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Vector

VisionHaley Simone -Spring2012


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Table of

Contentsable o Contents... pg. 1

Introduction o Computer Graphics... pg. 2-3

100 Stroke Drawings... pg. 4-7

Value Drawings... pg. 8-9

Color Value Drawings... pg. 10-13

Color Value Drawing Variations... pg. 14-17

A Bird In Paradise... pg. 18-21

Introduction o Digital Imagery... pg. 22-23

Lotus Flower... pg. 24-25

New Perspective... pg. 26

Warp... pg. 27

Higher Consciousness... pg. 28-29

Beyond Infnity... pg. 30-31

Unlock Te Sunrise... pg. 32-33

Falling From Te ree... pg. 34-35

Portal... pg. 36-37

Kaleid... pg. 38-39

About Te Artist... pg. 40


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Computer

Graphics


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During this spring of 2012, I have taken

a class called Computer Graphics. We

started off very simple and subtle; even-

tually moving towards a complex project.All of my work was done on the program

Adobe Illustrator CS5, using the Wacom

bamboo tablet. The class began using

vessels as subject matter. With that, we

focused on mimicking the overall shape

of the vessels with just lines. Moving on

from that, bringing in depth by creating

a grayscale in the images. Shortly after,

we incorporated value with color in a new

set of art work. We explored different

areas of the program by experimenting

with different brush strokes, sizes, and

color schemes. Also, creating an imagecomposed by different shapes and paint

strokes. In this section of the magazine, I

arranged the pages from work rst made,

to most recently. I wanted the viewer

to see my progression throughout this

semester.

Assignments in Chronological Order:

. 100 Stroke Drawings

. Value Drawings

. Color Value Drawings

. Color Value Variations

. Bird In Paradise with Variations


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100StrokeDrawings


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When creating these works, I used the program Adobe

Illustrator and drew on the computer with a bamboo

tablet. To draw these, I used 5 different liquid vessels

such as wine bottles and tea kettles. Each drawing

consisted of 100 strokes with various widths of the

brush stroke, different colors, and horizontal/vertical line

direction. I want the viewer to focus on the direction of

the line and how it molds the form of the liquid vessel.

Some of the vessels werent as nely crafted with detailand had a simple shape, so I made those one direction-

al lines, either only horizontal or vertical. Other vessels

did have more detail through its shape. I felt it would be

easier to construct that with both horizontal and verti-

cal line direction in the image. I dont want the viewer to

pay attention to the negative space around the vessel. I

wanted to accomplish getting the assignment done, and

get used to drawing on the computer. I wanted to create

the illusion of an object transformed into lines, and to

simplify the all around form of the vessel.

And while I stood there I saw more than I

can tell and I understood more than I saw;for I was seeing in a sacred manner the

shapes of all things in the spirit, and theshape of all shapes as they must live to-

gether like one being.- Black Elk


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100Stroke Drawings

Outside of the chair, the teapot is the most

ubiquitous and important design element inthe domestic environment and almost every-

one who has tackled the world of design hasended up designing one.

- David McFadden


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100Stroke Drawings

The vessel, and tea pot objects were the most

dynamic with shape and color than any other

still life. It was the easiest object to capture us-

ing just horizontal, and vertical lines. This was

the beginning of my knowledge of vector art. I

used mostly black to depict the color of the ves-

sels, but eventually moved towards using the

actual colors of the vessel. Those colors being

green, blue and red.


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Value Drawing

I used Adobe Illustrator and worked with a bamboo graph-

ics tablet. With these images, I drew two coffee mug, water

bottle, smart phone, and ink container. The line thickness

was 5 points and I used the brush tool. With these images,

I used both horizontal and vertical lines to get a more three

dimension look. A lot of the images were dark so the view-

ers eye is attracted to the highlighters areas. With the cof-

fee mugs, the viewers eye should be drawn into the cup or

the lid of the cup. With the cell phone, I wanted the viewer

to look at the screen rst which is a lighter area and has a

highlight that makes it look shiny and smooth. This assign-

ment was meant to get used to value, and observe light

areas to dark. Therefore, the image isnt at it has a three

dimensional look to the object so it is life-like.

