Typography

Artist Reflection:

I feel that the strongest part of my artwork was the overall shape that the words created. I think that the image actually portrays what its supposed to be. A part that could be improved is making it less obvious that the image is made out of words. To improve this I could have used smaller fonts or changed the size of the fonts a bit more. To create the art word I used the pen tool to trace the shapes I wanted to work on. Then I used the text type on path to outline the shape of the whale and then text in area to fill in the object. The easiest part of the artwork was filling in the object with words because I just had to type the same words over again. A difficult part was making sure the image looked like a whale and not just black and white letters. I was able to take an image of a whale and create the image out of words, demonstrating the goals of the project. If I could do the assignment again I would pay more attention to filling in the whole image rather than spending my time on the words themselves. On a scale of 1-10, I would rate my effort a 10 because I chose an image I thought was interesting, and did the best I could to bring it to life  and make it portray the original image.
     

Polygon Portrait

Artist Reflection 

I think that the strongest part of my visual piece is the coloring I chose once converting it to photo shop because I like the way that the orange on the left contrasts with the dark tones of the picture on the right. The shapes on the image could be improved so that every part of the image has triangles and not just the face. I could fix it by adding more shapes to the bottom of the image as well as the hair. To create the image I used the pen tool as well as the eyedropper in Illustrator, then used photo shop to add the colors. I used the pen tool to trace the picture and also used it to create the shapes within the image. I used the eyedropper to add the correct color within each shape. Photo shop was then used to add the colors. During the art activity it was easy to trace he original image because I only had to outline the head, hair and eyes. It was difficult to create the nose without making it look unnatural. I was able to demonstrate the use of stroke and fill by outlining the outside of the image then filling each shape with the right color. If I could do the project again I would choose a different picture and take more time on each shape rather than the overall image. On a scale I would rate my effort at a 10. Although it didn't come out as good as I would have wanted, I did put effort into trying to make it the best I could.