Art Project
Produce: One complex piece of art per person.
Goal: Art projects should demonstrate a range of functions from the chapter, try to use 3-4 from each category in your whole project.
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Methods of placement: beside, above, overlay, place-image, as well as the “
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Changing pictures: crop, scale, rotate.
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Shapes: triangles (many!), lots more listed at the end of Chapter 3 (PDF pages 60–61).
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Colors:
color-database,make-colorfrom the internet,colorizeorname->color.
Remember: This is a short project. I expect you will spend no more than three hours on it, including time working in class (roughly 1.5 hours).
Guidelines
Find a realistic picture with a lot of detail. You will be forced to leave out details and make a “cartoon” version. Avoid starting with something that looks like it could have already been made with a computer.
Very Important: Do not spend too long looking for an image. A good amount of time is 10 minutes. Absolutely stop after 30 minutes and go with the best one you have.
Steps
- Find one inspiration piece of art. Save the picture in your Drive (possibly pasting it into a Doc).
- Have idea approved before the first class ends.
- Submit an annotated sketch explaining how you intend to make some of the important parts.
- Complete by working in class and possibly some time at home over the weekend.
Choice 1: DrRacket’s take on MoMA
Choose a piece of art for inspiration.
- School appropriate.
- No duplicates with anyone you know in any class.
- MoMA archive (blocked in CPS as of 2022):
- Textiles from Japan - which could have floral patterns or numbers from the cataloging process
- Islamic art — like this
Choice #2: Picture Puzzles
Goal: create two pictures that are challenging or interesting to recreate once they are finished. If you can get someone to say, “How did you do that?”, your puzzle is a success.
Possible sources: