Project 3 - Lincoln soucy

Original Compositions

Bits and Pieces

End Result

Reflection:

This was a very tedious project, but I'm pleased with the results.  When I fist began to deconstruct my original compositions, I had only a rough sketch of an idea and wasn't entirely sure that it would turn out decent or not.  However, After a couple hours, I realized I was halfway done.  The staples turned out to be an incredibly sturdy fixative while adding texture and weight to the piece.  The stapling process is incredibly tedious, but the end effect was worth it.  I chose to rearrange the pieces of my original composition into the shape of a shark because I felt it would be best to create something close to the original forms.  I tried to be mindful of layering the paper fragments to add rhythm.  I used the pieces if the orange/yellow triangles to create contrast in the fins of the shark.  I never expected all of my materials to come together as well as they did.  The blue scraps turned out to be exactly the right amount and created a fairly even outline/frame to hold the shape of the shark, so that it wouldn't look like the fish was suspended in the air.  The blue helps to hold the composition in place and add a needed element of darker color to the overall result.

Charity Pinchum Project 3

In the beginning, I really had no idea what I was going to do, how i was going to do it or how it would look when it was all finished. First I started by ripping my two compositions into pieces then I walked away from the project for a while just to see if I would get any interesting ideas or see some inspiration while going about my day. After returning to the ripped pieces I still had nothing no Ideas came to mind. I force myself to work. I ended up stapling pieces together into 6 smaller sections then I had to decide how I would connect the six pieces, I could connect them with staples or stitch them together. stitching would have been very difficult so I stapled them. I tried to give section an even amount of color and I still managed to make it still resemble water in a way. Before we deconstructed the two pieces I didn't see too much similarity or unity between the two paintings but putting the pieces together makes it look like the two belonged together all along.

Angela Brooks - Project 3

Original Compositions:

Final Composition:

I was excited for this project 3. I didn't feel attached to my original compositions so it was easy for me to tear them apart and see what I could create from the pieces. As soon as we were assigned this project I knew immediately what my plan was going to be. Since a lot of my shapes were already triangles or I could easily make them into triangles, I knew I wanted to arrange the pieces to represent the sun. However in my first composition I really liked the gradient in the circles, so I wanted to keep that in my project 3 and not touch it. I started off using glue to put the shapes together but some wouldn't stay so I used double-sided tape which worked much better. I put the middle circles together first and then I knew I wanted all the red triangles as the first layer. After the red layer was complete I glued the purple and blue shapes on for the 2nd layer, then I put the green shapes wherever I could fit them for the 3rd and final layer. I also kept the stars from my organic composition and taped them where I thought they looked best. Once I thought I was finished I decided that it was lacking something so that's when I decided that I wanted to burn the edges a little. However, I didn't want to burn the project I jut spent so much time on, but I still felt it was missing an element. So I taped the whole piece onto another piece of Bristol board. I know I could've used the empty white space in my original compositions but I had already thrown the pieces away because I had completed it a few days prior to the idea of burning it. 

To burn the piece I simply used a lighter and ran it along the edges, some parts got a little out of control. In the end I am pleased with the outcome and I'm much more attached to this project than the original compositions. A lot of people said it reminded them of something out of a comic book which I thought was a cool complement. 

Project 3 - Jessie Kim

Original Compositions

Process

First, I realized that in the middle of my cactus panel, there was a big area of blank space that I could use to attach the smaller pieces to. Second, I knew that I had a lot of white blank space and black/dark blue space and wanted to use them to create most of the at least 100 pieces we needed from the compositions. Present in the picture are not all of the pieces from the compositions; they are just most of the black and white pieces. I then cut out the colors that were part of the diptych, like the cacti and the stars.

I wanted to maintain the integrity of the diptych's theme of a "desert night" so I cut the black and white pieces into irregular/random but sharp pieces to represent the cactus' prickly features and decided to use the colors to create petals for a desert or cactus flower. I chose to sew the pieces of the Bristol board along the three edges of the big white triangle piece. I don't know why I particularly wanted to use needle and thread for this part of the composition but I think the idea stuck with me when the project was first introduced (the method of sewing was one of the first examples said to be an acceptable fixative). I'm also into embroidery, and honestly, I like sewing, so I guess that that also influenced why I wanted to use needle and thread. For the flower, I just glued the pieces onto the Bristol board and continued to overlap the pieces.

