3D Design

3D Semester Overview:

I think that my work from this semester in 3d design shows my strengths in learning new techniques and experimenting with different forms of art. I do think that this semester did show a lot of my weaknesses as a learner including visualizing my work. I found this very difficult in my sustained investigations and going back I wish I had done more planning than my original sketching becuase although it helped me visualize the process, I never completely followed my sketching becuase of the difficulty of what I was tasking myself with. Another weakness that I think was brought out in 3-D design was taking my mistakes as a lesson. I think I broke every clay project I did and even if I had taken more precautions I would always break the next one somehow, I think this will be a lesson going into the next semester but I still wish I could have learned and taken my own experiences as a thing to learn by and not forget.

My work throughout 3d design has shown that I have improved as an artist because it shows skills and methods that I have not only improved upon but learned entirely. This would include clay, I have learned a lot about forming and shaping clay with the clay tools and creating textures which before 3d and ceramics I had never experimented with before. Another leap in my art through this semester was creating shapes and dynamics. I have only done a little with 3d art so this was definitely hard for me but I learned how to create art that you can see and approach from all angles. By using shapes, shadows, and texture I learned to build figures and sculptures that represent life or movement. 

The most challenging project for me was my final sustained investigation. The main reason was just because I was faced with so many challenge including not liking how the hair turned out and no matter how hard I tried to mold it and change it it came out looking horrendous. I decided to keep it though because I thought hair was a relatively common aspect between nature and humans but then when it went through the kiln a lot of the hair broke off which proved even more difficult. Then when I went to try and paint the hair with watercolor it would drip on the face and I could get parts of the hair with a paintbrush because of how I had shaped the face. Then I tried dipping the faces but it got very splotchy and I had to cover up the spot and at home completely repaint the face of the head. The backdrop became an issue becuase I wanted to make my own backdrop so I spraypainted cardboard which showed to much detail and the paint can ran out then when I formed the nature it was already dark outside so the materials I found were not great and looked messy which did not create the contrast I was looking ofr which made the entire project look messy and out of place.

On the other hand, the project I was most proud of would be the clay animal sgraffito. I was very proud of the sculpture I created while just learning this technique of sculpting animals. I learned a lot but I also had a plan since the beginning and felt I didn't need photos (still used them a little) for reference. I created intricate designs that I believed showed and tested my skills while creating a product that I felt would be something that I actually would show to other people or at least my family which I don't think I can say the same for most of the other projects I made. This project also helped me understand clay and help me appreciate it which has furthered my desire to work with clay in the future.

Some artists' goals for the future would be to work more with clay. I enjoyed the animal sgraffito project but I also felt through little details such as bumps and my sustained investigations that there is a lot more I can learn through clay I enjoyed using the median so much I would love to work more with it and improve. Some other skills that I think I would like to work on and create a goal for would be time management. I don't think that I am necessarily the worst at time management but for next year when I am taking a lot more hard classes along with AP art and design it will be very important to use class time wisely and also create a structured goal for how I will spend my time after school to complete my art project. I am overall pretty happy with 3d but I think one final goal would be for me to experiment a little more and just to work on all the skills I have learned this semester to create some more works that I am happy with.