Obviously the first piece could use some work!
My concentration is a sort of illustration activity, i chose to draw pictures based on stories i found in the police blotter. This i feel will be both fun for me and a cool form of storytelling, if all is successful.
The story that influence the men in skirts was a southern blotter story: police got called about men walking in "too-short" skirts
The boxer one was influenced by a blotter story from connecticut where a frustrated boxer got violent outside of the ring.
Becky - I have always wanted to create a body of work based on the police blotter. I am so amused by what ends up in the paper. The line quality in your work is exciting. I love how intimate your work is. The scale and proportion of your work requires the viewer to engage. Because the work is all photographed digitally size does not matter! I think you should keep on this same path. The last piece you did on the computer? Seems a bit disjointed from the other work. Stick with the beautiful lines.
ReplyDeleteThe concept for your concentration is so funny and quirky, I think that will work in your favor when you submit it for the AP test. I like the low opacity colors you have been working with, the softness of the colors combined with the content make the viewer feel confused and a little perverse. I agree with Ms. McBride about how the second piece feels different from the others because it is lacking the line quality that you use. Is it done on the computer? If it is, I would put it on paper. The style can still be maintained on paper as well as on the computer. Especially since you are using a low opacity level on the computer. ;) Good job, Becky.
ReplyDeleteI'm really currious about what story follows the first one, because it looks like a bunch of men wearing hand towels. I think the First one is drawn well and the second one has nice colors, but not the best line quality. You're already sticking with the simplicty in both of them, but you need to make one more like the other. The second one does seem like you did it on the paint program, which is still impressive, because that program is hard to work. I think you should add some of those solid colors to the first one and ad solid lines to the second one and then they'll feel connected in Harmony. Your titles should conicide with the blotter maybe to help the viewer. or actually don't and let the viewer think of ackward and taboo thoughts about what went on.
ReplyDeleteahh this reminds me of when i had to write a story in creative writing about a story from the blotter. I like how each of the works feels like it has something underneath it, like the story goes deeper. But, i agree with everyone else. i love your use of lines and how you work with them, i think you should stick to that or incorporate them into most of your stuff along with cool ideas like the computer picture. I also personally want to see you have more value in your lines like make them different sizes and thicknesses, you are great at drawing and that kind of stuff and i think you should incorporate it more :) great work~!!!!
ReplyDeleteWow i love you concentration! its such a good idea haha i love it. i love the lines and the colors of each figure in the top one. And like everyone said your lines are great and i love them. I think that you could use them to show some cool textures or value with patterns of lines (but knowing me i just love patterns and its not everyones thing). I also thing that you could use different thickness and value of lines and it would make the simple lines more interesting. I also like the white space and simplicity of the top one, even though you said it needs work, i love white space it makes the picture simple but interesting. I really like your work :)
ReplyDeleteYour concentration is so unique and intriguing. They also have a distinct style, something in the way you use line that makes them feel unified. That being said the boxer piece is a little bland for me. I Like the color blocks and the way it fill the space and particularly the negative space without being too distracting. I wish the Piece had more movement, a violent bold movement that would give the viewer a feeling of what you are trying to represent in the picture. He feels sexy not angry. The colors are loud but not passionate. Besides that I think its funny and has a lot of your personality in it.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE YOU!!!!! i love your humor with your stuff and how you just love what you do!! you have good stuff and you love it :D with the first one i feel like you need to make there cover ups look more real. to me they dont look realistic. i think you should do more things like the brain you did during the summer. that was super good!!!! im always exited to see what funny thing will come next. you really bring smiles to my face and i smile every time i look at your art!!>
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