Project 2 – Tonal Portrait

 Project 2 – Tonal Portrait

                                                     Project sketches:

    From my sketches, I aimed to create a cohesive yet simple album cover that thoroughly encapsulated Kendall's essence. From my first two sketches, the shoe and the lily flower, I realized that I wanted to tie them together, making my representation stronger. The idea for Kendall's shoe came from the idea of how people's styles can say a lot about them, so I took inspiration from her shoes that she wears often, which are a coral color and represent (in my opinion) whimsy.

Here are the shoes, for reference.

Final rendition:

Reflection:

    For my take on this project, I decided to make an album cover that represents the classmate I got, Kendall. For my hue, I chose orange, as Kendall is a fun, spunky person. I believe that you can tell a lot about a person by judging them by their style. From this, I decided to have my album cover be the shoes that Kendall often wears to class. They are an orange-ish coral color and tie into her overall style well. Additionally, I added lily flowers coming out of them, as when I think about Kendall, she gives me vibes of someone outgoing, carefree, and casual. I used different tints, tones, and shades of orange to push the limits of the monochromatic requirements, while still being cohesive. By having the flowers sprout out of the shoe, I intended the feel of the painting to give off a warm and fun feeling. This project challenged me, as I haven’t used paint, especially acrylic, for any project or assignment up until this point. But, by experimenting with color and different brush sizes, I used symbolism more than anything to represent Kendall as an individual. When talking to Kendall about this project, she gave me pretty much free rein as to what about her I wanted to portray, and I felt as if choosing something that represents her, rather than just a portrait of her, was most insightful to the potential viewers, so they have a perspective on how others see her. With the background of the piece being a lighter orange and having outlines around parts of the show and flowers, I tried my best to encapsulate a positive connotation in regard to Kendall. This is because, from being her classmate in multiple classes, I caught a gist of how bubbly and creative her personality is. 

Secret Lives of Color

Secret Lives of Color

Color #1 Chosen: Madder, 152

This piece was created in Adobe Illustrator, and I decided to use this color as a vessel to visually communicate the history of the color madder. It was originally used in textiles, hence the patterns in both the upper right and bottom left corners. Additionally, the dye color was originally obtained from flowers, hence the roses. 

                                                              Color #2 Chosen: Magenta, 157

    This piece was painted on watercolor paper, with watercolor paint. On the left, the background is more purple, and then fades into pink, as the original development of the color magenta was more of a mauve shade, which is more of a purple tone than pink. On the canvas there are flowers, which signify the early "bloom" of the color magenta, as it rose to popularity rather quickly amongst individuals when it was introduced.