Self-Portrait Illustrator

For my second project done in illustrator I decided to first take the same picture of me as the first self portrait except I flipped it around. I then changed it to grayscale mode and live traced it using only 5 shades of gray. I then put another layer on top of it and used C's that were the same shade as the grayscale piece to fill it in appropriately to make it look more like my face. I decided to do the hair in a way that the C's are all facing different directions to give it a more hair like effect. For the skin i just left all the C's the normal way. I struggled slightly with this piece because there were so many of the same colored C's to deal with and they kept getting lost throughout the process. I feel though that this is a pretty successful piece because of the fact that it has the outline of my face and when viewed from a distance looks like an actual black and white version of a face.

Self-Portrait Photoshop

For the first self portrait done in photoshop I wanted to combine the inside of my head with the gears of the inside of a watch. First I cut myself out of a picture that was taken of me and re-adjusted the contrast to make myself look better with the back ground. I then cut out a piece of my head and put the gears of the watch behind it. To go along with the surreal theme I decided to put the background of stars and out space. I feel that this portrait is pretty successful because it shows me in from a surrealistic view with a clock instead of the back of my head. I didn't really struggle at all with this piece so I didn't mind working on it.

Beever & Brennecke Presentation

The two artists that I chose to put into my art show is Julian Beever and Jochen Brennecke. Julian Beever is a sidewalk chalk artist that would create pieces that only looked correct from one point of view. Jochen Brennecke is a digital artist that would put everyday pictures and objects and would combine them into one image to create a surreal image. The are very similar because they deal with the theme of abstraction and a distorted view. For Beever's works you could only stand at one point for the image to look completely correct. Also a large amount of people are able to view his pieces at once. Brennecke's works are able to be viewed from any angle except they are post card sized papers. The size of the work only allows one person to view it oat once so that they can gather their own information from the piece and interact with it on a personal level. Both artists deal with a similar theme but work in a completely different medium.

Whitney Biennial Visit

Last week I visited the Whitney Biennial and I was actually surprised at some of the works. I'm glad that I had prior knowledge to some of the works because I looked at some of the exhibits that were up online. One of my favorite artists that I saw at the museum was Verne Dawson. I liked how he used paint to create an abstract piece that looks somewhat realistic. I also liked the symmetry that was seen in many of his pieces. Another artist that I was really attracted to was Roland Flexner. He also worked a lot with abstract work and in black and white. I'm pretty sure that he used white charcoal on black paper which created a very interesting effect. My last artist that I really liked was Pae White. He created a large tapestry that was titled smoke and was stretched across a wall. It was done with cotton and polyester so that it has a very organic effect to it.

Logo Trace

For this project we had to trace a logo so the logo that I decided to trace was the Maytag logo because it had a variety of curves and straight lines ad it also incorporated text too. I couldn't get the exact color blue so I colored in the symbol as close as I could. The top one is the logo that I traced and the bottom one is the original logo.