The art piece that I’ve choose to draw for my quarter 4 is a picture of Chadwick Boseman looking at the observer wearing a black suit with yellow leaf designs. In this piece, I wanted to communicate that a mixture of generations. For Chadwick is very famous now, while the art style he was drawn in was popular in the 1950’s. For this project, I simply used color pencils to fill in his skin color and suit. I also used a very bleeding ebony stick to color most black things in the picture like his hair, eye, or eyebrow. The latest work I’ve done was a draft of what I’ve just completed (Nothing special).

First, I outlined the entire drawing in pencil. Next, all the black areas were colored with the ebony stick. Lastly. Everything else was colored with color pencils. The Artist I studied is named Alex Katz. The special techniques the artist uses is fact that his art is not very detailed to the point of real life, but the person in the end is recognizable. I even learned a new technique of shading in terms of Katz’s art style (Which is coloring different areas of his face with a darker shade of brown).

In this artwork, most proud of how similar my mine was to the actual artist’s. If I could change something about my work, I would use a different material of coloring the black areas because the ebony sticks bleed a lot and if you brushed against it, it would get everywhere. In conclusion, my was difficult to make because of materials used and art style my artist used, but I think this was an overall successful art piece.

For my quarter two project, I did a still life drawing. The drawing was of my glasses laying on the table in with it’s shadow projecting below it. Behind it lies my phone on top of a pencil that can not be seen. It’s shadows are present as well. When drawing this, I wanted to make the view seem like a real life image and realize later that it was drawn with pencil. For this, I used ebony pencils. The 4H was used to simply draw out the objects while the 4G created darker lines which were used for shadowing or making other lines more defined. My finger was used to give the illusion of shading.

Comparing this to my last project, self portrait, you can see a difference. That project was more personal, where I could add certain features to whoever I was drawing to give a certain theme or meaning. I used colors, added different features, and didn’t use my face. This project was more restricting because you could only draw what you saw. No adding or picturing what you think something should look like.

When creating my piece, I first drew my glasses. Second I worked on shadowing. Then drew the phone, followed by it’s shadowing. Lastly I reviewed my work for any lines I could make finer and shadowings to improve.

An artist that inspired me was Emma Gennet. I like how she draws her images on a black background. Visualization was an important skill to use in this project as you needed to be able to draw what you see and not what you think you should see. If the technique is not followed, then it’s not still life. A new technique I learned was using different pencils to give darker lines. And I’m most proud of the phone drawn in the background because I believe it was well done and it gives perspective to the glasses. In the end this was a great project that taught me more skills still life drawing. Although if I had to do it again, I’d recommend more time on the final drawing.

Link: http://www.emmabennett.info/(Click paintings)

My self portrait actually doesn’t have myself in it. I drew an actor known as Chadwick Boseman. This picture shows, just his face with parts of it altered. His left eye is blue, the right eye is yellow, a section in the Nigerian flag and he has two red slashes. I wanted this art piece to communicate my culture and myself. The alterations done on his face reflects me. The nigerian flag means that I’m nigerian, the blue eyes are for being smart, yellow for successful future, and the two dashes because I do martial arts. And I choose to do Chadwick Boseman because he does a lot of films that remind me about my culture. I did not use much to create my artwork. I used, a mechanical pencil, color pencils, and one charcoal stick. When using these materials, I had to go a bit above and beyond when coloring or making a definite line because I didn’t want the colors to fade just in case they clash into each other. I would like to relate this back to the sketch that I did in my sketch book prior to my final sketch. I feel like the sketch in my book was a lot more accurate in capturing the likeness  or Chadwick Boseman, as the one I drew now, looks noticeably different. The way I created my work was simple. First I just drew Chadwick Boseman’s face on the paper with mechanical pencil and outlined where I would fill in the different marks with color pencil. Second, I colored in his face from his black hair/beard/eyebrows, to the nigerian flag, to his brown skin (I layered with 3 types of brown), and his eyes with the colors I intended. I lastly outlined the outside of his face with charcoal. The artist that I take personal inspiration from is named Lionel Smit. He’s an African artist that became an artist because it came naturally to him.

I used the hashing method to make the beard/hair/eyebrows which is important to the realisticness to the picture. I didn’t really use a new techniques, except for the fact that I doubled down on coloring. I am most proud of the fact that I was able to draw Chadwick Boseman so realistically because I don’t prefer to draw real life of anything. I would change the size of what I draw on, but I learned how to draw more realistically more than I usually do, which I guess cancels out the complaint.

Sources Cited

Frank, Priscilla. “10 Contemporary African Artists You Don't Know But Should.” The Huffington Post, TheHuffingtonPost.com, 20 Oct. 2015, <www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/contemporary-african-artists_us_56255056e4b02f6a900d59a6.>

The video we created was a PSA containing two types of information. We first had an skit that consisted of the people in or group protesting on the street saying information relating to urban gardening. Then it would soon switch to an interview were took at an actual community/city urban garden. We asked them a lot of question based on our previous checkpoints to make a 21 minute interview.

To this group I contributed plenty by taking part of how we were going to do the skit; the basic idea of what we were doing. I also helped by including at least three questions to ask during the interview we would soon accomplish. I was also present in the video and the recordings.

I think our interview went perfectly because of the questions we had, the amount of care the people displayed, and the responses we got. I feel like our commercial could be better (If I had to pick an area of improvement). I’m not sure in a specific area, because I think it’s fine, but I don’t think it had the same flow of information as the interview (Even though it was 21 minutes). But I'm still very pleased with the skit.

