Progress

This is where i'm at, I will turn it in next time, which one is better?

Goal

Work on the lines making them look more realistic, and finish up the project.

Progress

The lines are proving to be really difficult, I still need to refine them and make them more realistic looking.

Progress

I finally got the pictures uploaded and placed into the same image, now I am working on making the ripples look more realistic.

Goals

This week I plan on uploading the pictures, then begin editing them in photoshop.

Reflections

Almost done with my Mudbox model of the ripples, the weather was an issue because it prevented me from taking the pictures, if it gets nicer I will take them this weekend.

Weekly Goal

This week I plan on taking my photos for my project, and finishing my model of the waves on Mudbox.

Progress

Sketch

Project Breakdown

April 22^nd - 27^th

            I plan to have all of the pictures for this project completed.

April 29^th – May 3^rd

            I plan to have my sketches done and to have begun on my project.

May 6^th – 10^th

            Work on my project.

May 13^th – 17^th

            Beginning of the end for the project.

May 20^th – 24^th

            Finish and turn in project.

Project Proposal

By May 21^st I plan to have completed my independent project, for this project I plan to create a surreal environment through photo manipulation using Adobe Photo Shop. The photos that I plan to use in this project will all be taken by me. The main idea behind the project is to take a picture of someone (me) smashing a racket on the ground of a tennis court, and make the ground look as if it is rippling and cracking underneath. Then I will add other aspects to set the mood of the piece. The motivation behind this piece is professional tennis players who are constantly getting in trouble for smashing their rackets on the court. I thought the main challenge was going to be manipulating the court to make it look as if it is waving, but with our current weather in Casper the challenge might be having nice enough weather to go out and take the pictures.

Art Analysis/ The History of the Klongitians

a. Describe: Tell exactly what you see

b. Interpret: Consider the following

• What is the artist trying to say?

• What in the artist's surrounding could have influenced this work?

• What type of emotion does the artwork evoke?

• Why was the work of art created in this particular style?

c. What is the significance and function of the work?

d. How does this artwork contribute to your community and contemporary society?

e. What other cultures and societies have dealt with similar ideas and how?

f. How does this piece reflect and differ from what you are going to do?

a.    At first glance this image appears to be a railroad track that goes off into the fog and eventually drops out of the scene.

b.    The artist is trying to convey a message of how sometimes life can be going along smoothly like a railroad track and suddenly drop off and have great ups and downs. Maybe the artist’s life could have influenced this work. To me the work seems to evoke calming and peaceful emotions. The work was created in black and white, and I feel it greatly adds to the mood.

c.    The work is used to create feelings of loneliness and sadness, while also creating a calming feeling.

d.    The artwork contributes to my community and contemporary society by creating a surreal environment in which he uses layering and objects to convey his message.

e.    Well in southeastern Ethiopia there is a small Scandinavian tribe known as the Klongitians. During their free time this semi aggressive tribe enjoys making sculptures and paintings of bridges going off into the distance. However painting is not their only medium, they also enjoy being very talented basket weavers, they spend most of their days under the Mediterranean sea weaving these empty baskets. Although in the past 200 years there has been an extreme shortage of food causing the baskets of the Klongitians to go empty and their bellies to become… bloated. This hunger is the main cause for their passion of sculpting bridges, which they can later jump off when their huger becomes excruciatingly annoying. When aggravated, these people will remain passive, but when left alone they become aggressive. In recent years some of these tribe members have migrated to America in search of food, a small tribe of them now resides in the NCHS art room: Klongitian civilians include, Anthony Elmore, Isaac Kalinowski, and Tessa McCardell.

f.     This piece uses layering and Photoshop to create a surreal environment, and I plan on doing the same thing but with a different subject.

Inspiration

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Inspirations

By: PS duPont Middle School

 By: Kylej Thompson

By: Kylej Thompson

By: Kevin Corrado