Fall 2017 | COMD1100_LC08 | Prof. Spevack
Lowkey
Lowkey-Painted
Lowkey pieces created from the dark greys of the photograph taken, cut from parts of the neck to the right shoulder, and major use of the dark walls.
Broad
Broad-PSD
Broad piece created by mixing up parts of the face, such as, the hair, ears, mouth, and nose, with the nose as the focal point.
A lowkey narrow piece.
The focal point is the white in the middle.
Lowkey
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A lowkey broad piece, put together randomly.
The nose is the focal point.
Broad
All three projects were all very different. I first learned about the design process and the four phases that consist of the process (discover, define, develop, and deliver). The urban artifacts project I learned the elements of figure (positive space) and ground (negative space). practicing with thumbnails I cropped and re-positioned my compositions. Creating organic and geometric shapes of ambiguous and obvious figure/ground inked compositions. The sound visualization project we started with sounds creating lines of monotony and variety. Learning the elements with sound and lines I was introduced to two forms of music, Legato and Staccato. With these forms of music I created three different patterns. Then a mashup composition of repetitive lines, framed and scaled, creating rhythm with lines. I then finished with an animated the composition, using Photoshop and two songs. Changing shape, position, motion and opacity of each pattern. The value-added project I used a photo of myself to create four collages. With the elements of value I created two predominately high key narrow range, and two predominately low key broad range collages. Using shadow, contrast, highlight, emphasis and a focal point I was able to form a sense of a mood with black an white at different scales. Cutting and tapping my portrait into rectangles and squares in each collage I formed a compositional flow to the focal point. I also had to use my taped collages as a guide, to create a narrow range high key digital collage on Photoshop, and gouache paints that I had to mix to create the closest hues to make a painting of my broad range low key collage. I didn’t know what to expect as a finishing result with any of the projects. After the delivery of the first project I realized that there is design in everything around us. Whether its with a figure/ground element, sound, or value. And in some way its all related to one another, all making more sense to me as I learn. Each project is a challenge because I go in never really know what I’m doing but create design work that now I am enjoying and giving me a broader insight on how the design process works. Its okay to make mistakes or not understand. The repetitiveness of a design creates great work and a better understanding of what your doing, why your doing it and the process of doing it.
Value Added Portraits: Phase 1
Value-Added Portraits: Phase 2
Value-Added Portraits: Phase 3
This project taught me that high key and low key predominately broad range and narrow range values create a sense of moods. High key elements create a brighter more happier mood. Low key elements create a darker melancholy mood. I used elements of different scaled squares of a portrait of myself and made collages. In all four collages I used my hair to emphasize movement. My hair was also my focal points in all my collages. It was very interesting using a photo of myself to create collages with movement an moods. All collages ended up with a figure/ground relationship with dark hues in forming two different ranges. My broad range is chromatic with hues of black, white, and gray. My narrow range is achromatic , focusing more on mostly white and grayscale elements.
Lowkey Value
My subject is a lamp I have posted on the corner of my room, by the window. The low light of the rainy day clouding the sky made it possible to create this effect. From the light source, on the right side, you can see the formation of the lamp which creates a highlight around the edge of the bulb sockets. The shadow starting to form from the pole of the lamp, makes the third bulb socket almost disappear into the shadow.
Highkey Value
The subject of this piece is the white paper bag. This piece demonstrates a narrow range of highkey value because of the predominantly white piece and background, with slight gray and a darker, close-to black floor. In this piece, you can differentiate the subject from the background from the majority of the highlight directed at the subject itself.
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