Week 9 Negative Space*~

Week 8 Line*~

Page 1, Dry media:

Page 2, Wet media:

Page 3, Dry media:

Page 4, Wet and Dry media:

Week 8 "Line" *~

Assignment: Choose four emotions and design a mark or a line
to represent each emotion.

Digital Media Design

Midterm Project*~ Headshot Assignment:

A headshot portrait is nothing more than a glimpse, a blink of an eye, and a moment that is forever frozen in time. The above portrait of me is a very accurate visualization of who I want viewers to think that I am. The portrait itself is well balanced, centered, and visually pleasing. The center of my face falls on the vertical center of the portrait, which creates a focal point that is enhanced even further with the direction of my gaze. This portrait should be interpreted as showing a well balanced person. The subject is confident and it shows by the slight arch of her brow. Her eyes will make contact with yours in passing, recognizing every person as a fellow human being. She does not look at you, she looks through you. She finds truth and what is real in every person she see’s. She is sweet, and has Shirley temple curls that convey innocence and childlike playfulness. Her smile is somewhat like a smirk however; her slight dimples imply that there is no sneakiness behind it. She is a happy person, and she has one or more reasons to smile. It does not look forced or fake. She connects with the onlookers of her portrait, and her eyes are strong. She has a story behind her eyes that you want to listen to. She has the face of a friend, a lover, a human being, a woman. The woman in this picture is the woman I aspire to be every day in my life, and she is the woman I want everyone to see. No matter how hard life gets, when others interpret me, I do not want them to see a woman that waits for a storm to end, but a woman who dances in the rain.

First Design*~ Rhythm... "The Sound of a Butterfly in Flight"

Design by Anne Marie
Week 6 2D Design
Digital Media Design

Second Design*~ Rhythm... "The Sound of Base Blowing Out of Speakers"

Design by Anne Marie
Week 6 2-D Design
Digital Media Design

Third Design*~ Rhythm.... (Sound)

Design by Anne Marie
Week 6 2 - D Design
Digital Media Design

Fourth Design*~ Rhythm "Strumming on the Guitar"

Design by Anne Marie
Week 6 - 2D Design
Traditional Media Design

Fifth Design*~ Rhythm..."Sound waves traveling through in's and out's"

Design by Anne Marie
Week 6 - 2D Design
Digital Media Design

In Jackson Pollock’s painting titled Untitled No. 3, the dynamic contrast of colors such as the black, and then yellow and white creates rhythm. Each line or splatter in the painting changes, sometimes abruptly, which keeps us visually entertained. The repetition of Pollock’s scattered strokes provides an element of visual unity. The repeated colors and layers of splatters are repetitive and consistent, making up many different curves and lines. Our eyes stay on the canvas almost as if it were a maze that we can never seem to find the start and the finish of. Our eyes follow layer upon layer, line after line, connecting through curves and separating by colors. Pollock’s painting could almost be described as music without sound, splattered shapes of colors dancing to the beat in the artists head. This painting has some serious rhythm. – Anne Marie

Week 6*~ Rythm

When looking at The Starry Night by Van Gogh, our eyes are captivated by extreme movement on a still canvas. This movement travels upwards through the mountains, continuing up the landscape and reaches the sky. This movement keeps us visually stimulated, and always returns to the center of the swirling stars and brushstrokes that make up the sky. We travel through the piece, and always end up in the center where the movement begins and ends. This keeps viewers from ever leaving the frame, and although we come close to the borders, redirects us back to the points of interest in the center. Repeating curves, and consistency in repetitions make up the sky in this piece, and everything connects and flows. This is how rhythm was created by Van Gogh in his composition The Starry Night.