Hi Class, this is my final composition work with Mei Dan Zhu, it was really fun to work with her and she is very easy going ……….. the Red section Repesents Mei love for music and life that i did for mei and the pink side is what mei did for me that represents me and my love for fashion and my dream to travel.
both our composition are made digitally using photoshop and illustrator.
The whole projected in one view consisting of changes of Value, Hue and Saturation (Value&Hue)
Image of hue change.(below)
Pair 1:Both chips colored violet placed on different background chips (blue and Violet-blue), changing to a mustard on the pale pink and giving off a more slight yellow hue on the light blue.
Pair 2: Both chips colored yellow placed on different background chips (pale pink and light red), changing to a mustard on the pale pink and giving off a more slight yellow hue on the light blue.
Image of value change. (below)
Both chips coloured dark blueplaced on different background chips (blue and dark orange), creating a difference as the chip below shows a more lighter, intensed value than that above.
Simultaneous Contrast: When two colors come into contact, the contrast intensifies the difference between them. :
In this image you will see a middle gray is surrounded by dark gray it appears lighter than when surrounded by a lighter gray.
For me this was a very challenging project but at the same time a very fun Project .
I tried to incorporate my interest of fashion and fashion illustration into the theme of Ben metaphor, balance, and the range of saturation (prismatic, muted and chromatic gray).
I used the same color and but in different ways.
My Design Process includes two pieces of art that i later on Merged together
First i started doodling while we were in the train station the birds in the ben art. so i knew i wanted to incorporate into my piece somehow
and here is my last version of my digital paint of this inspired bird 
After that i was inspired by the subway so i started sketching that in
I knew i wanted to incorporate Ben idea of departures and arrivals so i sketched people to add to my scene 
After playing Around in Photoshop for few hours here is my final work 
My idea was the arrival and departure of people from different decades in the subway a futuristic subway and i incorporated my bird in the subway wall art . The Colors i chose to add to my are elements of the color theories we been studying in class.
I hope you guys like it .
Thank you for reading
This is my muted colors composition. For this assignment I made many different shapes so I can paint in different shades of the same color. I chose Geometric shapes and colors that i think will stand out compared to the other one. The image to the right is my narrow range value composition. For this image I chose colors that are more relevant to each other, unlike the other image which looks like it has more contrast. This assignment was really fun, the colors were a challenge to make but I really like the outcome.
Hi Class this my Broad Range digital collage of my Assignment ..
i hope you guys like it, and your feedback is welecom
have a nice day =)
Hi class here are my first drafts and my final draft of my value scale collage I will be working on for the next following blogs
The assignment was Using printouts of the portraits taken in class, transfer the grid provided to the printouts. Measure, mark in pencil, and cut out each square carefully.
Use variety of scale to develop contrast, hierarchy and emphasis. Some of the squares in our grid should be small, some large, some medium.
Rearranging and experiment with your portrait pieces until we developed 2 unified 6″x6″ compositions as follows: 🙂
original Portrait
second and final draft of value scale 
For the first part of assignment #3 I had to go and take 2 photographs that represent high key and low key. During class I was only able to take high key and a low key photographs. These are the 2 photographs I took that represent high key and low key.
(UP) The low key photograph consist of mainly a dark value while having a light value color that represents the subject inside the dark environment.
(DOWN ) The high key photograph consist of mainly light value of white while including a small value of dark colors to define contrast.
Project explanation CLICK HERE FOR PDF 
Project explanation
Line and Sound
Expression of Form, Emotions, or Concepts
Mapping Personality
Using the geometry produced by the sound pulse of a recording of my name in accordance with my initial sketches, I was able to produce a waveform line that acted as the inspiration for the topography of the mountain.
The waveform line was then “bent” to form the peak of the mountain.
The text used in the project are words that describe who I am as well as my personal interests. They come together to form an overall texture and gradually decrease in width toward the peak of the mountain to create a sense of hierarchy and three dimensional interest. At the mountain peak, the word fashion is the center focal point of the entire work. Fashion is the foundation of my ideas and thoughts and will always be present as a inspiration for my work.
I have chosen to add a river to my topography symbolizing the flow and the connectivity between my personality traits. A stitching of thread held in place by sewing pins illustrates the bind that fashion has on all of the layers of the topography. The river was placed between the dip in sound created between my first and last name.
Materials Used:
-Foam Core -Construction paper -Trace paper -Acetate -Pins -Thread
Hello ..
This is my New Pattern Mash up from the Assignemt Staccato / Legato Pattern thumbnails.
I really enjoyed this project , it was tons of fun. I took my Staccato / Legato Pattern thumbnails and mixed them till I got to this Inked result on my Bristol pad.
till next time .. xo Amera
The OpenLab is an open-source, digital platform designed to support teaching and learning at City Tech (New York City College of Technology), and to promote student and faculty engagement in the intellectual and social life of the college community.
Broad range value portrait 