Portrait

How did you use your own unique ideas in your work?

- I used my own unique idea by drawing a cartoon portrait of my younger brother Will. I did this because I really like drawing cartoon figures.

Did you use a source for inspiration, then combine it with your own ideas to make it original?

- I did find inspiration from the artist my art teacher showed us in class. His name is Kehinde Wiley. The portraits made by him are extremely different and unique from you everyday art portrait. 

How did you respond to challenges that occurred as you worked? 

- I simply responded to challenges by looking at the plan sketch I drew and tried to proportion everything that wasn't.

Did your work take an unexpected turn due to a mistake or did something happen that was unplanned?

- The head turned out to be a little bigger than I expected but when I took a step back and thought about it, that's what makes it kind of unique. Nothing has to be perfect so I accepted that.

GIF

The name of this GIF is "Sleep!". In the first clip, it shows a cartoon character leaving school. In the second clip it shows her running across the street and a car honking because she is in the way. The third clip shows her running to her house and the last clip is her laying down in bed sleeping. This GIF really relates to me because all I want to do when I leave school and get home is SLEEP! So I thought it would be interesting to draw a cartoon figure GIF and make it into something that relates to me.

Print Making

Did you learn new techniques or processes as part of the work for this project?

- Yes, during this processes I learned a variety of different techniques. The first one I learned was how to use the cutter on the print piece and also what cut size to use. I found it interesting what each one could do to make your  print look better when it came time to be stamped. Also, I learned how to use different colors with the stamp to make one section stand out more than another. 

Did you gain skill with familiar materials? 

- Yes, I gained more skill with the paint. I've used paint in the past but not particularly like this. 

How did you respond to challenges that occurred as you worked?

- The way I responded to challenges was by just making the best out of it. If I tended to mess up on something, I would stop and think creatively.

Did your work take an unexpected turn due to a mistake or did something happen that was unplanned?

- Something unexpected that happened was when I started printing my print, the "tv" part didn't stand out like I thought it would so I had to go back and cut it out then print it on top of all the other prints. Also, when I first tried to draw the words "Music Television" it got too clumped together so I had to rearrange the words on the print. 

Meme

My Definition of Art: 

Art is anything and everything made with a creative sense. 

After seeing what other people believe is art, I think my definition is pretty valid.

Origami Project

Questions 6 & 7:

6. How did you respond to challenges that occurred as you worked?

- I responded to the challenges I faced by making it into my own origami shape. As I tried to create pieces I found on the Internet, I came across plenty of complications. For example, when I tried to make a rose it turned out to look a little bit like a spider or a 4-legged creature. One thing I learned while doing this project is to improvise when challenges come your way. 

Did your work take an unexpected turn due to a mistake or did something happen that was unplanned?

- My work took an unexpected turn due to a mistake. As I said for the question above, I tried to make a rose but it looked more like an animal so I just worked off of that. 

7. When did you step back and analyze you work during this project?

- I stepped back and analyzed my work when I realized that my piece was beginning to look a lot like a face. Since I saw it looked like a face, I chose to improvise and add parts to the project to make it look more and more like that. I had no clue when I started this project that I would be creating a face but that's that point of art right? Expect the unexpected:)

Color Project

Plan:

In Progress:

The theme that I have chosen is kind of a mixture between disguise and creature. The reason for this is because in my drawing, the person seems like it has a normal eye but as you take a look closer you realize it's an alligator eye. Basically disguising the eye of an animal on a human face, creating a sort of creature. The medium I've chosen to use are colored pencils. I did this because I thought it would be easier to bring out the characteristics of my art piece with this certain material. One difficulty that I have encountered while working on this project was lining up the facial features correctly. It's harder than it actually looks to draw an eye and make it fit perfectly on an art piece, but to my surprise, it is coming along better than I imagined.

Finished:

I really think my color project turned out very good. The area i'm mostly proud of was the eye shape and how it was proportional to the whole art piece. If I could go back and change one thing it would probably be to add a little more realistic features so that it would look even better. What I learned from this project is that taking your time with an art piece really affects the outcome. With this project it made me have to take some time to actually get my thoughts together about what I was going to make. Usually I can think of something right then and there but this one really made you think. The reason for this is because the themes weren't your everyday type of themes. They were different and caused you to think outside of the box a little bit. I enjoyed this color project!

Two In One Project

In Progress:
In art class we are doing a "Two in One" project. For my piece, I have decided to draw a sun wearing sunglasses and sticking its tongue out. Also, on the tongue is a wave resembling a wave in an ocean. The reason why I chose to draw this is because i'm extremely ready for summertime! I love everything about it because it's just really relaxing and fun and you don't have to go to school. I am using a regular pencil for now because I like the look of just pencil drawings. Later on in this project I might decide to use a different material on it but for now i'm sticking with pencil. I have had some difficulties along the way though. It's hard to make the final image look the same as the plan out sketch. The first difficult thing I ran into was drawing the circle for the sun. At first it looked like the shape of a head but after going through multiple erasers, I got it right where I wanted it to be. The last thing I seemed to have trouble with was drawing the mouth. Sometimes I tend to make the lips bigger than the eyes or just big in general but I managed to make it look proportional to the figure. After all is said and done, I actually think this will come out pretty good.

Finished:
Below is my finished piece for my Two in One project. Behind the sun I chose to add more details because it looks better when you don't leave white spots on the paper. I think my finished product came out great. I'm proud about everything I did (mainly the sun features). If I had to pick out something that I believe I would've done better was on the mouth area. The lips and the teeth could have used more detail but even with that being said, it looked great. If I was allowed to go back and change one thing in this art piece i would probably choose to redo the teeth. The reason for this is because I think if I spent a little more time on that area then it would look more realistic. I incorporated the theme "Two in One" by putting waves on the suns tongue, which resembles summer time. I really enjoyed this project because the teacher allowed us to use our own imagination and do what we pleased while at the same time doing what was required. Also, the materials used for this project depended on basically what we wanted to use. For a first project I think I did well. I'm looking forward to bettering my artistic skills!