Design, basically...: February 2012

Line Splice...Brett Uttley

Spiraling out of control (Revised)
I felt that this piece was my weakest one because I felt as though I did not activate the near/far relationship as well as I could have. Although some of the piece established the near/far relationship, the entire piece as a whole did not. In particular, I thought I did a great job with the spiraling effect in the center of the piece, but the surrounding space was not as strong as I would have liked. In addition, I felt that the corners of the piece were not engaging, and I wanted to try to address that particular issue in a revision.

All signs point east. Or do they point west?

Relaxation. Bird Style.

Sadness

Revision

Throughout the four pieces, I found that each one had their own distinct mood. I personally like the fact that each piece has its own mood because it brings a sense of diversity to the overall project. With regards to my revision, I feel as though I activated two distinct moods. There is a calming effect in addition to a chaotic effect with the small black lines arranged close together. The longer black and white lines are calm in the sense that they are pleasing for the eye to follow, but when the eye comes to the small black lines, the eye does not know which way to observe the particular section. The calming lines also active the corners in a soothing way which is something I wanted to revise from my first piece.

Line Spice

"Puzzling"

"Fierce"

"Classy"

"Calm"

"Silly"

I chose to revies "Classy" because I felt as though it looked like the black was glued on to the white. In "Silly" there is much more of a negative space contrast that is offered to the viewer.

Sequential Art

Part 1

Part 2

This is a cartoon of a dog running through the seasons trying to catch a ball thrown by his master.

Asymmetrical Balance

DSC 3. Asymmetrical Balance - Jennifer

Asymmetrical

Line Spice

"Robot"

"Broken Glass"

"Free"

"Pretty in Colors"

"Simple"

I decided to re-do the horizontal and vertical line pieces because I felt my first one did not fit in with the rest of my pieces. All of my other pieces were created with out too much thinking. I allowed myself to enjoy and be free with the last 3 pieces. Once I realized the first one did not fit, I re-did it. When I did my revision, I was more focused on filling in the white space and making the black pieces flow and bounce off each other.

Equal Activation of Positive and Negative Space

Line Spice

I decided to do the straight line one over because I didn't like the way it came out the first time. I felt as if I was trying too hard to make into something rather than just letting it flow off the top of my head. I also decided to redo it since it was the first one I did out of the set. To me I started to get the hang of the project at about the 2nd or 3rd line spice and wanted to see what the straight line one would look like the second time around since I had a better understanding of exactly what the project was supposed to be.

Scale and Proportion Emotional Emphasis

Colorful and Peaceful Composition

I feel that this is the weakest composition because the shapes are pretty plain and ordinary. It represents something but there isn't much flow or real creativity in it. I feel that my other compositions have more creativity and interesting patterns in them.

Light and playful composition.

Chaotic conflict of shapes

Assymmetrical

Contour Line and Broken Line Drawings

My rough drafts for my compositions were ok but they lacked creativity and meaning. I added some creativity and personal interests of mine to both drawings. The personal interests were the ATL symbol because I'm from the Atlanta area and the T.I. symbol because he is my favorite artist. I think adding these personal touches and making them a little more organized and tidy made my drawings a lot better