Surrealism: :"Entering Death"

Critique: In this picture there is a supersized girl bending down opening a very tiny, small door. Inside that little door there is a desert landscape with skeletons standing on the desert. The background for this image is a brick wall and through that brick wall you can see an ocean. On the top left corner of the brick wall there is a window and inside that window you can see and ocean with skeletons in the ocean. Blood is also coming out of the window. The emphasis for this picture is the big girl standing in the middle of the whole picture. It stands out because of the big, supersized girl. The compositional trick that is used is rule of thirds because of where the window is placed, on the top left corner. I think the artists’ interpretation for this surrealism is that skeleton can symbolize many things although people might think it symbolizes death or such thing. For the artist, it might mean the problems in life. My overall view of this picture is that the artist did a good job on the objects used. On the other hand, the artist needs to work more on interpreting what she is trying to express. Maybe use more objects or something like that.

Surreal Practice Tutorials

In the Desert Tutorial we did many different things to make it look realistic. First we distorted the dirt from the bottom corners to make it look far away not like a wall. Then we added a blue background but we had to add a gradient with three different colors to make it look realistic. Then we added a lamp post but to make it look real we added a shadow that looks a little faded at the end. We also blended it a little with the dirt. By creating this tutorial it will help me with my surreal project because I learned new things that I might want to add to my project.

Art Show: "Rule of Thirds"

Rule of Thirds

This is my Rule of Thirds artwork. My goal was to place the emphasis in a corner using the grid that cameras usually have. The rock is the emphasis, with a blurry far away background. I like it because I was just taking random rule of third pictures and this one was my first and perfect one. The rock is right where it’s supposed to be, on a corner and in the middle of the fence shadow. It was a well taken picture.

Graduation Program

I think a strength in my design for this cover was the letters I used. They stand out and easy to read. After looking at everyone else's covers, I believe I could have done a better background like more interesting and not to plain and simple. I thought graphic design was going to be very easy. I thought I was not going to have any problems doing these program but it was kind of hard because I couldn't put my thoughts together to make it look nice. In graphic design I think knowing what your design is going to look like is very important because if you start from scratch it will be hard to put your thoughts together, similar like what happened to me. Graphic design plays a role in society today by design different things and making them look more interesting that it grabs people's attention.

Alternate Program: Senior Portfolio Show

I think a strentgh of my design cover was the colors I used because it is only about three solid colors instead of it being so colorful. The thing that I could have done better was to use a different picture on the front cover and maybe use a different background or use it a different way. The thing I struggled with the most was the picture we had to put on it. I did not know what picture I wanted to put so at last minute I just put any picture. I think I did better on my Graduation cover because I had better ideas on how I wanted it to look like. I did better designs, I think.

Personal Quilt

MY QUILT

INSIDE

FUTURE

INSIDE

PAST

Doing this project was a great experience working with Photoshop. The idea I put into this project came from me and some came from looking at others quilts. My decisions were pretty good but I know I could have had better thought into it. In some quilts I couldn't think of anything to put, my mind would go blank. I think some cam out better than others. Like my past quilt, I like that one better than the other three because I put more thought into it. On the other quilts it jut wasn't enough what I put in them. My struggle was thinking of what to add to the quilt square and finding symbols to express my ideas in such a way that would represent them clearly. To overcome these struggles I asked people what were some good symbols and pictures to add, it did help a little. All of my four squares had the color purple in comparison to unite them in a certain form. For each square I used different symbols but the one that most stood out to me the most was the rings in my future quilt because it was all big and noticeable. In all four of my quilts I was honest in expressing my thoughts. What I like about my quilts is that I used the color purple to unite them because purple is my favorite color. I also believe that would be the strongest part of the quilts I have made. I had a great experience throughout this project. I learned new things about me and new things from Photoshop. What I would do different is think harder about what to include in my quilts and out more thought into each one of the squares.

Artist Statement

My portfolio is organized in a certain way. I have different pictures that I’ve took and posts that I’ve posted for the pictures. You will see two Halloween pictures that I made in Photoshop. The rest of the pictures on there were also made in Photoshop but they have different themes to it. For example: macro, leading lines, photographic effects, and much more. I feel that my portfolio is just the way it should be, the way Ms. wants it. Some of my photos may not be well taken pictures but I still put them in there because we had to. My post are also good paragraphs, it answers everything that was to be included in the paragraphs. As an overall in my portfolio, from one through ten, I would give myself a nine. I believe that my portfolio is well organized.
This semester I have learned so much about photographs, from different ways of taking pictures to working with Photoshop. In taking pictures I learned how to take pictures with the “Rule of Thirds” which is with gridlines. I actually never knew what that was for until I came in this class. Another thing I learned was to take macro pictures, pictures that have leading lines, and simple pictures. I did not know that by taking simple pictures could be so catchy and interesting. Extreme angles, fill in flash, drawing with light are also other photo tricks I learned in photography. The compositional trick I feel I was most successful with was the Rule of Thirds because my picture came out very good, it was an excellent picture. The trick I had a hard time with was leading lines because my pictures of leading lines weren’t really leading line. I couldn’t seem to take a good leading line picture. I eventually learned from my mistakes.
There are many ways I could improve my skills. The way I could improve is by taking pictures using the skills each time getting better at it. Also, by focusing more on what the skill is that I’m trying to use while I’m taking pictures not just taking any random photo. My improvement can happen anywhere I take pictures like at my house or at parties or the park, etc. I haven’t had much experience with cameras neither with Photoshop. Now, as I learn more and more about these things. I noticed my improvement when I started doing the lyrics picture and on.
Having a photography class was amazing because I learned how to take pictures with better quality and style. It was fun working with the different tricks I learned because now I can start using them outside of class. I can also teach others to work with Photoshop. Having all the needed pictures in my portfolio and keeping it well organized makes it looks nice. As an overall of my portfolio I would rate it with four stars.