Willson Pena

My final redesign was based on the angle lines. After seen everyone work and looking at my own, i liked the idea of a bold line somewhere in the piece and i realized how space between the shapes can create a lighting effect. I decided to make something with more of a 3d design on a 2d surface while also creating a sense of harmony by not over crowding my work. I believe i improved on my previous design by creating a less cluttered piece. I felt like my previous piece had to much going on with no emphasis anywhere. This time around i made more harmonious design with good negative space to counter balance the positive space.

When this assignment began all i could think is how many things could i create with lines. I quickly found out that the possibilities are endless. I began trying to consume as much space as possible but quickly learned that the negative space can have an equal or greater impact on the work than positive space. I liked the idea off symmetry and similar forms that work together to create a great piece. The black tape around it, i felt, framed the work and made it more pleasant to look at.

Class critiques

In class i was advised to keep it proportional.

To avoid continuous negative space.

To not have uneven or damaged ends.

If using tape fill to edge.

This assignment was one of the first that we did in class and it involved a large amount of brainstorming. As the title claims, we had to make 100 sketches, quick drawing of ideas to get a sense of where we wanted to go with the plans. We had to have 25 horizontal and vertical line, 25 lines at an angle, 25 curved lines, and 25 lines with all three. After a while i began to slow down on new ideas but eventually i came up with a 100 and the four that i believed were creative enough to work with.