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Craft: On kawara 1933. Oct. 31, 1978 (today series, "tuesday") was created on the exact date painted on the painting its self. It was created with acrylic on a canvas and newspaper. The painting is simple thats why it called my eye. So I did a lil bit of research and I found that the painting was painted without the use of stencils. which to me is amazing because it looks so perfect and straight. Also I found out that there is a newspaper that goes with each and everyone of his painting to document the date and location of each.

Composition: The arrangements of this piece is very simple it was has black background to contrast with the white wording of the name. I think he wanted the title to be big so that you can see it from far and close. also he wanted the wording to be right in the middle so it can look perfect.

Concept: I believe the overall concept of this piece is that the day he creates the painting is the date that he paints. It seemed to me that he wanted to mix abstract with minimalism because when you first see this painting you ask yourself what is this and how did it get in a museum.

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Craft: Joesph Mallord William Turner 1775-1851 Fishing boats with hucksters bargaining for fish, 1837/38. This painting was done using oil on a canvas. It seems to me it was a multi-layered piece because when i saw the painting you can see the texture of the painting. The background of the painting was most likely created first and he worked his way towards the front of the painting. This painting to me is unique because i actually felT like I was in the painting because the texture was so strong.

Composition: I felt like he arranged the elements in this photo excellently it seems to me like the boat is falling in a typhoon of water because if you look up at the top of the painting you can see clear blue sky. I believe he left this up to the viewer to decide. The colors that he choose also brings out the contrast between the lights and the darks.

Concept: I believe the concept of this piece is what can happened on a day of fishing gone wrong. I feel like the artist wanted to show that anything can happen, like i stated above it look like the boat is going down.

Week 14

Craft: For my cover I wanted it to look very simple and plain without much complication. So I decided to name it a new hand on life because this was a new experience for me and I can use this throughout life. I also decided to use a hand print because it was simple and meant a lot.

Composition: The reason I arranged the cover the way I did was to keep the simple and plain look throughout my magazine. I accomplished this my not putting to much on the cover and leaving the back a solid color.

Concept: My concept behind my cover was to explain the title of my magazine which is my new experience in computer graphics.

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Week 13

Craft: for this spread I wanted to do a comparison between two types of photography. which was action and framed work. I created a four page spread for this one with two pictures on one spread with the text on the next one. i did this so the viewer will be able to compare with a side by side view.

Composition:I choose to take the picture while she was jumping because i thought it would make the picture more like a video because it shows action. I had to snap the photo at a specific time to catch her in her jumping motion. And i choose to take the picture in the bathroom because i wanted to placed the shoe in an environment where the shoe stands out. But I wanted to keep all the bathroom things in the photo as well as if the shoe belonged there.

Concept: My concept was basically to show to types of photography.

Week 12

Craft: for this set of spreads i used like a Mc Donald's theme because those are the color that associates with my illustration. But here is how i put it together, First I started making the redboots with the basic shape of the shoes using the pen tool. Then I picked the color of the shoes by using the eye dropper tool. I used the same color for both shoes. After that I got into details of the yellow parts of the shoe also using the pen tool to draw and eye dropper to color. I then made the background which is a bunch of black shoes. I then used the pen tool to draw the next shoe which was plaid but I didnt know how to make it look plaid so i used a stripe pattern.

Composition: I used the same arrangement for most of all my spreads large picture with boring text and an eye catching title.

Concept: The general idea was to make everyone think of food or mcdonalds as soon as the looked at the photo. So i went into more details to make that known by the M logo instead of the nike logo and the micky’s instead of nike across the front of the shoe.

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Craft:For my second set off spreadsI was sitting at my computer deciding what to create next and I had no idea what I was going to make. Until I realized that it was right in from of me. I was in a room full of art work. So I decided to use what was around me which was others art work but use my own style on it. I thought it would be a good idea because many great artists have done this. For example when me and my class went downtown to the art institute in chicago we were looking at varies artists and there work. And we kept coming across these friut bowls. There were tons of them but each artist made theirs look so different from the next persons. So i decided to do it as well and see how it came out.

Composition: I arranged my copy of my class mate photo with mine large on the same page. And i made the text not so interesting so the viewer can see the similarities and differences of both pieces.

Concept: My concept of this spread was to make the same type of picture as my classmate but put my own style on it like we observed in the museum.

WEEK 10

CRAFT: I was told at the critique that I needed to changed the text on the article because it was hard to read so I did. I aslo changed the picture that was in the circle because it didn't match up with the large photo on the first page. I didnt hav much text so my photos can do most of the talking.

Composition: The arrangement of the layout was simple and I wanted to draw attention to the photos instead of the text. So i had larger photos. The text is boring compared to the illustrations.

Concept: My overall concept was to have a large photo take up one page and a photo and text on the other page. So that the balance can lean more towards the photos.

WEEK 09

Craft: For this assignment we started to make a magazine using the program Adobe InDesign. We were suppose to make our first spread of our magazine. I decided to make a spread about my style that we created. I first choose one of my favorite illustrations from my collection and made that large to take up one page. then i choose my text box and inserted my text. then I put the title of my style on the top of the page. but the second page looked empty so i added another photo.


Composition: On this spread i wanted the photos to have all the attention so I tried to make the photos as large as possible. With the text not so interesting because the photos were more important to me.


