Sunday, May 11, 2014

Reflection for Quilt



Quilt Reflection
The reason for calling this project, a quilt, is because the quilt has a legacy of telling stories. From the time of the Underground Railroad, where slaves were able to escape and find a safe place to stay, to today where we can make a quilt from t-shirts that display some of our memorable moments. This project required you to think back, look forward, take a look yourself, as well as ask others for their input. I hope you have realized that through our projects this year, I have been able to learn a lot about each and every one of you (of which, I thank you for being so honest, and so open). Art is not only about creating, but also about putting your heart into it. I hope that you have been able to also reflect on yourself and see all the amazing qualities you have to offer to the people around you. 

1.       Each section contains multiple images as well as text, list the reason why you chose those images and text.

How I See Myself




How Others See Me



The Past



The Future

Final (Album Cover)

For your final, you will design an album cover. Album covers can be expressive and convey the message of the album. Music and art go hand in hand. Although you can't judge a book by its cover, a great design can bring appeal to the actual album.
The album will be yours, not another existing artist. You are the artist, so decide on an album title. What kind of message would the music deliver? Now take that message and visually display it as the cover. The final design must include the following:

photo you have taken
text
size 8 X 8 (inches)

Instead of a reflection, you will be asked about the tools and techniques you used to complete your design. This description should cover the skills we learned this semester.


Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Quilts

Students will be creating four individual projects into one final piece. Each square has a specific theme.

How I see myself on the inside
How others see me on the outside
My Past
My Future

Each square must be 8 X 10, contain at least one photograph student has taken, text or words, one or more personal symbols. Create an emphasis in each square, so our eyes know where to go first. This will provide unity within the whole piece.



























 

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Social Issues

A social issue (also called a social problem or a social situation) is an issue that relates to society's perception of a person's personal life. Different cultures have different perceptions and what may be "normal" behavior in one society may be a significant social issue in another society.

Examples:

Academic Freedom
Adoption
Advertising, children's 
Affirmative Action
Ageism
AIDS/HIV
Air Pollution
Airline Issues
Alcohol Abuse
Animal rights
Anti-Muslim Discrimination and Violence
Anti-Semitism
Arson
Arts Funding and Censorship
At Risk Students: Higher Education
Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder
Autism
Automobile and Highway Safety
Bi-lingualism
Birth Control
Campaign Finance Reform
Cancer
Capital Punishment
Census Issues
Cheating, academic
Child Abuse and Molestation
Child Labor
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Church-State Separation
Civil Liberties
Civil Rights
Coastal Pollution and Wetlands Protection
College Sports
Computer Crime, Hacking
Consumer Debt and Bankruptcy
Corporal Punishment
Corporate Crime
Crime
Criminal Rights
Cults and Alternative Religions
Defense Spending and Preparedness
Deforestation and Logging
Disability Rights
Divorce and Child Support
Domestic Violence
Downsizing, corporate
Drought and aquifer depletion
Drug Abuse
Drugs, War on
Eating Disorders
Energy Dependency
Environmental Justice
Environmentally-inducred Illness
Euthanasia
Evolution Education
Extinction and Species Loss: Biota Invasion and Habitat Destruction
Farm crisis
Food and Drug Safety
Foster Care
Gambling
Gangs
Gay and Lesbian Rights
Genetic Engineering
Gentrification
Global Warming
Gun violence and gun control
Hate Crimes
Hate Internet and Radio
Hate Speech
Health Care Reform
Heart Disease
Homelessness
Housing costs
Human experimentation
Identity Theft
Immigration
Immigration, Illegal
Indoor Pollution
Infectious Diseaseand Epidemics
Infrastructure Deterioration
Intellectual Property Rights
Journalistic Ethics
Judicial Reform
Juvenile Justice
Legal Services for the Poor
Literacy
Mandatory Sentencing
Marijuana
Mass Transit
Media Bias
Media Consolidation
Media Sex and Violence
Medical Malpractice
Medicare and Medicaid Reform
Medicine, alternative
Mental Illness
Migrant Workers
Militia Movement
Minimum and Living Wages
Money Laundering
N(ot) I(n) M(y) B(ackyard) Y(ard) Issue
Native Americans and Government Policy
Natural Disasters and Disaster Relief
Needle Exchange Programs
Noise Pollution
Nuclear Power and Waste
Nuclear Weapons
Obesity
Occupational Safety and Health
Organ and Tissue Transplants
Organic Foods
Organized Crime
Plagiarism
Police Abuse and Corruption
Pornography
Poverty and Wealth
Prison Reform and Prisoner Rights
Privacy
Prostitution
Public Opinion Polling
Racial Profiling
Rape
Recycling and Conservation
Red-lining and loan discrimination
Reproductive Rights and Technology
Rioting
School Standards and Testing
School Violence
School Vouchers and Privatization
Scientific Research Ethics
Secrecy, Governmental
Sex Education
Sexual Harassment
Single Parenting
Social Security Reform
Space Exploration, costs and benefits
Special Education
Stem Cell Research
Stress
Student Rights
Suicide
Superstores v. Main Street
Sweatshops
Tax Reform
Term Limits
Terrorism, Domestic
Terrorism, Foreign
Terrorism, War on
Tobacco and tobacco-related health issues
Tort Reform
Toxic Waste
Traffic Congestion
Unemployment
Unions
Urban Sprawl
Veterans' Issues
Voluntarism and Volunteering
Voting Issues
Waste Disposal
Water Pollution
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Welfare and welfare reform
Wilderness Protection
Women's Rights
 
