3D to 2D Digital Image Assignment

3D to 2D Digital Image

3D to 2D Image

Throughout my semester within this course, I have found that my most resolved work was the balsa wood sculpture within the Balsa Wood Sculpture Assignment. As such, I chose to utilize my knowledge in Photoshop in order to alter an image of this piece for the purpose of completing the 3D to 2D assignment. My original balsa wood sculpture, which is depicted below, emphasized the design principle of space through its use of a  hanging sphere and surrounding columns with a revealing exterior composed of balsa wood and clear masking tape. As such, I intended to replicate this principal within a digitally altered version of the artwork.

Within Photoshop, I created new layers from selections composed of the central sphere and its four surrounding columns. Removing the visibility of the rest of the original image, these isolated portions of the compositions were now their own image. I then used the color replacement tool to alter the color of the objects, thus choosing to alter them to possess the bright colors displayed above. I then applied a series of blur filters in order to further distort the image from its original appearance. After altering the objects within the piece, I then inserted a purple background, which I altered through a grain filter. I then surrounded the entire image with a dark purple border, and then proceeded to type the word "Space" in order to clearly define the design principle exhibited by both my original balsa wood sculpture and its digitally altered counterpart.

Original Balsa Wood Sculpture

Adam

Element/Principle: Space

Materials: balsas wood, masking tape, packing tape, straight pins

Dimensions: approx.  6" x 4.75" x 3.75"

Identity Portrait Assignment

Identity Portrait

Process Work

Final Work

Carrion Facade 

materials: wire, tracing paper, gel medium, Styrofoam balls green, black, and red acrylic paint

dimensions: 2.5"x 1"x 0.75"

Artist Statement

The theme of my identity portrait revolves around death, and the ways in which money is associated with it. The term "carrion" within the title means "decaying flesh of dead animals." This definition, along with the fact that the mask that I created is a vulture with a blood-stained beak, a bird that feeds on the dead, supports the theme of death within my work. With regards to the theme of money, the use of green establishes it. The theme is also supported by the attire of me, the model, as a suit is worn within the above photographs. This, coupled with the display of my wallet, a symbol of financial stability within a society that emphasizes economic dominance, pertains to the term "facade within the title. 

The poses within the title are meant to illustrate a facade of stability and slight wealth, when in reality, the model is simply conveying a facade of financial power through their demeanor, attire, and overt display of monetary possession. This sign of weakness is emphasized by the presence of the bird mask itself, as a buzzard is a filthy animal that feeds off of the waste of nature. In the perspective of the human, the model is simply one who capitalizes on opportunities within life in order to further develop their own financial gain within a capitalistic society that favors the wealthy and shuns the impoverished. Within modern society, to lack money is to lack the means necessary to obtain vital resources essential for maintaining the quality of one's life. To be impoverished is to be closer to one's death, as money, the superficial barrier between socioeconomic classes, is absent, thus leading to mental, emotional, and physical decay.

Research Items

Eaton Nott

http://foundations3ddesign.blogspot.com/2016/07/eaton-nott-designers.html

Craig Green

http://foundations3ddesign.blogspot.com/2016/07/craig-green-designer.html

Clarina Bezzola

http://foundations3ddesign.blogspot.com/2016/07/clarina-bezzola-artist.html

Memento Assignment

Memento

Process Work

Final Work

                                                                       Four Years

                                                      materials: wood, red ink, yellow ink

                                                       dimensions: 0.45"x 0.25"x 0.15"

                                                                        Artist Statement

This piece was inspired by a memory of my high school graduation. I chose this memory because of the emotions that I felt during this event. My high school graduation was the end of my childhood, and the conclusion of twelve years of work throughout my education before college. I remember feeling immense joy and satisfaction during this instance; unfortunately, I have not felt this amount of positive emotions since graduating from high school. I recall my sister, me oldest sibling and the first of my immediate family to complete college, stating that my life as a young adult would be "downhill from there." While I initially dismissed this warning, I instinctively knew it to be true.