These objects are a part of my everyday

life.


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Color Value

Drawings

Even if I knew that tomorrow theworld would go to pieces, I would

still plant my apple tree.-Martin Luther King


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With these pieces I used the program Adobe

Illustrator along with a bamboo graphicstablet. to create each image, one number or

letter was used in various sizes and colors

to match the object. I used the numbers 6

and 3, and the letter A. I used the brush

tool only for these pieces. To make the

pictures, I looked at a pineapple, apple, and

banana. I also made sketches of some plant

life around my house. The brush size was

from 10 points through 1 point.

I chose to do organic material as the subject

of these images because nature is a huge

aspect of my beliefs and lifestyle. Gardening

is something I have always appreciated. I try

to live a healthy lifestyle and eat a lot of fruit

and vegetables. I also believe that humans

have a strong connection to plant life. Being

human, we are made up of organic com-pounds and that alone connects us to plants.

I believe that if you eat healthy and embrace

nature, you could live a happy life if you al-

low it.


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Color Value Drawings

God can be realized through all paths. All reli-gions are true. The important thing is to reachthe roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by

wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope.

You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.-Ramakrishna


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The viewers eye should travel to the lightest area at rst

since the shadow was big on each piece of fruit. Then the

eye would travel up and around each piece so see the fruit

as a whole. The darkest areas are the last thing the viewer

should see, they are small areas that are more intense with

the letter or number. These pieces were to observe and

replicate the color variation of the object. Still using skills

from the value drawings but adding color. Also, the smaller

the brush size got, the more in depth and detailed each

object became. With that, making the object more threedimensional or realistic.

Color Value Drawings


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Color Value

Variations


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To make these variations, I used Adobe

Illustrator CS5. From my previous assign-

ment, color value drawings, I used the

drawing of my bamboo plant. The variations

consisted of using different brush strokes,and color styles. I started with the original

image and changed it to a monochromatic

style using the color red. Branching off

from that, my second variation of the image

consisted of the color guide impressionist

style. With that, the colors changed to light

oranges and reds. To further my experi-

ment, I changed the brush strokes to hand

drawn vector, and tulip arch top. I repeated

the two color changes to complete the set

of variations. The reason for focusing on my

bamboo plant is because it is a magnicent

plant. It is the fastest, and tallest growingplant in the world. It is found all over the

world, surviving in all different types of envi-

ronments. Not only does it live in diverse cli-

mates, but has a wide range of uses as well.

It can be used for a meal, furniture, utensils,

even as a diesel substitute! In Japanese cul-

ture, the bamboo plant serves as a spiritual

guide. With its delicate beauty and strength,

it is used in japanese gardens to sooth and

inspire with meditation. Aside from gardens,

they also use it for temples, sacred teas

and rituals. Along with that, the seed of the

bamboo plant connects to the phoenix,

representing compassion, immortality, and

wisdom. They are seen as the most ancient

grass throughout the world. There are many

different types of bamboo, and can be used

as building materials. A very interesting fact

is that culms can produce an electrical cur-

rent when the plant is tense or compressed.

This plant is a miraculous part of nature that

reects, and inspires me. No matter what

type of environment its in, the bamboo plant

sits strong and calm. That is something I

feel I can connect with.

What I dream of is an art of balance, of

purity and serenity devoid of troubling ordepressing subject matter - a soothing,

calming inuence on the mind, rather

like a good armchair which provides

relaxation from physical fatigue.- Henri Matisse


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Color Value Variations

The ground we walk on, the plants and crea-

tures, the clouds above constantly dissolv-ing into new formations - each gift of naturepossessing its own radiant energy, bound

together by cosmic harmony.- Ruth Bernhard

Today, more than ever before, life must be

characterized by a sense of Universal re-sponsibility, not only nation to nation andhuman to human, but also human to other

forms of life.