The bottom and widest edge of the triangle was sewn last. The side edges contain layers of randomly aligned black and white pieces. On the bottom right and left corners, the number of Bristol board pieces layered together is the most and the number decreases as you approach the top vertex of the triangle. I did this in order to create a small effect of rhythm along the back side of the composition.

Results

Reflection

At first, I didn't like the idea of this project because I did not intend to deconstruct and reconstruct my original compositions and ended up kind of liking how they had turned out. However, once I actually started to cut up the piece, I realized that I can just remake these paintings and make it even better so it's not a big deal. It took a lot of time to sew the pieces together and a lot of effort and a little bit of blood but I don't regret my choice of fixative. It was a fun project to do and sort of convenient in the sense that I didn't have to do much thinking or apply as much focus as I had to do with the other projects so I was able to work on this project while watching TV and in between actions/events. During the critique, classmates said that my idea and piece is cool and clever. It was cool to work on something that was more of a 3D composition.

Maddie Summers Project 3

Pictures:

Reflection:

I was really excited about this project because I didn't like how my project two came out, it didn't have the under water theme I wanted and I knew I could have that theme with this. I really like how it turned out, it feels like an undersea coral reef. It was something completely new and it inspired me to do more with the technique. I liked making the paper sculpture and I'm definitely going to keep doing it. The only thing that's iffy is the fact I used glue to hold a lot of it together because -- shockingly -- elementary school level glue doesn't hold stuff very well, it would have been cool to do more sewing like I did for the base but I just didn't have the time or energy to sew every little bit on there, it's something I'll remember for the future though in my own work.

Colleen Rothe- Project 4 & 5

Reflection: When we were first assigned this project I was actually looking forward to it because I had never used illustrator so I was looking forward to trying it out. I also love photography so I was definitely excited to make that composition. My first composition is not my favorite, because it's the first I didn't really know what I was doing, I like it but I think there's too much negative space. I like the second one better even though I had to do it quickly because I made a mistake and read the directions wrong, but I'm still happy how it turned out. I really like the colors and the shape of it was fun to play around with. Some of the photos I took were from Wayne campus and Algonac State Park from when I went camping. The campground is so pretty because it's right by the water and the wild life that grows around it. Taking the pictures was my favorite part because it was fun looking for "elements and principles of design" in nature and just exploring outside. Overall I enjoyed these projects and I think it was a good change to do some digital art.

Project 4 & 5 reflections Kristal Michal-Brasseur

While working on projects 4 and 5 I must admit they were not my favorite. I personally am not a tech savvy teenager living the modern era at best I'm still stuck in the early 2000's. Infact my grandma probably could have navigated better around photo shop than me. Although i was not crazy about working on the computer I did however enjoy the opportunity to explore my campus more. This is my first year at Wayne state so I really used project 5 to get familiar with campus and downtown Detroit. Through project 5 I realized how visually pleasing and inspiring the juxtaposition of nature with a city background really is to me. Also while doing project 5 i realized how important the artistic element of contrast is to me. Whether it be contrast of colors or lighting almost all my photos show contrast even though that wasn't my intention. Regardless each photo is meant to showcase a small snapshot into my every day life as a 19 year old college student attending Wayne State.  Project 4 also had the seem concept except it was only meant to showcase the beauty of downtown Detroit. Before coming to Wayne State i never truly knew what the city I grew right outside of had to offer. Both of the photos were actually taken on the Detroit River Walk when i was going on a boat tour of the Detroit river.  As i stated perviously I am not tech-savvy so while working on project 4 I got very frustrated trying to learn the software. I think if i could back and redo project 4 maybe i would have tried to experiment just a tiny bit more with the technology instead of letting it intimidate me. 

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