I utilized four pieces of wood to create this piece. I used various wood cutting and sanding tools in order to create a small  "pillar of wood." Each individual segment represents a year in high school. Segments decrease in size in a vertical nature from the bottom to the top of the sculpture. This symbolizes the diminishing time between childhood and adulthood, which I acknowledged during high school. The red and yellow ink that were use to ass color to the sculpture represent the joy that I experienced during graduation, as well as the fear of my uncertain future that I had also possessed during this instance. I also utilized tools within the art building's wood shop in order to carve the year of my graduation, as well as symbols associated with my high school, into the sculpture.

Visual Research/Artist Inspirations




VO8
Joan Lurie, 2013

http://www.murielguepingallery.com/exhibitions/joan-lurie?view=slider#12





“I grew up here, but I never felt entirely part of it”: Marco Tirelli’s Tiny Sculptures

Marco Tirelli, 2014

http://socks-studio.com/2014/12/08/i-grew-up-here-but-i-never-felt-entirely-part-of-it-marco-tirellis-tiny-sculptures/





Jewelry

Anthony Russel, 2014

http://anthonyrousseljewellery.tumblr.com/post/100985001482

Floating Architecture Assignment

Floating Architecture

Process Pictures

Final Work

Empire

materrials: cardboard, rives white paper,masking tape, black painters tape, brown paper tape, white gesso, black and white ink

dimensions: 1.5" x 2.15" x 1"

Artist Statement

My structure was inspired by the architecture of the Gothic and Byzantine periods. Particularly, I was inspired by the rough, beveled textures of the Gothic period, as well as the unifiying nature of the structures of the Byzantine period.I used the materials listed below the above images in order to create a black and white structure emphasizing architectural traits of the aformentioned time periods. I was also inspired by various floating architecture artists

The rectilinear nature of my structure was inspired by the Gothic period, as the era's archictecture consisted tall, simplistic buildings with ornate, intricate designs and branching structures. I incorporated this theme intto my structure throigh the use ob whie gesso, as well as black and white ink in order to create an inctricate, repetitive design theme in the piece. The circular structures branching off from the structure's sides, as well as the structure being comprised fo three simple platforms surrounding a column also reflect this theme.

I incroporated the Byzantine period into my structure by creating the domes on the top and bottom of the piece. I surrounded the domes with triangles in order to mimic the appearance of spires. These design choices were inspired by the central, unifying nature of the Byzantine period. The time period's architecture consisted of buildings surrounding by smaller structures organized in a symmetrical nature.

My inspirations for this structure are further supported by the research images below.

Visual Research 

Segovia Cathedral

Juan Gil de Hontano, 1522-1577

http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Segovia_Cathedral.html

Hagia Sophia

Anthemos of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus, 532-537

https://www.ancient.eu/Hagia_Sophia/

Looped Wire Sculpture

https://www.ruthasawa.com/art/sculpture/

On Longing Asssignment

On Longing Assignment

"Capacity of objects to serve as traces of authentic experience."

-Susan Stuart

The quote expresses the belief that any object can act as proof of a first-hand experience. I chose this picture because it represents proof of my time in New Jersey before moving to Florida.

"The body is the primary mode of perceiving scale."
-Susan Stuart

The quote explains that human-like figures are primarily used when measuring and observing scale. I chose this picture, as it contains a human-like structure. The statue serves as a method of measuring the scale of humans in comparison to other objects.

"The souvenir reduces the public, the monumental, and the three-dimensional into the miniature, that which can be enveloped by the body."

-Susan Stuart

The quote explains that visual souvenirs reduce the scope of the meaning of that object. For instance, the above object's ornate meaning has lost its authenticity over time, as it has been seen by many passing individuals ranging from tourists to students.

"To have a souvenir of the exotic is to possess both a specimen and a trophy."

-Susan Stuart

The quote explains that souvenirs, whether they are tangible, intangible, physical, or visual, serve as both initial objects and proof of an experience. I took this picture because it represents that trait, as due to its nature as a tourist attraction, the ornate ceiling within the picture serves as both an object and proof of one observing a well-renowned piece of art.

"The nostalgic impact of the hand-made in a 'plastic world'."

-Susan Stuart

The quote expresses the idea that the meaning of objects can be distorted by nostalgia in a world dominated by possessions and accompanied experiences. I chose the above picture because it emphasizes that objects viewed throughout various time periods eventually developing various meanings influenced by differing experiences.