Game

Overall the perspective drawling that we did on a game board was very difficult. Its hard to draw the game in perspective not having any specific vanishing points to follow and instead just eyeing the whole drawling. It was very hard to draw everything to scale. The concept of overlapping and the horizon were easy. I knew where the horizon line was because of the angle I took my picture at, and for the overlapping I made sure I had things overlapping in my picture to create depth and to also show the perspective.  However other than the actual drawling part, the coloring part was fairly easy. While I was water coloring it became difficult when I got to the darker colors to make them more transparent, but just by washing the colors out and by adding more water i was able to create very transparent water colors. After my water colors dried i moved onto colored pencil. By using colored pencils I was able to create depth and value to my drawling. i was able to create depth by the graduation of colors. for the farther object i made sure that i colored them a darker shade and as the object got closer I colored them lighter. I did this to create depth and to show the different grounds of the drawling. this also created value for the object in the drawling. Also while I was coloring with colored pencil i didn't just use one color for one object i used multiple. I blended a variety of colors in my drawling to add value and dimensions of the object; this would create the illusion of them pooping out of the paper. Also while I was coloring i made sure to leave white spots so it would show the highlights of the game pieces; this would show value and where the light source was coming from. Finally, to make all the game pieces to pop i added shadows. shadows help create the illusion that the pieces were 3-D and were coming off the paper.
 While doing this I learned how many differnt perspecitives their are in the world and how their arnt just one and two point perspectives.

Stencil

                                  

1. Explain how you changed your photo in the lab to create a stencil.

In the lab we found a good picture that we were gooing to use for our stencil. after we found our picture we pasted it into photoshop. after we pasted our picture into photoshop we then used threshold to create a black and white image. then we changed the contrast of the picture to determine what areas would be black and what areas would be white. After we pick the correct setting that balanced otu the white and black in the picture we then moved on.

2. When creating the collage background explain your choices of colors, materials (magazine paper, books pages, etc), and placement. How does it relate to your topic? If no relation discuss general idea.

When creating my collage of many pictures, for the background of my stencil of Hong Kong city, i first though how i could relate it to my topic. I though how hong kong was so colorful and bright, so that's what i decided to do for my background. i went through magazines, books, newspaper, and much more to find anything that's colorful and bright. i choose many different textures and colors so i had a variety of colors on my background. Then for the placement for the collage, i randomly placed the pictures around; but keeping in mind not to put similar colors together. i wanted the colors spread out as much as possible.

3. Discuss the way positive and negative space was used to create your stencil.

During this project you had to think about positive and negative space a lot, especially while you were cutting. positive and negative space was used to create an outline of your image, so when you spray painted the stencil  onto your background your image would be very clear. while i was cutting i cut out all the negative space and just kept the positive, so that the negative space that was eliminated would be replaced by the collage background. therefore making the spray paint portion more visible.

4. When using the xacto knife, explain the safety procedures, how to use the knife and any challenges you had to overcome while cutting.

 while using the xacto knife you had to take many precautions, because the knife was very harm and dangerous. while your were using the knife some of the safety procedures that you had to take were to make sure you were always cutting on the cutting board, make sure your hand was our of the way of your cutting, and to also always cutting in the opposite direction of your body; so that the knife wouldn't accidentally slip and cut yourself. however, while using the knife i can upon many challenges. some of the challenges i came across were that the knife was hard to use. you had to press extremely hard down into the paper inorder to cut it. this also cause your hand to get tired very easily. also i had rouble cutting out all of the curves and edges because it was hard to maneuver the knife in small places.

5. How was your experience with the spray paint? Discuss how color choice is important, placement of stencil, and any other concepts you noticed while creating this.

Overall the spray painting was the hardest. the first time i sprayed painted it i placed too much paint onto in their for the picture was not clear and the paint was runny. however, to fix this problem i let the paint dry and the spray painted white to create a black ground for my next layer of paint. then i made sure that my stencil of my images was down and close enough to the background, so that the spray paint would catch all of the stencil. the color choice of your stencil is very importunating because you don't want your stencil to clash with your background making it unclear on what your image is. also for your placement, you want to place your stencil where all of it will be placed on your background and also in a area that's reasonable according to your picture. as in if you have a image of a city you don't want ti floating in a random place, you would want it more close to the bottom on the background. overall the composition of the project was well done. there isn't an extra spray paint in any unwanted area, and the image came out bery clear.

Anamorphosis

                                           

1. Describe the process you went through to change your object into the correct perspective to create the drawing. This is when you were in the lab.

When we went to the lab the first thing that we did was pick a good picture that we would want to draw. When we finally got our photo we went into photoshop to change the perspective of it. We first changed the height and width to a certain measurement, and next we elongated the picture so that if you look at it at a certain angle it look normal. We transformed our original picture that we found into an anamorphosis.

2. How did distorting and stretching the object allow for you to create a drawing that would look different to the viewer?

By distorting and stretching the object it allowed me to create a drawling that would look different to the viewer because when I photoshopped the picture I changed the scale of it so it would look distorted when it was looked at directly. however, by elongating is if the viewer looked at it from a certain angle than the images would look normal again and more 3-D like.

3. What were the most important concepts in the project to make it successful?

To make this project successful the most important concepts in the project included the grid, shadows, value and colored pencils. The grid that we drew was very important because it make sure that we drew our transformed drawling to scale, so that the anamorphisis would work. The shadows was also another very important concept for this project because is made the project pop out of the paper. The shadow created a more 3-D effect so when you look at the Anamorphosis from an angle it looked like it was sitting on top of your paper; and that you would be able to interact with it. Value gave the drawling depth and created a most realistic look to it instead of it looking flat on your paper when you changed the perspective you were looking at it from. Finally, the colored pencils is what topped of the drawling. the colored pencils helped give depth to the image and made it to be more realistic when you changed your perspective.