Art: My attempt at John Baldessari inspired art & Photomontage

Hi there!

Today I will be sharing a piece of art I made inspired by John Baldessari melded with some photomontage. 

First off, you might be wondering, who is John Baldessari? Don't worry, I've got you covered.

John Baldesarri was a conceptual artist who influenced and transformed Los Angeles into a contemporary art place. He was an American artist who started out as a painter, and later on in his career moved on to photography. He combined his skill from painting and photography and combined them together to create his artworks.  He would paint with bright colours over black and white images. Here is an example of his work below: 

I already have blog about photomontage, so here is a link to it. 

On other blog post I wrote in November, I shared what my plan was regarding what I would make in Art class. 

Here is a slideshow which shows the process of my work: 

Overall, I had a great time making this piece of artwork. I am really proud of myself for making, but also creating a meaning behind it too.

What do think of my work?

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Art: Low Poly Drawings

 Hi there!

Today I will be sharing a low poly drawing I have been doing in Art class. Before I show you, I'll tell you about low poly drawing. 

So, what IS low poly drawing?

Low poly drawing is a technique used for modelling for video games and digital design. It focuses on using lowest number of polygons to create an image/model. Low poly minimises the detail which goes into an image being created, so it isn't as precise as its opposite, a high poly drawing. Basically, you are creating a mesh using polygons to create an image. I can tell you now, this is much, much easier said than done. 

example of low poly drawing

For my low poly drawing, I didn't know what to 'draw', at first I was going to create an image of a photomontage I did in Art last year. I decided it was too difficult and started doing a flower instead, this was even more difficult than the photomontage. At last, I decided to do a low poly drawing of my dog, Marley who is an adorable Schnauzer. 

I thought that doing low poly drawings would be a piece of cake, I was wrong. We used Google Draw to make our drawings and paired it with a browser extension called Colour Dropper to get the most accurate colours as possible. It was quite frustrating using the 'polyline' tool on Draw as it took a lot of time familiarising ourselves with how to use it. It was infuriating drawing triangles to fill in my underlying image as I kept on accidentally double clicking, stopping the line. It took some time getting used to it, but I got used to it eventually. I am going to stop writing now and finally show you my finished product!

Ta-da! I am really proud of my drawing, I really enjoyed making it and getting consumed in the process of making it. Thanks Whaea Rowena for showing us this awesome technique!

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Creative Writing

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On this blog post I'm going to share some short creative writing I have been doing when creativity has sparked in my brain. 

Scrolling

I could gain star alliance points with how much time I spend scrolling on my phone, travelling endlessly with no stopping in sight. 

I desperately clutch a meaningless combination of metal and glass, absorbed in a digital world.

This pseudo world, it has consumed me. How can I live without it?

"It isn't my fault", the subconscious burbles to me, but I know that it is lying to me.

Minutes upon hours wasted. Withering away, doing nothing, yet never relaxing.

I know I should stop, but it seems impossible.

It would be so much easier without it at all.

Thanks for reading!