Week 12: Bike Brushes

Week 14: Lakeview Street Poles

My first pole tended to be a little too much of an outstretch for Lakeview. It was more focused on creating a interesting piece of art work that fit the scale but not the demographic it was being created for. I went about it in the same manner as we did with the photoshop paintings. I would just create a bunch of layers and continue to turn layers on and off until i was i found a composition that i was happy with.

   For my second composition, i decided to take into consideration more of what kind of area Lakeview is. I tied in the Cubs colors to help emphasize the Wrigleyville feel. I kept it simple and clean to try to play along with the upscale environment. I chose to leave out anything to represent boystown because i feel that regardless of a persons sexual orientation they can appreciate a piece of art that is made for their hometown/area.

Week 13: Bike Paintings Final

Craft - These "paintings" were all created from brushes that i made using photos I took at the bike shop across the street.  I went about these in a very random way. I just created a new layer with a similar color and a new brush each time. I then drew on that layer or stamped it. The entire piece was created without seeing or knowing where the previous layers were. So in the end, after turing on all the layers, i had a complete piece in front of me. 

Composition - I then began to arrange the layers to create the compositions that worked best. I would turn off certain layers and move certain layers to the front or back until i was happy with my arrangement. Then i would save it or screen capture it and the result would be the three above. 

Concept- The concept for these was pretty simple because we were already given a subject of bikes. I just tried to convey the message of bike without having a boring composition of just all bike parts. I kept the colors intense and the shapes pretty powerful. This enabled me to complete the assignment but still create a cool fresh piece or work.