These pictures were from the beginning. That was the first monster I built. At first, I thought it was ok, but then I got some feedback and they suggested that if I had the time maybe I should try to make a more effective monster. At this point, I still had no idea where I was going with this project but I decided to make a better monster. What did I have to lose?
And here it was. Definitely better, definitely BIGGER. But still I had no idea what to do next. So I decided to take a chance....
So on the second part of this project, we had to put one of our final four on to one of our textures. We put them up so our peers could critique what we did. I decided to critique Morgan's dots and texture. His dots reflected proximity. I liked that he used all big text. I really liked the text because certain words that he picked go together so I was constantly looking for sentences. I got lost in the words but it wasn't necessarily bad. I didn't like what he used for the dots. In this texture, the dots just didn't pop especially the two at the bottom. I didn't even see them at first. Once I looked closer, I could finally see them. I also think that the texture would have been more effective if he would have covered more of the white space. I personally like it more when almost all of the white space is covered. Overall I liked the texture by itself but it just didn't work for the dot structure he chose to display.
Amanda Priest critiqued mine. She said that overall I used the right texture for this dot structure. She went on to say that the different sizes of the texts I used made the viewer come into the dots on the page. She also said that she liked the way I used rolled up paper to make my dots pop out. The only things she said she would change is maybe the neatness of my dots.
I think they turned out really good. It took me a couple times for each to make them perfect. Well, maybe they are not completely perfect but I think they are at least at 95%.
This is my favorite dot structure and after trying all the textures, this is the one that made the cut. At first, I had the texture turned where you could read the big words, but then I turned it the way it is in the picture and it just worked. I'm think I'm really going to like how this turns out.
These are my textures for the 2nd part of the project. It was kind of hard towards the end to think of more creative ways to arrange the text.
I had to try different ways to arrange my dots on the each of my textures.
For our first 3D project, we were asked to bring in about 100 of one thing and to make something out of it. I had to think about this. I had to find something affordable and something that I could easily if I needed more. First, I thought forks were the way to go. So I went to the dollar store to buy them, then I saw the dixie cups! I thought that would be so easy to put together something. It would definitely be a lot easier to put together than the forks. When we came to class the next day, we were asked to make something out of it off the top of our heads. I just decided to build towers. It was the easiest thing at the time. The above picture was my end product. After that, we went around and looked at other peoples things and what they made. Then we were asked to pick somebody else's stuff and move and shape it in our own way.
I choose to re-make Liz's. Her 100 things were Q-tips. I didn't really know what I was doing at first but then I got the picture in my head. If you can't really tell what I made in the picture, it's a tennis racket and a (square) ball...
Alexiah improved mine. Hers was a lot like mine, but she decided to expand it more and make one huge building. I like it.
These last 2 pictures were my favorite out of the remade ones. I love how the star doesn't fully come together and all the colors spiraled is really wonderful.
On Jan. 19th, we had our first lecture. First, we talked about what is art. As a class, we made a list of what made art...art. 