grid art

When we were assigned the grid art project I had no idea what to do. I knew that I needed to something in the form of a grid. I remember that in middle school I always made bracelets out of Now and Later wrappers, so I figured why not use that technique to make my grid. I usual I decided that I wanted to make a butterfly. So I went and bought Now and Laters and started intertwining the wrappers. It was very tideous but I was pretty happy with the end result. Although it was not a square grid, it came out better than I expected.



Evaluation on the classes gridart:

Adam Bass: I thought the idea of using lights was very original and came out great.

Coleen Kumka: I like the fact that you used eyes. I thought that it was original to use the small eye and make it into a large one using the grid.

Shawn Rubin: I liked the idea of using the chess board as a grid. I never thought of it as one until I saw the letters on it. It was really good.

Ashley Noeson: I thought the high heel shoe was very pretty. I enjoyed that it was pink and I could tell there was a tiny grid behind it when looking closely.

Perri Landsberg: The badmitton racket was an very good example of a grid. I liked the concept of the lollipop because it actually reminded me of one. Overall it was a good idea.

Matthew Norton: I liked the size of this grid. It was on a sliding door and the drawing of the guitar came out very nice. The large scale made it original.

John Dolan: This one was the most unique grid art. I thought it was very unique that he used coffe beans to make the giraffe and it actually looked that the picture that you went by. It came out very good.

Victor Valery: I think that the pac man came out very good. Now everytime I see a cooking pan it reminds me of pac mac. It was very good.

MaKayla Dorland: The mosaic that you made on the lamp came out very good. It was a good idea and very original.

Ryan McCallister: The pacman drawing came out very nice, but I was not sure where the grid was. It was interesting to see that more than one person thought of pacman.

Bernadetter Miller: I liked that fact that you used to a child hood toy and incorporated it into the project. It was a grid of different flowers. The concept was very orginal.

Murad Fadhul: The grid of your name and UT came out very nice. It was simple and a grid. Sometimes the greatest forms of art are simple.

Brendan Wallace: This grid was amazing. It was a copy of the picture of a wave. I liked how there was a grid as the outline but dark and light were used to make the wave form.

flip book

For my flip book I decided to use a book with a cathchy title. The book I used was called "The Clothes They Stood Up In and The Lady in the Van" written by Alan Bennet. I decided to use pens because I always catch myself doodling with gel pens. A lot of my drawing are with these types of pens as well. I did not really know how to make a flipbook so I just drew whatever came to my mind. I started with a flower and used three colors pink, purple, and turquiose. Then I just tried to make the colors have movement and ended with a peace sign. Usually when I do art work the theme is peace so I just ended on that. I can not say I will ever make a flipbook again but I tried. Overall the projects helped me see how all art is different.



Evaluation on the classes flipbooks:



Adam Bass: I thought it was a good idea to make it like tetris. I really like how it looked like that and then led into a house. It was very orginal. You did a really good job.



Coleen Kumka: I really liked the colors in yours even though it was probably very tideous. Obviously my favorite part of the flip book was Spongebob because I am a huge fan. The shapes were simple and overall I really liked it. Good job.



Shawn Rubin: I really liked the question yours brought up, "War, What is it good for?" It makes people think and I like that about it. As for the drawing it was simple but it was well done. I like how you did it in pencil. I really liked it.



Ashley Noeson: This flipbook was interesting because of all of the geometric shapes used. I really liked the idea of all the shapes floating. It came out very nice.



Perri Landsberg: My favorite part of the flipbook was the butterfly. I love butterflies as you can tell from my other projects. I think that it really looked like it was flying. It came out really good.



Matthew Norton: I really liked the idea of taking pictures of his apartment. My favorite part was when he was standing in the mirror. It was really interesting to see an actual person in the flipbook. Overall it was really impressive.

John Dolan: I thought this flipbook was comical. The Mushroom vs. the Gingerbread man was simple because it was in pencil but I really liked how the stick figure was yelling at the author. The color that was added was good too.

Victor Valery: I really liked your flipbook. The stick figure was so simple but very creative at the same time. I liked how you put different scenes in it. My favorites was the when the shark ate the stickfigure. I also found it interesting your music choice. It went along with the flipbook perfectly.

Taylor Asermely: Her flipbook was called "Exploding Nature". I liked how she used crayons and glitter. The idea of using landscapes and round shapes was interesting.

Ciara Ross: I liked how the flower became a star. It was very colorful and simple. The star became really big and it came out really nice.

MaKayla Dorland: This flipbook reminded me of when I got my second tattoo. A friend of mine went with me while we were on a rode trip home from school and she actually filmed me getting it done. It gave me the idea to put my road trip video to music. I really enjoyed what you did with the music in the background and the different clips. It showed how the process repeated itself. It was very unique.

Ryan McCallister: This flipbook was interesting because it had one figure growing and then eating another. It came out nice how the figure just kept getting bigger and bigger. The book came out really good.

Bernadetter Miller: I really liked this one. The colors were very vibrant and the images were simple. I really like simplicity.

Murad Fadhul: This flipbook flowed really good. I really liked it. The concept of the sun rising and setting with rain drops was a good idea.

Brendan Wallace: This flipbook was very simple. I liked the concept of the arrow and how his name was put in it.

Overall the flipbook project was successful. It was interesting to see how different people interpeted the assignment.