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.