Artist Statement

This will be written in essay form. 3-5 paragraphs. The artist statement should give us insight to what we will be able to see and experience throughout the rest of your portfolio, i.e. everything underneath this post.

Address the following in an order conducive to your choosing. Some of the questions overlap each other, so just make sure at some point you have touched on the idea.

-Overview of what will be found in the portfolio.

-How do you feel about your portfolio?

-What was your favorite thing looking back that you did or experienced in class? why ?(this could be a technique, tool, project, etc.)
-What have you learned over the course of this semester/year?

-What do you feel you were most successful with? Why?

-What did you struggle with most? why?

-How or where could you improve in the future?

-What have been some of your influences?
-Where have you seen growth and improvement?

-Anything else you would like to say about your artwork.

Personal Metaphor "Insert your metaphor here"

UPLOAD your metaphor LARGE and CENTER

State your Metaphor: (A Fish in a pool with no where to go)

Explain why you chose the metaphor you did. (Length should be a solid paragraph that is all inclusive)

Critique your work. What have you done well? What could you have done better? What was difficult? How do you feel about your final product?

Shutter Speed

Upload your "perfect picture" and at least one of your others.

Explain the setting. Explain what you had to set your camera too. Describe your experiences. Tell me about Shutterspeed, and how it interacted with aperture and iso.

ISO: Film Speed

Upload the following pictures: Iso 5000, Iso 400, Iso 50, FLASH (auto iso)

Explain ISO to someone who has never heard of it before.
Explain the difference in your photos when you used the flash as opposed to the ISO.

Why would you choose to use and change your ISO over just using flash?

What do you have to be careful of when you use a fast ISO?

Fill in Flash Experiment

Upload ALL 4 Fill in flash photos.

(Hopefully they are clear examples of what fill in flash does.)

Explain what fill in flash is.

Explain WHY and WHEN you would use fill in flash.

Explain how your photos are examples of this if they are.

Metering

Upload your 2 metering photos

Explain in your own words what a light meter does.

Explain the two pictures, what is happening in them? Why are they different?

How can spot metering help you in the future?

Surrealism: "your title here"

UPLOAD YOUR SURREALISM CENTER AND LARGE

Choose ONE of the following.

Type it in WORD first, then copy and paste when you are done.

1. Tell the story: Your surrealism project is an illustration of a story. I want you to tell the story of your picture. Show us how all the pieces connect, and why it is the way it is. Perhaps there will be parts to your story that are not shown in the picture. Be creative!

2. Interpret the dream: You are a psychiatrist who specializes in interpreting dreams to explain the way a person is feeling or how they see life. Using the symbols in this artwork, creatively interpret what it might mean. This is a creative writing assignment, there is no right or wrong answer as long as you are intelligently expressing yourself.

3. Critique: If your creative mind is lacking for words you may write a critique for your project. Remember our critiques for "The Gaurdian" you will need to DESCRIBE, ANALYZE, INTERPRET & JUDGE. Reread your gaurdian post and mine to refresh your memory.

Graduation Program

Upload your Graduation Program Large and Center

After looking at the other students program covers and designs, what do you think you did well?

After looking at the other students program covers and designs, what do you think you could have done differently or better?

Was graphic design harder or easier then you thought it would be and why?

What do you think are the most important parts or aspects of Graphic Design and why?

If you could suggest some advice for me to give to my next year's students, what would it be?

Alternate Program: Name of your program HERE

Upload your Alternate Program Large and Center

Make sure your title includes the title of YOUR program.

After looking at the other students program covers and designs, what do you think you did well?

After looking at the other students program covers and designs, what do you think you could have done differently or better?

What did you struggle with the most and why?

Which program do you think you did better on and why?

Effects

Upload Cross Process

Upload Glow

Upload Emphasis

Which effect do you like the best and why? Tell me anything else you think about them.

Frames

Upload BOTH frame pictures. They should be in black and white.

Which one do you like better and why? What makes your photograph artistic? What could you do to make it more artistic?

Color!

Upload both of your color shots.

Do you like your color shots? Why or why not?

What could you do better or different in the future?

Balance: Asymmetrical vs Symmetrical

Upload the TWO balance photos you are in.
These should be BLACK & WHITE.

Explain clearly what symmetrical balance is.

Explain clearly what asymmetrical balance is.

Why do you think visual balance is important in art?

Group Collaboration

Upload one of the large group photos that you were in. (THESE ARE NOT THE BALANCE PHOTOS) if you like both of your photos you can upload both. (one was in color, one was in black and white)

Respond to the following:

What did you find most difficult about taking these shots? What would you do differently if you had to do large group shots over again?