All of My Work for the Semester, so far

It's crazy to me that I finished 8 assignments over the course of 3 months! Especially since I am doing AP Art as an Independent Study class during Access Tutrial. Which I don't even get time to do my projects during tutorial cause I have been going to choir practices, getting help on my college essays, and helping with Leadership. But I have done my work mostly on the weekends. Reflecting back on the goals, I met only one of them. I am happy with all of my work and like all of my pieces. However, I did not meet the deadlines for the projects. I guess it's kind of understandable given my circumstance. But hey, I did it! I am most proud of my 6x6, shopping bag, and sunflower in no particular order. I love the urban theme for my 6x6. For the sunflower, I really like the composition and how everything flows together. And for the shopping bag, well I love puns, and the shopping bag is like a 3D pun. My weakest piece was definitely the poetry bag. It was my first assignment that I completed in this class and I think it didn't go so well is because I was so frazzled with everything. I was just starting to get the hang of the class. Next is my concentration, which I am really excited about and I'll talk about it this weekend hopefully!

6x6

Poetry Bag

Sunflower

Bird

Conservation Poster

Tolerance

Identity Package

Shopping Bag

Tolerance Piece: Hate

This piece of art is for the Scholastic Gedenk Award Competition. The goal is to raise awareness of the importance of increasing tolerance for a peaceful society. I decided to focus on the theme of hate. With this piece I wanted to portray the horrible state individuals feel when they are insulted. The red words of course symbolizes hate. The black represents the depressed and negative feelings while adding white to his face so viewers will focus on his sad face the most. All the insults are going into his head as he is disappearing from the page as if they are overtaking him.

With this piece, I learned how to used the Mesh tool. And now it is probably my favorite tool in Adobe Illustrator! I found this cool website where I learned about the Mesh tool:
http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/illustration/create-a-glowing-abstract-light-vector-graphic/
I am sure, I will make improvements to the poster before I submit it into the competition.

Think before you speak.

New York City

This is my 6x6. We made 6 pieces of art that were 6 inches by 6 inches. I focused on a New York City theme. I am really into the city themed lifestyle. And by the way, sorry for the overload. I have been finishing my assignments this past week. One more to go!

Sunflower Poster

At first, I wasn't so sure this project would go so well, but I am pretty happy with the way it turned out! I knew I wanted the sunflower to stand out which is why I chose a simpler zentagle pattern for the background. Then, I wanted to keep the flower somewhat realistic which is also why I chose a simpler pattern for the inside of the sunflower. It took me a long time to find a zentalge pattern of the petals, but I found one that would added a flowy feel to the poster. I made my color scheme decision based on the quote I found by William Cullen Bryant. The sunflower stands out by putting opacity on the background of the brook which is symbolized by the blue, and the orangish color that symbolizes autumn. I kept my texture simple for this poster. By this point, I have learned that my style is simple. I love how beautiful simplicity can make things look.

Conservation Poster

Here is my Conservation Poster! I chose to spread awareness about the importance of conserving water. As I was doing research, the idea of taking advantage of the rain water we get in Portland came to my mind, and I loved it! Therefore, with this poster, I want to give that idea to the rest of the Portlandians. I went with a simple style for the poster since it is about conservation which reflects the idea of saving. I also used analogous colors again, but this time blue to reflect the Portland feel of rain. Take advantage of the rain Portlandians! :)

Shopping Bag

This has been my favorite project so far! I created a Shopping Bag for a company I invented named Bumps. They sell signature headphones that come in the colors shown. When a customer buys a pair of headphones, they will get a shopping bag in the headphone color they bought and the shopping bag looks like he or she is caring headphones!

Bird Project

Here is my Bird Project! I chose a Peacock for my bird because it represents my personality. When the peacock needs to be quiet and mind its own business it is normal, but it opens it's feathers and tail when it needs to. I also chose four analogous colors on the color wheel, starting from orange to yellow. The colors also represent my personality as happy, energetic, and cheerful :) I explored the four parts of the peacock, the head, feet, bottom of its opened tail and the middle body, and the pattern of its feathers. Happy peek-ocking!

Identity Package

Yay! Another finished assignment. This past four day weekend has been really productive and I dedicated half of it to AP Art :) I have a few other nearly completed assignments that I'll be posting within the next week as well. On this project note, I am happy with the way my Identity Package (which includes a business card, letterhead, envelope and monogram) expresses my tastes. It is clean and simple with just a little of intricacy by the three lines. I have learned that the lines really clean up a product and add attractiveness. Then, purple and light green are my favorite colors but I chose these two shades so they compliment each other and the product. And for some reason I have been getting into gray which is why I chose it for the text color and a brownish gray for the accent color.