Week 3: Letters

        As of now, this is the best that I can do when creating simple font silhouettes. Now, I will begin to stylize my fonts to make them look more personalized and crafty.

Now that I know how to use the software effeciently,  can draw, clean, and stylize my fonts to make them look more like my own work of art. #FULFULLING-POST MODERN-AGE-OF-ART

ABC Simple Draft Font

Techno Futuristic Font

Craft

This piece was constructed to experiment with the tools of adobe illustrator. The purpose was to use the tools provided to stylize text and create new fonts in preparation for created artworks. The tools in the program that was used would be the paint brush, copy & paste, pin tools, and more along with the skill to draw my ideas with manually. These are the things that were used to make this find achievable.

Concept 

         This created font was made to appeal by sight as well. The use of the style of thick boarders brings out the outer edges of the font. I also added a hint of eraser to make the smooth outlining narrow and bumpy. I made this addition so that the font would has some type of future taste to it. Now, instead of looking at the edges of the letter because it has more contrast, it is seen more because of it weird incomplete smoothness. As many would notice, the outlining is shifting a lot, thinning and bolding spontaneously. This is why the font is futuristic because it is somewhat boxy and unusual.
Composition

           The parts of this font that should stand out should be the edges. This is because they are creating contrast both surrounding the letter and outlining the negative space. The idea for this font is that text is eventually going to be this way because sloppiness is going to be in favor due to the long years of smooth fonts.

Week 2: 100 Lines

 Chichen Itza  

  

     
  There are many things in the world that are considered art; these things are objects or people that are identified as art potential. When something has art potential, it is recognized by the viewer, and if it is astonishing or interesting, then it will attract other. When the work of art is known well enough, it becomes a famous art piece; thus, it is brought to the attention of many who will judge whether or not it is as interesting as many say. When the art piece becomes world-known, it becomes a part of global recognition, and if there is no other art like it in the world, it may be called a world wonder. This creation is the temple of Chichen Itza, but was this the first product of this image. Well, of course not, there were other stages that made this brilliant piece of art.

        At first, it was a hand drawing created by the use of simple lines descending diagonally from a focus point. These lines continued to flow away from each other but still keeping a parallel position. Then, the lines began to break apart simultaneously, from simple straight lines into 3/4 views of a 2-dimensional square. It is here where the outermost of the temple is represented by the rough and step-like structure. In the center, the use of straight lines create the stairs or walk path through line perspective to show that the stairs and the whole temple, is gradually increasing from bottom to top. There are usages of the three points: craft, composition, and concept.

1.     Craft

a.     The use of digital tools such as crayons, markers, charcoal, etc. used in software.

2.     Composition

a.     The technique for strokes and brushings such as pulse strokes and small cross-hatching.

3.     Concept

a.     The use of thought to identify the most realistic way to create an image that looks ancient through charcoal brushes.

Week 1: Introduction

The Three C's

By Tazhe Grace

08/24/2015

     
       My name is Tazhe Grace, and I am a student of Saint Xavier University. I am currently in school as a freshman working towards a bachelors in Graphic design. I will officially be a Graphic Design major during the year 2019, and also will be at work with a mainstream animation company. I am a former athlete that takes part in bodybuilding and weight training to keep shape. I love to draw and create new art digitally and manually. I also love to sing and watch lots of animation an reality Television. I got perfect attendance, honor roll, good citizenship, most improved, and honors awards throughout my high school education. During my college years, I will strive for straight A's and B's so that  can get on the dean's list. I also plan to make a lot of friends that I will never forget. After I graduate from college, I plan to go to Japan, Egypt, and Spain to study abroad and become a trilingualist. 

       Craft is defined how the piece or product was manufactured; in other words, how was the art or object made. Now we are talking about art in the sense of anything that can be made and seen.  This could be on a monitor, screen, or a billboard, picture frame, etc. In today's class, I learned a little about the craft. When something is crafted, it is built or made through the use of hands and tools with a level of skill. Craftsmanship is the word, which is one who creates or performs with skill or dexterity especially in the manual arts. The more advanced a skill type is in craft, the better the product. A good example of this would be the craft of tools in the ancient Neolithic era. There tools were a craft of wood, stone, and strong webbing. As the years pasted, they began to become more advance in there craft that the tools were more recognizable and used. The same idea can be applied to the art of the Classical era, when the idea of realism and hierarchy was trump. The artist at this time created art that was very well done, portraying real life and representing anything from the Kings and Queen to religious ideals. The work was so compelling that it brought forward a question: how did the artist manage to create this piece? What skills do they possess that enabled them to craft this an what did they do?    

       Composition is defined as the way something is put together or arranged. As an artist, I understand that many things in art vary from composition simply because of the style of art or purpose of the artwork. Most importantly, the composition may be different or the same because of the elements and principles of design, which are as followed: elements are color, attributes, shape, texture, space, and form. Also, the principles are unity, balance, hierarchy, scale, and emphasis. All of these are example of composition and why it may be different in terms of being put together. As I listed the elements and principles of design, I realized that these are all visual, and can be arranged differently, as said before, to make something with a new composition.  When art is made and viewed, the main question is why did this person arrange their artwork in a specific format. Of course, they would have found a focus that would enable them to make a connection of one artist to another. Ex. Why I the color blue more dominate in this piece when this is a artwork of excitement. Why did you use a thicker texture to represent something that is generally soft. This freedom to change up composition sets the toll for style. 

                                                                       

      Concept is defined as an abstract or generic idea generalized from particular instance. Lastly, the main reason that art is critiques and classified is because we have the ability to use our mind. Our mind when it comes to art, is very active, processing color, feelings of goodness or hatred, and the thought of something being disgusting or tasty. In what is now the modern time, we artist create things for the benefits our image, the people as well as demonstrating new at styles all across the world. Examples of this would be something is changed by color mixed with smudged/ancient. These together will make a new style that had never been seen; therefore, the style because known. Today, artist try to create things never been done today because it attracts the audience, makes them think, and keeps them focused on there most favorite style of drawing.