Project 7: The Bard

I chose the play called "The Comedy of Errors" about a father trying to find a long lost twin son from another "kingdom" but is about to get beheaded because of going to another "kingdom". He try's to explain what is going on before that happens. And since there are a set of twins I decided to put two of the same drama masks of happy instead of opposites. I also went with happy because its the opposite of the story and with this I tried to play in with the title part of "errors". My pseudonym, Taraah Mari, is colorful so I added lots of watercolor to the background. I wanted the rest of the colors to be slightly dull b/c I feel that these colors are more for an old timey color for way back when this play was written. Lastly I wanted it to be simple with the drama masks so that the watercolors in the background doesn't get lost with too much vector art.

In Class: Editorial Illustration

For this in class assignment we illustrated a cover for an article. I was given the "ads that follow us" article and came up with this. I think its too straight to the point and I should have played around with the idea more because I honestly think that you wouldn't read the article by taking a glance at this illustration. But I went for the safe route in this design.

Project 6: Simplification through symbolism

For this project we have to construct a simple vector symbol for a quote, a quote with visual potential. For this quote I put together mind and wonder, attempting for the mind to look as it is wondering.

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As for this symbol I went back and forth on the quote from this to " Tears of Joy" but I didn't think that was long enough. I didn't really have to much of a back and forth on the sketches, I just wanted to keep this completely simple.

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 As for this quote I had a real hard to time construct the symbol. I think my first attempt was too simple and the next was too complex. I tried to put loyal and book together. My second attempt was ok but I don't think it showed what the quote meant.

And all three of these symbols I decided to do in black with white outlining because it looked more whole than the colors the other way around.

 

Here are all the rest of my quotes I gathered:

"I have many problems in my life. But my lips don't know that. They always smile"

- Charlie Chaplin

 

"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."

- Friedrich Nietzsche

 

"Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."

- Dr. Seuss

 

"Do one thing everyday that scares you."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

 

"Without music, life would be a mistake."

- Friedrich Nietzsche

 

“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”  

                                                                   - Philip K. Dick

 

“Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.”

   - Lemony Snicket

 

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Here are my sketches of some of the quotes and

sketches of what I thought might work for my final quotes.

 

 

 

 

In Class: Beautiful vs Ugly

With this assignment we had to draw something that was beautiful but ugly to us. To me vulchers are ugly but in a beautiful way they are a "helpful" bird to us because they take care of what's left of road kill. Less for us to worry about. And of course I made the vulcher pretty because I think false eye lashes are gorgeous. Also along with nail polish and a eye gem.

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I also drew a record player to show the vinyl record. I personally think they are beautiful because these days you can't hold individual music. I think it's better to refer to it as vintage and can be made into an art piece but some see it as old and out of date or in this case ugly.