Story Collage Critique

This class critique was really helpful in seeing what my picture needed. Looking at the four responses I got I can see what aspects of the picture each person noticed and, what parts of the image all four felt improvement was needed. In Terms of improvement I noticed that all four felt the background was somewhat bleak. Adding clouds and the sun would help make the picture more lively and realistic. Also adding a ball, score board, or emotions in the face would help clarify what is going on and give some background to the story. In terms of the positive feedback I got a lot on the players. I think the best feedback was on clarification and making sure I put something into the picture to help show what is happening.

Shape Collage Reflection

For this project I used all three different forms of shapes to project my story. For the field lines and goal I used Geometric shapes like squares, lines, and rectangles. For the lacrosse sticks and the helmets abstract shapes were used. Finally in terms of the players body parts I used anthropomorphic shapes to project legs and arms. In this picture I wanted to show myself carrying the ball down the field. To do this I tried to make the people in the front of the picture bigger than the players in the back. Also I changed the color of the field to make it look like it was receding back. This story wasn't as hard to show because it was sports and so could be understood without words. Just by looking at the picture you can see what is happening by the placement of the players a and the position of the legs which shows whether they are running or stationary. I think doing a story that involves less action would be much harder because action, in this case, is a lot easier to explain without words

Wire Sculpture Reflection

Everything was pretty hard for the wire sculpture. I think the hardest, however, was/is the hair. Its incredible challenging to get the hair looking like your hair and also make it 3d. I think the best part of my face is my eyes. I was able to get the eyelid looking like an actual eyelid which made it look a lot more real. Honestly i don't think the drawing assignment helped at all. I have'nt even looked at my drawing and have been basing my face just off of what i know and not the picture. It already really hard to make the face look like a face and having to then base it off a picture would be impossible.

Finally i have learned that lines define the work of art. For the wire sculptures one of the things i spend the longest on is making sure the lines bend and look right.