PATERN REPETITI0N

my composition for the first image was a graduation hat rotated four times to create the illusion of squares of empty white space. the assignment we had to do today was interesting. i liked the fact that we had to rotate the original image in different combinations. im not sure what combination i like most but im sure the more i look at them the more ill be able to decide.
i don't completely understand the parameters for this assignment so im waiting for to talk to Pat about it to print.

SO..... the ilustrator project for positave and negative space

we were assiged to create a positive and negative version of the same basic shape.. the basic vector drawing skills.....
this assignent was not much of a chalange for be but neverthe less i used it to my benifit. it was an iteresting assignment. i never worked with this kind of assignment. when i got my first basic instruction in illustrator it was just tracing lines. i liked this project becausew it left room for me to creat my own composition. my particular piece turned out pritty good in my opinion.

this piece doubles as a chalice and two profiles.
its a really good example of gestalt.

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THE STRING THING

twards the end of last weeks class we engaged in an activity... at the time this activity seemed to be a carefree event where we would have fun and be creative but i soon learned that i was stringing myself deeper and deeper into a string whirlpool of entanglement.
the solution to spreading your own ball of string arount the room is that once you have finished stringing the room you unstring your own individual thread of string. this was particulary difficult for me vctoria and alace becaus, at one point during the excersize we decided it would be fun to tie eachother up to ourselvs and to the surouding objects. it was fun...
when we realized that we had to untie every tangle of that damn string we were dissapointed.
through determination and patience we managed to untangle ourselvs. it was a hard and drawn out process and we struggled with it. my attitude was negative at first, but i realized that i needed to be positive in order to succed in untagling myself from these two girls who decided to be as daring as me. we were carefree and unconcerned. we had no knowlage of the future concequences. unfortunate for us...
this showed me something.
when you run into something your bound to mess it up if you dont know the concequences because you will carrry on, not knowing the end result or solution. you must have an understanding of what is to come inorder to proerly carryout what must be done in the present.
rushing into something is not always a good idea, especially in this case. the concequences of our actions were worth the trouble in my opinion be cause i had alot of fun tangleing victoria and alace up to chairs and tables and stols and whatnot.

this was a very fun excersize and i think that i learned from it. i learned that string entanglement is very uncomfortible and if you ever encounter an activity like this GO NUTS!!!! just know that if you do you will have one heck of a time retreving every inch of that string from every nook and cranny of the room.

letter A is a shape because it has three lines that connect and a black fill.
letter B is a line because it has a clear starting point and a clear ending point.
letter C is a shape because there are four lines that connect at the corners and it is filled with black.
letter D is a shape because there is no clear starting point or ending point.

a line should have a clear starting point or at least one direction.
a shape is an aria of space that is occupied by a fill of color or shade.

my first bloggg

i chose this piece because i like the grey and the randome black lines. there are grids and strange shapes in the backround that are composed of a darker grey than that of the backround.

the curvey lines of this piece simbolize peace. the backround is also soothing because the grey fades into a lighter greay at the top which creats a fealing of development. the random dark shapes suggest randomness again but also a little bit of angry thoughts.

this shows pain and an atempt to escape the dread of the black shapes. the grids represent order and precision. they show perspective. the curvey lines are black and red. the black is an opposing force and the red represents life.