In our second unit, "Artists Steal", we learned about creating original art by "stealing" ideas. When I began this unit, I thought that stealing ideas was totally wrong, and that I could get in some serious trouble for doing it. Turns out, you can steal ideas, but there's a catch. You have to change something about the idea, make it your own. for our first project, we did something called a character remix. We took ideas from a movie or character, and we changed something about them. I decided I would change Ariel and Giselle (from Disney) and make them look more modern day. I had so much fun doing this project. I also got to try something new, and paint my artwork! I really love the way this turned out, and I was really excited about how I was able to combine Disney princesses and modern day fashion. I also love how the yellow background brings out the color of the shirts, especially the purple (they are complements of course). All in all, I learned that you can "steal" an idea, but change it and make it completely original! The second project we did was probably my favorite. We were given the task to take two objects, and combine them to make them totally different. At first I was stuck. What two things can be merged, and still look cool? I knew I wanted to do something with dance (since I'm a dancer), but I couldn't think of what to combine. Then it hit me. I decided to combine pointe shoes with broken porcelain, to represent the beauty of dance, but also the pain. I also wanted to make this a simple graphite drawing, and I focused on the value a lot to give it a more dark mood. I especially like the way the value looks on the ribbons, it made them look really realistic. Our third and final project was called subject steal, and we had to take ideas from a subject we had learned in school, and incorporate it into our artwork. I knew i wanted to do something related to science and nature, so off to Pinterest I went, searching for ideas. I found the perfect idea, but I didn't want to copy it. It was a tree silhouette with birds flying at the top. I loved the idea of doing a tree, and instead of birds, I did falling leaves to represent the season Autumn. As for the artwork, I tried something new, a linoleum cut. I really enjoyed the whole process of the lino cut, although the actual printing was very tedious. I chose to do the colors orange and brown to show the theme of Autumn. I also had to look at pictures of real trees to see how the branches look, and get a real idea of what to draw. Hate to break it to you, but trees don't really look like clouds on a stick. The Artists Steal unit really taught me a lot about original art, and i was really surprised to find that stealing isn't as bad as we all think, as long as we make the idea our own. So don't copy a piece of art you see online, thinking that no one will see it. Take that artwork as an inspiration, and make it your own.
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The BEGINNING.Here it is. The deepest, darkest depths of my high school art career. This was before I had any clue what I was doing, and marks the beginning of my journey as an artist. As a fun game, feel free to look through and then go back to my most recent art. You know, to see development and all of that. Enjoy the very beginning of my art education. Archives
January 2015
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