Project 006 Promotional Self Portrait

Green 2 d_04unity_variety from Thomas Everett Green

Green 2d 10_colorintro from Thomas Everett Green

P_006 Midterm Assignment

Self-Promotion Poster Design (part 1.)

Collage: Image, Text, Shape and Value

First we will take a test (write down the following on a sheet of paper) 

Describe your favorite animal
Describe your favorite color
Describe how you would feel if you were locked into a room with no windows or doors. 

Objective: To create a collage (or mood board) representing your own personal character. Think about how you want to be perceived and things that interest you. Consider this an abstract/biographical self-portrait. Focus on shape, image, words/phrases with different values/depth all encompassing the same over-arching theme—you!  

Materials:

- Two-ply Bristol ground sheet

- 12X19” Bristol (as picture plane)

- X-acto knife

- Resource material (magazines, color Xerox copies, fabric/textures/patterns, photographs, newspaper, etc.)

- Rubber Cement/Matte or Gloss Medium/Mod Podge.

Procedure:

- Think about words that describe you. Determine a theme/concept that you wish to communicate for your biographical collage and

- Cut shapes from resource materials like magazines, color or Xerox copies, comics, your own photographs, fabrics, patterns, text as text/slogans etc. of which represent the words that describe you. Use at least 10 words/phrases and 20 images in variety of scale, placement, value, shape, color, texture, pattern, etc… to visually communicate this theme/concept.

- Build a composition from and form a collage from these shapes.

- Include relevant, identifiable popular culture focused imagery while creating something uniquely identifiable as a personal interest of yours.

- The finished composition should be glued to a 12”x19” sheet of 2-ply Bristol. You may cut to size, no groundsheet is required.

- No part of the paper should show through. (cover entire sheet)

HINTS:

- Focus on shapes forming other shapes.

- Think about literal vs. symbolic representation. 

- If using printed images from sites such as Google Images, make sure the printing is of good quality. (high resolution)

Research one of the following artists and discuss how they use Unity and Variety in their collages. 

Robert Rauschenberg

Juan Gris

Kurt Schwitters

John Evans

Kasimir Malevich

 For additional inspiration research: Pop art, Neo Dada art

 Midterm Grading- 2D_Design Foundations

For your midterm, you will be turning in a folder on the server, which will include

1. photographs of all your finished projects,

2. your artist research papers

You will also be handing in your sketchbooks as well.   See previous post about sketchbooks.  I will be giving you a grade for your sketchbook assignments that is equivalent to roughly 200 points (about 20 percent of your grade). 

Sketchbooks will be graded for overall content (sketches, notes, assignment sheets, research, images, etc) and also for organization and construction.

You will label your folder with “lastname_firstname_midterm” and place it in our classroom folder.  You will also place a copy of this folder in the dropbox.

To begin: 

1. You will need to photograph your work.  

2. You will edit and adjust the images to make sure they look professional using Photoshop of the photo editing software of your choosing. Your images should be 300 dpi and sized about 8x10.  You will need one image per weekly assignment.

3. Create a folder (on your desktop or somewhere handy).  Drop your four word.doc artist research papers in the folder, then your edited images in the folder as well.  Each image should be named “Lastname_Assignment title.” You should have images for the following, and labeled as follows (but with YOUR last name) 

Green_P001_figure_ground

Green_P002_figure_ground

Green_P003_Typography

Green_P004_Line_Volume

Green_P004_Value_Portrait

Green_P004_Collage

These will be due on Wednesday before Spring Break. 

Project_004 Value, Volume, Contrast

Green 2 d_08value and contrast from Thomas Everett Green

P_005

The Things Around Me

Shape: volume/value/line

Objective: To translate a value study into a volume study. Then transforming that study into a composition focusing on volume using only black lines.

VALUE: Degrees of tone from light to dark.

VOLUME: To represent an object as 3-demensional on a 2-dimensional surface.  Representing a form’s height, width, and depth.  See also Mass, Space, and Modeling.

Phase 1.

Materials

- Arches or Stonehenge (good, white drawing) paper.

- Graphite Drawing Pencils (NOT CHARCOAL)

Procedure

- Create a graphite drawing based on an interesting “thing” you find and observe showing a range of value from white, gray and black. (bring this “thing” with you to class next week)

- You may use as wide a range of values as you desire.

- This composition will be the basis for the next one.

Phase 2.

Materials

- X-acto knife

- Black paper

- Several shades of gray paper (at least [3] three)

- White bristol paper

Procedure

- Using only cut paper in shades of black to white (including at least three shades of grey) create another value and volume study based as closely on the first drawing as possible. (line + shape)

Phase 3.

Material

- Black paper

- 22x30” 2-ply groundsheet

Procedure

- Create a third, new image made up ONLY of black lines.

- This new image should be recognizable as the same composition as your shape study and should represent volume with only line.

- Use a wide range of values (line weight).

Presentation Specifications

Mount all three compositions on a 22x30” groundsheet.

All three compositions should be 8x8” on drawing or Bristol paper and mounted in order from left to right on your 30’’X22” (landscape) Bristol 2-ply paper, center align series, 1’’ gutter.  As always, Craftsmanship is of the utmost importance. 

Hint:  Look at wood-cuts.

Operative word: Simplify

Artist references

- Gene Davis

- Piet Mondrian

- Frank Stella

EXAMPLES FROM PREVIOUS SEMSTERS: 

Important Contemporary Artists (you might consider researching)

Artist Research Topics_21^st century Artists-Art Appreciation-Thomas Green

Contemporary and Pop

Roy Lichenstein

Andy Warhol

Yayoi Kusama

Cornelia Konrads

Felice Varini

Daniel Arsham

Bruce Munro

Yulia Brodskaya

Young-Deok Seo

Kumi Yamashita

Guy Laramee

Hebru Brantley

URNY
Banksy
Shepard Fairey

Alexander Mijares

Kenny Scharf

Tang Chiew

Sally Fuerst

Ron English

Charlie McCarthy

Austyn Weiner

Feminism

Cindy Sherman

Sandy Skolund

Ellen Lupton

June  Leaf

Liz Larner

Marina Abromovic

Paula Scher

Barbara Kruger

Judy Chicago

Andrea Bowers

Jessica Jackson Hutchins

Louise Bourgeois

Zoe Strauss

Louise Lawler

Adrian Piper

Jenny Saville

Mariko Mori

Racial Identity
Gabriel Orozco
Ernesto Neto

Carrie Mae Weems              

Kara Walker

Xaviera Simmons

do suh ho

Nick Cave (not the musician!) 

Shinique Smith

Kerry James Marshall

Jean Michelle Basquiat

Kehinde Wiley 

Hank Willis Thomas 

Mickalene Thomas

Rashid Johnson 

Barkley L. Hendricks 

Iona Rozeal Brown 

Glenn Ligon 

Young British Artists (punk Aesthetics)

Jake and Dinos Chapman

Douglas Gordon

Marcus Harvey,

Gary Hume

Rachel Whiteread

Gillian Wearing

Mark Wallinger

Marc Quinn

Steve McQueen
Chris Ofili