Camp Kodiak

Title of my artwork is Camp Kodiak.

We had to create a surrealism photo (surrealism is something that is fake but looks real and creates something real from our unconsciousness) for our teacher Ms. Silverman in Photoshop CS6.

I decided to create a picture from memory of going to a camp called Camp Kodiak for 3 days. This moment in my life means a lot to me because I made some new friends on this trip. I made connections with people and really made close bonds with some of my other classmates. Most importantly for me I saw the world in a different way. One night I just looked up at the stars, that was when for first time I had ever seen so many. Seeing all those stars up in the sky made me feel like I escaped society and was now free. It was just a very happy memory for me. It changed my perception towards the world. It made me realize how beautiful the night sky really is.

I added the starry background to show their real beauty of the night. I made the trees stretch up towards the sky because I wanted to show how there tall and free to grow, that they have no limit. I made the image black and white to create the feeling of a peaceful dark night feeling. The foxes represent my friends and I discovering the camp. I chose the fox to represent me, I have a lot of the same qualities. The foxes are there in the forest admiring the beauty of the starry sky and the nature around them. The frame is like a magic viewer that sees the mysteries of the night.

Fox President: Photoshop Practice

We were doing so practicing in photoshop and one of the assignments was to blend to images together, so basically we were dragging one image on a different background.

Steps for blending images:

Step 1: Open photoshop

Step 2: Open both images you have chosen on different files.

Step 3: Drag the image you want to put on a different background and drag it onto the other file keep dragging until you are on the other file.

Step 4 Let go.

Step 5: You might get warnings telling you that the images resolutions are different, click yes. 

Step 6: Drag your mouse over to the layers and drag the lock thats looking your layers into the trash.

Step 7: Use the quick select tool to cover the whole image you want to move. Make sure you get the main structure of the image (In this case the fox). Its okay to get a bit outside of the image if you have fur or ears you want to add in later. 

Step 8: Click Refine Edge (Can be found on the top bar menu, right next to Auto-Enhance.) (Refine Edge shows your photo on different background's such as on black, overlay, and so on.) 

Step 9: Turn on Smart radius and increase the radius to smoothen the soft spots and harden the sharp edges.

Step: 10 Increase the contrast and shift edge, you can also decontaminate colours. 

Step: 11 Click ok, which creates a new layer which is now your mask.

Step: 12 Go to image, adjust, exposure. 

Step: 13 Increase the exposure if you are unhappy with the lightness on your image. (If the two images still appear to have different lighting) 

MoMA Artwork

                                                                     Black In Place

Artist's name: Susan Rothenberg 

Date: 1976 

Medium used: Synthetic polymer paint and tempera on canvas.
Dimensions: 68 1/4" x 7' 1 1/2" (174 x 217.2 cm) 

I like her style of artwork because I find this artwork very comforting to look at. The colours work well with each other and create the feeling of safety. I think that the horse having no expression adds to the artwork and the horse. I like the sketchy rough kind of look and how the paint looks rough to create the feeling of texture. 

Black Beast II 

Date: 1957

Medium used: Painted on sheet steel 

Dimensions: 8' 9'' x 11' x 6' 5'' (266.7 x 335.3 x 195.6 cm) 

I really like this artwork because it so interesting to look at. I like how the creature is very mysterious and looks to be unpredictable. I really like the background it looks very foggy and clouded, you don't really know what out there. I like the sharp edges on the creature it create a really interesting effect of danger. I like that you can't really tell what this shape or creature really is, it creates a lot of visual interest for the viewer. 

Study of a Baboon
Artist's name: Francis Bacon
Date: 1953
Medium used: Oil on canvas
Dimension: 6' 6 1/8'' x 54 1/8'' (198.3 x 137.3 cm) This painting is really cool to look at because of how detailed the baboon really is, it looks like the artist put a lot of effort in creating this animal. The large fence creates a feeling of industrialism, it creates the feeling of human society and how human's keep animals in captivity. I love how the artist created the tall grass it looks like its swaying in the wind. I like how the baboon stands out from everything else the colurs work really well with each other. 

Carrot Trouble

                                         
This was a short stop-motion Anikka, Sabrina and myself created. We showed teamwork in our short flim using clay figures. The story starts off with are main charater the the red and yellow eared creature plants a carrot seed in his local garden. 2 days later he decides to go check to see how his carrots doing. He than try's to pull his giant prize out from the ground but finds that he is unable to do it alone, so he call's out for help. Four other clay characters help out their new friend by helping him pull out the giant carrot. When the five clay charters finally pull it out the carrot the each break off a yummy part of the giant carrot one for each clay figure. The munch the carrot as they walk together out of the garden and return each hand in hand and let out a big YAY for all their hard work!!

The Principles Of Animation

Exaggeration

Exaggeration in stop motion is when you exaggerate the actions, facial expressions, and moods of a character thing. You create dramatic expressions and scenes in your animation.

Solid Drawing

Solid drawing is creating 2-D cartoon animation into 3-D animation by adding value and shading to create a 3-D elusion.


Appeal
You animation has to look appealing and unique to attract viewers and have visual personality of its own.
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Timing

Timing is having a smooth nice action or effect, to create something great with patience and the right timing.

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