Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Final Five










Paper Lanterns
















More Skins






Last Project-Paper Skins




PhotoBooks






Work Process and Final Views


Work Process






Reflection on the Construction,placement,photos


As far as the actual word construction, my group members and I felt that we should used the con- densed Futura font because we felt that the font added to the meaning on the word with the letters being compressed together. We agreed to used the color black because we wanted to use the negative connotation. I thought that we should place the let- ters in a shaded area to represent that the word is withdrawing into the shade away from the public view. We wanted the letters on the steps receding from the sunlight to the tunnel next to the Art and Design building. The photos we took from an angle looking down shows how the letters goes down the steps into the dark tunnel, making the letters look like they are retreating into the darkness. 

Team Dynamic


I think my group members and I made a great team. We all put in the time and effort into finishing this project. We met on the weekends to make sure we all were on the same page on how we wanted to take on this project. The problems I had for me personally were with the cutting and carving out the letters with the utility knife. But I out advice from Kylie, Kevin and Te- anna; they gave me some tips on how to cut with using cardboard material. Other problems were that some of our group members were under the weather and had to miss class. But quickly we made sure to get every- body get caught up with what we needed to accomplish. Another problem has a group there was an issue with measurements on the construction on our word. And it was frustrating at first because we wanted everything to be perfect. However we got through it and made the adjustments that were needed. Overall we had great communication and we got along really well. I’m glad that I got the chance to get to know Kevin, Kylie and Teanna. 

Definition of my group's word/ Description of the Project


Withdraw Definition
1. remove or take away (something) from a particu- lar place or position.
2. leave or come back from a place, esp. a war zone.
From this project, I got a chance to expand my creativity with doing the individual part of this project. It was kind
of difficult trying to present the meaning on the world in a
six by six piece of paper with only using the word itself and the color black and white. I had to think about the spacing and the placement of the word carefully to try to capture the meaning of my word. Personally, I actually enjoyed this part of the project because I felt that I allowed myself to step out of the box. What I learned from the project is that it’s important to expand your mindset and not get stuck on a certain concept. The difficulties of this project were cutting the matboard as a frame for my final five compositions. But with a lot of practice I got the hang of it and felt more confi- dent with my cutting skills. For the group part, the measure- ments of some of the constructions of the letters were a lit- tle off but we worked through our frustration. Overall, the difficulties and challenges and that my group members and I faced we all overcame them. 

Reflection on the Photo Essay


From this reading,, I learned that exploration is important when tak- ing photographs. It is always great to explore your surroundings and notice the visual beauty in the little things that’s in our everyday life. For this project we had travel across KU’s campus to pick a location that best represents my groups’ word withdraw. And from this proj- ect and this reading I realized that movement is important. Taking different photos in varies positions allow my group members and I
to see which angle best portrayed the meaning of our word. And also from the reading we realized how significant photo documenting is. When I began to make my photo essay book, I realized how the pho- tos told a story of the process of this project. It makes the audience have an experience while looking at the photographs. 

Reflection on the Part of the Letter


From this reading, I learned the new vocabulary pertaining to the alphabet. I never really thought about how the way a letter is curved or shape, can help better communicate the “mood” or “at- titude” of the letter. .When learning this new vo- cabulary, I have a better understand of the com- plexity and the beauty of the alphabet. 

Final Five Compositions

10 Compositions




Pathfinder Exercises


Description of the Project


There were two parts of this project. For the individual part each stu- dent had to choose from a list of words. Then we used a six by six-flat piece of paper using spacing, sizing, foreground/background, and location of letters on the six by six border to express the meaning of the word of the word we individually chose. We were only limited to using the word itself in only black and white colors. We went through a process of making twenty physical constructions of word. Then we narrowed it down to the top ten and worked on the refinements in Il- lustrator. Finally we narrowed it down again to the top five and made improvements for the final five compositions. In the group part of this project we random choose a word. We were instructed to construct the word that we chose which to be at least two feet high with the materi- als of our choice. Then we were told to travel around campus and fig- ure out which site we should place the constructed letters that would best represent the word.
Capture Definition
1. to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
2.to gain control of or exert influence over
3.to take possession of, as in a game or contest: to capture a pawn in chess. 

3rd Project 20 Compositions