Shepard Fairey is a contemporary artist who depicts social issues. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBgXRaimGq0
 
When choosing what issue, think about what you have an interest in or opinion on as a 
social problem. 
 
Students will choose a social issue that they will then create a poster, which will
portray their issue. 

Artists who create social issue artwork. 
 



 
 
 
keith haring



isil egrikavuk

shepard fairey

banksy

barbara kruger

Getting to know one another tutorials (layer masks, clipping masks, and adustment layers)

Students will be randomly paired with a classmate. They will use the remainder of the time in class to get to know one another. The following day, they must capture their classmate in a photo, that they think depicts that person. We will use this photo in our tutorials on photoshop techiniques.

Layer Masks


Clipping Masks


Saturday, February 8, 2014

Surrealism

Influenced by the theories of the pioneer of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud (German, 1856-1939), the images found in surrealist works are as confusing and startling as those of dreams. Surrealist works can have a realistic, though irrational style, precisely describing dreamlike fantasies, as in the works of René Magritte (Belgian, 1898-1967), Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1988), Yves Tanguy (French, 1900-1955), and Alfred Pellan (Canadian, 1906-1988). These artists were partly inspired by Symbolism, and partly the Metaphysical Painting of Giorgio de Chirico (Italian, 1888-1978). Or, it could have a more abstract style, as in the works of Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983), Max Ernst (German, 1891-1976), and André Masson (French, 1896-1987), who invented spontaneous techniques, modeled upon the psychotherapeutic procedure of "free association" as a means to eliminate conscious control in order to express the workings of the unconscious mind, such as exquisite corpse.





Close Reading:
Why did she use her face on the deer?
What else do you notice in the painting?
What is the significance of the broken branch?
 




Students will randomly select three nouns that they must then compose in their project, while including at least one photo they have taken on their own. Students will also learn about layer masks, of which they must then incorporate into their project.

Example: giraffe, beats, az state fair


Sunday, February 2, 2014

Program Design

Students will be designing programs for Cesar Chavez High School. The four different designs include the following; Senior Portfolio Poster, Senior Portfolio Program, Senior Graduation, and Academic Excellence Breakfast.
These programs must be a "school themed" project, and follow our graphic design guidelines. The student that is chosen will have their work professionally printed for the corresponding program.

First Hour will be designing The Academic Excellence Breakfast Program


2nd Hour will be designing the Senior Portfolio Show Program

7th Hour will be designing the Graduation Program



8th Hour will be designing the Senior Portfolio Show Poster
Please refer back to our Graphic Design Tips, and remember you can use any skills and techniques we have learned thus far this year. You may want to try using an advanced setting to capture a unique picture of the school.