Post #7: Element and Principle Book

Creating this book was a cool experience. I would have never thought  it would take all of the work that it required though. At the end, I can say it somewhat paid off because I wasn't all that satisfied with my book. However, I still had fun. The most enjoyable part about making the books were looking at other people and doing something out of the box. The most challenging part about it was making a design. To be honest, I had no clue what I was doing. Even to the end, I just added a few things here and there and I came up with this. If I could this over, I would have taken more risks. To me, my book doesn't have that wow factor, but it's acceptable for the first time. All in all, it wasn't a bad project.

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I found this cover interesting because it's not an ordinary cover. In a lot of covers I found,  they were all abstract and about nature. As for this cover, it has some one eyed monster looking at a fake hanging star. This cover gives a different feel about it. Like even big softy people have feelings or dreams too. It could also symbolize how some things are always the slightest out of reach or that everything isn't what it really seems. So that leads to disappointment because the thing isn't what you thought it would be. Basically, I like this cover because it makes me think deeper about it and it's colorful.

Post #5: Vol_Du_Soir (Mmmmmmwaaaaaaaaah!!!!!)

In this abstract drawing with oil pastel, it looks to me as if  the ribbons or something similar to that are created around each other to form a tight bond.  It could also be some sort of ball up close like yarn, but more loose. To me, the theme of this drawing is unity. I saw unity because the ribbons or something similar to that are tightly together and over lap each other. Normally when things are so close together, you feel this sense of family, comfort, becoming one, and many more in that nature.

Post 4: "Sad Face"

In this drawing I noticed more elements of art than principles. However it could be the fact that I haven't fully grasped how principles of art are present in a work of art. Anyways, the two elements I noticed were line and value. I noticed line with the hair. As you can see, the artist sort of used the lines of her hair to cloak her face somewhat.
For value, I saw how the artist shaded certain areas to define them I'm thinking. As it gets closer to the middle of the painting, you see how it turns from black to completely white. The two principles I saw were emphasis and movement. In the painting, I thought the emphasis was in the eye and tears. Both the tears and the eye were really darken
and define since the drawing is called "Sad Face". I say movement because it actually looks like she's crying so I consider that movement.