Final Assignment-Re-Branded Cube.
Deconstruct an existing package and re-design in the format of a cube. Use the elements from the package, combined with the principles of design, to create a new, three-dimensional composition. All sides must connect and no edges should end abruptly.
Self-Logo Assignment.
an intro into color theory, ittens color wheel, color mixing with gouache, and creating our own pantone-inspired color palettes with poetic descriptions.
Thanks to the encouragement and permission from Printmaking Professor Ashley Nason and 2D Instructor Danielle Wagner, I was able to teach my
2-Dimensional Design class a introduction to silk-screen! We printed abstract compositions with a variety of colors mixed by the students and transformed our unique compositions into small books!
2-Dimensional Design class a introduction to silk-screen! We printed abstract compositions with a variety of colors mixed by the students and transformed our unique compositions into small books!
Passing Textures with our eyes shut. Learning how to describe textures by just feeling.
PATTERN SATURATION
This project examines the topics of repetition, unity and variety, and emphasis and subordination, it also deals a bit with Gestalt psychology—how the mind seeks unity and closure in experiences. It uses repetition and how repetition can structure the viewers' experience of an artifact. It also shows how repetition can also be used to create discomfort. By using rhythm and variety, visual elements create unity in a work and make it more understandable to the viewer; while variety can increase interest. Emphasis is used to focus the viewer's attention on particular elements of a composition, while subordinate elements are used to support a larger visual message.
NATURE AND SHAPE
INTRODUCTION TO COMPOSITION
PROBLEM: DISCOVER THE INFINITE VARIETY OF SHAPES IN NATURE. HOW NATURE CAN INFLUENCE DESIGN AND ART.
OBJECTIVE: TO FIND A NATURAL SHAPE AND TO STUDY IT AND ABSTRACT IT IN 2D. TRANSLATING 3D TO 2D. CREATING A COMPOSITION WITH THE ABSTRACTION THEN FURTHERING THE EXPLORATION OF ABSTRACTION AND COMPOSITION.
THE NECESSARY PRINCIPLES CAN INCLUDE:
1. FRAME REFERENCE
2. TOUCHING
3. OVERLAPPING AND CROPPING OF SHAPES
4. ILLUSORY SPACE
5. CONTRAST OF SHAPES IN SIZE AND POSITION
6. DIRECTION
7. SPACE
8. THE DYNAMICS OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIPS
-MAKE A PHOTOCOPY OF YOUR OBJECT.
-USING LINE AND SHAPE COMBINED WITH THE PRINCIPLES LEARNED, 'ABSTRACT' THE OBJECT IN 2D
-MAKE 2 VARIATIONS OF THE ABSTRACTION
-PICK ONE TO DEVELOP AND REFINE.
-MAKE 2 PHOTOCOPIES OF THE REFINED ABSTRACTION, CUT IT UP AND REASSEMBLE THE PIECES INTO AN INTERESTING COMPOSITION.
Balancing Act
Problem: organize four squares and one circle in such a way as to communicate one of the following words: Stability, Dominance, individuality, or Opposition for each.
Objectives: To demonstrate the effect of the format on balance and to make a direct connection between composition and communication.
Strategy: Brainstorm at lease 25 variations. complete four refined versions of the design within a format that is 6” x 6”, plus one six-inch circle, or substitute the circle for a 6” x 9” horizontal rectangle. The circle and three squares shapes can be any size, and be connected or overlapped as necessary.
Shape Transformation: Organic to Inorganic in 5 steps
LINE DYNAMICS
Develop 4 dynamic, non-objective designs, using line, shape, and texture.
First Step: Build Community, Explore, Play, Examine, Search, Sketch, Find, Create, Destroy, Re-build.