Post 18: Printing

The magazines and posters were printed today. It was really cool seeing how the plotter worked and seeing the finished magazine in hard copy. Although, I must admit that it is a little odd having my face printed on such large pieces of paper. I'm very proud of all the work my group has done and I look forward to seeing everyone else's work in the show tomorrow.

Day 17: Finalizing magazine

The magazine layout and design is finished now. I'm very happy this is finished. I aimed to make a very clean but sophisticated magazine that incorporates the group's theme of effortless harmony between man-made materials and shapes with organic ones.

Day 16: Magazine layout

The magazine is coming together quite well. I am really glad the final section uses a program I am really familiar with. Still, it is very interesting to see other people's designs despite the fact that many of them haven't used indesign before. Their aesthetics and creativity comes out in their page layouts, colour arrangement, covers, and fonts. 

On a side note completely unrelated to this course, I went to see Tegan and Sara today at pier 26 and they were amazing and the sunset was stunning :)

 

Day 15: Magazine cover and final guache painting

We started our magazine covers today in indesign. I'm aiming to bring out the dynamic and almost angelic lighting in my chosen photo. I am also aiming for a sophisticated but more minimalist look to my cover than traditional magazine covers.

In the afternoon, I made my final guache painting. The task was to create a guache painting using 2 or 3 colours with the same value. This exercise proves that different hues with the same value can be just as effective and attractive as pieces with extreme contrast. I really enjoyed the emphasis on colour and I think that through the various focuses I have become more aware and will be a better artist/designer.

 

Day 14: Drawing the dresses

I drew and painted a set of my groups dress and several other dresses. The painting was in guache. I found that sheer and translucent materials are extremely difficult to paint in guache. In fact, it was pretty frustrating to paint layers seeing as guache just dissolves in the background. However, I found that blotting paper towel was very effective to achieve a similar texture to the sand on the dress. By far, guache has been the hardest paint i've ever worked with because of it's nature to dissolve the layers behind and leave streaks. 

 

Day 13: Photoshoot and axonometric drawings

The photoshoot went well! We experimented with lighting and different affects so that we could highlight certain parts of the dress. Modelling was very exciting. The group worked very well together for the photo shoot and we are very pleased with the photos that came out. 

The afternoon was spent making the axonometric drawing from a few days ago, into colour. Specifically, colours that had different values so that the object looked three dimensional. This activity was good practice of combining value and hue. 

Day 12: Guggenheim and the Met (round two)

We spent the day at the Guggenheim and the Met. I found the architectural aspects of the Guggenheim really modern and captivating. I think how the museum and all its exhibits are centered around a large spiral at the core unifies the museum and more practical because it makes it easier to navigate. Aside from the museum itself I really enjoyed seeing Kandinsky's paintings as I've studied them so much in my high school art classes. The Met was also enjoyable and this time we went to see some of Monet's paintings, many of which I thought were much more beautiful in person as I was able to see the detail and the true color of each.