- Dalai Lama


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Color Value Variations

Although I didnt plant my bamboo, having

it has made me appreciate gardening to the

point where my family is starting our own.

Not only is it healthy for surroundings, but

a healthy way of eating as well. Also, to be

self-sufcient is a very good quality to have.

If more people appreciated connecting with

the Earth, they would save money on grocer-

ies and gas for the drive there. It would be

even better than going to the store because

no one would distribute pesticides into thesoil.


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Original

A Bird In Paradise

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Birds are a miracle because they prove

to us there is a ner, simpler state of be-ing which we may strive to attain.

- Doug Coupland


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Traced

I used Adobe Illustrator to create this trace draw-

ing. The tools I used were the pen tool (to make the

anchor points), the magnify tool (so I could zoom

in and out to trace the shapes), and the convertanchor point tool (so I could move a point incase it

was improperly placed). Also, I used the eye drop-

per tool so I could get the right color of each shape.

Various colors were used, and they were added

using a ll. To make this trace drawing, I used a pic-

ture of the ower bird in paradise. I used this image

of the Bird in Paradise because it is such an exotic

ower. It takes 3 to 5 years to fully bloom and that

seemed to stand out from any other ower I know.

Not to mention the beautiful colors and shape of the

ower. Surrealism is one of my favorate styles of art

and this ower reminds me that life can be a little

surreal.

I wanted the viewers eye to start at the orange pet-

als of the ower, because it is the most vivid part ofthe image. Then the viewers eye would travel down

the ower and around the blue petal. After that, the

eye moves up and around the background to get a

glimpse of the setting. The point of this project was to

really focus on every small detail of the image to rep-

licate it. Though it isnt 100% accurate, it makes the

image clear using shapes instead of pixels. I chose

the image of the bird in paradise because it is a very

exotic and unique ower with a wide range of colors

that stand out. Also, symbolizing the beauty of nature.


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A Bird In Paradise: Variations

To make these variations, I worked on

Adobe Illustrator. I used a few different

brush strokes such as hand drawn vector

and tulip arch top brush. I with three of the

images, I used blue for the monochromatic

portion of the assignment. When choosing

a different color palette, I opened the color

guide in the program. I chose analogous for

the color palette, which gave off the colors

of purple, pink, green, orange and black.

The reason for doing the color variation was

so that the image had a personal touch to

it. I was able to experiment with differentbrush stroke styles and make the piece

more interesting. As for the color, I could

see how each color palette would altar the

image or the viewers eye. The variations

werent 100 percent precise so I was able

to change the style. It was also fun to see

how abstract the clear picture could go to.

I tried to keep a balance between both line

stroke and color has a focus of the images.

With the rst variation, the viewers eye still

looks directly to the ower and then around

to the background. It was more accurateand easy for the viewer to see what the

subject matter consisted of. As you move

down the to second variation, it begins to

abstract somewhat. The viewer still has an

idea of what the picture is but hand drawn

vector brush makes the lines more rigid.

That way, the viewer looks in all directions

instead of a uniform placement. Though

there are still bright colors, the black in

the picture sticks out more throughout the

picture, allowing the audience to travel spo-

radically. The third variation was the most

abstract. The sharp edges of the brush

strokes make the viewers eye move in that

particular direction. Once you get down

to second and third variations, the viewer

has no sense of what the image is.The eye

starts to travel in any direction.


