Allmond

Teila Allmond Art Quarter 1 Project The reason I made this art piece was because of my new found love for graffiti. Graffiti intrigues me because it is a type of art that is frowned upon but at the same time is unique in ways that set it apart form other types of art. In order to go about making this art piece I originally thought of using what graffiti is usually created with which is spray paint. But instead of vandalizing someone’s property, I decided that I would do this on a large canvas. Unfortunately this didn’t work out as planned and instead I went about presenting this piece through easier methods. These methods included drawing the word Poison out on a piece of large paper and painting it with temper paint and covering it with a mix of glue and water in order to make it shine like many great graffiti works do.

This particular art piece is made out of a large piece of construction paper along with its sketches, which are made of smaller pieces of paper from a sketchpad. The main art piece was painted with temper paint and also traced with sharpie marker so that it kept the overall shape of the piece.

This project presents a big part of who I am and what I want to do with the rest of my life. I like art that is not given the right amount of attention to such as the art of graffiti. When I discovered this art that is so ignored, I instantly became obsessed with it and practiced non-stop. So this piece is an example of what I practiced so hard for the short period of four months. It’s a presentation of how far I’ve come as an artist in this area and what I’m capable of if something reaches me on such a level as the art of graffiti has done. I feel that even thought I didn’t fully complete it, that I worked hard on it and now I can only imagine the skill that most graffiti artists have and how much they do practice to get where they are. This is simply more of a reason for me to continue to practice. The hardest thing about this project was something that I rarely practiced which was the color scheme and what would actually match the word “Poison”. This is what slowed me down in my process to complete this piece. But overall I just let whatever I practiced pour out of me onto the paper. It stated off with me looking for a word to sketch out and poison instantly stood out to me because of the fact that I enjoyed making the letter I and also the letter n and I saw things that I could do to the rest of the words to make them quite unique. **__The Two Sketches:__** .

Art Quarter 2 Project This project is a continuation of what was started during the first quarter project. As previously stated, I have a love for graffiti and it's something that intrigues me and is something that I think I am good at. I started drawing graffiti about 8 months and have grown in my skills. Previously, I started this project by drawing sketches of what I would of and trying to come up with a color scheme for it by using the sketch. It was difficult to get the colors to match and it was also difficult to make sure that the colors in the word made it pop off the page. In order to make it pop off the page, the colors in the pictures had to be either bright or dark colors, and the back ground colors had to be the opposite of what was chosen. In this case, the words were darker and the background was bright. This gave it an effect as though the black was on the white or the negative was on top of the positive instead of the white being on the black or the positive being on top of the negative.

This piece of art is important to me because I planned out what I wanted to do and succeeded in doing it. It took a while but I continued to stick with it and not give up to do something less complicated. Also, I think that it came out quite good and is a way for me to showcase the graffiti skills that I have acquired in the short 8 months that I've been doing this.

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After completing the bigger portrait of the word poison, I began working on designs for the names of a few friends. I find that i enjoy doing others names in a graffiti style because of the diversity of the letter in each person's name. I tried to make each name a little different in style so that I could practice and figure out which style fits me best.

I drew these pictures in my sketch book using sharpie markers and pencil. The only one that contains pencil is the first picture shown. I feel as though I like the way that the sharpie looked on the paper because of the boldness that it is capable of. The bolder the graffiti, the more authentic it looks because it give the picture more depth. These particular pieces of art mean a lot to me because I plan on coloring them differently and giving them to the people who's names they are as personal gifts. I feel as though these sketches are the beginning of what I've become which is a graffiti artist.

= Art Quarter 3 Project = For this quarter, I tried something new. I tried to play around with Adobe Photoshop and see what I was capable of. I chose to try and do a unique and outrageous variation to this picture of Marilyn Monroe. I used the brush tool for her hair and her lips and selected her face and gave it a shade of yellow to lighten it up.

I used the colors that I used because I wanted to try and make this picture as bizarre looking as i could, but at the same time provide a look that is appealing to the eye. I used bright bold colors in order to do this also. I'm not sure if I pulled off what I wanted, but I tried.

This means a lot to me because it is my first true attempt at using Photoshop and therefore, this is an accomplishment for myself.

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I also created a story called "The True Story Of Humpty Dumpty". This book was in Spanish and also contained some of the best drawings that I've ever created. I used thick construction paper for the pages in the book and I bound the book together by tying rope through three holes that I created on the side of the book. In the book, the pictures are made with pencil but the cover shows a colored brick wall where Humpty Dumpty is sitting before he actually falls.

I am very proud of this book partially because I finished it to the degree that I thought I would and it is neatly done. I am also very proud of this book because of the actual pictures in the book. I tried to keep all the pictures creative and tried to vary the ways that I presented the main character Humpty Dumpty thoughout the story. I started making this book by drawing a picture on each page that represented the main idea of the section of the story that would be on that page. Then after all the pictures were drawn, I then wrote the sections of the story on each page

Art Quarter 4 Project
For the fourth quarter a fellow student, Danielle Duncan, and I completed a video on the history of cool. This video contained examples of fads that have occurred in each decade. We chose to use fashion to exemplify the history of cool because fashion is a major part of who we are as Americans. It reflects our music choice and our reaction to things that occur in the world and in life. A major music reflection could be during the 80s when rock music was becoming popular, and more examples of a way that music affected our fashion are in the video.

We made this to exemplify the history of cool and decided to reflect on the way that fashion affected what was considered cool. I enjoyed doing this because it is interesting to see how the decades in the 90s paved the way for the way we dress today in the 21st century. Many styles from then have made their way back into the fashion industry partially because they are considered "retro".

We constructed a video using an application called Final Cut. It is a video editor that allows one to use different affects as well as edit videos with ease. The only problem with this is that on our Macbook computers all other applications need to be shut off in order to prevent the program from crashing. This made things a little difficult but still, it was do-able.

This video means alot to me because it is my past and it is very well done. It flows smoothly and I believe that we got our point across in the video.