ART II FINAL EXAM
1. How do you describe your artistic style/perspective? How do you define success as an artist? What do you find most rewarding about being an artist? What are some of the most important skills you draw upon to create your work? What are some of the most significant things you've learned through art-making?
I wouldn't describe my art style as realistic that's for sure. When I draw my own things its more of a cartoon style, but I mostly do background art so it's a little hard to describe. My lines I try to keep as clean as possible, which is common, yes, the reason I started doing that is because I've always wanted to see my work animated. So I would call my art style cartoon-ish.
When it comes to success while being an artist, it's a very odd thing. My goal with my art is to make something people can look at and smile. Something that makes peoples day a little bit better. But sometimes people like to look at art and say things like "mmhmm how exquisite" and "look at this composition." Which would come up when people look at my art but in a different type of composition, especially since the focus of a lot of my art is a person it's a different type of composition. Ultimately I believe success is when your art satisfies someone, even yourself.
By far the most rewarding part of being an artist is seeing the finished product. There are things I draw sometimes that I find very satisfying to look at. That may sound egotistical considering its my own art, but liking my own art isn't something that I tend to do a lot. So when I draw something that I actually like, it makes me feel like whatever amount of time I spent was really worth it.
When I'm drawing I feel like it helps a lot to be able to envision whatever I am drawing inside my mind. I can't imagine having something like aphantasia (the inability to see images in your head). I already have a rough time seeing these things or seeing all of whatever I'm trying to draw, but I feel like being able to do this at all is a big help.
Patience is a very important thing to have when doing art. When I first started drawing I would always rush through a piece because I got a little bored. Granted, things like art block do happen it wasn't that. I just would get tired of feeling like I wasn't making progress. But eventually I started really enjoying the process of drawing every line. Being able to understand that taking your time and seeing all of it come together is the most satisfying thing in the world.
When it comes to success while being an artist, it's a very odd thing. My goal with my art is to make something people can look at and smile. Something that makes peoples day a little bit better. But sometimes people like to look at art and say things like "mmhmm how exquisite" and "look at this composition." Which would come up when people look at my art but in a different type of composition, especially since the focus of a lot of my art is a person it's a different type of composition. Ultimately I believe success is when your art satisfies someone, even yourself.
By far the most rewarding part of being an artist is seeing the finished product. There are things I draw sometimes that I find very satisfying to look at. That may sound egotistical considering its my own art, but liking my own art isn't something that I tend to do a lot. So when I draw something that I actually like, it makes me feel like whatever amount of time I spent was really worth it.
When I'm drawing I feel like it helps a lot to be able to envision whatever I am drawing inside my mind. I can't imagine having something like aphantasia (the inability to see images in your head). I already have a rough time seeing these things or seeing all of whatever I'm trying to draw, but I feel like being able to do this at all is a big help.
Patience is a very important thing to have when doing art. When I first started drawing I would always rush through a piece because I got a little bored. Granted, things like art block do happen it wasn't that. I just would get tired of feeling like I wasn't making progress. But eventually I started really enjoying the process of drawing every line. Being able to understand that taking your time and seeing all of it come together is the most satisfying thing in the world.
4. Reflect on what your portfolio (all work you created through semester) may not reveal about the semester. Do you think the work in your portfolio is an accurate reflection of your development in the class? How and why?
Although the portfolio doesn't show a lot of work goes into my work I feel like it's not the best representation of my work. Knowing exactly how much time I spent or being able to see all the sketches and reference I used would probably help the viewer understand what I put into my work. However that is my fault, I was too nervous to ask to borrow and phone to take pictures, and in the case of the clay project, the iPod I used for in progress photos stopped working. Other than the colored pencil unit, I think that every piece I made looks better than the one that came before it. Maybe that's just my way of seeing it because I don't really see any thing that looks really bad, or rather any thing that looks worth than anything before it. I feel like you would be able to see more growth in my art if I had my art I portfolio as well, however I took that in an online class so I never made one (or any art in the class either).
6. What medium was your favorite to work with? Explain why and how you were able to master the techniques associated with this medium.
My favorite medium was acrylic paint, but specifically I liked print making. I also thoroughly enjoyed painting the color wheel and the clay. I thought mixing the paint was satisfying almost so the process of it was very enjoyable as well. I wouldn't say I necessarily mastered print making, but I wouldn't say I've mastered any medium. In all honesty my print making was not as good as it could've been due to the fact that I messed up the line matching a few times on every print. But I did learn a lot of things along the way. Learning exactly where to line up the registration marks to the linoleum, and exactly how much paint to put on to the linoleum really helped me make it come together better. Especially after printing 30 times.
7. Discuss one project where you felt you were the least successful. Explain why you felt this way. What would you do differently to change this piece? Explain
By far my least successful project was the Colored Pencil project. I made 3 different drafts and the only difference was me trying to find the perfect fit for how close it should be viewed. The sketch alone took me 2 days because I had to get the lines on both sides even and I had to make sure the lowest point at the viewing angle of the candle was perfectly centered between them. On top of all this, I am awful at shading and manipulating colored pencils. So nothing really has the depth or color that I wish it did and ends up looking flat and bland.