(my first attempt! really liking the graphic nature of the piece!)

Project #4

I always seem to have some kind of narrative or story built into my work in painting, and I think that it will be interesting to see how I can apply that to Digital work.

I want to tell a story through visuals, and perhaps multiples. I find myself moving through images quickly, and multiples would be a great way to get a narrative across.

I've been fascinated with power lines, trees, and birds for a while, so im going to try to find a way to combine these into an interesting image. I've got tons of pictures to choose from, and I want to make sure that I'm allowing myself to play around with brushes and different paint tools as well.

These are a few images and compositions that I'd like to play around with:

the final version! i love that i got to play around with the colors some more

(one new attempt, and some more work on the final image choice! loving the progress and changes I've made!)

three more versions, kinda dark...

(a couple of tries for this assignment! liking the look!)

Project #3

For this project, I think that I really want to be able to explore the cycle of things, especially pertaining to objects and artists. I think it's interesting how we use objects and then throw them out, then as artists we elevate them back up again to art. It creates a cycle of use, destruction, and re-purpose that I think is critical in the way we as artists should deal with objects in our environment. When thinking about this idea of the found object and and work that explores those ideas, I immediately gravitated towards the work of Robert Rauschenberg. I think he has a beautiful style and quality to his work that relates these ideas quite nicely. I really like some of his larger prints and "collaged" printing style, and I think that I would be able to translate a similar look in a digital realm. It'll be interesting to see where this one goes!

(included are some examples of Rauschenberg's work that I feel my piece might pay homage to)