The lines in my first drawing are medium-thickness, jagged, pointy, and rough. There are some curves, and some are sharp, pointy edges. I used hatching to add shadows and extra depth, this also added some texture. 

The lines are: fear, anger, and nervousness. I wanted the lines to be really rough and jagged, representing many emotions that cross my mind, the trees are thick and large, taking up most of the drawing,  or most of my head. The lines all bunch together with the branches going in all directions. Like tangled up thoughts. 

The lines in my second drawing are thick, swift, curving lines. there are implied lines through the edges, the black background against the white making lines.

The lines are: calm, swift, and numb. I wanted to have clean, swift, smooth lines. I wanted it to be more simple, ie black and white, no hatching, plain. I wanted to have the trees this bright, large white, taking up the dark black background. The white is more noticable and stands out more, making it stronger. There are thick lines, almost like a wall, they block out all other emotions, and make it impossible to feel anything else as nothing can pass through.  It's just, numb. Swift, calm, and numb. 

I think image #1 is more successful than image #2, because the lines have more emotion. They are rough, sharp, jagged, lines. And there is a lot of detail from the hatching. It adds shadows, depth, and texture. It adds more feeling, just like it’s supposed to. Image #1 is supposed to be all feeling, and image #2 is supposed to be numb, and simple. 

I learned that the cubist art style doesn’t have a specific light point. You can’t tell where the light is coming from, and looks somewhat 2D. It creates some sort of illusion, messes with your vision, but looks cool. I’d use this style again.

I used the cubist style by breaking my drawing up into different shapes, and then shading each one in a different way or direction.

It was somewhat difficult to draw like this. There were multiple shapes I had to shade and draw. I think I did well with the shading. I’m very proud of the pumpkins. 

I sketched out a realistic and abstract version of a landscape. Then I made the abstract version on my chromebook. The landscape I chose was the castle the Hogwarts cast filmed at. 

I simplified the shapes and shadows and didn’t add any type of shading or hatching. 

I used some overlapping, color/value, and aerial perspective to create depth in my digital painting.

I zoomed in a little more and added color. I didn’t plan to add any grass or color to it at all until I added green to the digital drawing. Then I colored in the abstract sketch to match it.  

The purpose of this project was to learn a new medium and show texture. The texture I tried to show was of a frog, mushrooms, and the leafy ground. I showed this texture by having white highlights, and dark shadows. I chose to make this because my boyfriend and I like frogs, so I made it to remember him by. I haven’t seen him in over a year, due to covid and being long distance.   

I made my print by carving into a linoleum block, rolling ink over it, and printing it onto my paper. It is a reduction print because I reduced the block before printing every time. 

I quickly learned which carving tools I thought worked best and how to carve away at my block. The challenging part of this project was figuring out what part to carve next and mixing the ink to get my colors. I think I succeeded at making my frog prince. 

My animation starts off with someone (me) turning on a phone. They open instagram, and start texting their crush to ask him out. He says yes, and the “camera” switches to their face, where they smile. Then they’re on snapchat, where they say happy 1 year anniversary. The corner of the “screen” has the date, May 15 2020, to show that time has indeed passed. 

I created unity by using proximity, similarity, and continuance. The proximity changes only slightly, staying in the same area of the screen for most of the animation. There’s similarity because everything looks like they belong together from the same art style. And there is continuance, because I made multiple drawings to show movement. Over 100 little “frames” put together. 

There are a variety of views because I switch from seeing a hand holding their phone, to their face, to a close up of a phone screen.

I made the story shorter. I had planned to show my favorite date, but I got close on time and decided to scratch that part. 

If I had more time, then I would have made all of the drawings more detailed. Like add depth. I would also have shown my favorite date. I get to call him for the first time, and I almost cry because I get to hear his voice for the first time in over a year.