Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Greeting Card

In this particular unit, students were meant to learn the techniques necessary in order to make greeting card style art. This particular style involved solid colors without outlines. I enjoyed this lesson very much, finding it quite challenging, yet noticing that it also leaves a lot of room for one's own creativity to play a huge part in the final product. If there was ever a lesson that forced you to abuse the pen tool, it's this one right here. I must of had at least a hundred layers by the time I finished my piece. If I had to do this lesson again, I would keep everything simple, using a minimalist approach. It would have made my job easier, and I feel that my final product would have been more cohesive and aesthetically appealing had I not overdone some parts of it.

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  1. ms. banks villalobosJuly 7, 2009 at 8:58 AM

    i am so impressed by your work on this unit. i don't know if you have a background in art, but you did a beautiful job here in terms of proportion, shape analysis, movement, and the ability reproduce the likeness of a subject. and, boy, did you get the hang of the pen tool. i remember when you were just beginning to get the hang of where to place the points, and by the end of it, you were a master at creating complex shapes at will. the pen tool is my favorite tool, but a lot of people avoid it as long as they can. thank you for taking on a challenging lesson.

    if ever there was a perfect assignmnet, this is it. well done.

    GRADING:
    Creativity: 100
    Effort: 100
    Artistry: 100
    Mastery of Unit Goals: 100
    Followed Directions: 100

    Unit AVG: 100

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