Concept:I felt like this article was a starter to start off my magazine because it was gone be a repeating concept through out my magazine.

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Concept:

I was trying to place the two things women love the most, which in my opinion is shopping and shoes. So I placed them both in a photo. I put them in a cart to show make it look like a day of shoe shopping.

COMPOSITION:

I choose to put the gray boots in the main focus of the frame because I found them most interesting because of its texture and hue. So I put them next to mostly black shoes to show the contrast between them.

CRAFT:

This one is similar to last weeks but I went into more details. For example on the gray boots I wanted to make them more realistic so I made the shadows on the shoe instead of having a plain gray shoe. I use my pen tool to draw the basic shape of the shadows. Then I used the eye dropper tool to color all the shadows the same color. After that I used the effect of feather to blend the shoe in with the shadow so it wont awkward. More details that I used were on the plaid shoe instead of drawing every little plaid square. I placed a solid color down first to color the shoe. Then I used the line segment tool to just draw lines and cross them. I then made the basket with two different shades of blue using the eyedropper tool. them went in and made little black squares to make it look like the black shadows in between each gap.

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Plaid: I called this one plaid because I made all the other shoes black and white by changing the colors. And wanted to the plaid shoe to be noticed.
Candy: I called this one candy because I picked the colors that reminded me of candy.

WEEK 05

Concept:

I was trying to place the two things women love the most, which in my opinion is shopping and shoes. So I placed them both in a photo. I put them in a cart to show make it look like a day of shoe shopping.

COMPOSITION:

I choose to put the gray boots in the main focus of the frame because I found them most interesting because of its texture and hue. So I put them next to mostly black shoes to show the contrast between them.

CRAFT:

This one is similar to last weeks but I went into more details. For example on the gray boots I wanted to make them more realistic so I made the shadows on the shoe instead of having a plain gray shoe. I use my pen tool to draw the basic shape of the shadows. Then I used the eye dropper tool to color all the shadows the same color. After that I used the effect of feather to blend the shoe in with the shadow so it wont awkward. More details that I used were on the plaid shoe instead of drawing every little plaid square. I placed a solid color down first to color the shoe. Then I used the line segment tool to just draw lines and cross them. I then made the basket with two different shades of blue using the eyedropper tool. them went in and made little black squares to make it look like the black shadows in between each gap.

WEEK04

CONCEPT:

I was show what women love to do by putting their favorite things together in one photo. I tried tried to put shopping and shoes because those are two of the things that women love the most. Mostly every woman loving shopping, most of all shopping for shoes.

CRAFT:

First I started making the gray boots with the basic shape of the shoes using the pen tool. Then I picked the color of the shoes by using the eye dropper tool. I used the same color for both shoes. After that I got into details of the light gray parts of the shoe also using the pen tool to draw and eye dropper to color. I then made the background which is a bunch of black shoes. I then used the pen tool to draw the next shoe which was plaid but I didst know how to make it look plaid so i left it one color. After that i drew the black nike in the background. First I Made the general shape of the black shoe. Then Made the inside of the sole layer making it a gray color. Then got into details with the Nike sign and logo. After that I choose to make the shoe strings gray because black was not standing out. Finally I made the shopping basket.

COMPOSITION:

I choose to put the gray boots in the main focus of the frame because I found them most interesting because of its texture and hue. So I put them next to mostly black shoes to show the contrast between them.

Week 03

CRAFT:

I got a nice sized purse that draws people attention. Then I got some fancy heels to fill the purse with. I then placed the heels in the purse. I zoomed in so that the purple heel would be the center of the photo. I then took the picture.

Composition:

I placed the bag in a white background so no one would get distracted by the background and create contrast with the bag and the wall. I choose the heels because they draws people attention because of the hue of the shoe. I put the purse slightly to the side to show the side pockets. The purple heel was placed in the middle of the purse so that would be the first thing the person would look at because the hue of the shoe stands out.

Concept:

I was trying to put two of women favorite things together. I wanted to show how women were seen which is classy and elegant in this photo.

Week 02

CRAFT:

I placed a chair behind the person in the photo. I then instructed them to jump off of the chair. I took the picture while they were in mid-air. I focused my shot on her shoes.

COMPOSITION:

I choose to take the picture while she was jumping because i thought it would make the picture more like a video because it shows action. I had to snap the photo at a specific time to catch her in her jumping motion.

CONCEPT:

I was trying to show that even college students can be kids!!! And still showing ow a college student live.

Week 02

CRAFT:

I placed a shoe in a bin in the bathroom and placed shoes in the background on the dresser. I tilted the camera towards the shoe in the bathroom but made sure the ones in the background would reflect in the mirror. then i took the picture.

COMPOSITION:

I choose to take the picture in the bathroom because i wanted to placed the shoe in an environment where the shoe stands out. But I wanted to keep all the bathroom things in the photo as well as if the shoe belonged there.

CONCEPT:

I was trying to say that the shoe can stand out in an environment where it not suppose to be and put the shoe and an ironic place. And still how the background can stand out.

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Name: R.J. Abston
Year In School: Jr.
Major: Biology, Pre-Pharm
Minor: Math & Business
Future Occupation: Pharmacist
Favorite Color: Red
Hobbies: Basketball, Video Games, Texting