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A Bird In Paradise: Variations


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Digital

Imagery


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Assignments in Chronological Order:

. 2 Collage Images

. Painted Self Portrait

. Filtered Self Portrait

. Abstract Photograph

. Dream/Nightmare Photograph

. Blank Canvas Drawing

. Trace Drawing

Another class I endured during the

Spring of 2012 is Digital Imagery. The

programs we used all throughout the

semester were Adobe Photoshop

CS5 and Corel Painter 12. This class

focused on photographs and altering

images. With Corel Painter 12, we

briey incorporated drawing into the

course. We started the course with

simple assignments, just collaborating

pictures into one. Eventually, mov-

ing towards making our own images

by photographing and depicting our

individual lives. Also in the beginning of

the semester, we had individual photoshoots. With that, the class altered the

images to make them very different

from the original. Again, the work in

this section is arranged in the order in

which I created them.


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Higher

Consciousness

Collage #1


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Take up one idea. Make that one idea

your life; dream of it; think of it; live onthat idea. Let the brain, the body, mus-

cles, nerves, every part of your bodybe full of that idea, and just leave every

other idea alone. This is the way to suc-cess, and this is the way great spiritual

giants are produced.- Swami Vivekananda

This was another spiritual piece that

was done on Adobe Photoshop CS5. I

combined images that were related to

different religions. The stained glass

in the background was in relation to

the Catholic religion. The statue is

related to the Buddhism religion. Lastly,

the four chakra points are in relation

to Hinduism. I chose those specicchakra points because they are the

most meaningful to me. Starting from

the bottom: the heart, throat, third eye,

and higher consciousness chakras.

Within yoga, those are the four chakras

that move you to enlightenment. What

I was trying to do here was to combine

three religions I connect with and bring

them together.

In the world, you see different religions

ghting all the time or starting wars.

There are many stories within these

religions that I really appreciate, but I

have come to my own philosophy. In

the end, they all believe in the same

thing no matter how the stories go,

they all believe in a higher power or

consciousness. With that core belief,

it seems as though this is a universal

connection between space, spirit andlight. It is just a matter of how you

connect with that higher being. Some

people pray, meditate or use their

bodies as an entrance to the higher

level. The image on top of all the other

images was abstract. I duplicated it

and changed it so it went the opposite

way of the original. It reminded me of a

melting candle, combing these religions

together into one source of light.


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Above and Beyond

Collage #2


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This piece is another collage done

on Adobe Photoshop CS5. Since

there were two images I had to

make for the collage project, I

wanted to make Higher Conscious-

ness more of a right-brain perspec-

tive and Above and Beyond more

of a left-brain perspective. Adding

to that, I incorporated different

types of sciences into this piece. I

started with an image of light bulbs

as the background. Although it isntperfectly aligned, I really liked how

the light bulbs were sporadically

making a pattern. Then I embed-

ded what looked like a thick brush

stroke into the center. Next, I found

an image of an eye exam chart and

placed them vigorously around the

center of the image. In the center

of the image, I put a number eight

ball from the game pool. I didnt like

how the ball was at, so I feathered

around it and changed the blending

mode to overlay. After doing that,the eight ball blended really well

with the black of the brush stroke.

The image looked like it needed just

a little bit more to it, so I took an im-

age of a CD. I changed the blending

mode to overlay as well with that

and placed it behind the eight ball to

create depth.

To top it off, I found an image of a

nebula and placed it over the cen-

ter of the image. I turned down the

opacity to it was the furthest thing you

could see within the multi-dimension-

al piece. I am really interested in the

art of science and I wanted to incor-

porate that into this piece. More likely,

the way we see things is what I am

trying to convey. The light bulbs are

objects that are visible to the naked

eye. Along with that, they are repre-senting light. The numbers and letters

of the eye chart symbolize what it is

that the human eye can see. We see

in such a small scale compared to

the overall light spectrum. Branching

from that, there are so much more

wonderful things in life that is unseen.

The black brush stroke is a channel,

switching from what we see to what

we know. The CD symbolizes the

wonders of the technological world.

Data is embedded into the CD, but

we cant see that data. The eight ballrepresents physics and geometry.

Because its geometrical shape is a

circle (along with the CD), it automati-

cally connected to space. Finally, the

nebula represents space and time.

Time goes on while the universe con-

tinues to expand.

