LAL 2D

Lauren Leocata // TCNJ '19

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Albers Color Aid

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Balance and Unity

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Magazine Shade Exercise

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4x4

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Grid Artwork

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Pattern Picture

Exercise in exploring texture and patterns. Recreated the original picture of lemon with 4 distinct patterns. 

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Bezold Effect

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Color Wheel and Color Spectrum

Exercise in learning about primary, secondary, and tertiary colors. Spectrum used to find all the neutrals between complimentary colors.  

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Stamp Layout

My stamp collection featured Chance the Rapper. He is such an important symbol in the music world today that I felt he needed recognition for all his good deeds. Three of the stamps are based on his three albums, with the last one being a simple, clean portrait of him. 

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Triptych

Original story, a sort of opposite of “Little Red Riding Hood”, in which an unknown figure kills the wolf who is on its way to its family. Black and white palette creates emphasis on the red in the last panel.

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Rhythm Project

Alternating and Repeating rhythm, the alternating page is made of computer glitch designs and errors. The Repetition page is repeating designs of the same diamond shapes, opposite against each other. 

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Shape project

To connect my abstract series of shapes, I used roman sculptures to unite the three pieces. By rasterizing the found images first, the sculptures turned into their own type of abstract shapes and colors. 

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Emotional Line Project

Lauren Leo

2/3/17

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In this fashion ad by Gucci, there are five models dressed in their clothes, but only three are fully shown. The overlapping interaction between the two models on the right is interesting because their line of sight is also in the same direction. They are both looking down at the ground in front of them. The girl who is peeking in from the left, while not looking at the same subject as the other two, is glancing at that same direction. The photograph is interesting in that Gucci is confident enough in their brand and clothing that by obscuring two models does not make a difference. The scene had to be semi-candid in order to the get flow of fabric and hair the way that it is. Starting from the line of sight for the girl on the left, there is a straight line of declining movement, going from her head, through the next model's elbow, through the other man’s hips, and out to the woman’s leg. That takes the eye and brings it down into the right corner. The movement line that starts at the top of her head and goes through the other model's shoulders; it also corresponds to the foliage in the back, connecting the background and the foreground. The way the model’s hand all the way to the right is casually pointing to her right and connects to the man’s foot gives us another united point. As the audience would typically read the image from left to right, having the two models on the right much closer reverses the way in which we read the picture. The patterns on the actual clothes themselves also link together each model, even if they are not standing together. An interesting aspect of this advertisement is that none of the five models are looking at the camera, with most of them looking down at the ground. This brings much more attention to looking at the whole ad top to bottom as well; getting the full effect of the brand's fashion line. Gucci is such a prominent name that they do not need to put in much effort to be successful – the clothes are doing all the “speaking” for the models. The muted colors as well give a nostalgic aesthetic to the photo; viewers feel reminiscent of a past they may not have even been a part of. Though it may not be the most exciting advertisement, I feel it is successful in conveying the message that is what Gucci stands for, nonchalant sophisticated glamor. A bit of not trying too hard, but posing just enough to let the viewers know that they are not just some random assortment.