Gianni Yarto's Blog

This project was the most time consuming of all the projects so far, I tried to stray away from using “go to” objects to like sticks of cracks in the ground to form my letters and numbers. After several hours of walking all around Savannah I think I’ve come up with a fairly original set of images.

When told to get a map I instantly thought about driving seeing as though thats what maps are primarily used for. I first cut out all the states I have lived in Texas, Colorado, and Georgia. I then taped the map to the wheel of my car thinking it would give it a nice “distressed” look, instead my map looked like it was mauled by bears. So then I thought it would be wise to burn the map a little, once again I failed and ended up with a bag of ashes. So I got to thinking and I ended up using my ash to tone a piece of water color paper. I then used the states I had cut out before as a sort of stencil or resist if you will and wiped away at the ash with a shammy. This was what i ended up with and I’m very pleased with the overall execution and aesthetic of the piece.

Critique Notes

• Make sure the story line is coherent to your piece.
• Really think about if some element work towards or against finishing the piece.
• Always have your piece properly presented.

This project was an interesting twist on a familiar childhood story. At first our group struggled to collaborate and sort of warm up to each other, but once we figured it out i was pretty pleased with our overall piece.

Critique Notes

• Avoid repeated compositions i.e. use of diagonal lines in more than one composition 
• Always remember Economy less is sometimes more and k you should really think about if each piece is absolutely necessary to your overall piece.
• No focal points right in the middle its hard for the viewers eye to stray away from that one spot.