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.