Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Abby Moize - Project 1

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  1. KennySeptember 15, 2009 at 1:20 PM

    I think this piece turned out really well. The bright, vibrant colors make your eyes work your way all away around the piece. Also, the dogs in the foreground helps create a sense of depth. I also think the usage of lines makes the piece feel as if it "flows".

    The only one thing i would work on is how some of it is realistic while most of it is not. The trees could've been played around with a little to make it "fit in" more.

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  2. Mikey NolandSeptember 15, 2009 at 1:28 PM

    I really enjoy the color palette you have chosen for your project. The saturation of the clouds look reminiscent of water color painting and give sharp contrast to the trees directly under them. You also give the idea of a 3-d picture plan by the way you placed the dog in the foreground.
    The way you set up the stacked paper gives the effect of a shelf, or the back¬¬ground is stacked on top of it’s self giving the viewer the idea that the tree line is farther back than the subject (dog ) at the bottom.
    The only thing to maybe work on is using your layer masks to bring down the harsh line between the clouds and the skyline. This may give the piece a more unified look.

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  3. mremesiSeptember 15, 2009 at 1:30 PM

    First off the bat I would like to say that your piece is a very interesting and for the most part well made. Your usage of color is wonderful and keeps the viewer looking for a good while. I see you also worked in a kind of triangular movement from one dog up to the clouds and then back down to the other dog. Looking at this I would have to take a guess and say that you really like dogs and possibly nature as well.

    I do have a few things to say about your composition, nothing to huge but a few things to consider. The first thing that is probably the most obvious is the dog on the left, how he is faded a bit. I am not too sure that it was needed to be faded. I think he would have been fine like the other dog. I don’t know if there was maybe a significance in doing so but just reading it from my point of view that how I felt. Another thing it what ever that is behind the clouds. It does dive a neat looking texture but I think it would have been just as strong it not stronger without. The last thing is the other dog. To me it looks a bit photo shopped I think it is the high lights that make it look a bit out of place. I do feel your pain there though because I had a similar problem with mine where I had a high light in the photo of what I was moving into another image and didn’t know how to fix it.

    Other then all of that I think you have a very successful piece and I just want to say good work!

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  4. RadecSeptember 15, 2009 at 1:31 PM

    I believe this piece, while compositionally interesting and visually vibrant, feels rather confusing in terms of color. Unless you stop to take a careful look it feels at first glance 9to me) as a confused and chaotic jumble of colors, and the magentas really nick your attention away from some of the more subdued tonal variations.
    Despite the vibrant, borderline confusing, color jumble near the top, the piece succeeds rather well as a whole for such reasons as your use of Line to help keep some feeling of order to he piece. The paper-stack groundline and the (I'm going to guess it's a grate of some sort) sky texturing near the very top helps to keep the chaos of the picture contained into a single unit. Another major focal area is the dog's life vest, as the teacher earlier pointed out. Being such a bright color (and with a contour line that goes against the diagonal ground texture) it really pops out and grabs your attention, but I don't believe it really detracts from the image significantly. In fact it sort of seems like it works well with the vibrant action you have going on in the sky.
    -Richard Pallo

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