Phase 3 is taking our drafts of ambiguous and obvious figures and turning them into a polished final version of our “Urban Artifact.”
Ambiguous
Hours worked 3
Obvious
Tag: Phase 3: Develop (Page 3 of 3)
Throughout this project I have learned that every single art and techniques of drawing are different from everyone else. The first day of this class I thought that we were just going to draw but that’s not all, It is also learn how to describe a design and learn how to communicate through out other people’s work . In this project I have learn that everything around you is full of ambiguous and stables shapes and also categorizing them as organic and geometric figures in every single art, learning to see the world differently.
The part that I most like about this project was seeing everyone’s work and how they are very different from each other. Also, going through different phases it was really fun. Presenting our design and getting really good critics and advises from my classmates that makes my Obvious ( stable )Figure/Ground and Ambiguous Figure/Ground design look pretty awesome. I could have done better, presenting more my work by adding more descriptions and give feedback to other people’s art.
These sketches were my way of testing out both the orientation and placing of the figure on the ground. I also wanted to test out how the “chipped area” would look in black as opposed to white. This part relates to the last phase of the project because it takes my previous idea and tries to make it better through trial and error as well as critique.
Total time: 30 minutes
This was done on a much larger scale compared to that of the previous sketch. I wanted to make sure I was creating the correct sense of an ambiguous figure while also creating a sense of unity between the two parts.
Total time: 25 minutes
This project gave me a better comprehensive hands on experience on the Design Process. There is much more to designing than I perceived. You have to have an open mind to everything around you. There is obvious and ambiguous figure ground relationships all around you. Some figures geometric like a street sign in the sky, others organic as various shapes of gum on the ground.
In the beginning of this project I misunderstood how to find bring unity between my images. It took refining my thumbnails with framing an cropping, to narrow my options down that still had no relation. During the critique I received very positive feedback. The group made a good observation, that just adding more to my obvious figure/ground image, I could establish a better image for the ambiguous figure/ground image. Which helped to bring the unity of now two organic shapes.
In the next project I will do my best not to think as literal. To open my eyes as an artist more because the answer to my problem was directly in my face. Thank you for all the critiques!
https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/spevackcomd1100fa2017/2017/09/07/urban-artifacts-phase-1-15/
https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/spevackcomd1100fa2017/2017/09/11/urban-artifacts-phase-2-2/
https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/spevackcomd1100fa2017/2017/09/14/urban-artifacts-phase-3-3/
Stable Figure/Ground Relationship
Ambiguous Figure/Ground Relationship
Inking on Bristol – Obvious F/G
Inking on Bristol – Ambiguous F/G
Throught the project, we are taught the differences between figure & ground and how their relationship—through their difference in ratio—can create an ambiguous or an obvious figure. An ambiguous figure has many shapes, an even ratio, and makes the viewer see more than one image within the presentation. An obvious figure is more of one versus the other; it has an uneven ratio and can definitely show the difference between figure and ground.
Hours Worked: 4
Obvious Figure/Ground
Ambiguous Figure/Ground Inked
Ambiguous Figure/Ground Inked revised
My last image is a revised version for ambiguous figure ground. The first and second image were not unified as figures. I used my obvious figure/ground image to create my new image, both are now organic figures.
I took 2 1/2 hours for this part of the project. With this phase we had to transform the refined images into inked images.
In this part of the project we develop the final version of our Ambiguous figure/ground and Obvious figure/ground sketches from our refined version in phase 2.
Obvious figure/ground Inked Composition
Ambiguous figure/ground Inked Composition
I spent 3 hours working on this part of the project.
Obvious F/G developed
Ambiguous F/G developed
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