Critique Post: I got a lot of good advice from Emi and Rhona from the last critique. One thing that they said that really stood out to me what that my photos need to have more meaning to them. Right now they are just images with lines drawn over them. I am trying to add a little bit more meaning into the pieces that I am making. A majority of this semester has been working towards trying to figure out what I can do with the line work I have been working with. The first piece that I made for this critique is of a cigarette that I found on the ground laying across some flowers. I manipulated the flowers with the line work and I decided to darken the flowers, so that it looks like the flowers are soaking up the toxins from the cigarette. The second piece goes back to what I was doing with my original Fox image. I simplified the buffalo into lines and then made certain areas glow within the animal. The glowing spots are where the buffalo’s heart and brain are. Something that is a little different in this piece is that I softened the line work. It is not a bright white that stands out and takes a majority of the focal point of the piece. The third piece is using the same line work as the others, but instead of doing the glowing lights or keeping the main subject black, I decided to slowly bring the image back into the piece. I did this by working with the layers in Photoshop and changing the levels. I also tried to give it a darker feel, by darkening the levels and shadows. The original image is much brighter and livelier. Artist Post:
I am doing my artist post over Gretchen Burns. We have been in the art department together for a while now, and it has been so much fun seeing her grow as an artist. We are both in a life drawing class this semester and she has come so far from where she was last semester with drawing figures. I really enjoy the work that she has done with illustrating birds and especially the gif that she made of the bug and the magnifying glass. I can’t wait to see what she has in store for this upcoming critique and next semester! Check out her blog! http://gretchenburns.blogspot.com/
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