Shape Handout and Sample Images SP13

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ART M20 / 2-D Design / Erika Lize / Spring 2013

Exercise #2: SHAPE, Due: February 21st

Project Description: In this project you will be creating a personal/sacred icon that represents you and/or the person youwish to be. You will also create the space/place this icon inhabits using atmospheric perspective.

Objectives:

To consider personal connections you have with symbols, objects, animals, etc. in order to create an iconic figure thatholds meaning for you.

To employ a process of abstraction in order to capture the essence of these elements and their shape.

To create a drawing that illustrates depth (foreground, middle ground and background) utilizing the principles ofatmospheric perspective.

To discuss and consider the relationship between commercial and fine art.Reading: Chapter 8 in the textbook, SHAPE.

Process: We will begin this project by looking at the work of artist Don Ed Hardy. Hardy is an artist that has crossed overfrom the world of tattoo/commercial art to fine art. Hardy sees the tattoo as a personal symbol of iconic stature and relieson shapes and symbols to represent ideas tied to larger mythological structures.

Homework: Brainstorm and collect your reference imagesBegin by brainstorming your current personal characteristics. Think about if there might be animals that best fit your nature,e.g. timid/mouse, loyal/dog, independent/cat, slow/snail, lazy/sloth, or think about which animal might come to representthat person you wish to be. With this figure, you can include an aspect of your current self, or you may wish to focus solelyon developing an image that will help you grow. Consider how different characters might work together. Also begin to thinkabout different symbols or objects that you are drawn to. How might you include these elements into your iconic image?

You should create a series of thumbnail sketches to work out some rough ideas.

Based on that experience, begin to cull images from magazines, books, photographs and the Internet, cutting or printing outthings you might incorporate into your design. As with any form of research, the rule is the more the better! Dont just getone image of a dogget five. That way you have more to work off of (different poses/positions) and you can be more

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Supplies: magazines, photocopies, photographs, computer with Internet connection, pencil/eraser, sketch paper, minimum5 x 10 Bristol, colored pencils.

Don Ed Hardy Resources:

Hardys artwork: www.donedhardyarchive.comHardys tattoo business: www.tattoocitysf.comGallery in Santa Monica: www.track16.com/exhibitions/2008-05-17-hardy/photos.phpGallery in San Francisco www.renabranstengallery.com/Hardy.htmlHardy on Spark TV show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9gGbJ9J-cAInterview with Mat Gleason: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrx4l3rHAg8

Ideas to research:Mythological/Religious/Spiritual figures (Greek, Native American, Egyptian, Hindu, etc.), animal hybrids, shape-shifting,

magical powers, icons, archetypes.

Shape Vocabulary:

Shape: A flat, two-dimensional enclosed area created when a line connects to enclose an area, an area is surrounded byother shapes, or an area is filled with color or texture.

Volume: In two-dimensional design, a volume is a shape that appears to be three-dimensional (achieved through arange of value).

Format: The outer edge of a design, often the surface being worked on, which provides the first shape in acomposition.

Positive Shape (Figure): The principle or foreground shape in a design, the dominant shape or figure in the figure-ground relationship. Negative Shape (Ground): Any clearly defined area around a positive shape, the receding shape or ground area in the

figure-ground relationship.

Figure/Ground Reversal:An arrangement in which positive and negative shapes alternatively command attention. Rectilinear Shapes: Shapes that are dominated by straight lines and angular corners. Curvilinear Shapes: Shapes that are dominated by curves and flowing lines. Geometric Shapes: Shapes that are distinguished by their crisp, precise edges and mathematically consistent curves.

These shapes dominate in architecture and industry, but also appear in crystalline structures and natural growth patterns,such as the spiral.

Organic Shapes: Shapes that are more commonly found in the natural world of plants and animals, sea and sky.


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Atmospheric Perspective

Foreground

Middle ground

Horizon/

Background

Middle ground

Foreground

To create the illusion of deep space, remember:

Determine where your horizon line is. This will be the point that is the furthest away fromyou. This area is called the Background.


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Objects in the foreground should have more saturated colors, darker values, have more visible detail.


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