Block Printing

      At the begining of this project, the concept of block printing was very new to me.  I had done similar things using wood carving tools, but it wasn't all the same.  This time around we were given composite blocks that could be carved into, to get an effect similar to that of a rubber stamp.  I started with a more simple design than the one above, sketched it out, transfered the penicl onto the block and carved it out just to get the feel for it.  It was cool looking, but ultimatley I wanted to challenge myself so I decided to portray this scene from the old Disney movie "Alice in Wonderland" using the same techniques as before.  It was just as much of a challenge as I expected it to be, which was just what I wanted.  This was definatley one of the more new and exciting projects this year.

Pages from a Book

        These are altered book pages that I created using paints, magazine cut-outs, and sharpie markers.  The purpose of this project was to create a link between words from a book, and visual design.  Each one tied in themes of power, insanity, and imagination through the words highlighted, or framed on the page.  This wasn't the easiest project for me to plan out, because reading isn't really a hobby of mine, but in the end I was able to use the words to easily get a message across, and it was fun to try something different.

Painted Perspective

         For this project we were instructed to create a sense of two-point perspective using colored paints that would demonstrate specific color schemes.  Here I chose contrasting colors blue and orange, because they are my two favorite colors and look really interesting together.  Everything I painted was formed from a shade or tint of blue and orange.  For example the land below was created with different combinations of orange, black, and white paint.  The sky above demonstrated the same technique with the color blue.  This project was really fun to do, however painting on paper proved difficult because it is constantly warping.  If I were to do it again I would probably use canvas, but overall I'm very happy with the way it looks.