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Final Color Analysis/ Collage Article Header

Here is my final collage for assignment 3. After receiving critique, I decided to change the image by getting rid of the cameras that were on the left in the background. Overall, I like how the collage has come along. When I first started this assignment, I was completely clueless about what I wanted to do, but thankfully I decided to let loose by making a playful rendition of the original source.

Assignment 3, Color Analysis/ Collage Article Header

For assignment three, I chose to do a color analysis and collage from an article in New York Time Magazine. The artwork was created by designer and illustrator, Rui Pu. The illustration depicts an umpire, a baseball referee, feeling the pressure of newly incorporated rules and standards and modern-day major-league baseball. While creating the color analysis for this assignment I wanted to give off the impression of a pixelated character since the drawing displays a full figure. In addition, I tried to limit the color palette to give the piece more continuity. During my first collage, I only hid the shapes I used in the analysis since there were so many shape layers involved. Afterward, I want to add humor and interest to the collage by completely shifting the proportions of body parts like the head, hands, and feet. I also duplicated certain parts of the original illustrator so that the final collage could still maintain some of its original meaning.

Final Collage for assignment 3, color analysis article header

Joseph Albers Reading

During this reading, I learn about many ways German artist, Joseph Albers, interprets realism and different aspects of color within a series of questions and answers. Albers discusses what realism is to him and how he utilizes color in his work. In addition, there is a series of other questions that Albers answers throughout the entirety of the reading.

One of the first topics brought up in the interview that I found insightful was the illusion that can occur between colors. Albers explains that colors are viewed in two different ways, in self-realization and in relationships with others. The point was that color is perceived differently when it stands alone and when it is surrounded by others like. When a color is surrounded by another color and then completely changed to another, our perception of will change like an illusion.

Another interesting topic brought up was that when Albers paints, he does not express himself, instead, he is pleasing himself and educating others' ability to see. He does this by focusing on the interaction through colors. His aim is pointed more towards developing an engaging relationship between colors rather than using other elements like line work. He believes doing this will allow viewers to see color in a different way.

Later, Albers makes a statement that seemed alerting, which was that art cannot be taught. Instead, he believes that an art education can open one's eyes to creative possibilities. When reading that I was surprised, but art is an activity that involves creating thinking so there will obviously be some aspects that will have to come naturally and through experiences in life.

Color Analysis and Collage on Website

Reference for assignment #3 Color Analysis

The artist responsible for creating this artwork was illustrator and designer, Rui Pu

For the last assignment, I have to create a color analysis and then turn it into a collage by combining its elements with the original source image, an article header from a newsletter, or a magazine article. Finding a reference was really tuff but I ended up going with this image because it had a lot of graphic elements and seemed like it allowed a lot of potential for me to mess around and have fun!😂🐔😂

Exercise #5 Emotion in Color

In my design, I wanted to depicted an emotion filled with rage and uncontrollable feelings. I incorporated angular and sharp shapes with lots of cuts in between to make it seem chaotic and disorderly. For my first color design, I picked black, red, and dark blue, a palette I felt gave off a sensation of darkness and attitude. for my second, I used colors much lighter in value and contrast to make the emotion appear calmed and gentle.

Exercise #5 Emotions in Color

Podcast On The Red Studio

The David Zwirner Podcast – Inside ‘The Red Studio: Ann Temkin with 6 Artist on Matisse | Special Episode

While listening to the David Zwirner Podcast, I got to hear a special episode about one of Matisse's paintings. The point of the podcast was to get inside the mind of Matisse and analyze what were the reasons behind his decisions. Artists were curious why he used so much venetian red in his painting, The Red Studio, after it had sat still and completed for so long. The topic was explored by numerous conversations amongst various artists.

One of the first artists brought on to the podcast was Rashid Johnson. During his conversation with the interviewer, Ann Temkin, Johnson mainly discusses the idea of a never truly being finished until it is no longer his or published out into world. This serves as Johnson's perspective on Matisse's approach towards his painting.

The next person brought on to the podcast was another painter named Sarah Z. Sarah believed Matisse wanted to do something innovative with his artwork and was very eager to add the venetian red to his painting. She explains this belief by saying that paintings normally tell the artist what needs to be done and she believed that adding color was something Matisse felt needed to be done.

Afterwards, Temkin interviews Caroll Dunham. Dunham thought on the painting was that there likely wasn’t a clear, logical reason for adding red to his painting. Dunham also believes that there was something that moved Matisse to add the red but couldn’t be clearly interpreted by others. In addition, Dunham noted that Matisse may have even been a little baffled by what he had done to his painting, possibly thought it was an awful idea.

