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I used these homemade “gels” to film all of my footage through. They were a very direct application of color for mood and a good technique for experimenting with abstraction.

For the song I initially went for pieces that were more blunt and lyrical. I soon discovered that the lyrical components of these songs were holding me back and so I chose “Between Cans” by the Hinds because it is lo-fi and dreamy. With this I figured I could go more abstract.

Unit 2 Final Project Artist Statement

For this piece I had started at the Renaissance room from the Masonic temple and out of the three concepts to draw on I took most interest in camouflage. The architecture of the Renaissance room was the one feature from the room that I was most draw too and so I took the form of the capitals and the other ornamental architecture and tried to create an intricate pattern. Through that process I realized that I needed to think of the bigger picture. Then the idea of creating a moving image was introduced and so I took your suggestion.

To create a piece that both blended in and stood out I took both my interest in the architecture and gravitation towards creating a pattern to create this scene of the column capital slithering its way into the pattern on the wall. The column capital is this living entity which originates from the architecture as an organic form that contrasts with the rigidity of the column, but returns to the walls by interlacing itself with the curvy pattern along the walls. The use of color highlights the difference between the wall and column and the living capital. The wall and pattern have a color contrast between the red and the light cream (along with the pattern which includes majority of the colors scattered about the image) that repeats in the way the light cream column is shaded with the dark green. The living capital exists as a mid tone as it does not have as extreme color contrast as the rest of the piece, but it stays unified by holding the dominant colors of the background along with the saturated orange. I used color, form, and the unique quality that movement brings to the possibilities to depict the idea of blending in verses standing out to create this final piece.

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still image of gif for color accuracy

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#Unit 2 final project gif

In progress animation

Final Color Studies

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Color Studies

In this first color study I wanted to stay closely to the neutral color dominant color scheme of the Renaissance room, but I still wanted to achieve contrast to make the column and pattern on the wall pop. I kept the column neutral and brought a brighter neutral into the background of the wall pattern. These two together balance the strong, earthy red I put as the plain wall above the pattern. Using a bright background for the pattern allows the pattern to pop, but still stay unified with the the piece due to the red of the wall that I put into the pattern. I kept the greens in the pattern since they are darker and also cooler in temperature, and to use the contrast of the complements red and green. I chose the brightest color from the Renaissance room’s color scheme for the column’s capital so that it would stand out against the red of the wall and the neutral column. If the color were too dark I felt that it would blend in too much with the darker greens.

In the second color study I wanted to try making the background much darker than the foreground elements. I strayed from using complementary colors and tried for a contrast in value and hue. The bright neutral cream of the column (as well as in the pattern) paired with the orange, contrasts with the dark green background of the pattern and architectural details of the column. The medium value tan of the wall helps bright out the green and the light cream, but not let them over power the piece as a whole. The use of the dark green as a background allows the pattern to pop, and be unified with the column capital. In the capital I added a medium earthy red to some the of morphing form to try and achieve the effect of depth. I find that it brings forward the larger forms in the capital. The red also appears in the small details of the wall pattern.

In the third color study I decided to try making the column dark. For this I used the Renaissance room’s darkest color in its color scheme. I find this study relies on the red and green contrast and value contrast. The red and green contrast I feel works, but it overpowers the piece. The red as a background for the pattern is too saturated and clashes with the pattern itself, as each color in the pattern are similar value. The plain cream wall does a good job contrasting with red and green, but the column capital starts to blend in a bit on the sides. Compared to the pattern the capital does not stand out since it too is similar in value.

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Final Sketch for Unit 2 Final

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Preliminary Line Studies for Unit 2 Final Project

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Simultaneous Contrast

Simultaneous Contrast is when a color brings out its complement in a color adjacent to it. In the first square the neutral color appears darker and cooler because the orange brings out the qualities of its compliment, blue, therefore the neutral color appears cooler than darker. In the second square the neutral color appears brighter and warmer against the dark green because the green brings our the qualities belonging to its red compliment, therefore the neutral color appears brighter and warmer.

Each example changes how we perceive color because of the placement and proportion of colors display contrast in hue, value, and color. The more surrounded a light color is by a dark color, the brighter the light color and appear and vice versa.

#workbook 8

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Renaissance room in the Masonic Temple

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Color Schemes

Triadic

Complementary

Analogous

Square

Split Complementary

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Color Unit 1 Artist Statement

My piece is a three part sequence about a person upon finding a glowing orb, picks it up. The glowing orb starts out small and a bit dull in the first image. The second piece shows the person’s hands reaching around the orb to pick it up. In this piece the orb grows brighter and gives off more colors. The last piece is a close up of the orb as we see the person holding it and looking into it. The orb is at its brightest in the last image. The pieces are monochromatic digital paintings combined with scanned embroidery. The gradation of color is done using the embroidery and consists of blues and pinks which range in hue and value. I was inspired by images that incorporated drawing and everyday objects. I wanted to use my object in a way that it would not be expected to be used, and so I used the everyday object of thread to illustrate light.

#color unit 1 final project artist statement

#color unit 1 final project

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