Balance

This assignment was particularly difficult, mostly the second part. Rearranging negative space into a dynamic image with balance is a vary time consuming process. I would have liked to use some more interesting kitchen tools like a colander or something like that but that would have turned the completion time from hours into days.

The results from part 2 are my favorite. I'm not sure if I'm looking at a puppet master or an evil Pillsbury Dough Boy.
I tried to upload these images in the requested 18"x24" format but the blog would not allow it so if you would like the larger version please let me know where and how you would like it sent.

focal points and emphesis

I was luckty enough to find this pick at,

http://www.rsiphotos.com/gallery_detail.php?PhotoID=133


they say its a "rare optical phenomenon" .
First find the triangle: sun = top, horizon = base.
Then notice the dark portion of the triangle in the center of the base.
Now cover the bright reflective part of the water with something (the better you cover this area the better the phenomenon will work).
Then poof! The dark part of the triangle disappears.

The focal point in this picture is the sun. The sun is isolated, and in extreme contrast with everything except the reflection. The sun is also the focal point because of placement although it could be argued that the horizon is the focal point from placement. There is also a psychilogical emphasis for me i the sun picture but i think that comes from the horizon too.







The picture of the room has no focal point at all. it was difficult to find an image with no focal point and I'm not sure what i think of it. I guess i just feel lost, I have vary empty feelings about the room

looking at unity....(week 2)

this is an image that i happened upon by chance, I'll tell you how on Saturday evening.


I see repetition in this image covering similarity and variety. If you follow the shapes and colors you can almost make out a pattern but the farther you follow it the more it fades away.























The continuation also shows here except at the top where you can almost see a skyline or something.
This image uses a grid as an organizing factor and is chaotic and unreadable. I never thought something organized on a grid could be so chaotic!! If you focus on one area of the picture at a time you will see vary similar line/shape patterns. It appears as if these areas are grouped according to these patterns. Showing the less similar patterns further from the more similar in an expression of unity through proximity.






Lastly, This picture of space is my choice for a figurative expression of unity. When i look at the night sky I think, we look just like one of those dots out there to somebody on a different planet, I think how we are all a part of this same universe and therefore united.

Scale Assignment

I had a case of confusion for a while but I'm better now. Here is my scale assignment and I look forward to posting the rest of my work soon.