PhotoShop HOLLLLURRRR

This is what I created during my Art I class period. After being in the computer lab for the past 2 days working a little bit with PhotoShop, Mr.Sands told us to create a "and-guess-what-happens-next" image using the tools we learned in class. The hardest part of this project was actually thinking about what I wanted my image to be. It took me a while to decide on this one. I try to incorporate my love for babies into my artwork whenever possible so I thought now would be a great time to. This is Gerald (the baby) and his father (Mitch) taking a nice stroll through the neighborhood; however, what they don't know is that a giant tornado is just seconds away. WATCH OUT BABY GERALD!

frog tongue

For the past couple of days my Art I class has been in the computer lab working a little with PhotoShop. I have never, ever used photoshop before so I thought this was really fun and a nice thing to learn how to do. I also think it will come in handy for when I want to learn to edit more photographs. For this particular image, I thought it came out pretty good. I think if the frog was a little bit bigger on the tongue it would look more realistic but overall definitely not awful. Hopefully I can use photoshop more, and not just in Art I class. Got frog tongues?

CLAY! CLAY! CLAY! CLAY!

I freaking loved this project. At the moment, mine is still waiting to be glazed, but I can't wait to see the final product. There will definitely be pics up, don't you worry. I like working with my hands and I think that's why this has been one of my favorites. I was a little unsure about how to design my bowl because I really wanted it to look different than anyone else's. So i decided to use a hugeeee strip of clay and cut out a zig-zag design from it to put around my bowl. I thought it gave it a sort of "tribal" look to it so I decided to continue with that. I put in various patterns consisting of lines and dots and even added little rolled up balls of clay.On the inside of my bowl I used a radial design alternating between the regular clay color and the red clay. I'm excited to see the finished, shiny bowl. keep ya updated dawg.

pastels

Working with the pastels was really fun, I just wish I was good at using them haha. I didn't really like this project because it's hard for me to look at a still scenery and then try to draw it using the right colors to show the highlights and lowlights. Some of the other pastel pictures came out really pretty, so totes for them. Overall, i was not a fan. Sowwy.

Glow Sticking is a Habit, Get Like Me

 

I had seen quite a bit of glow stick art but I always wondered how it worked. This was another project that was probably one of my favorites. It made it even better that we did it right before Spring break so every one was excited and glad we didn't have anything too stressful to do. The top picture is SB2K12, which is Spring Break 2012 for any of ya'll who didn't follow. Bri, Lauren, and I each wrote 2 characters in different colors so it came out pretty nice. The next picture is a muffin that I made for Love Muffin. You wouldn't understand. Then the last picture is when Bri took a glow stick and just moved it back and forth for 10 seconds to illuminate the outline of me. It's pretty trippy. Overall, successful project.

perspective photographs

 This project was definitely one of my favorites! I went out with Bri and took turns taking pictures of each other doing different things to make it look like we were either much larger or smaller than life. The top photo looks like Bri is about to kill me with her huge foot, but I'm actually much further away than her. The tricky part finding the perfect place to stand/lay/squat so that you looked like you were on top/behind/under something. The photo to the right is one of my favorites just because it looks to realistic! I'm standing a few feet behind the pole but I look like I'm a little person on top of a pole hahah.

Bri had this idea for me to go lay across a wooden banister so that it would look like I was on top of a ginormous truck. It turned out pretty cool.

Of course Bri and I had to take some selfies. Just be glad we didn't put all 76 of them up here for you to look at. You're welcome(:

A Monster Named Googie

When Mr.Sands told us we were getting to make mini monsters out of clay I was really excited. I like making unrealistic things, and seem to be a little better at them too. The monster I was assigned to recreate was Googie. This is Googie.




In this next picture you can see the steps I took to recreate him. The photograph is the picture I received when I chose to make Googie. It is the original that the Kindergartner had made. After that I made my own drawing of Googie with a few different colors and more of the way I saw him but definitely still how my Kindergarten kid created him. After all, it is still his(:



The type of clay I used to make Googie was Sculpey. Everyone was told to use this clay before we started the project but after messing with it for like half an hour and not getting anywhere with it, every one else went to the regular clay. My Sculpey was working for me and I really liked the colors so I decided to stick with it. The arms and leg-type-things were a struggle to figure out how I was going to make. I then thought using wire would make them look much more like they were intended to and plus look good too. This is the final product. I really enjoyed this project and working with clay and I really hope that the student who first drew the picture of Googie enjoys it!

Stencil Art

Well when  I first cut out my stencil, being the not-so-smart girl that I am, cut it out the wrong way so I was left with a pretty dumb stencil. I decided to use it anyways though because I figured it would be different, and it ended up being pretty cool. The first image shows pretty much how my stencil looked. Notice how I cut it out so that the only way you would be able to see the outline was if you made around it darker. So that's exactly what I did. I used different fabrics to give it a little texture too. And the last image is, well, me sniffing glue. Don't judge me.

the finished product

This first picture is of my skittle mosaic project finally done. I actually realllyy liked this project and even think it would be fun to do for a friend, maybe a smaller version though hahaha(: it was really cool to see how something that looked like it would be just a mess of skittles ending up looking like an actual image. The following image is one of some others who finished their project. I thought they all looked pretty great!

$K!TTL3 M0$@!C (In the Making)

This first image is me working on my mosaic. At this point, it really doesn't look like anything besides a bunch of little skittles.

I'm getting further along with the skittling. From where I was sitting I felt like it still looked like a bunch of mixed up colors but it took me standing up and from a distance to realize that it was slowly starting to look like my face.

The mosaic is actually starting to resemble my face as I skittle more and more!

This is how far I've gotten so far. Finishing the eyes definitely made a difference in the appearance of my mosaic. I'm pretty happy with how it's turning out so far, and I'm really eager to see how the finished product will look. Until then, EVERY DAY I'M SKITTLING! lolz.

Shading Portrait

This is the shading portrait I made of a girl in my class, Sarah. I actually really enjoyed doing this project and will maybe even continue to make art like this again on my own. When Mr.Sands first told us about this I was a little iffy about how mine would come out. I have never considered myself an artist, at all, but I was definitely very pleased with how it came out. I don't think I had ever created an image that included shading in it and this is something that I for sure learned from this project. Overall, not too shabby.

SHADOW ART #awwwyeahhh

 This first picture is the rocket ship/outer space scenery in the making. My group, which included Bri and Lauren, used string to hang out "trash" and make it look as if it were flying. It was pretty fun seeing what shapes could be made out of just some pieces of junk. I was pretty pleased with the final product; it definitely was not as bad as I thought it would be!

expressive photo (skittle colors)

This is my super cute expressive photo in skittle colors. Mr.Sands said that he was a little worried about how it would work out, so I might have to make come color adjustments. Oops. Anyways, hopefully the skittle project will come out pretty gnarly. Pics will follow.

Masking Tape Project

My group- aka Team of the Future- used masking tape to create the illusion of the path to your future. We used the typical things people look for in their future such as graduation, getting a job and earning money from it, buying a house, and eventually getting married. We used cross hatching to make our hills seem more alive and to show distance.