Blog #2 Part 2

The image that I am writing about is my blog buddy's first assignment, the circle, rectangle, and line project. She does a good job representing dominance in shapes and negative space. For our projects, we both used images that described ourselves. Hers, however, is a lot more easier to understand, than mine. I like the variety of pictures that are used. It clearly shows her personality and interests, as well. I think that if she mixed the objects together more and not kept them to the sides, it would be more visually appealing. I learned later on that the objects need to "party," as well as the shapes to be from the sizes of the crumb of a french fry to a dump truck. That is also what my piece lacked.

Her images are what make the piece interesting. I think that if there wasn't so many different pictures it wouldn't be so busy, but they help the piece and and you get a full understanding of what she is all about. I think that she did a better job than what I did. It is an overall good piece, for what the assignment required. I now have a better understanding of the concept of what the circle, rectangle, and line is about.

Blog #2

The first piece for 2-D Foundations that I was assigned to do was the circle, line, and rectangle. This piece was supposed to represent the importance of dominance in size of shapes and in negative space as well. We started out with black construction paper and cut out shapes of circles, rectangles, and lines, making them various sizes. We then placed them on white paper and put them in spots throughout the page to show dominance in size and negative space. For the final, we were to use pictures from magazines and such to show who we were, but still have the impression of varied dominant shapes.


For my final, I chose to do use pictures to represent my life and me transitioning into college. I used two national banks to show myself having to change banks when leaving for college. This was supposed to represent a change. The banks also represent my forgetfulness because I have, on a few occasions left my ATM/Debit card in the machines and have had to get a new one, every time. The eye balls are supposed to represent that I have an astigmatism, in which means I have glasses that I don't wear.


This piece really didn't turn out the way I had wanted it to. I really didn't have much of an understanding of the assignment, resulting in me receiving a not so great grade. I definitely put too much of a symbolic thought into this piece, meaning that the audience had a hard time understanding what it was about. This assignment seemed like it would have been simple, but I struggled with the technical aspect of it.