Thursday, May 23, 2013

Final Project

     On this project I gave a lot of effort from my personal perspective. I worked very hard on this project and it was incredibly time consuming seeing as each black shape was made separately. On the personal side of the project, my ideas didn't stop as I left the classroom. I would think about my next goal between work times in order to fully achieve my goals for this project.
     If I had the opportunity to redo this piece there would be a few changes that I would like to make. My first change would be to make the orange filling and center body more blocked in a similar effect to the black outline. I believe that this would have tied the piece together rather than having them be so different.
     Through this project, I found that the shape-building technique is very relaxing. It definitely has a similar effect to doodling, which in my opinion is very stress-relieving.
     I truly did enjoy participating in this project. The subject of this piece is very symbolic of many people in my life. My mother has always depicted her passed mother through birds or butterflies and in memory of my grandmother, I felt like I should contribute something to her. That portion of this project made it enjoyable on more than one aspect.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Final Project


Weekly Goal (Last Week)

In the next two days I hope to complete my butterfly by finishing the orange filling and I'm going to try and layer it and make an auburn effect.

Friday, May 17, 2013

Weekly Reflection

This week I got a lot done. I completed the black outline and reflected it to complete the image and then I began filling in the orange. I'm not sure if I like the orange filling the way it is currently. It may change as I continue. I met my goal of completing the outline and progressing into the orange filling, even though the outline was more time consuming than I originally imagined.

Monday, May 13, 2013

Weekly Goal

This week I plan to finish my black outline along with my orange outline. By the end of today I'll probably have my outline finished and then by Wednesday I'll move onto the orange.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Weekly Goal

This week I hope to continue my outline work.

Weekly Reflection

This week I got a good portion of my outline completed. I did have some slight struggles with matching up the pieces at the conjoining points.

Friday, May 3, 2013

Weekly Reflection

     So far this week I've gotten a lot done. I finished my sketch after many failed attempts, yet I didn't complete the outline mainly because I changed my idea slightly. I'm currently working on my black detailing for the upper wing and it's coming along fairly well.

     I'm running into some difficulty when it comes to making each shape vary from the previous one, so occasionally I have to re-do a couple shapes in order to be repetitive, yet not to the point where it becomes mundane or boring

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Sketch

This is my sketch for my independent project. From this I will outline and color this. I plan on sticking to traditional Monarch Butterfly colors: black and orange. I plan for the texture to be rough and blocky in order to carry the viewers eye through the piece.

Weekly Goals

For this week I hope to accomplish:
1. Draw Sketch
2. Scan Sketch
3. Begin Outline

Breakdown

1. Draw Sketch
2. Scan Sketch
3. Outline in Photoshop
4. Add Detailing and Color
5. Finishing Touches

Monday, April 29, 2013

Proposal


Art Proposal
Cheyenne Niemi

            For my independent project, I would like to create a digital illustration. The main focus of the image would be a monarch butterfly represented and portrayed through lines and organic shapes varying in size and color. In my piece, I will be using an original design and specific shapes, lines, and colors in order to make my art genuine to my ideas and concepts. I found interest in this as it is a basic concept that I used to doodle on my notebooks throughout elementary school, and now I have an opportunity to transform that small, pointless doodle into a real piece of art through digital illustration.

Art Analysis


Art Analysis
Cheyenne Niemi

            In this piece of work, it’s clear that the main objective is the fox, yet at a closer inspection we can see that they image is not drawn or even painted, but portrayed through a collection of stars in a galaxy-like format. The image is constructed through colored stars and constellations.
            The artist may be trying to communicate the connection of animal life into space and how everything combines together into the cliché “Circle of Life”. Some viewers may see this art as a symbolic representation of possibly an astrological meaning such as Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer and so on. Also some religions find their identity at a special designated age through a representation of their “spirit animal”.
            The artist may have been heavily influenced by his surroundings especially if they happened to be an avid camper or possibly studied astronomy; both are very plausible connection to the stars. The artist may have found interest in foxes through zoology or maybe thee fox could simply be his favorite animal.
            I believe that this piece of work evokes the emotion of newfound discovery and unearthed findings. Along with new revelations comes the feeling of happiness and new significant purpose. Despite its simple objective image, this celestial image can bring new elements of emotion to the viewer.
            This particular piece of work was illustrated through stars and astral bodies in order to accurately characterize the fox and its meaning. The entire image would have changed if the fox were constructed out of leaves and branches, which would consequently develop a relationship with earth and nature rather than space.
            Not only is this piece visually pleasing, but it also appeals to the function aspect of art. The astronomical fox could very well be used to portray ancient stories of the constellations in addition to the use of the depiction of some type of ancient ancestor.
            This piece of work is directly related with our modern society as the exploration and knowledge of outer space has expanded a great deal. Our government knows more information about the moon than our own oceans to put things in perspective. Ever since the early civilizations, such as the Mayans, people have been fascinated with planetary bodies. Within the past few decades our world has made huge leaps and bounds in order to better understand space itself. This image has a direct correlation with the new findings in space and the never-ending search to expand the understanding of the universe.
            As mentioned earlier, many cultures found attraction to the stars, which resulted in many early representations of them through saved calendars and paintings, yet none of these societies observed them as art but more of a functional almanac used for farming.
            This piece is reflective of my idea, based on the fact that I want to portray an animal through smaller images similar to this image in almost a collage fashion. On the contrary, my image will differ, with the lack of astronomical elements.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Project Inspiration


By: Dan Elijiah G. Fajardo


By: Dan Burgess

By: Katie Campbell

By: Victor Calahan

By: Dan Elijah Fajardo