Self Promotion Advertisement

For this project, we had to create an ad which showcased our work over the year.  I decided to include some of my favorite projects over this semester.

Avatars

We had to create an avatar or alternate persona for this project.  You'll notice that I used my favorite Asian lady again for this project because I only had one picture of myself to use.  I did not care for this project, although I am happy with the end result for the Asian lady avatar. 

I am not happy with this one, which I did a while ago.

Arcimboldo Inspired Piece

This project was inspired by Arcimboldo, a 16th century painter from Italy.  You can learn more about him by clicking here. My attempt to create a piece of art in Arcimboldo's style could have gone better.  I had trouble with the hair so I decided that "Pat" could just be bald.  I used various fruits and vegetables to create different facial features, such as tomatoes for cheeks and corn kernels for teeth.  This project was fun, albeit it difficult. 

This is the image I started with:

Color Wheel Number 2

This is another Color Wheel Stencil.  For this project, I took pictures of various eyes and then used the US Capitol Building as a stencil.  Then I picked some random picture of government surveillance to use as the background and I applied a gradient over it.  The overall message is hackneyed and a little cheesy, I think.  

Color Wheel Stencil

For this assignment we had to create a Color Wheel using different images that relate to a common theme.  I chose a music theme and selected a music note as my stencil.  Then I used the album art from some of my favorite albums released in 2010.  The albums are, in order of color (ROYGBV), starting with red: The Age of Adz by Sufjan Stevens, Teen Dream by Beach House, High Violet by The National, The Suburbs by Arcade Fire, Treats by Sleigh Bells, and Contra by Vampire Weekend.

Advertisement

We were assigned a project in which we had to make an advertisement for any product.  I was inspired by 1960s style advertising, a la AMC's Mad Men.  I decided to advertise something that had been only recently invented but in the style of the 1960s.

Abstract Expressionism

This project was inspired by Marla Olmstead.  We had to make an image related to abstract expressionism.