Xerox project

For my Xerox machine project I used only the copies of my hands because the machine could not properly copy all the dimensions of my face. The hand was easy to copy because it is flat. I wanted the piece to look like the sun, with hands and several fingers facing all different directions. I also wanted to add something "special" in the center of the group of hands. Therefore, I crossed my hands together as the "special" something. 

For the sun rays I made a silhouette of a kite shape from a pocket folder. I wanted to copy the shape onto the poster board and color it in with white crayon, but I did not have enough time. Instead, I used the silhouette to cut the same shapes from copy paper and paste it onto the board. 

Looking back at the piece, I think it would have been pretty cool to color in the rays so that there would be more medians than the poster and the paper, but I am still satisfied with my work.

Grid Art Project

          For my project, i decided to use Qixels, which are small rubbery cubes that when sprayed with water stick to one another. Originally, I wanted to use legos, but I could not find any that were plain or non-themed. The only problem I had with Qixels is that the design trays were too small to design all of my art piece in one piece. Instead, I had to superglue different chunks at a time.

          When I first started, the first thing I could think of to make -- maybe it was because of my Halloween spirit -- was a carved pumpkin. After I made the pumpkin I needed to think of some kind of background pattern. I wanted the colors of the background to be black and purple, but there were no purple cubes. So instead, I used red and blue (which = purple). It may look a bit patriotic but I still think its ok.

          Thinking and planning the steps I had to make took a lot of work too. I used graphing paper to draw and redraw the design I used for my grid project. All in all, I really satisfied with the way my project turned out.

Happy Halloween!

          

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Stage Door

I feel that broadway is a very powerful type of art. Broadway uses choreography, singing, changing of settings, and acting to bring emotions to life, a concept similar to opera. I remember going to Manhattan, NY to see my fist broadway musical Mary Poppins. It was so interesting and fun to watch. It felt like I was really in the movie. There were a lot of details int he costume designs, stage design, props, and make/hair. In one part, which I remember the most, the actress of Mary Poppins was able to fly across the stage and over the audience. Broadway really brings this brightness to the world and I don't think it will ever disappear.

The Bartered Bride Report

The Bartered Bride Report 

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Madame Butterfly

The short animated film "Madame Butterfly" efficiently used the music of opera to emphasize the emotion of any scene. I can honestly say that if I were to watch the movie muted, the emotion wouldn't be as heavy. As a matter of fact, the use of opera music may help us feel the emotion we would have not known to feel without such music.

ACII Art

Using ACII Art was really fun to use. The images that worked best we simple images like a single flower I used. It a definitely a fun and new media of art that I can easily use.