Next was a painter named Joe Bradly. While discussing the painting, he stated that adding the red was an odd decision. However, he believed the addition of the color drew more action to the subjects within his painting such as the flowers. Brandly viewed Matisse as an excellent colorist and felt it was good that artwork had a distinct and unfamiliar appearance; the work itself should transcend the artist's imagination.

After hearing from Brandly, Tamkin went to chat with another painter, David Reed. Matisse was saw as a careful man by Reed. He stated that Matisse had spent at least a month contemplating the decision of adding red to his painting. The venetian red also surprised Reed as it was much brighter than he originally thought. Like Joe Bradly, Reed also believed Matisse to be an excellent colorist as he believed the Red Studio was intentionally given the illusion of making the red appear much brighter and saturated than it really was. Simply put, Reed was both impressed and surprised by the work Matisse did on the painting.

Finally, Tamkin interviews Charline Von Heyl, another painter; surprise. It is mentioned by Heyl that Matisse’s decision for adding red likely was cause by the art feeling stale and boring. Heyl believed that adding a color in the style Matisse did was a radical and desperate move that could have either ruin a painting or allowed an artist to evolve and do something innovative. She claims the Red Studio as being one of the most modern paintings in art history. Deep satisfaction was the response Heyl thought Matisse had to the Venetian red. Overall, Heyl thought that adding the red to the Red Studio was an innovative and effective move which turned a representation of space into a picture plane.

Book Cover Artist Statement

For the book cover assignment, I decided to do a design of my favorite animal, a lion. I wanted to create one full body shot and another close-up of its face. For the Bezold cover, I kept the color palette simple and switched out the color of the lion’s mane. On the triad scheme, I chose to do secondary because I thought the relationship between the colors would give the lion more mood. And for the monochromatic cover, I chose purple as my hue. For supplies, I used various mediums such as color-aid, paint and paper. The assignment incorporated a lot of different elements, which made completing each cover a little difficult. There were definitely many moments in the assignment where I felt completely out of my comfort zone! Thankfully, as time went by, I became more comfortable with the challenge each cover presented.

Designs for book covers

Here is my ranking from best to worst.....🤣

Complementary painting

2. Benzold Color Aid

3. Monochromatic Color Pencil

Book cover WIP

Here is my monochromatic design for my book cover. I'm from Fitzgerald, Ga, and our school colors are purple and gold which is the inspiration behind this color.

While coloring the design I used a mixture of purple and white to get better range of value and texture on the paper.

Book Cover work in progress

When Im done with this class I'm never touching color aid paper again!!!🤣🤣🤣....jk

choosing the right colors for the color aid portion of this assignment was really tough because I'm really picky when it comes to color aid. Also, since the individual book covers are suppose to be 5x7, I RUN OUT OF A CERTAIN COLOR RIGHT WHEN IM ALMOST DONE WITH IT. smh

Exercise #4 Non-proportional Color

For exercise #4 I decided to use an apple for my reference Image sense it possessed numerous colors. For the composition to the right, I wanted to create an image with a lot of loose and wavey shapes with sharp angles. Ngl, picking out 8 different colors from the reference was tuff because the overall image of the apple did not possess a lot of clear differentiation in color... at least to my eye!🤣 It was fun seeing colors from one object being completely reinterpreted into another picture.

Hello everyone, here is the design for my book cover assignment.

I'm really inspired by Aaron Blaise, an animator and wildlife illustrator so I wanted to create a simplified design of a lion since the cover designs were supposed to look more graphic. I wanted the front cover to be a full body shot and the back cover to be mainly facial.

Benzold Exercise

For the Benzold exercise, I used this design template to experiment with value, interchanged colors, and complementary color schemes. Doing this exercise makes it clear how the placement of different colors can completely shift the way it is interpreted by the eye!

Artist Statement for Project 1

For the Paint, Pixels, and Pixie Sticks assignment, I chose Napoleon Crossing The Alps, by Jacques-Louis David as my reference image. This painting was compelling to me because it met the requirements but also seemed simple and exciting. I felt confident about progressing through the project because the painting clearly provided warm and cool colors with compelling subjects. Unfortunately, generating ideas for the color wheel and physical piece was difficult for me because I couldn’t decide on how I wanted to approach the tasks. Eventually, I decided to go with some simple ideas for representing my colors, so everything worked out. Once I freed myself from trying to represent every single color and detail perfectly, I was finally able to generate more creative ideas and have fun.

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