"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
For my last 2D design project I was told I would have to pick a phrase that I like and write it over, and over (and over) again to create the many values of a black and white self portrait. I chose the above quote from Pablo Picasso.
For my last 2D design project I was told I would have to pick a phrase that I like and write it over, and over (and over) again to create the many values of a black and white self portrait. I chose the above quote from Pablo Picasso.
-First, I had to choose or take a picture of myself. I chose a black and white image from our engagement session. Wes is in it a little bit though the image was cropped down a bit so you can just see his sleeve. Wish I had the picture online to include in the blog but sadly I don't. Just picture those engagement pictures of ours... I'm in a grey tee and Wes is in a black and white baseball tee like the photo along the left margin of our blog. Anyway...
-Next, I had to graph the image and the page so it would all be to scale
-and Last came the most nerve-racking part.... drawing my face with words. I was so nervous. The poster had to be at least 16" x 16" for some reason I decided to do mine 18" x 24". AND we could only use pen.... so if you made a mistake there was really no turning back.
So here it is....
I did end up making a mistake, obviously my face doesn't quite look like me... I struggled with my eyes... but over all it was a fun project and not a bad attempt for my first time.
The full size of the page with it's first layer of words...
A close up at Wes' sleeve (all words)
One of my eyes and my bangs...
and the finished thing..
So that is that... now I am working on an abstract image of an artichoke... its been a tough one. It is very hard to believe that we will be coming home from our thanksgiving vacation to only TWO weeks of school left. WOW! Life is exciting. We cannot wait to see our family & friends for a whole 6 days. Love you and see you soon,
Katie
-Next, I had to graph the image and the page so it would all be to scale
-and Last came the most nerve-racking part.... drawing my face with words. I was so nervous. The poster had to be at least 16" x 16" for some reason I decided to do mine 18" x 24". AND we could only use pen.... so if you made a mistake there was really no turning back.
So here it is....
I did end up making a mistake, obviously my face doesn't quite look like me... I struggled with my eyes... but over all it was a fun project and not a bad attempt for my first time.
The full size of the page with it's first layer of words...
A close up at Wes' sleeve (all words)
One of my eyes and my bangs...
and the finished thing..
So that is that... now I am working on an abstract image of an artichoke... its been a tough one. It is very hard to believe that we will be coming home from our thanksgiving vacation to only TWO weeks of school left. WOW! Life is exciting. We cannot wait to see our family & friends for a whole 6 days. Love you and see you soon,
Katie
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