The most meaningful part of the PSA was doing the interview, because I learned a lot of things from the questions i asked. I was very interested and it made m plan in my head that “when I get my own apartment, I will definitely have some kind of garden in my backyard”. Even after the interview, off camera, I asked another question because I was genuinely interested. It was about what kind of water was used to fuel water plants (WHICH DOESN’T NEED SOIL!).

Snapchat: nenwereji1

• Slide 1: Web design

• The overall vision and goal(s) of the project

• Slide 2:I wanted to make a website that highlighted my accomplishments and also told something about me.

• Was the project successful? Why? Why not?

• Slide3: I think the project was successful because I got to tell everything I wanted about me on the website, but it could still be better. I could have Included my family members, friends’ names, and more pictures of them both.

 Quarter 2

• Slide 1: Image Editing

• The overall vision and goal(s) of the project

• Slide 2: After seeing a cool movie in 2016, it’s theme stuck with me and I wanted to convey it in the image editing project. We had to create one image that encompasses a message and at least four images. There would have to be evidence that you used editing tools.

• Was the project successful? Why? Why not?

• Slide3: I think the project was successful because my vision was successfully met. I first found the images that I wanted and sometimes I found other images that changed how I wanted to show my final image. It was for the better and my final image turned out better than I thought.

 Quarter 3

• Slide 1: Graphic Design

• The overall vision and goal(s) of the project

• Slide 2: In this project, we were supposed to make a sign. I thought I could be realistic and make a street sign. I wanted it to be funny and a twist on what people usually think.

• Was the project successful? Why? Why not?

• Slide3: I think the project was a little successful. In the end I was still able to make the sign. But I was very limited to what I could make, probably because I didn't have much practice with the website. And the tool I was using wouldn’t let me do the things I wanted to, so I had to work around it.

Quarter 4

In this project I simply put a sign around the artwork I had done to make it more realistic and followed the directions of the project. I did this project because I felt I haven’t done as well on this project as the others. So wanted to improve my work.

Your high point of the course when it comes to your learning

In this class I think i have really good visions of what I want to create even before the next checkpoint would tell me to do so.

An area of growth for you

Although, my visions are great, my representation of them could be better. Due to me not fully realizing what I could do on a specific editing software, my ideas are limited because I can’t due much stuff on the editor, to knowledge.

How you have used or could use a skill or technique you learned this year outside of this class

A skill I’ve learned from this class in general is the idea of checkpoints. The thought of organizing on my own what I want to do would be great and the thought process will pay off in the end.

An idea you want to pitch for a project for next year's class

I think a good idea for next year could be making an animation skit or game.

3 tips for anyone taking this class

• Turn in checkpoints on time

• Even if it’s locked, still d the checkpoints (It’ll help with the thought process)

• Follow the basic/easy rules of the class

The project I have made was a website that would talk about me and the two projects I did. The project that I have attempted to do was an electricity project that requires that we have to add lights to something that was meaningful. I gained to learn more about electricity and circuits. Another project I showcased was a spanish restaurant project. I was working on the design part of the project where I designed the top of the restaurant. I learned the business of making a project.

The project took a relatively long time. Or at least it felt like it. The process of completing the checkpoints we were given were easy and all, but the amount of time we were given made it seem longer. I took pictures that I had recently of myself and projects that I liked and remembered and created the website.

The success that I encountered was the making of my website. By that I meant  making look appealing and interesting. I failed to follow the way my outline of my website looked like. But I did do my best to match what it would look like. Some images were also hard to upload on to the website.

What I actually ended up learning in the project was how to launch an appealing and organized website.

What I learned about myself when I was trying to complete this project was the amount of accomplishments that I’ve done in my life so far.

If I were to do this project differently, I would choose two different and more project for the project section. And I would add much more drawings too.

I do not have any hints or tips to tell you about making this project accept asking yourself what would you honestly want to see in a website.

This project inspired me to get started on the next Multi Media and Design project.

• Proper citations for any work that is not yours

• Mbendoll. "Restaurant Layouts and Planning Tips." Interiors Blog. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2016. <http://lifeherethere.blogspot.com/2013/10/restaurant-layouts-and-planning-tips.html>

• @freedomcad. "Electrical Engineering & PCB Design Services." PCB Design Engineering Services. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2016.<http://www.freedomcad.com/services/electrical-engineering/>

• "Home." MvbJournalcom. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2016.  <https://www.mvbjournal.com/mexican-restaurant-design-ideas/>

• N.p., n.d. Web.<https://twitter.com/columbia>

• "International Students." International. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2016.<http://sps.columbia.edu/international>

• "SEPTA Strike Information." Science Leadership Academy @ Beeber. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2016.<https://slabeeber.org/>

• Girl, Mensore, and About Mensore GirlFounder and Writer of Mensore Girl, Kristi Is a Fourth Generation Japanese/Okinawan-American Trying to Find Her Roots. She Is Currently a College Student Majoring in Asian American Studies and Minoring in Japanese and Linguistics. "Karate: Okinawa's Martial Art - Mensore Girl." Mensore Girl. N.p., 15 June 2016. Web. 01 Nov. 2016.<http://www.mensoregirl.com/karate/>

I choose this topic because my sensei in karate keeps telling my and the other students that the world is getting darker and crazier. So now I wanted to know how dangerous a small part of the world, the U.S., really is. Doing this research, I hope that people will understand the robberies in the U.S. and some dangers to society.