Thinking Skill: Synthesizing (Project 4)

For my 4th project, I chose to work on synthesizing; pulling together smaller pieces to understand the greater whole. I had thought about this for quite some time and eventually, I choose to carve something using a story that I've been writing as inspiration. In that story, it involves a necromancer/tamer meeting a fox demon. Things are a bit tight at first, but soon enough, the tamer actual befriends the demon. From then on is still a work in progress...

Now foxes, in general, can live in practically any environment and have a legendary reputation for intelligence and its cunning nature. They are creatures in which can hunt birds, mice, and rabbits; but are also known to eat berries and fruits.

And so, I choose to have that demon as one of the main focus of my piece with a mountain-like range in the background.

I started off with a sketch:


Transferred that over to the product in which I was gonna carve:


From there, I started to carve away:





Now, I applied paint overtop of what I carved into and placed a paper on top. From there I applied pressure and carefully peel the paper away when finished.


This was the first one. I found out I didn't use enough paint and I had to print it again:


I used enough paint this time, but I accidently blended the colors. Needed to do it again:



Used too much paint and it's still blended:


Finally got what I wanted:

Artistic Proposal 4

For this project, I got inspiration from a story that I've been writing with my friend. In that story, it involves a necromancer/tamer meeting a fox demon. Things are a bit tight at first, but soon enough, the tamer actual befriends the demon. From then on is still a work in progress...

I decided to draw a fox in front of a mountain range to symbolize how far they've gotten together.

Foxes can live in practically any environment and have a legendary reputation for intelligence and its cunning nature. They are creatures in which can hunt birds, mice, and rabbits; but are also known to eat berries and fruits. Meaning that they are omnivores (can diet on both veggies and meat). Foxes are also known to be the only other creature, aside from cats, to have retractable claws.

(Photo Shot by: Tony Alonso)

During breeding season, todds (the males) go out and find vixens (the females) using a range of calls and scents. Foxes start of brown or a deep red at birth and have been known to develop a golden, reddish-brown, silver, or even black pelt when they reach their adult stages.

Foxes are often hunted for sport, killed for being a pest, or for having rabies.

The topic I wanted to focus on this time is possibly Analyzing Perspectives using Intaglio Print.

These are the pictures that I plan on using to help guide me:

Card Game

About two days ago my art class decided to play a card game the entire time. From the game, we came up with questions in a group based environment. Those questions were idea building topics. Here are a few of the questions:

1. How can I design a board game that connects photosynthesis and time under the concept of history?

2. How can I overlap smoke using colored pencils and air dry clay?

3. How can I combine metallic objects and volcanos to look loud and elegant?

Thinking Skill: Evaluating (Final Project)

My thinking skill, evaluating, involves making sound judgment about a situation based on a thorough understanding of concepts involved. I honestly had no clue as to what I should do at first, and then it hit me. I wanted to do a bird this time around. Some mor ethinking went by and I narrowed my perspective on the male peafowl (more commonly known as a peacock).

The peafowl is a bird known for their piercing call and their plumage. The latter is dominate in the Asiatic species, who have an eye-spotted "tail" or "train" of covert feathers which they display as part of a courtship ritual.

While focusing on this bird, I have also come across as something known as 'Shadow Art'. It's where you basically have whats up front darker, if not black, compared to a bright colorful background. And so, I attempted just that.

The main purpose of this peice was to allow me to gain knowledge of the atomony of birds. I don't really know how to draw this type of creature, so this was all me trying to broaded my selections in which I want to draw. It turned out pretty good, and so I believe I now feel comfortable enough to go past my boundries from here on out. To explore new ways to view the world through art.

Sketch:

Redrawn onto Cardboard and Colored A Little:

Adding a Bit of Black:

Starting of Background:

Almost There:

Final:

(Forgot to take a picture of the final, and I plan on taking one when I come back into the art room and uploading it. Guess you can call this a mini cliff-hanger till then...)