Culture Jammer

1) What aspect do you find most successful and why?
The aspect of my Culture Jammer that I find most successful is the text I used to expose things that American Apparel does in their ads that are disturbing and make me uncomfortable. I think the strongest message I used was talking about how their ads are directed at young girls and how they will think things like this are appropriate and okay.
2) What aspect is the least successful and why?
I think the blurb under the picture is not as successful because it does not stand out as much where as the other text stands out enough that the reader can see it from a distance.
3) If you could redo this again what changes would you make?
I would probably have used one of the more controversial photo's and been more blunt with the sweatshop/human rights remarks because that is something I find really interesting and makes you think.

Anaglyphs

Reinterpretation of The Umbrellas

The Umbrellas

Allie Smillie

Acrylic on canvas

April 8th 2015

My reinterpretation piece is based on the paining The Umbrellas by Leonid Afremov. The original painting was constructed of oil on canvas, and my version was acrylic, gel medium and modelling paste. In order to make it my own, I chose to change the colour scheme to make it appear more like a night time setting. I used purples and blues mostly, with heavy accents of yellow and red to make the colours pop. I wanted to do something very different and ended up loving this style and technique. I think it will benefit my portfolio to have something like this since it is something that is not the norm. Some troubles I ran into consisted of having to wait for the modelling paste to dry and blending too much. I really love the way the buildings and street lights turned out. I actually really enjoyed the mediums I used to create this piece because they added so much texture and depth to the painting.

Post-Apocalyptic

Post Apocalyptic 3D Imagery – Reflection

Allie Smillie

April 4th 2015

Photoshop

            For my post apocalyptic art I chose the red, yellow/green, blue colour scheme on a black background because I felt that these colours would suit the content well, since it is a darker palate. I chose the boy with the hobo satchel to stand out, in order to show hope and a future in the post apocalypse setting. I wanted him to be one of the main things you see in the piece because I wanted a shred of hope in a world of despair.

            I tried to use a variety of sizes and images to produce a full piece with lots of dimension and colour. I wanted the 3D to be very dramatic and pop out a lot which I feel like I was successful with. I wanted my piece to represent my idea of a rebuilt world, still incorporating structures, but a demolished environment and things produced from the rubble. Instead of showing adults fixing everything, I chose to use children since they are the future and I really wanted to show hope.

            Some ideas that changed were the items and sizing I chose to use. I originally going to do a close up of a structure with smaller detail, and ended up with more of a scene. I chose to have a blue background over the black to provide texture and an extra level to add depth.

            I made sure when I was creating this piece that it leads your eye around the page to provide balance and attention to detail. I want the viewer to really think about what is happening in the image and see it from different perspectives.