Final Project

Artist Statement

For the final project I continued using the same big idea of emotions. I also chose to do the diptych format because I believe it helped portray my idea well. The theme of my diptych dealt with the emotions I faced when deciding whether to transfer to Ohio University or stay here at Ohio State. It was a very big decision and I was torn between the two schools. Through the whole decision making process I was so confused and frustrated and just did not know what to do. I tried to portray this emotion by taking a picture of a friend from Ohio State pulling me one way and my friend from Ohio University pulling me the other way because that is basically how I felt. I tried to have pictures of Ohio State in the background to represent that I still attend the university. In the end I chose to transfer to Ohio University. I feel like that university is a better fit for me and I am a lot happier when I am there. I tried to portray this feeling of happiness at Ohio University by taking pictures of my friends and I at Ohio University and make them transparent and surround the Ohio University writing on the building. I also made my arms in the shape an O and a U to represent Ohio University similar to the O-H-I-O that is often used to represent Ohio State. Also, the “OS- who” represents how I will no longer be at Ohio State and I am happy about my decision to transfer to Ohio University.

Blog #5

1. My most significant accomplishment in looking at my midterm project is creating a meaningful work. I feel like this artwork really reflects my big idea of emotions and it is something that is very important to me. It was a very hard time for me after my uncle had passed and I tried to portray the powerful emotion I felt after he passed.

2. Coming into this art education class I had no photoshop experience at all. Every new concept and technique I learned in photoshop seemed challenging at first and I had to work at it a lot. At first I could not grasp the concepts of layers. I was never sure how to make selections and then create new layers and make adjustments. My first quiz on the left shows my little knowledge of photoshop and my inability to overlap layers and make adjustments. There was definitely too much open space in this artwork. Quiz 4 on the right shows my improvement. I have now mastered the concept of layers and I am able to make selections and adjustments to enhannce my artwork.

3. At the beginning of the course I was not worried about making meaning to my artwork. It was more about learning photoshop techniques and trying to master them. Throughout the quarter I learned about how important it is to have meaning to your artwork. In the examples below, the flower on the left had no importance to me, it was a quiz about selections. For that artwork I just focused on making detailed selections and worked with image adjustments. On the other hand, my midterm project on the right was more than just trying to perfect photoshop techniques. It was about trying to portray a meaningful idea. Unlike the flower, my midterm project was important to me and had powerful emotions and feelings behind it.

Blog #4

1. My big idea for the final project is emotions. I was thinking the emotions I felt when deciding to transfer to Ohio University or stay at Ohio State. The feelings of confusion and frustration vs. happiness and relief. I want to incorporate my own photos of me and my friends at Ohio State and at Ohio University. I want it to be a diptych format. One of the images at Ohio State with me confused and the other image of me happy with my decision to transfer to Ohio University.

2. My big idea is emotions and for my final I wanted it to be more of my own photography. So my friends are a big part that influenced me, and Ohio State's and Ohio University's campuses.

3. I plan to use the opacity tool a lot to try and fade different pictures in the background. I also plan on using the technique of making selections and copying the layer and using a layer mask.

Midterm Diptych

The overall big idea is emotions. Different themes I explored were dealing with death, sorrow and grief. On the flip side of that there is life, happiness and rejoice. For my diptych project, the one piece of artwork reflects the sorrow and sadness I felt after my uncle passed away. The angel above the bed symbolizes the person missing is in a better place and is watching over me. The other piece of artwork reflects my uncle going to heaven and no longer suffering. The bright colors and the angels wings symbolizes happiness and freedom from pain. This big idea is important to me because my uncle was a big part of my life. It’s only been a year since he has passed, but I know deep down he is in a better place.

Blog #3

Elisha's Art

Karl Sim's Art

The first artist I chose that identifies with a Big Idea that is important to me is Elisha Ben-YitZhak. This artist appeals to me because his artwork reflects personal experiences. His big idea reflects life in general and all those experiences. Elisha inspires me to create artwork that reflect my own experiences. Art should be a way of expressing myself, but also at the same time trying to get people to understand the artwork.

http://www.elishasart.com/

The second artist who I chose whose imagery is really interesting to me is Karl Sims. This artist appeals to me because I like all the animation in his work. His big idea seems to deal a lot with evovling behaviors, human faces and natural like things. I like all the special effects he is using. The artist inspires me to want to use computer animations. For my final project I will try and create more abstract objects. Some stylistic components I would need to learn to make my work stronger is some different computer graphics.

http://www.karlsims.com/liquid-selves.html

Diptych Artist Statement Version #1

My big idea is emotions. For my brainstorming assignment I found and took pictures ranging from happy to sad to confusing to angry. I then broke down my brainstorming assignment to more meaningful emotions. I started to explore a theme dealing with people’s emotions about war and the nation as a whole. One side of my modulating meaning is the heartache and the pain and the death associated with a solider in the war. The other side of my modulating meaning was the side where people forget about the tragedies and cover it up with a smiling face and a nice vacation on the beach.

Brainstorming Assignment


Modulating Meaning

Blog #2

In this image I used the dodge tool again to try and make the edges sharper. Then I went to filter, render, lighting effects and I made the light shine down from the top. Then I went to hue/saturation and I made it more of a red shadow to give the true "Devil's eye".
In this image I created a new layer and I used the paintbrush tool to color in between the iris and the pupil. I used a yellowish color.
In this image I used the burn tool around the colored part of the eye and then around the whole eye. It was hard to get the perfect effect because my image was not as clear an sharp as I would have liked it to be.
original image

http://www.worth1000.com/tutorial.asp?sid=161299

The Big Idea

Big ideas can represent many different things. One big idea is the idea of emotions. There are multiple different ways to look at and think about emotions. An emotion could be happy or sad. An example of someone who is happy could be someone smiling or laughing. An example of someone who is sad could be someone frowning or crying. Based on different experiences we can feel different emotions. People often deal with emotions in different ways. Sometimes gender affects your emotions. Often times when males are feeling sad they might not show it as much as a female would. Emotions could also be anger, depression, excitement, concern, compassion, envy, fear, guilt, love, suprise, worry, anxiety, curious. When I think of someone who is angry, I think of someone fighting or screaming.

David Rokeby : Echoing Narcissus Image

David Rokeby : Echoing Narcissus Image

David Rokeby : VNS Image

David Rokeby : VNS Image

Blog #1

Digital technology has changed traditional painting and drawing techniques into new forms of art by using computers and digital photography. One artist that uses the computer as an important part of their work is David Rokeby. He is an installation artist which means he uses new media such as video, sound, and the internet. One of his works is the Very Nervous System. It uses a sound system, computers and cameras to create an enviroment in which the movements of one's body create sound and/or music. It's kind of like an instrument that you play with your body. Another one of Rokeby's works is Echoing Narcissus. It is an interactive sound-sculpture that is covered in copper sheet and printed circuit boards. There is a big hole in the middle of the sculpture. It is a re-telling of the myth Narcissus and Echo. All sounds made by the sound-sculpture are distorted and also the image of the observer is restructured. This work is described like a black hole of communication in which the observer loses himself or herself in the countless restructurings of voice and image.

http://www.digitalartsource.com/index2.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/davidrokeby/home.html

First Day

What is your prior experience with computers?

I don't have much experience with computers.  I own a laptop, but only use it for e-mail and word documents.

What is your prior experience with art?

The last art class I took was 9th grade fine art.

Why did you choose this class?

I chose this class because it's a GEC and I didn't want to take theatre.

What are you looking to learn in this class?

I'm looking to learn more about computers and how to use photoshop.