I colored in the background and started to create pieces that that would represent the character and I kept going until I was satisfied. I wouldn’t really say that my work reflects the world that we live in, but in my own life it does. The reason why is because it represents a show that I really enjoy as well as a character that I enjoy a lot. The character is a person who knows what he wants and works hard for his goals and struggles to make himself better in the future, which is something that I see as important.My artwork can’t really make a big impact on the world in any way and I purposely didn’t make it for that reason. I made this work to influence to simply do better in everything, including my skills in art now. I believe that blending in a drawing is important to do especially when you are using different colors and you want the image to almost seem realistic in a way. I feel like if you can blend the colors together, it gives such a great look to the artwork when you do so.I don’t believe that there‘s something in particular that new that I experienced for this project and I sticked to things that I know well and trusted myself with. The only thing new was the strong focus on the background more than the center image.

Overall, I believe that this project that I created was enjoyable to do and I feel as though this project was more so made to be relaxing. I didn’t create something that was going to be difficult for me to do, but moreso something to just home into  basic art skills which I found soothing. I also created art that would moreso relate to me and understood by few, while other might have a difficult time to understand it, which I think is completely fine. I'll probably say that this isn’t my best work, but I believe that it’s still good art. However, I do know next time, I will truly challenge myself to do something better and hope for it to better than my previous artwork.

Links of references below

http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Renji_Abarai_vs._Byakuya_Kuchiki

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CherryBlossoms