Goals

this week i plan to finish color on my fish including all shading on scales and such.

Goal Reflect

I acomplished my goal and a little more! the color is going in very nicely and im satisfied with my progress thus far

Goals!

This week i plan to put my fishy in photoshop and begin work on color and a background.

Goal Week 1

This week i want to get all the paper work done so I can begin on my sketches and move forward with the creative aspects of this project.

The Breakdown

For January I plan to have completed my sketches and start working with the images on the computer and get something going. By the end of February I would like to have the outlining done and ready to be shaded and start on shading. In mid-March I want to have the shading completed and the colors layered in so I have a complete project to give to a printing company and have it printed and ready to go for April. In April I will pick up my completed shirt and show it off to all my peers!

Proposal

            After looking through various designs and artists I have decided to make a Tee- Shirt design that I will have completed and printed by April 6^th.  I plan to use some Japanese influenced artwork but put a more modern tattoo like take with it. I am going to make a flowing black and white background that consists of various shapes and line thicknesses. The main design will be the focal point of the piece and will have the only color in the piece. I plan on having a Koi fish as the main design with waves going around it and then another design of an anchor or something to place on the back of the shirt. I would like to use some sort of grey shirt to really set off the color choices. The pieces I have seen all use really nice vibrant colors which is the direction I am going and they all had a sort of modern take on a traditional design which is also what im going for.

Art Analysis

Art Analysis

The artist of my favorite inspirational piece goes by the name of SFHD. The piece is entitled “Japanese Water Garden” and is part of a collection called  “Traditional Japanese Influence”. The art is a very flowy design. The lines move and flow together to give the illusion of a fish swimming gracefully. It is a very peaceful design that creates a sense of calmness when you view it. The colors are vivid; they are added to the fish in kind of a paint from so it’s not perfectly colored in. The color is powerful because the background is all black and white then the foreground has the bright vivid color overlay. The lines are very crisp as opposed to the coloring, which really makes the image come to life. The textured affect is created by layering the images and adding scales to the fish that appear to be overlapping making it look three-dimensional. The lighting is created by adding shading and shadows and slight gradation to the fish. The meaning of a Koi fish is overcoming obstacles since the fish swims upstream instead of just going into the flow so the artist was trying to show an image that represented overcoming an obstacle but did it in a way that appeals to the viewer and uses the Koi as a symbol. The mood of this piece I think is created with the bold lines and color. I get a feeling of accomplishment and boldness when I see the picture. With the lines and slight amount of color it comes off bold as opposed to just some sort of colored mess and the Koi I see as a symbol of accomplishment. I think this piece is great. I really like all the elements that are used to make this one image and the artist has a great sense of value and space. This piece reflects what i'm trying to do because I want a mostly black and white image with one focal area of color and also I want to incorporate a Koi in my design

Inspirational Images

Artist: SFHD

Artist: Oscar Mendoza

Artist: Vincent Regal

Artist: Ana Gaberiala

Artist Iker Hiro

Sketch!

Well I found a blogger app for my phone and decided I would test it by uploading a sketch I did for my shirt design here at home. Im kinda liking the direction this is going, shading and color to come!

Independent Project

For my Independent project i would like to do a mix of things because i can't narrow it down to just one. Right now my main focus is a graphic design for a shirt. I would like to create a design that is unique and kind of a modern take on an older art form. I have a few ideas of recreating some traditional japanese art into a modern style such as a Koi Fish that is swimming upstream to represent overcoming obstacles to get to what you want but the modern take would be to create it in kind of a tattoo design fashion. I would also like to finish the ending on my animation to something more exciting. I dont envision these two things taking the rest of the semester so once I finish I might do a calibration with Destany.