To raise new questions, new possibilities,

to regard old problems from a new angle,

requires creative imagination and marks

real advance in science.

-Albert Einstein


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Lotus

Flower

Painted Image


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This was a series of images done

in Adobe Photoshop CS5. Myteacher took photographs of each

individual in class. The assignment

was to paint over one image and

use lter effects for the other. With

each image, I made a copy layer

so I could see the progression of

where the image started, to what it

ended looking like. With the painted

image, I made a blank layer over

the photograph so I could make

the paint sync with what was real. I

changed my hair from brown to red,

and made my blonde streaks greeninstead. I turned up the contrast on

the image so I had a china doll look

and painted magenta circles on my

cheeks. For the background, I found

a picture of a leaf and turned up the

saturation and vibrance so it clashed

with the colors of my face well. To

top off the picture, I used an image

of a lotus ower and put it behind

my head so it looked like I was a

part of the ower. I also turned up

the vibrance and saturation so the

pink in my face could stand out fromthe pink in the ower. I ended it with

adding a drop shadow to myself so I

could create depth.

This piece was a creative way to

reect my spirituality through yoga. I

have been doing yoga for three years

and recently have attended classes at

the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago.

There, the class practices hatha yoga

and meditation. The leaf in the back-

ground symbolizes the connection

between being and nature. Intertwin-

ing our roots with the roots of the

Earth is a focus that helps balance

the mind and body. The lotus ower

is also a symbol for nature, but also

the growth of my spirituality. The lotus

ower starts at the bottom of a pond

and gradually grows to the surface of

the water. Once it reaches the top, the

ower blooms beautifully. With that,

my spirit has bloomed with knowledge

and energy. I am in the front of the

image, illuminating the light within me.

I created a shadow dropping behind

me to symbolize stepping out of all

negative thoughts so I could reachenlightenment.

Yoga and meditation are a big

part of my life. It has brought me

closer to the natural world and

I try to incorporate organic life

into my work.


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With the lter photographs, I used solarize as the lter. I loved

how the image was altered with many different colors. I found a

photograph that reminded me of water and glow sticks. I changedthe hue of the image and turned up the saturation, then used it as

the background. There were photographs taken of my hands and

I thought that would be really interesting to incorporate into my im-

age. I made a set of two with each of my hands and warped them

so they were popping out of a vortex. I liked how the hands looked

by themselves but I had to use a photograph of myself. To nalize

the project I cropped myself into the image and solarized myself as

well. I turned up the saturation and vibrance so there was a great

color ow throughout the picture.

New Perspective

Filtered Image


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These two images tell the story of seeing things in a

new perspective. It still goes along with the yoga theme.

With that, yoga teaches you to relieve yourself from all

arrogance,doubt, and replace it bliss. In New Perspective, I

made myself illuminate again for the essence of enlighten-

ment. I am also making an odd hand gesture that symbol-

izes the new perspective, seeing things in a different way.

I liked the image as it was, but I made a second picture that

the viewer could see what is happening in the background.

Warp is a depiction of moving at the speed of light through

a vortex. The hands were distorted and reaching out from

the vortex as if they are being stretched. With the concept

of a new perspective, it also is a new world of thoughts.

Distance lends enchant-

ment to the view

- Mark Twain

Warp

Filtered Image


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Unlock The

Sunrise

Abstract Photograph


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I used a digital camera to photograph

this image. I photographed my front

door lock that reected one of the biggerpieces I made. The picture started out

at, so I opened it into Adobe Photo-

shop CS5 as camera raw. I turned up

the vibrance so the orange tone would

stick out. I turned down the brightness

and increased the contrast so the blacks

would be more exaggerated. First off,

the painting being reected is called

Sunrise. It is an abstract painting and

the medium used was acrylic paint. The

concept behind that piece is to honor

the sun and the light within. With that, it

worked out really well to be reecting offof the lock in the photograph. The over-

all concept was to unlock the light within

you. During meditation in yoga, we light

candles and focus on the warm orange

glow given off from the ame. I wanted

to capture that humble moment in this

image. I wanted the viewers eye to start

at the center of the lock. Then, traveling

diagonally with the lock. With that, the

viewers eye is moved to the reected

painting. In yoga, my class practices

removing all darkness from the body andmind. Along with that, we do a series

of movements called sun salutation.

