Research

When I started this project I wanted to pick somewhere personal to me and to find that place I decided to go for a bike ride. When crossing the bridge on Lane Avenue from campus over the Olentangy River, I knew when I found that place: the Jerome Schottenstein Center, home of Ohio State basketball and hockey teams. I have been going to this arena since I was a child, attending games for both teams and even skating between periods on the hockey ice. It is a place that holds wonderful memories for me. I decided to make a web of words I would associate with it. I found the two feelings I have primarily about the Jerome Schottenstein Center are homey and towering.

Iterations

I then decided to just quick sketch over some pictures of the arena to see what angles and views I would want to showcase in this piece. I went around and took different photos, trying out different angles. 

Process

For “towering,” I decided to focus on the corner towers themselves and wanted to use a low angle to amplify the height of the building and to make the viewer feel diminutive. I enlarged the halos on the top to make them dominant and stretched the height of the towers in general.

For “homey,” I used a mid-shot, which makes the Jerome Schottenstein Center look smaller than it actually is and makes it seem more inviting. I decided to squish it a bit to make it more house-like and put a grass yard around it to simulate a front yard at a home.

This project was made using Procreate. I used an imported brick brush for the texture on the building. The clouds were made using a soft brush and edited opacity. The grass was made using the plant brush default with Procreate. 

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