Final Project

Light Box Image

Working with Photoshop was a challenge since I don't work with this program often. I attempted this project twice as well due to the first submission being, not of a natural idea and motivation that I imposed and the composition of it needed a lot more work. The first submission on the left actually came from an idea of a friend to imagine a galaxy of souls. It had to be a different dimensional galaxy other than our universe so I took it as an actual challenge rather than a meaningful composition. I chose neon because I wanted the light box to create a retro-galactic effect which I thought would be fun to view, but not everything about art is meant to be fun. I had to struggle to find time to reattempt this project, but this time I wanted it to be my idea. I had though of a nightly scene with stars and peeking light throughout the piece. I had chosen a romantic picture from google and edited it with replication of more stars and skewing of the landscape. I wanted the audience to feel a drifting and softened notion like I had envisioned. To me, it still didn't feel soft enough to convey the mood I was looking for so I instantly though of choosing a "paint" filter over the top of it, and it moved exactly like how I wanted it to move. The only concern I had when I submitted it was the familiarity to the work of Picasso. I wanted to steer away from it looking like any other repeatable thing, but it went toward that direction anyway. I weighed out the options of removing/keeping the "paint" filter and decided to keep it because it matched up with my intention, even if it lacked a bit of originality.  

Color Show Piece

 As for this piece, I went for a single color genre instead of an official monochromatic approach. I used metallic colors silver, gold, and electric blue to illuminate the essence of a curved sculpture. It symbolized a woman with flowing curvatures of the body standing on its own base. The shelves signified organization of a woman and how we balance many shelves (obstacles/weighing situations) in society and in our homes. Women need a moment of recognition occasionally. I had attempted this project twice because the first attempt involved my mother mistaking it for trash, which brought me to a realization that maybe there is something that I am constructing wrong on this sculpture. On the left is a close up of the first attempt and I feel like a lot of my worry was with the bordering of aluminum foil onto the sculpture for added reflection, illumination and to soften the edges of the cardboard. It was a lightly over-dramatic turnover. For the second attempt, I used a cleaner cutting utensil to make precise edging and less hot glue to clean up the gooing. I also evenly overlapped the three metallic colors instead of separating them this time. Overall it looked a lot better, which is shown in the images below.