Make revisions to your 10″ X 10″ grayscale portrait in Photoshop and Illustrator and have your monochromatic & analogous portraits finished in digital form ready to show on the projector. (See examples in the project and handouts section.
Reading this article brings us to a question of “is it real?” With color being just a perception of our brain when its displayed with a splash of ink reflected by light, are apples really RED? Its weird to me because the psychology behind color is not just in how our brain is program to related to a hue. After this reading you understand why you see magenta or red but it also opens to the thoughts behind the feeling we have in association with color. At least for me it makes me wonder, is that feeling also a perception of my brain. This article reminds me of the theory of dreams which in is reality are gray scaled but we remember in a very vivid color pallets. Our brain is program to remember that while were awake the leaves are green. Fact is that vision is one of the most developed senses in humans and its interesting to know how something were surrounded with(color) and makes some even feel happy its all part of a program in our brains.
Throughout the color theory article, many interesting points were made. Through reading this article, I feel that I have a better understanding of how colors work together, in what ways they are put together in the most fulfiling way, which ways in which colors can create various types of emotions and how color interacts with peoples’ everyday lives. It helped me understand how to use colors to really portray what I want a particular piece to look like and what kind of emotions I want people to feel from it. Through understanding concepts such as value, hue, intensity, and and perception, I was able to learn how these subtle changes can deeply affect my particular piece of artwork. I saw this dramatically in my illustrator drawing for my carasoul. Even the most tiny changes of gray could completely make or break my work.
Color Theory Made Easy by Jim Ames was a nice refinement / introduction to some of the aspects of color theory. It brushed up on the technicality of the two different spectrums, additive and subtractive, as well as expand on the “artists’ spectrum” (which was something new to me). Although I knew the terms, it was interesting to see the literal definition of hue, value, saturation and tint. I was kind of surprised to see the psychology aspect of color theory, since I studied briefly on the way the brain perceived color and shades when I took psychology in high school. I think the part I liked most of the manual was the psychology aspect, especially the color temperature section.
1. Using your digital camera, take a black and white photograph of yourself using a light source to yeild a wide array of values in the shot (from extreme light to black). The shot should be a portrait shot that includes the bust and full head. Do not crop your face and make sure that your shoulders are included. Consider every last detail when styling the image - the angle of the shot, the positioning of the lighting, the expression of your face, the placement of your hands, the direction of your glance, the background value (black, gray, white) etc. Take at least 30 images and bring the best 10 to class next week.
2. Using Photoshop, adjust the levels (apple + L) of your selected image and crop the photograph to 10″ X 10″ at 300dpi.
3. Using the cutout filter in Photoshop, bring your image down to 5-8 distinct values of grayscale (including white and black).
4. Save your image as a jpg at 300dpi and place it in Illustrator to adjust the lines of the cutout. This is where the bulk of this assignment will be done to accentuate the features in your portrait and to create compelling shapes that best articulate your expression.
5. This is the first graded Grayscale Phase of your Color Portrait Project. When complete, print a ‘LASER’ (not inkjet) print and mount and trim it (10″ X 10″) to 1-ply white illustration board for a Final critique first thing next class.
6. Read Color Theory Article and write a blog response by next week’s class.
For Tuesday’s Final Critique print a black & white “LASER” (not ink jet) copy of your completed digital painting in Illustrator. Mount (with spray mount) and trim on 1-ply white illustration board. Your execution grade will be determined based on the quality of your print and mounting job as well as your use of the pen and pathfinder tool in Adobe Illustrator.
The objective of this assignment is to use ALL of the following elements to create as deep a space as possible on a 2D plane: scale, overlapping, transparency and contrast diminuon. (Refer to the handouts for overviews of each of these design elements. There should be AT LEAST 3 shapes used in your compositions from your landmark photographs and 5 Layers of space that you will demonstrate to the class during your presentations.
Have a great Thanksgiving. Good luck with this assignment!
Texture Progression Final Critique:
Presentation- Explain to the class the process behind creating your textural value scale. What was your original found object? How did it inform your mark-making experiments? What parameters did you use to construct an array of value within your texture studies and how (ie. scale, contrast, proximity)?
Evaluation- How compelling is your exploration of texture in creating a visual vocabulary that is uniquely your own? How well were you able to control the value of your textural studies using self imposed parameters? How balanced and seamless is the overall value progression of your piece? How successful is your texture progression project as a final composition?
Hi, my name is Hoon Lee, I am 18 years old, born in South Korea but I moved Guatemala when I was 2 years old. I speak English and Spanish fluently, and ok Korean. In Guatemala, I attended an International School, which is the reason why I know English. I consider myself a really diverse person because most of my friends are not Korean or Guatemalan.
As for my artistic side, I am actually the first artist from my family. Although I do love Math and have a passion for Mathematics, I decided to pursue Advertisement as my major because even though I love Design, I also wanted to drift away a little from my family’s traditional “Business Administration” majoring. I am not really aware of many artists, but to there are quiet few that I admire. There is Alex Grey, who is a very psychedelic artist who tries to show the other dimensions of the world, and the concept of the “unconsciousness” through his art pieces. Another artists that I admire is Salvador Dali, because he uses a similar concept yet very different style of art. Although surrealism is not really implemented in formal Design, it is my favorite type of art.
Here is a Dali Work (Famous Melting Clocks):
Here is a piece by Alex Grey: 
For phase II, I decided to use circles to create a psychedelic effect on my compositions. The limitations for this piece are somewhat complicated. First, the circles need to be used to create a sort of wavy effect on the work. Second, between lines, there has to be a contrast between black and white so that the viewer can see this “psychedelic” effect. Third, either the black or the white separations must be bigger than the other one. They cannot be the same size. Fourth, each composition must have an effect where one can differentiate whats on the front and whats on the back. For example, in my pieces one can tell that the biggest one is in the front and the smallest ones are in the back. Finally, you can’t use straight lines like the first Limitations Project, because although I want both the first and second project to be a set, I want each to have it’s own set of rules. I decided to use a marker to create this because I thought it would make it much easier, although more tedious than cart board, etc.
