Collage Project- Essay and Product

The process of my work on this piece was a bit awkward at times. I never have any clear plan in mind whenever I construct any type of art form, and this was certainly going to be no exception, which I knew from the start. Though at the same time, nothing seemed unexpected during the process, being an incredibly random person at heart. The only thing that was a bit unnerving about it was really the trouble I was having with the background, naturally a few aspects of the original picture had to be “skied” out, but I was originally having trouble keeping my friends head and a few of the buildings emphasized. This took quite a bit of time to fix, but in the end it was certainly worth it.

A bit of side info about the picture is that my friend Anthony and I were on vacation in San Francisco, and whilst taking a tour of the inner city, Anthony decided to be a bit adventurous and lean off of a bridge to take a seemingly shocked pose at the golden gate bridge in the distance. Naturally this was a bit humorous from the start, but I figured with the magic of photoshop I could make it simply priceless. I have yet to show my friend, but I can almost guarantee he’ll get quite the kick out of this product of boredom. And being that this was also my homework, I consider this picture to be the epic winner of my week…well, besides me, of course!

Type Project- Essay and Pictures

Addressing questions 1,  3 and 5 from the rubric.

I experimented with many different typefaces to make sure I could get as creative as possible with what I chose in the end. The advantage was that I could make each picture as unique as can be, and the disadvantage being only that of time consumption. At first I was only picking what seemed to be completely random letters with no connection to myself whatsoever. However, after randomly choosing A, S, and H, it seemed only fitting to spell Asher, a strong acquaintance of mine. E and R ended up being pretty cool looking, so I was definitely satisfied. My favorite composition was my use of the letter E, in which I portray docked aircrafts inside of a medical capsule, their representation being of assistance to the body's immune system.

A brief description of the rest of the letters should fit my word limit, so here I go. A is a simple collage of a few obscure, upside-down A's in the background, and several taller, skinnier A's making a bridge shape. S is an atom, represent the element of sulfur, the original intention was unclear in the beginning, but the more and more I played around with some features, the more and more simple, yet meaningful I could make it. H is, simply put, a cool idea for a flag. The idea that popped into my head would be a "New New Mexico" kind of flag. R is really simple, as it is itself. R gives itself that huge sort descending/ascending intro, with the seemingly simple little guy just sitting there the entire time.