Assignment 7- Vibrating/ Disappearing Edges

Disappearing Edges











Vibrating Edges












Kaitlyn Oldham
Assignment 7- Vibrating/ Disappearing Edges
April 20, 2015
111-01

Reflection: In this assignment, there were two different compositions that we had to create. One having disappearing edges, and one having vibrating edges. I found that finding the composition for the disappearing edges was a little bit easier. The trick for that one was using hues that were close on the color wheel. AS for the second one, the vibrating edges, I thought it was a bit tougher. Most time was spent trying to find two different hues that had that vibrating effect. The two that I chose are more subtle than a lot of the ones that other people chose. Therefore, I, personally, didn't see as much of that vibrating effect in mine as I did in other peoples, but it works.

Assignment 6- Transformations

Problem 1                                                                                                 Problem 2

Kaitlyn Oldham
Assignment 6- Transformations
1 April 2015
111-01

Reflection: In assignment 6, we again got to work with color-aid paper. We were continuing the study of transparency in this assignment. For Problem 1, I put four similar colors together to make a larger square, and then put four lighter colors on top to show the transformation. Problem 2 was a little more difficult. I had to use different colors, not as close on the color wheel, and shift those colors by a single different color in order to create a major color transparency. Once I actually completely understood how to do the second problem, I really enjoyed it. I thought that it was fun to try to figure out what colors to use to shift my composition to a red hue. Overall, I feel happy with the way that my two compositions turned out. 

Assignment 5- Transparency

#1 Solutions                                                                                   #2 Solutions

Kaitlyn Oldham
Assignment 5- Transparency
23 March, 2015
111-01

Reflection: For assignment five, our objective was to make two completely different solutions show transparency.  The first one was the "easy" one. We used two similar like colors to create the transparent look. The second one was the "more difficult" one. We had to use two very different colors. I definitely felt like the second was way more difficult. I had a hard time trying to find the perfect topographical colors. As an end result, I don't feel completely happy with my results, but I'd say they work. I think that my third composition, the blue on top of the red, on the #2 solutions is not very good. I feel like the topographical solution is a little too dark.

Assignment 4- Color Interaction

 Bullies/Pushovers                              Making Friends                     Parent/Child

Kaitlyn Oldham
Assignment 4- Color Interaction
15 March, 2015
111-01

Reflection: I really enjoyed this assignment. I liked working with all of the colors. I feel like I learned so much more about colors than ever before. Experimenting with colors seems like a pretty simple thing to do, but in reality, colors are very complex. That makes them even more interesting to me. The first part of this assignment was called the bullies and pushovers. I had to use three different colors and make one of the three look like two different colors on the other two colors. So I used a shade of orange and a shade of green as the two background colors. The third color, a dusty rose, was placed on both the orange and green, and on the green, it made it look more pink, and on the green, it looked more purple.

The second part was the making friends. In this one, I used four different colors. I used another shade of green for one of the backgrounds, and a maroon for the other. The other two colors had to be two different colors placed on the backgrounds, but make them look like one color.

The last part was called parent/child. This one, I thought, was the most difficult. I actually did it wrong the first attempt so then I redid it. So for this one, I used a total of three different colors. I had to get two different colored backgrounds (I chose a light purple and orange) and then make the third color look like the opposite background that it's on. My third color was a beige color so on the purple background, it had to look like the orange, and on the orange background it had to look like the purple.

Assignment 3- Light Intensity Gradient

Kaitlyn Oldham
Assignment 3- Light Intensity Gradient
23 February 2015
111-01

Reflection:  I really enjoyed doing this assignment. I have always liked creating gradient compositions. I especially like creating the first composition (first picture shown). It was a challenge to try and find the perfect pieces to make up the final composition, but I found it to be a fun challenge. I actually redid that one. The first one that I made, I was extremely unhappy with so I decided to start all over. I am very happy with how this one turned out. As for the second final composition (second picture shown), I had some more problems with this one. I just found it to be really difficult. It was hard to cut out the shapes that I needed to be the gray background with out everything being glued down to the board first. I am somewhat unhappy with how this one turned out. The craftsmanship is not nearly as good as I would like it to be. Also, when making this composition, I wasn't sure if it was okay to have that strong line of color difference between the two magazine pieces (the white and then the very dark gray) next to each other. I only have the two big magazine pieces on the whole board for the gradient so that area didn't really match up too well, but hopefully that's okay.

Formative Exercise:

For the formative exercise, I had to pick out the whitest white that I could find, and the blackest black. Then, I had to find the perfect "in between" hue. Once those three were picked out, I had to find the perfect hue to go between the black and the "in between" hue, and then again for between the white and "in between" hue. Total, I ended up with 5 different hues, going from light to dark.

Assignment 2- Exploring Occult Balance

Kaitlyn Oldham
Assignment 2- Exploring Occult Balance
2 February 2015
111-01

Reflection:
In this assignment, I learned a lot. The ten formative exercises that I did really helped me with my two final compositions, especially some of the ones that I didn’t feel very comfortable and confident with to begin with. Some of these included closure and continuity, figure/ground, and rhythm. I am really glad that I was able to have lots of practice with these before I started my final compositions. I ended up using two of them, figure/ground and rhythm, in one of my compositions. Also, I really learned how I could put a bunch of these formative exercises together to get more of an interesting composition. I found it to be enjoyable. One thing that I did find hard, was trying to put all of the practice compositions together as quickly as I was supposed to. I wanted to take time with each one and really find compositions that I thought worked. But then I did eventually see why it was better to go quickly with them. I overall, really liked this assignment.

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 Formative Exercises:
Formative Exercise 6: Figure Ground











Formative Exercise 3: Grouping

Assignment 1- Balance

Kaitlyn Oldham
Assignment 1- Balance
26 January 2015
111-01

 Reflection: I really feel that this was a good first assignment. Along with all of its challenges, I learned a lot from it. I really appreciate how I had to redo the formative exercises repeatedly until they were just right. Doing this could easily become very frustrating, but I, thankfully, took it as quite beneficial. It really helped me to get a good handle on the assignment, and in the end helped majorly with my final. My final, I think, turned out well. I really like my final results.

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Formative Exercises:

This was the first formative exercise. It was pretty challenging. The magazine clippings have to be cut a very specific way so that the edges have no visible white on them. That was the toughest part. Also, everything needed to line up perfectly straight to give it a smooth edge. This exercise came to be extremely helpful in the end. By the time I got to my final project, I felt 100% more confident in the way to cut the magazine clippings.










This exercise took up most of the time. It was very time consuming, yet VERY crucial. I had to find abnormal shapes in magazines and trace them using carbon paper. We had to make up bilateral balance, radial balance, asymmetrical balance, and imbalance. I found the asymmetrical balance to be the toughest one just because of the fact that it really took me a while to understand what it really was.