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| this is the painting of a person which we were told not to use smooth brush mark because we wanted the effect that you could tell you had painted it |
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
painting of person
lemon painting
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| this is my painting of lemons that we did only using the colours- yellow, white and brown/purple |
magazine evaluation
What was the theme for the project ?
The theme for the project was to create a magazine about a topic of our choice. I choose to do a fashion magazine because its what I’m interested in and it’s also what I knew I could talk about, this also gave about how to layout my work and how to finally present it.
How have you developed your ideas? How did your work change throughout the project?
To start with I did a plan on paper and from that I created magazines around that one piece. I also used other magazines to give me inspiration and ideas to help layout my work. However, half way through the project I was able to take some of my own photos for the magazine model and so I changed it to one of my photos, which meant I had to completely change my design and layout of my cover and basically starting a different magazine cover. As my ideas developed my work changed and things were placed in different place until I had finally finished the magazine covers.
How many photographs did you take? Do you think you should have done more or less?
I took quite a few photos with me and my friend and from the photos I took I narrowed it down to about 3. I also used a contact sheet which enabled me to sort which photos I wanted to use. I think it was about 30 photos that we took but some of them were blurred or we were pulling stupid faces in them.
What artists or designers have you looked at to help and inspire you?
I used different styles/types of magazines to inspire me. Magazines like vogue, bliss and a few other well known magazines gave me ideas as to what to put and write on my own magazine. I also goggled some cover models on the internet to see how they were positioned and how the lighting around the room was used.
What materials, tools and techniques did these artists use? Think about lighting and wardrobe?
The artists used Photoshop to edit the model and probably make the surrounding background lighter. They also used different fonts to make the magazine text stand out more. The colours of the magazines also contrasted in with the font colours. The colours were mainly vibrant and bright colours which stood out. Some of the artists used white as the background colour so then the cover model and text was the main feature of the magazine cover.
How have your skills developed during the project? Photography and Photoshop
My skills have developed most on Photoshop as, I have learned new techniques such as how the change the transparency of object and how to import fonts on to my work from dafont and how to change the height, width and how to change the leading of the fonts. For photography I have learned that you need some sort of light source to get a good photograph and that to take a photo it is always best to have a plain background so you can cut it out and shape it better
Are there any aspects of your studies that you wish you had explored further?
The only thing which I’d wished that I had explored further was the photography side to the project because even though we took our own photos for the magazine we didn't really get told what was good from our photography and what was bad.
How have you used formal elements such as line, tone, colour and shape?
I used shapes such as circles on my work to create a sticker affect which stood out on the magazine. On one of my magazines i used a shaded background around the back of some of my text, i also used outlining tool to highlight around some of the outsides of some of my texts. the colours on my magazine tied in with the colours on the cover model because the font colours came from the model because I wanted the magazine to be similar.
What materials did you use, and why? Did they work successfully?
I used Photoshop to create my magazine because its easy to use and there are loads of effects in which i used to make my magazines better and more professional. They did work successfully because my magazines turned out really well except for a few mistakes which I accidentally made.
What meaning and messages did you want to convey and were you successful?
The meaning of my magazine was to interest girls/women to read the magazine because the magazine's subject was to do with fashion and accessories and what girls/women want to know in the world today. I guess you could say that the message of both the magazines is that they stand out so i want people "in real life" to buy them because certain writing
stands out more than other writing, so it might draw the audience to go pick it up and read it.
Are you happy with your final piece? Are there any elements you like in particular?
I am very happy with both of my magazine covers as final piece and to be honest i didnt think would have turned out as well as they did. My favourite elements of the magazines- on the first one, the way the layout worked well as a whole and how the fonts tied in well with the subject. The second one, they way the writing "pretty in pink" looks nice on the magazine and how it stands out because it’s a different font from the others.
Is there anything you would change? Why?
I don’t think I would change anything to the first magazine because its my favourite one and i just think it looks good as it is and if i changed it i would probably ruin it. However, on my second magazine there are a few things which i would change because now i look back at it there are a few mistakes and problems which need changing, for example- the distance between each letter in the masthead " voules" is a different distance to the "vous" and looks odd for being that. Also the leading between some of the words needs to be changed so there closer together because at the moment there too far apart.
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