Student Work

Griffin Torrey, Student Work

3D to 2D Image

Used shape cut from balsa wood on scroll saw. 

Madi Hetico, Student Work

3D to 2D Image

Throughout the semester, I have reflected on who I am as an artist and how much I have grown since I started. With that being said, there has been many trials and tribulations as well as failures and successes. For my 3d to 2d image, I wanted to create something that reflected on all of the projects I made this semester, the good, the bad, the successful and the failures. I decided to create a montage of all my projects in order to create a new work. Within this piece, if one looks carefully, they can see everything I have made this semester, in a new way. 

Cassie Harger, Student Work

3D to 2D Image
My favorite project to work on was the balsa wood sculptures. For the 3D to 2D Assignment I chose to use my balsa wood sculpture. The balsa wood sculpture simulated motion through rhythm. I enjoy how one object appears to influence another, despite it being frozen or stagnant. There is a beautiful irony. The above image depicts movement, yet the picture does nothing. I feel the image replicates how people get into a motion and go through their lives being stuck in a rhythm, and despite this motion they are not moving anywhere. It is easier to get into rhythm than to challenge yourself. The color purple is the color of wisdom. Though rhythm can be safe it does not challenge the self and is therefore unwise. Furthermore, each image appears to fall, which symbolizes how easy it is to fall into a cycle of repetition. 

Original balsa wood sculpture. 6" x 3" x 4"

Zack Smith, Student Work

3D to 2D Image

This illustration is to show just how far you can reach if you just push through the struggles in pain in life and just soar. This builds off the meaning of the Masked Identity project, this illustration shows how when you push through the sadness, pains, and struggles in life, you not only grow as a person, but you become so much stronger and how the sky is the limit. The illustration gives a sense of hope to those who are struggling in their life and encourage them to push past it to gain an inner strength and confidence that will make them soar.

For the process, I first took the original image from my Masked Identity project and took it to photoshop. In photoshop, I used the magnetic lasso tool to select the body, the inverted the selection as to delete the background and hair from the model. I then took the photoshopped image to illustrator, sized and placed it on the background layer, then locked it in place. After that, I started creating the basic shapes of the body and mask. Once I had the basic shapes, I then created shapes to go on top of the basic form that showed where shadows and highlights were on the body. Once all the shapes were in place, I used the eyedropper tool to give the shapes correct coloring. When the body was finished, I deleted the image from the background and was able to add the hair and background and edit as needed.

        

Making the mask from wire, masking tape, tracing paper, gel medium, ink and gold paint.

Dani Sanders, Student Work

3D to 2D Image

I took a picture of one of my sculptures from the balsa wood project and turned it into an art magazine cover for the month of September. The magazine is titled Dépaysé, which is a French term that describes the feeling of a person being out of their comfort zone.

Original sculpture made from balsa wood and straight pins. 

Christian Ard, Student Work

Rae Hull, Student Work

Heather Callahan, Student Work

Matt Connor, Student Work

3D to 2D Image

Matt Conner, Student Work. Response to Touch Chapter, A Natural History of the Senses.

The Feeling Bubble

"The bubble is our skin. But the skin is also alive, breathing and excreting, shielding us from harmful rays and microbial attack, metabolizing vitamin D, insulating us from heat and cold, repairing itself when necessary, regulating blood flow, acting as a frame for our sense of touch, aiding us in sexual attraction, defining our individuality, holding all the thick red jams and jellies inside us where they belong."  -Diane Ackerman

Statement:

The drawing reflects upon the idea that the body serves as a malleable shield, protecting the body and everything in it from the chaos surrounding it. Such chaos can bring harm to the body or cause it to collapse. 

The Code Senders

"Thick, onion-shaped sensors, they tell the brain what is pressing and also about the movement of joints or how the organs may be shifting their position when we move." -Diane Ackerman

Statement:

With this drawing I was thinking how touch is heavily associated with touch receptors and nerves which all correlated back to the brain to provide the sensation and information on touch. 

Oregon's Animation Magic

At just about any moment of any day in Oregon, someone is making animation. Home of Oscar-winning artists, Portland is considered one of the stop-motion capitals of the world. In this 30-minute special, we'll meet the artists who have made Oregon an animation powerhouse, including Claymation creator Will Vinton, animation makers Rose Bond, Jerold Howard, Joan Gratz, artists at LAIKA, and more! The video discusses and shows the processes for stop motion films such as Caroline and Kubo and The Two Strings. (23:00) 

Click on link below to watch video. 
http://www.opb.org/television/video/cove-season-18-episode-17-oregons-animation-magic-mifudv/


Rose Bond is an artist featured in the above documentary video. Bond's website below as well as two videos that demonstrate her work.
http://rosebond.com

Dani Sanders, Student Work

Ana Garcia, Student Work

Tracing paper, gel medium, gesso, yarn. 

30" W x 70"H x 16"D

Ana Garcia, Student Work

Student Blogs, Fall 2017

9:00 Class
Rhiannon Alter
Christian Ard
Jourdyn Cluver
Ashley Floyd
Cassandra Harger
Madi Hetico
Rae Hull
Coeltryn Kirkland
Vincent Lendering
Caroline McClellan
Erin Moutz
John Roberts
Emily Seaford
Stephanie Simone
Zachary Smith
Griffin Torrey


1:00 Class
Julia Ailes
Emily Brown
Karese Burrows
Heather Callahan
Matt Conner
Levi Dobson
Gabi Galban
Summer Hartenstine
Zach Jacques
Hannah Lewis
Sasha Lute
Travis May
Connor Mathews
Madison Montanus
Dani Sanders
Meghan Vargas

National Taiwan University of the Arts

Three students of the national taiwan university of the arts have created 100 popsicles made from polluted waters of taiwan’s lakes, rivers, beaches and ports to raise awareness on the problem of pollution. setting aside the flavor, the polluted water popsicles contain collected sewage samples that were first frozen and then preserved in polyester resin. Wrapped in packaging also designed by the team, the project highlights the contrast between what is beautiful and what is problematic for the environment.

designboom.com

Elements & Principles of Art

Elements of Art

(building blocks of visual art)

Line

Line is the path of a point moving through space.

Shape / Form

Shape implies spatial form and is usually perceived as two-dimensional. Form has depth, length, and width and resides in space. It is perceived as three-dimensional.

Color

Colors all come from the three primaries and black and white. They have three properties – hue, value, and intensity.

Value

Value refers to relative lightness and darkness and is perceived in terms of varying levels of contrast.

Texture

Texture refers to the tactile qualities of a surface (actual) or to the visual representation of such surface qualities (implied).

Space / Perspective

Space refers to the area in which art is organized. Perspective is representing a volume of space or a 3-dimensional object on a flat surface.

Principles of art

(use or arrangement of the building blocks of visual art)

Pattern

Pattern refers to the repetition or reoccurrence of a design element, exact or varied, which establishes a visual beat.

Rhythm / Movement

Rhythm or movement refers to the suggestion of motion through the use of various elements.

Proportion / Scale

Proportion is the size relationship of parts to a whole and to one another. Scale refers to relating size to a constant, such as a human body.

Balance

Balance is the impression of equilibrium in a pictorial or sculptural composition. Balance is often referred to as symmetrical, asymmetrical, or radial.

Unity

Unity is achieved when the components of a work of art are perceived as harmonious, giving the work a sense of completion.

Emphasis

Emphasis refers to the created center of interest, the place in an artwork where your eye first lands.