This is my very scary photoshop picture.

This was my snake clay tile project.  Our goal was to make it as 3D as possible, and I think I did a good job with it.  Outside of the ground, every object sticks off of the ground and is textured.  My one regret is using two rocks.  I originally wanted the larger rock to be a shoe, but that proved to be too hard.  I think the snake looks really cool, even if it isn't very neat.

This was my acryllic landscape painting.  I put christmas trees in because I painted it around the holidays.  It was one of the funner paintings to do and I actually think it turned out pretty well.  I think the best parts about the painting are the christmas bulbs.  Mr. Sands showed me how to give the bulbs highlights and make them look more realistic.

Game Drawings

My final game board drawing was another disappointment from me.  While I am good at the perspective part of these assignments, my poor drawing ability once again foiled my plans.  I used vanishing points to make the perspective look even better.  The Monopoly board was both a good and a bad idea to draw.  It was good because it was filled with detail and things to draw.  However, this also became a problem when I had to paint the very small details on some of the spaces.  It eventually became very difficult and made the painting look messy and cluttered.  Another problem with my painting was my use of the watercolors.  I did a poor job of blending them in together and I couldn't fix it with the colored pencils.  I failed to add shadows or make it look realistic.  If I did it again, I would focus very hard on making the colors consistent.  One of the biggest flaws on my painting was the drastic changes in value.  The most difficult part of the assignment was actually making the board look realistic and similar to the picture.  While I was working on the drawing, I learned how difficult it is to use watercolors, especially on small details. 

1. When I was in the lab, I changed the original picture into the streched out image using photoshop.  Then I copied the picture down onto paper by copying what was in each box on the grid.
2. If you transform a photo into a streched out version, it will look messed up if you look at it straight on.  However, if you look at it from another angle, it will look more like the original version of the photo. One of the hardest things to do is add a shadow.  You have to draw a shadow on the morphed image so it will look normal when you look at it from a different perspective.
3. By doing this, we learned about anamorphis.  It was more about perspective and angles than the actual picture.  It also required that you were good at using photoshop.  We just used colored pencils to add value to the pictures.

1. When I was in the lab, I selected a piece of architecture.  I picked the colliseum because I didn't think other people would pick it. Then, I changed the composition on the photo so that there was a large contrast between the dark and the white.
2. The photos I picked in the collage were all from art books.  The reason I picked them is because I liked the pieces of art.  To fill some space, I used plain text.  The pictures didn't really relate to the picture.
3. I cut out the positive space on my pic.  I did this because I thought it would be easier than having to cut out the negative space. 
4. I had to keep my fingers away from the Xacto knife.  When I cut, I kept the knife parallel to the paper, and didn't dig into the paper with it.  The biggest challenge I faced while cutting was actually cutting all the way through.  It was common for me to cut and then having to go over again to finish it up.
5. I picked yellow and purple for my spray paint.  I did this because they are two colors that go well together.  When I actually spray painted, it was pretty easy.  I had to keep the paint close to the holes in the paper, and it turned out pretty well.

Final Print

1. The balance was not up to par.  There was way more positive space than negative.  There was a lot of unity, as the whole thing holds together pretty well.  I think it has rhythm and movement as it all there is a lot of movement and it flows together well.
2. I added texture by cutting out the cracks in the desert floor.  Even though this ended up causing problems later on, I thought it was a good way to give the picture some feeling.  The cracks and texture of the floor was supposed to contrast with the spider, which was supposed to be without too much texture.
3. I used negative space to cut out the cracks in the floor and cut out the pattern on the spider's legs.
4. From a technical standpoint, the print was decently made.  While at first I was cutting too deep with my cutting tool, eventually I overcame that obstacle and did a good job with the cutter.  The drawing was a little different.  Even though it looked fine at first, the spider was hard to find once the final print was made.
6. For the most part it was a fun experience.  I liked the cutting out and designing the picture was fun.  I think if I understanded how the print would work from the beginning it could have turned out really good in the end.  The texture could have made it look a lot better than just drawing a spider.  However, all of my own mistakes made it look worse than it could have been.  A disadvantage to doing a print is that you need a lot of both positive and negative space for it to look good, which limits your options.