Although there are shadows casted, the

light is illuminating and overcoming the

power of the darkness.

The higher the sun ariseth, the less

shadow doth he cast; even so the greater

is the goodness, the less doth it covet

praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in

honours.

-Lao Tzu


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Falling

From TheTree

Dream/Nightmare Photograph


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This was a project where we had to

take photographs out of the categories

kitchen scene, dream/nightmare, and

abstract. For this image in particular,

I chose to do dream and nightmare. In

this dream, I was at a farm that seemed

to be in the middle of nowhere but lush

was everywhere. There was a lake to the

right and it was a beautiful day. When

I looked at the lake, I saw a person...

but not just any person. This person was

an oversized apple with arms and legs

but no head. He was picking apples off

of an apple tree like any normal day. I

like to try and interpret my dreams and

majority of the time it makes sense.

However, to this day I still dont know

what to think about this dream. It is

something that crosses my mind all the

time, and it is a constant reminder that

everything doesnt always have to make

sense. Some things are just the way they

appear.

To make this piece come alive, I was

sitting at my cousins house early in the

morning waiting to get a ride to school.Every morning I notice that the glass on

the front door reects this rainbow pattern

all over the ceiling and walls. The most

vivd part of the pattern was by a fake tree,

and I thought that would t perfectly with

the occurrence in the dream. I used Adobe

Photoshop CS5 to bring this imagery to

life. I used one image as the background,

but there wasnt enough of the pattern

shown. I then took a second image and

duplicated it so the image could have

symmetry and look more like a forest. I

turned the opacity down so I could create

more depth within the image. Then, I made

a new layer ontop of the colors that was

just a solid color or turquoise. I turned

the blending mode into soft light so the

color wasnt too overpowering, but gave a

sense of calming water. After that, I erased

the blue from the rainbow pattern and

turned the saturation up all the way. Also,

I changed the hue so each circular part of

pattern would look like apples falling off

the tree. Instead of putting an apple person

into the image, I made the tree into theperson. The pattern crossed over the tree

and it looked like eyes, so I did the same

thing for that as I did for the pattern.

Dreams pass into the reality of action.

From the actions stems the dreamagain; and this interdependence pro-

duces the highest form of living.

-Anais Nin


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Portal

Blank Canvas Image


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In its entirety, probably, it follows us atevery instant; all that we have felt, thought

and willed from our earliest infancy is there,leaning over the present which is about to

join it, pressing against the portals of con-sciousness that would fain leave it outside.

-Henri Bergson

For this image I used Corel Painter

12. The assignment was to make two

images on this program; one would be

drawing from a blank canvas, and the

other is drawing over an image. This

happened to be the image made from a

blank canvas. I already had in mind the

type of picture I wanted to make, which

was an abstract. I started with the

pattern pen tool and used the pattern

tripper. I just made a random stroke to

see how it would turn out. It ended uplooking like a wave of organic material

with blues, browns, oranges, and reds.

To ll the other half of the space, I used

another pattern from the droid pat-

terns window. It was a circular shape

with many different colors within it. The

colors of each pattern didnt collaborate

as well as I wanted it to. To x that, I

changed the blending mode to soft light

with the circular pattern. With that, it

faded in with the colors of the tripper

pattern. I wanted to add ner detail in

the image, so I lightly stroked thin, hori-zontal lines throughout the image.

Then I triggered the kaleidoscope set-

ting and made a small, yellow dot that

ended up making another circular shape.

I switched from the kaleidoscope set-

ting to mirror setting to see how that

would work. I used a slanted paintbrush

and made a rounded, blue oval shape.

