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Abstracted Metamorphosis Post 2

| Bailee

Abstracted Iterations

The first abstracted iterations that I did were for the statue. My original five iterations for the statue were a car, a winter hat, a cactus, a helicopter, and a chair. I was going to use the helicopter for something that more than one person can fit inside of, and was all set with all three of my final abstractions, but when talking to Emily, she said that I could be more creative and realistic with my abstractions, so I ended up exploring the form again. I ended up finding two more abstractions, one being a little robot guy who travels around on one wheel, and the other being a new invention I made, a gas pedal powered skateboard. I’m sure someone else has already invented it and found out the dangers of it, but I figured I could make it my own and show my creativity with it. I ended up using this skateboard as something for one person to use, and this can be used by someone as a mode of transportation

The second abstracted iterations I did were for the squirrel. With this one I made a love seat, a car that really resembled a Volkswagen beetle, a pumpkin, and a rocket ship. I tried really hard forever to think of a fifth one for these and could not do it, so I ended up coming in with four. I knew I couldn’t really use the pumpkin for anything so I was left with limited choices. What I was going to use for this one was the love seat/chair thing as something that could support someone but again, was told by Emily that I could be more creative, so I decided to take the car I had already designed, and make it into my own type of car that accentuates every part of the original squirrel. This was probably my favorite to do in the end but I  can talk about that later.

The third abstracted iterations I did were for my tree. Coming into class I had created a really cool winter hat, a nice chair, a tent, a house, and a campfire. I was going to use the campfire as something that could be used by one person, but when I came up with the gas pedal skateboard, I ended up exploring more abstractions for this one as well. All I could really think of was more ways to make houses, but didn’t need a house because I was already using the car as something that could fit more than one person. I ended up decided to take the chair I had already made and just add a lot of detail and make it look really nice, thus fulfilling the last requirement, something that can support one person.

Reconstructions

I am very very proud of my ending reconstructions. My favorite one was the skateboard. I think my shading and texture ended up really nice. The car ended up being okay but my shading could’ve been better. The body of the car ended up looking a little awkward because I didn’t know how to shade it. I also drew an exhaust pipe as a part of the essential components of the car but forgot to put it in the actual drawing, which I’m pretty disappointed about. I also drew the couch and was extremely proud of how it turned out considering I usually get my proportions very wrong. It wasn’t perfect but I still ended up loving it. I printed out all of my ending reconstructions because I did them digitally, and the printer I used to print them was running out of ink and didn’t print with very good quality, so I think I am going to make my portfolio scans digital as well trough vectr. I didn’t think I was going to like this project when we started, but it actually ended up being pretty fun.

Abstracted Metamorphosis Post 1

| Bailee

Initial Forms

For my initial forms, I was under the impression that I had to take all of them from campus, so I spent a whole afternoon walking around campus trying to take pictures of things that seemed organic. The first two pictures I took were the obvious ones, a squirrel and a bird. I thought these were pretty obvious things, but also complicated enough that I could make tons of new things out of them. The third thing I found was a stone statue next to the little stage right by mirror lake. I didn’t know if this was was technically organic because it was made out of stone and had a square base. Because of that, I decided to take a fourth picture of an initial form, and I went as basic as I could go, and took a picture of a tree. This was the one I was least excited about, and the one I planned on not using if I could use the statue.

 

 

 

Exploration of Viewpoints

This was definitely the easiest part of the project, breaking these organic forms down. I broke each of the four forms down four times. The tree was definitely the hardest to break down while capturing the whole initial shape, and I think that is why it grew on me and I changed my mind about it being the most basic. At this point, I got to ask Emily if I could use the statue as one of my abstractions, and she said yes as long as I didn’t use the boxed base. After that, I took a long look at all four of them and decided which ones would work best for my abstraction and the guidelines. After testing a few out of them all (which will be talked about in post 2) I ended up choosing the bird, the statue, and the tree.

 

Interpreted Journey

| Bailee

I actually enjoyed this assignment very much. As soon as I took my notes and did all of my iterations I had a pretty clear idea of where I wanted to go with it. I chose exploring a new planet because I thought you could get super creative with this idea. Flying you could only put a person in the air, and being chased most people would only blur the background. But exploring a new planet could go in so many different directions. I started off drawing hands and bodies and facial expressions just so I could get a feel for them because I’ve never drawn people before. Then I got into my actual drawings

For my first drawing I did it in the point of view of someone looking at a Wendy’s bag in the trashcans outside of Hayes. This is my favorite out of all my drawings. I did this as a way to say our planet has too much plastic. I for one am very environmentally friendly and I hate plastic. SO I figured, people from different planets would want to know what it was and why it’s polluting our Earth. I think I did a really nice job of shading the trash can and I’m proud of the drawing as a whole.

The second drawing I did was outside of Derby Hall, and instead of just the front of the building, I drew my subject looking in the window of it. This was my first time drawing a person and I think for the position they are in it overall looks really really nice. I drew this because I figured if someone was exploring a new planet, they’d look in all the windows they could to try ad figure out what’s going on around them. I also tried to draw this one at a canted angle to give it more of a confused and eery feel.

For my third drawing I drew someone laying on the bench outside Derby. I did this because I figured someone who was exploring a new planet wouldn’t know what the bench was for, maybe thought it was somewhere to sleep or something like that. I am less proud of this drawing and don’t think I shaded very well. Also, I couldn’t draw a good facial expression, so I kept the face blank as if you were too far away to see that about them.

For my fourth drawing, I drew someone meditating outside Thompson at the statue. I did this because I figured that someone on a new planet would see a statue and think it was a god. I am proud of this idea because I think it was my most creative, but I don’t think the drawing was executed very well. But the persons body proportions look right and everything so it’s all good.

Lastly I drew my treasure, a fake plant in Thompson. I was gonna draw the subject eating a planet because I figured they would think it’s some kind of food, but I could not draw a side profile at all so I ended up drawing a hand feeling the plant, because its shinier than most plants since it’s fake. I think the hand proportions are a little off but overall I think it looks pretty good. It could be shaded better though. Overall, I am pretty proud of my work, and I had fun thinking of all the ideas.

Spacial Assembly Project 2

| Bailee

To be honest, the was not my favorite project. Actually, it got even worse when I accidentally exited out of this page after I was already done writing this post so here I am redoing it. But that’s okay. ALWAYS save before you click something. All the projects are learning lessons, right? What I learned from this project would be shading, spacial structure, and overall how to be a better artist. But, I am also already a perfectionist, so that did not go well with this project. I drew the grid 5 times before I finally decided one was goo enough to use. I thought some [arts about this whole process were hard, such as putting objects on the back wall and drawing a stool. My stool looks really wonky and will probably be pointed out by Emily tomorrow, but thats okay because I am pretty proud of my work. I am especially proud of my shading, considering I learned how to shade about a week ago in class. This whole process has been a great learning experience but I am so glad it’s over. I am thankful for it’s lessons but I am very very very excited to move on and excel at the next.

Journey To Treasure Final Project

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I really enjoyed this project and doing all of the sketches that I was supposed to do. I am very proud of myself for the effort and change I made in my drawings. I did a lot better than I thought I would and I’m really trying with everything that I’ve been doing. I am very proud of the progress I’ve been making.

The hardest sketch I had to do was the library one. That is why I shaped that one out but never finished it. Also the drawing of Derby Hall was kind of complicated.  But I am glad I put in the effort, and it ended up being my favorite drawing.