Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Self Portrait Part 2
Artist Book
I have realized that not many people outside of these Organizations know much about stepping or strolling. To me it is an art form done through body movements that shows unity amongst the members. I hope to have shed light on a subject that is so important for me. I am also very happy that this type of art form has been passed down from black organizations to Latin/Latino organizations as well, unifying us as a minority group.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Artist Presentation
For this presentation we chose to work with Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and Don Ritter. Both artists were chosen because they both use digital media and interactive technology. They incorporate the audience into their artworks by having them manipulate the effects. Therefore, the theme of the presentation is human interaction and behavior using digital interactive technology.
The educational value of this exhibit is very beneficial. Both artists use technology that is advancing by the minute and has played an important role in the art world, because of some controversial issues. The artists that we chose to display just go to show that technology is a very powerful medium and it helps to keep the art world alive as technology progresses.
The workload was divided fifty/fifty and split the work evenly. The easiest way to divide the work was to choose two artists that would work well with each other then do independent research, later meet up and combine it and do extra necessary research.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Self-Portrait on Photoshop
I decided that I HAD to do my self portrait about the two things I love the most. Music
and photography. The background is very "me" too because I have been described as
all the colors of the rainbow. I'm really bubbly and whatnot. The picture that I used of myself
was taken some time in high school and I just always thought it was a funny picture and
I finally had a chance to use it in my art. I placed the lens directly in the middle on purpose,
as if to show that there's a picture being taken.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Museum Visits
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Midterm Composition #2
This is probably my favorite piece of work so far. The background is really weird, which is why I was so drawn to it. The original color is the color of the background, so I had to make sure that the model was practically the same color. The tools used were the magnetic lasso tool, eraser, smudge, blur and burn tool. Curves were also altered and so were the Levels. Positioning her was interesting because there were many areas that I could have placed her, but the one that she is in now was the one where she looked most natural.