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STICKER MASHUPS
STICKER MASHUPS
For this project each student will create a series of three images that will be a mashup of two of your fandoms or favorite things! These images will be created in Adobe Illustrator and then printed as stickers.
For this project each student will create a series of three images that will be a mashup of two of your fandoms or favorite things! These images will be created in Adobe Illustrator and then printed as stickers.
Engage and Persist
Engage and Persist
The Studio Habit of Mind that will be explored in this unit is Engage and Persist.
To engage with the art that we create as artists, we must pursue subject matter that is interesting and important to us. Often these subjects are of a personal nature, but are something that we wish to share with the world through our art and the meanings we create using visual symbolism and metaphor. Through the practice of making art we develop a focus in terms of the themes we create work around, the processes we use, and the tools and materials we choose to work with.
Creating art can often times be frustrating, and difficult. We can lose our focus. To persist we must find ways to move beyond the frustration and difficulties we may be having to keep working on our art
Artistic Concepts
Artistic Concepts
A concept is an abstract idea. Artists use different concepts to take those ideas from abstraction to reality. The concepts being explored through the lens of the Studio Habit - Engage and Persist are Creativity and Originality.
Creativity refers to an artist's ability to find unique, alternative solutions to problems of all sorts through innovation, experimentation, and diverse thinking. Creativity is not just a skill, but it is a process that can be learned and developed through passion and repeated practice.
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Originality lies in an artist's ability to create something that is "new" to them. Originality does not mean that the artwork, or the process is entirely new or never been seen before. Most "original" pieces are inspired by other things in the artist's life including other artworks. Originality, it it's purest sense is simply how each individual creates an artwork using their own inspiration, set of references, individual skillsets, experiences, personal meanings, and values.
Element of Art and Design
Element of Art and Design
The elements and principles of art and design are the foundation on which all art is created. They can be thought of like a sentence. There has to be words in order to make a sentence; no words, no sentence. The elements of art are like the words. Without the elements - line, shape, color, value, texture, space, and form - there is no art. That doesn't mean that all elements of art must be used in an individual artwork, just like not every word has to be used in a sentence, but at least one must be present.
Engage and Persist will focus on the following element of art & design:
Principle of Art and Design
Principle of Art and Design
If we think of the elements and principles of art & design like a sentence, with the words being a metaphor for the elements, then the principles of art & design are the ways in which the words are arranged. The way in which you arrange the words of a sentence dictates the feel and meaning of it. More descriptive words, and the sentence gives more detail; less words, and the sentence reads sharp or abrupt. The principles of art and design are the way in which an artwork is arranged. Does it appear uneasy, or relaxed? Without the principles of design - pattern and repetition, contrast, movement, emphasis, balance, rhythm, and unity - an artwork would not have a unique look and personality to it. The principles of art and design are more subjective as well. This means that they can be viewed and interpreted by one person differently than they are viewed and interpreted by another.
Engage and Persist will focus on the following principles of art & design:
Discover some interesting facts about the principle of art & design: unity. Explore how unity is created by mixing the principles of art & design.
To aid in better understanding the principle of art: unity, complete the guided practice worksheet while you watch the video.
Brainstorm!
Brainstorm!
Let's think about what two different favorite things or fandoms that we will mash up in a unique way for our stickers!
First we will select our favorite things/fandoms and explain why they are important to us. Then we will pick out the most important aspects of each to pull into our new design. When thinking about what is "important" about each, it is vital to not only consider physical attributes, but aspects of personality as well. These should be incorporated into your design too.
Character Design
Character Design
Although we are not specifically designing characters, there is a lot that can be learned from how Pixar develops their characters for their animated films. Watch as an Art Director talks about her process when developing a character which moves beyond physical attributes and considers the "whole" of the character.
Artistic Conventions
Artistic Conventions
Personal Voice
Personal Voice
This convention refers to the artist's unique and recognizable personality that is distinctly one's own and cultivated by individual experiences, beliefs, ideas, feelings, and personal meanings. . Inspiration, materials, techniques, and themes all work together in a way that reflects unique personalities.
Style
Style
This convention refers to the artist's specific way of creating art - their distinctive way in which they use materials, techniques, and the elements and principles of design mixed with their own experiences, philosophies, and subject matter.
Using your worksheet where you picked out what was most important to your selected fandoms or favorite things, combine them in a visually interesting way for your stickers. You will produce a set of three different stickers that fit into the same "big idea" or theme.
Let's Make it Digital!
Let's Make it Digital!
Learn to execute your designs in Adobe Illustrator either using the Pen tool, brushes, or a combination of the both. Watch as the instructor demonstrates these techniques.
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