Fortune Cookie Drawing

This drawing was inspired by the fortunes in fortune cookies. At first I wasn't inspired by any of the fortunes I got so I started doodling a random girl. But I started getting ideas along the way and added the elements of the fortunes into the drawing. The girl represents the fortune "you constantly struggle for self improvement". The black represents all of the bad and negative traits while normal part of her represents the new and improved version of her. The halo represents the progress of self improvement. I got two fortunes about time. One is " the time is right to make new friends" and "it's better to have a hen tomorrow than an egg today". I noticed that both of these fortunes kind of contradict each other since one is about patience while the other is about doing something now. So on the right there is a clock that has a check mark on it to show the right time is now. On the left shows another clock but having an hour glass and three dots above it. The hour glass and the dots represents waiting. If you look at the drawing as a whole, it represents that it takes time improve certain parts of yourself.

  

Art x 3

In this assignment, we had to make a collage inspired by the theme "celebrity". The first collage we made we only had for two days then we had to give it to someone else. Then we had a new collage to work with for two days and gave that one away. The third collge we kept longer than two days. Letting go of something that I worked on twice gave me the pressure to put something on the paper. I was also nervous because I was afraid of what that one person was going to do with it. When I received the first collage that I was going to start on, I was stumped. I had no idea what to do with it and ended up doing little things to it. When I received The last collage, I again had no idea what to do with it. I tried to work with what I had but ended up adding the word "inspiring". I decided that I wanted to take a risk and transform the entire collage and make it mine. The collage turned out better than I thought it would. Something I have learned from this is that sometimes you have take risks and make art your own. 

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Pop Print

An object I used for my pop print is The Legend of Zelda lunch box. I chose this item because I grew up playing Legend of Zelda video games so I thought it would be fun for me to make this print. Since the lunch box has so many details, it was a bit of a challenge. I had to remove both of the islands, shrink the clouds, and remove details in the two males and the boat. Drawing the image was quick and easy but carving it out was a hard and slow process but the stamp and the print turned out great.

Collecting Artists Vs. Pop Art Artists

As I was researching artists, I saw two artists that really sparked my interests in the art world. The first artist that got my attention is Roy Lichtenstein. Roy Lichtenstein creates paintings inspired by pop culture and comics. The second artist that got my attention is Karsten Bott. Karsten Bott puts together a large variety of items together in the same room until the whole room is filled with objects. Both of the artist's work are completely different from each other but they are also the same. They are the same because both involve hard work, and a lot of effort, time, and patience. Both of their works are also different from each other. Bott's work involves a lot of organization and constant categorization while Lichtenstein's work involves less organization and constant categorizing. Bott's work also involves more investments in materials and space rather than Lichtenstein's work. Bott's work also involves more space.

When you look at Bott's work, you might automatically think that this is all just clutter and not collecting. Clutter in a way, is like collecting because clutter is a collection of things that you have. Collecting involves clutter. As your collection gets bigger and bigger, space will begin to get smaller and smaller.

You may think that a pile of objects and comic inspired artwork is not art but to me it is. I think it is very unique and inspiring to see artwork that is inspired by something people never think is art; comic books. I love the illustrations in comic books so seeing Lichtenstein's work made me inspired. Bott's work shows that art comes in all  shapes and forms. Bott's work is art because each and every object is placed a certain place and is positioned in a certain position. Everything is placed to make something like a painting.

Both of the artists' work are considered as art because both of their works have something unique about them.

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Collection of Blue

The collection of blue objects together in the same pile is inspired by Portia Munson and her work. The collection of pink objects is by Portia Munson and the pile of blue collection of blue objects the class's. The collection of blue objects shows the objects that we use and take for granted in our everyday lives. In this picture, it features a large eraser, lunchbox, ear buds, sunglasses, text book, pencils, and many more items. All of the items that I have listed and the other items that are in the photo are all used in our every day lives and we don't even acknowledge them as much as other things in our lives. This part of our collection is my favorite part because it shows the personal tastes and interests that I have. The ear buds on the lunch box show that I love to listen to music, the 3D glasses show that I love watching movies, and the tin lunchbox shows that I love The Legend of Zelda. The collections show all of things we use in our lives.

Bicycle Drawing vs. Candy Jar Drawing

The drawing of the bicycle is a lot different than the drawing of the candy jar. The obvious difference is that the bicycle drawing is in black and gray while the candy jar drawing is in color. With the bicycle drawing, you had to draw every detail that was shown in front of you but with the candy jar drawing, you didn't have to draw every little detail of the candy wrappers. The drawings also kind of alike. Both drawings involve putting in a lot of time and effort, from the drawing to the shading. Both drawings involve blending, composition, and contrast. Even though the drawings look different, both involve a lot of hard work and effort.

Candy Jar- Colored Pencil

I drew this candy jar using Prisma colored pencils. I had a little trouble with drawing every single piece of candy in the jar. It made me think I had to draw every little detail on the candy wrappers (even though I didn't have to). At first coloring with the colored pencils was kind of difficult for me because of the different shades from each and every color I can use, but after a while, I got better at using them. I thought it was really cool how I could blend the colors. Drawing the jar was easy for me but the coloring and the shading was a little difficult. I loved drawing the candy jar with the colored pencils and I would love to use them again.