Friday, December 18, 2015

HTML: ASCII Project


Artist Statement: 

I decided to work with abstract objects and test my skills in using lines, shapes, and gradients. This project was the most difficult of the semester and I wish I had a better understanding of how code works but it's one of those things that requires patience and practice, practice, practice! Please find my code for the project below: 


<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<script>
window.onload = function() {
var canvas = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var context = canvas.getContext("2d");

////////////////////////////////////// start below this line ˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇ



context.beginPath();
context.rect(0, 0, 800, 600);
var grd = context.createRadialGradient(400, 300, 300, 400, 300, 400);
grd.addColorStop(0, 'purple');
grd.addColorStop(1, 'gray');
context.fillStyle = grd;
context.lineWidth = 35;
context.fill();
context.stroke();

context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(135, 250);
context.lineTo(350, 500);
context.lineTo(650, 500);
 context.stroke();
context.fillStyle = 'pink';
    context.fill();
   
   
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(275, 400);
context.lineTo(175, 350);
context.lineTo(650, 500);
 context.stroke();
context.fillStyle = 'white';
    context.fill();


////////////////////////////////////// end above this line ˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆ

};

</script>
</head>
<body>
<canvas id="myCanvas" width="800" height="600"></canvas>
</body>
</html>

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Portfolio

As our final project in our ART 210 course we were required to create a portfolio to showcase our work create throughout this Fall semester. Please find my final portfolio below. 



















Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Animation - Stop Motion


Artist Statement:

For my project I decided to use stop motion images to create a video of myself and my puppy doing yoga! The most difficult part of this project was eliminating frames. I'm sure there may have been a quicker way to do this but in order to start my project, I had to import video frames to layers. From there I went through the frames and deleted every 3rd frame or frames that I didn't think were necessary. I ran into a big problem because I was only able to upload 500 frames at a time, so I had to do this 3 times with 3 separate parts of the original document. After going through the frames, I then exported and rendered the video. From there I was able to combine the three different media documents, add audio, clip the video, add fade in, fading out, titles, and cross-fades to my final animation. It's really amazing to see the final video! I know it's not perfect, but for my very first animation I am extremely proud of myself! 

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Lyrical Collage


Original Images: 







Artist Statement: 

For this project I chose to use a photograph that I took in the Bahamas this summer. The other images were also taken with my Cannon EOS Rebel T3i camera. I chose these images because I wanted to stick with the beach theme used in the magazine cover project. The song for the collage is Love is in the Air by John Paul Young. I began this project by removing the background of the original images to ensure they look clean, crisp, and as realistic as possible. I then strategically placed tose images on the background image. I adjusted the brightness and saturation of the clouds to match the sky of my background, as well. I chose to write “Love is in the air” in red because red represents love, passion, and desire. I thought this lyric was a perfect fit as my boyfriend and I were flying in air above the ocean. 


Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Magazine Cover



Assets:





Magazine Cover - Complete:


Artist Statement:

Every morning I wake up, drink hot water with lemon, spend 30 or more minutes on my yoga mat and then I drink a green smoothie. I also have a canon t3i that I enjoy playing around with: in others words, I enjoy to taking random, fun and colorful photos. I wanted this magazine cover to have a calming, peaceful look to it which is why I chose the photos of me at the beach. I also chose to use calm, complimentary colors to help create a unique calming vibe for readers. Anyone interested in living a happy, healthy lifestyle will connect to several of the different featured pages I mentioned on the cover, as well. At least I think so, anyways! :)

I had a really great time creating this project. This has been my favorite project of the semester thus far!


Monday, October 26, 2015

Self Insertion



Assets:



Artist Statement: 

This self insertion image was created by finding a Google image that  was bright and calming. I first removed the background of the original image of myself. I then placed myself in the front and center of the beach in Bora Bora. I needed to match the bright lighting in the Bora Bora image and that was accomplished by adjusting the saturation and brightness of the image of myself.  



Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Vector Illustration






Assets


Artist Statement: 

The image I chose to replicate is an image of myself.     I started this project by outlining the main features of my face and later went in and added the details and colors. I wanted the hair to look as realistic as possible so I added several different tones to make the  highlights  stand out. This was done using individual pen strokes.