Kaitlyn Smith

For this project we were asked to take an original map of our choice and completely dismantle and destroy it in any way we wanted. I chose to wrinkle my map, burn my map, put mud on my map, and put different shades of ink on my map. We then were asked to think of certain aspects we liked about what we did to those maps and recreate them through the use of either the same map or another map or both. We had no real limitations just to create something visually appealing through the use of a map or maps. Because I used mud and gold ink on my original map I continuously grasped the concept of something that occurs naturally but beautiful at the same time. I chose to make a paper mache mold of a flower through the use of map scraps and gold ink then I created the inside of the flower with map leaves. I also included ribbon to tie together the mache paper and incorporated it into my leaves as well.

For the Sound Map Project we were asked to sit at any place of our choice for at least an hour and record the sounds we hear throughout that time as well as the location of the sounds in reference to where we are sitting. Then we were asked to creatively reinterpret the sounds we heard in any manner. I chose to sit at Starbucks while I worked on homework and I chose to reinterpret the sounds I heard through a poem.

8:58

Person typing on computer

Grinding of coffee beans

Jazz music

Cups crashing counter

9:00

Toilet flushing

Coworkers conversing

Coins dropping

Cars rushing through traffic

Giggling of a girl

9:30

Footsteps on tile floor

Honking of car horns

Sliding of chairs on the floor

Spraying of water

Papers being flipped through

Dishes being cleaned in sink

9:37

Deep voice of a man ordering coffee

Bells jingling on door

Watch ticking

Slurping of empty coffee

Cabinets being closed

9:49

Vibration of alerted phone

Bracelets clinking

Sliding of drink on table

Guy sighing

Intermission of music

Whispering of people

10:00

Clicking of pen

Tapping of feet

Girl conversing with customer about cobbler

Wrist popping

Cleaning product being sprayed

Doors closing

Clearing of throat

For this project we were asked to find the letters of the alphabet as well as the numbers 1-9 naturally occurring in our everyday environments. I found this assignment to be pretty intriguing because it got us to focus our eyes on the unscene parts of our daily lives. These were my findings:

For the Jack and Jill assignment we were paired in groups and asked to come up with individual alternative narratives to Jack and Jill and then as a group combine our stories to make a twisted version of Jack and Jill. My group came up with the story of two bears that were going up the hill to get “special” grapes that had the ability to make you see things. When they got to the top of the hill they realized the grapes were being guarded by a soldier at the top of a ladder. The bears knew they had to come up with a plan so they made a plan to plot a poisonous spider on the soldier. The plan worked for the two bears. One of the bears started to climb the ladder to get the special grapes but ends up tumbling down and hurting himself. His bear friend finds him a crutch to use and they end up eating the grapes finally where they also start seeing magical things.

For this assignment we were asked to use only flat black squares to demonstrate 6 different terms: order, increase, congested, bold, tension, and playful. I used Adobe Photoshop in order to create my square patterns.

Order:

Increase:

Congested:

Bold:

Tension:

Playful:

I actually found this project to be very interesting and fun. I like to paint, so painting with ink was interesting and was also a first for me. The two shapes that I chose to form my motif was a octagon and a oval. I chose these for my motif because it created a very interesting pattern layout. During critique I saw some very unique designs which made me definitely reconsider things about my own but I still really enjoy my final piece. Some things I would of liked to change about my final piece would be the size of the border I chose, I would have rather there be no border. Also, I feel like I could have made my inking plan a little more interesting rather than so repetitive.

5 Design Options:

3 Inking Plans:

Final Piece:

Concentration:

I chose this as my drawing of concentration because it puts the focal point to the lower right corner of the page where the largest ‘concentration’ of cats are seen.

Isolation:

I chose this as my drawing of isolation because it puts a clear focal point to the cat in the top left corner of the page. There are several other shapes, lines, and color shade but the cat still remains as a clear point of isolation.

This is the sketch of my redesign for Assignment #1. I chose to redesign my Part D design of the horizontal/vertical, diagonal, and curved lines. I felt that this piece could of had a lot more put into it with such a variety of lines. I limited myself on my first design so I wanted to put more thought into my redesign.

These are the final designs that I chose from my preliminary sketches. I would say that I chose these four designs because I like neatness and I like for my work to flow together. I felt that these chosen designs met that quality for me.