2D Design
Taught by Lea Goates in Fall of 2023
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Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Magazine clippings on bristol, 8 x 8
The aim of this assignment was to create a collage using mainly words. my concept was to use letters to editors and literary magazines to create a sort of murder mystery, crime novel energy. I incorporated the silhouette of the woman to ground the piece and give the eye a spot to rest.
Technicolor
Technicolor
Magazine clippings, cardstock, and acrylic paint on canvas, 12 x 12
The objective of this assignment was to create an album cover using magazine clippings and paper. I wanted to create an album cover that encapsulated the way I feel when I listen to music - alive, energetic, and vibrant. I cut out a dancer and covered her in psychedelic patterned clippings to achieve this. This multi media piece utilizes radial perspective and central composition.
Trials and Tesselations
Trials and Tesselations
Sharpie on Bristol, 11 x 14
The aim of this assignment was to create a tesselation with perspective. I drew birds over a mountainous sunrise with the idea that they were in migration.
Hollywood is Burning Down
Hollywood is Burning Down
Magazine clippings on bristol, 11 x 14
The goal of this assignment was to make a collage using unique textures to create a compelling image. I found a picture of a city with cigarette and sex service billboards and decided to lean into the concept of Hollywood being a modern day Sodom filled with sin and burning.
Lookalike
Lookalike
Sharpie on bristol, 11 x 14
The goal of this piece was to create a compelling non-representational line abstraction. I took some inspiration from Egyptian hieroglyphics and the Ancient Grecian ideas of horror vacui. I balanced this piece by doing similar, but not identical, figures on each side, and reflecting them.
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