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Week 14

Craft: For the cover I wanted to make it look very modern. I did not want a lot going on the cover so that the artist, myself, would be the main focus. This whole magazine only featured artwork from me, so it is like a portfolio of my artwork. For this reason I wanted myself to be displayed on the cover and that’s it.

Composition: The reason that I arranged my name on the cover in the size and location I did was for a specific reason. I wanted to bring the cover page text and style into the magazine. The way I was able to accomplish this was to make the first page of the magazine look almost identical to the cover.

Concept: The concept behind this idea is that by adding a repetition of the cover on the first page of the magazine is it ties everything together. I start of with my name on the cover an then bring my name onto the first page of the magazine, while also adding a little more about he magazine on the first page.

Week 13

Craft: For this set of spreads I produced an article that was similar to my last one because it features artwork from by visual communications class. This piece of work was from an assignment where I had to combine two different photographs, one old and one new photograph.

Composition: I started out this spread like almost all my others, by making the first page all about the artwork, while also adding the title of the article on the first pages. Then I would bring the same exact title onto the next page to set up my article and text. From there I would keep three columns of text on each page throughout the article.

Concept: the reason that I decided to only have three columns of text on each page was because by using three columns I could get a lot of text on each page without the page looking to full. I wanted each page with body copy text on it have a lot of white space on the page so it did not look gray and too much to read.

Week 12

Craft: For the third spread in my magazine I decided to add an article that was from one of my previous art courses. This piece of artwork was in my visual commutations class from last year. The assignment was to combine multiple pictures into one picture by using Adobe Photoshop. For this spread I decided to make every page in this spread black for a very specific reason.

Composition: The black background is important for that fact that I wanted to incorporate the little beauty physicians from the original artwork into the text pages of the article. The little physicians art white therefore the background needed to be black in order for them to be visible.

Concept: The reason that I decided to add the little physicians was that I though it would be really cool if it looked like the physicians where actually painting on the text. Also, I think it really gives a fun feeling when parts of the artwork is incorporated throughout the entire article.

Week 11

Craft: For my second set of spreads I wanted to keep the same setup and overall theme as my first splaptoure spreads. One way that I was able to keep the magazine looking the same is by starting the article on the left hand side of the page about two thirds of the way down. I wanted each spread of articles to be individual yet have certain similarities through the entire magazine.

Composition: The reason that I decided to start the articles two thirds down on the first page is because it gives a lot of room for the title so I could make it big and interesting. Also, it allows the reader to not be overwhelmed by looking at a full page of text on the opening page. In the same way I tried to keep the height of the columns the same from page to page.

Concept: The concept of this spread is to not only show all the four different illustrations of the shoes but to also so the step by step process of converting an photograph into an illustration. Page 3 and 4 is simply showing the reader how I went through every step in by artwork.

Special Edition [NEW]

Craft: Pablo Picasso. Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler 1910. This patinting was completed by the artist using oil paint on a canvas. At first I was drawn to his piece because of the overall grayish color of the painting. But as I got closer to it I was able to make out some sore of person in the painting. What inspired me about this piece is that the subject had over 30 sitting in order for Picasso to get his image just right, interesting?

Composition: Obviously the arrangement of elements is key in this type of modern painting. The whole piece is made up of hundreds of different shimmering semitransparent planes all set on top of each other in order for the portrait of Kahnweiler to be seen.

Concept: The concept of this painting is basic Picasso from the modern era of painting. Picasso was the one to make abstract shapes into portraits of individuals. This style of painting was completely different from anything before. Picasso was the one who was able to put body parts, such as; ears, noses, mouths, etc. in the wrong places and get away with it by calling it abstract.

Special Edition [OLD]

Craft: Adriaen van der Spelt and Frans van Mieris. Trompe l'Oeil Still Life with a Flower Garland and a Curtain 1658. This painting was done by using oil paint on panel. This painting is unique because two different artists completed it. One artist completed the floral section while the other completed the curtain. This artwork inspired me because it had two different artists with two different agendas.

Composition: The arrangement of elements in this piece is what really made me choose this painting as my favorite in the old part of the museum. I think that it is completed crazy for art styles at this time period to incorporate a blue curtain on top of a beautiful floral scene.

Concept: I feel that the concept of his piece of art is going outside the normal box of floral scenes. By putting the blue curtain on this picture show that although the flowers look so nice they can still be covered up by one pull of the curtain. It was also another reason why the artist decided to have the curtain pulled open other than pulled closed.