Animalistic Shape

I found this project to be entertaining. I enjoyed seeing other peoples' projects and seeing how they incorporated their shapes to make their animal. I wish I had a little bit more time to think about how I used my shape. Looking at it now I see several ways that I could have made it a little bit more interesting.
But regardless I think that it turned out well and I am pleased with the end result...

Surface Research: Turned Up...Popped-Up

I really liked this project. Not so much doing but seeing the finished result. It was very tedious trying to get the pop-up points to match as well as taping the springs and making sure they lined up.



My project was based off the elegant painting by Raphael, "The School of Athens".
I figured i would get a-lot good shapes out of this painting and idea. Immediately after I traced the shapes several idea came into my head but I figure it out one that I believed worked the best.

I traced the perspective circles used the to make sound waves. In addtion i used the pillars on the side to make Speakers complimenting the sound-wave idea..

                                        

                                        

                                        

Surface Research: Abstarction

I have to admit I liked this project a lot more than the last one. I'm not entirely sure why that is yet. I am glad I chose such an interesting object. At first I was really dreading it and wishing I had chosen something similar but seeing what has become has made me appreciate the complexity of the Rosary.


Once again, I'll tell you I'm not really use to the whole abstract art thing but Im sure that by the end of the semester I'll get the hang of it.

Shepard Fairey

I'm everyone knows about the famous Barrack Obama Hope picture. Some say that it was a very effective image is President Obama's Campaign and its all thanks to the great designer Shepard Fairey.


I can say without a doubt shepard fairey is one of my favorite artist of all time.


Shepard Fairey was born Frank Shepard Fairey. His first interest in art started at the age of 14. Fairey became interested in street and urban art. He started putting his drawings on skateboards and t-shirts. He eventually pursued a career in the arts received a BFA at the Rhoad Island School of Design. 

"Andre The Giant has a Posse"

The image that made Fairey famous was is picture "André the Giant has a Posse".
this image  eventually led to the creation of Fairey's brand "Obey Giant"


Fairey also found the design company Alternate Graphics, which is a small printing business that specialized in t-shirt and sticker silkscreens.


Shepard Fairey's Art is displayed throughout several museums of contemporary art and within minutes his limited addition prints are sold out within minutes...

Time Studio Project

I thought I would share my latest time studio project with you all.
The assignment was to make a stop motion animation incorporating cut-outs in someway. This took me a-lot of time to put together but in the end I was pretty pleased with the results.

the first thing that came to mind when I found out I was going to be using cut-outs was the TV show "Southpark". I used th same style but not characters from the show.

The main plot centers around this animated person who gets "transported" into another dimension and meets some very colorful individuals. I hope you all enjoy!

Artist Intro: Lois Mailou Jones

One of the most influential artist of "Harlem Renaissance", Lois Mailou Jones.
  Jones was born in Boston on November 3, 1905. She is best known for her depiction of African and African- American themes in her early paintings.

Jones was one of the first female African-American painters to depict African imagery in her work.

In her childhood years Jones spent many of her summers in Martha Vineyard which was one of the key factors in her development as an artist. Jones' mother greatly supported her daughter and would throw informal art shows for her by hanging p her water colors paintings and drawings. 

Her ambitions were only further when she attended Boston's High School for Practical Art.
During her high school career she connected with other contemporary artist and often sketch their work in a vocational drawing class.


After graduating from high school Jones received a scholarship and attended the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. There she won many awards and graduated with honors. However even with all this the museum would still not hire her as a teacher and told her to go down south and teach other African-Americans like herself. 


After to taking many classes to get certified as a teacher Jones finally accepted a job at Howard University.


Her love for painting was strengthened when she stayed in Paris and saw European Art.Where she could be seen as an artist and not just as a black women.


Jones finally retied in 1973 and had her own solo show at the Boston Museum of Art and was finally recognized for her work.