I continued that till I felt it looked good.

I was really pleased with the way the

piece turned out but there were still small

adjustments I had to make. I opened the

image into Adobe Photoshop CS5 into

camera raw and turned up the con-

trast. I really wanted the darks to stand

out and the oranges to be more vivid.

I named this piece Portal because the

overall piece reminded me of two dif-

ferent worlds morphing into one. Within

the larger circular shape, it looks like

a sunset. Dragging from center of that

and all the way out the left, it looks like a

machine bird ying out. I accomplished

combining the natural world, with the

technological world.


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Traced Image


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Kaleid

For this piece of work, I used a new

program called Corel Painter 12

along with a Wacom bamboo tablet.

Usually when I dont know anything

about a program, I let the chaos

take over. I get really excited, and

eager that I press on everything

imaginable. That method makes it

easier for me to learn the program,

and understand which tool does

what. I started out with an image

of a ower I sketched previously

to this assignment. It wasnt close

to being done, and I thought it

would be fun to nish it on thecomputer. To make things easier, I

put a trace setting over the image.

That way, I would mimic what I had

already done. I colored in what was

negative space on the ower, and

worked my way out. When build-

ing up layers in the ower, I used

various brush sizes and strokes.

As an example, the fairy dust brush

created the starry looking strokes

towards the center of the ower.

Another example would be the

pattern pen brush tool; I swirledit around to make the black, and

white spiraled background.

At the height of laughter,the universe is ung into a

kaleidoscope of new pos-sibilities.

- Jean Houston

Then I used the kaleidoscope

setting, and put dots randomly

around the ower. I tried to main-

tain the circular structure so there

was some sort of foundation for the

image. Eventually, I found a brush

tool that would distorted the dots.

I used the airbrush tool to sporadi-

cally color the whole image with

a red, hazy tone. To make it more

of a mist, rather than a solid color

on top, I turned down the opacity

about half way. Overall, I wanted to

have fun with this program, and get

to know all the settings. In the end,this piece turned out very playful

and vibrant.


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About The

Artist

All quotes credited towww.brainyquote.com

My name is Haley Simone and I am cur-

rently a Graphic Design major at Saint

Xavier University. I am in the process of

nishing up my rst year of college and

Im eager to get started with the next.I have accomplished a lot this year in

different areas of art. To illustrate, I have

been featured in three gallery exhibitions

such as Fresh Produce, Everythings

Gone Green, and Major Seminar. With

the Major Seminargallery, my fellow

classmates and I planned out the entire

exhibition. I really enjoyed the experience

and feel that it has benetted me greatly.

During the Fall of 2011, I created my rst

magazine portfolio called Motion Manipu-

lation. I used a variety of media such as

sculpture work, colored pencils, sharpiemarkers, and organic material. Also, it

included screen shots from video art I

began making throughout the semester.

Since the beginning of the semester,

I have learned a variety of computer

programs such as Adobe Illustrator CS5,

Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe InDesign

CS5, Modul8, and Corel Painter 12.

Vector Vision is my second magazine

portfolio this year, which consists of all

computer art. Since I am moving into the

technological world of art, I felt the title

Vector Vision depicted a new perspective

I am now seeing through. I have mostly

created studio art, so working with vec-

tor art is a much more articulate way of

expressing art. To top off the year, I will

also be featured in Saint Xavier Univer-

sitys art and literature magazine Opus.

Aside from the concept of vector art, I

Yoga has helped me see the world in a

more calming, and insightful way. It has

taught me that humanity is connected

with nature, and the universe. Also, to

honor the sun, moon, beauty, and the

Divine. Along with that, science and

philosophy are other subjects that have

inspired me immensely this semester.

Ruth Bernhard... pg. 16

Henri Bergson... pg. 37

Doug Coupland... pg. 18

Albert Einstein... pg. 27

Black Elk... pg. 5

Jean Houston... pg. 39

David McFadden... pg. 6

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