M-M-M-Massive Art Update!!!

Today I have for all of you people who for some reason are reading this blog a massive art update!  Hence the title.  Duh.  This post WOULD be smaller, but I've fallen behind on my posting, so it's bigger.

Portfolio Page: Post-it Note Murals

1. This week showed us how to make mosaics using post-it notes.
2. We looked at other mosaic works and past post-it murals for inspiration.
3. My team brainstormed ideas of someone we could make a mural of and we decided to do John Lennon.
4. We imported a picture into photoshop, changed the coloring, pixelated it, printed the picture, and planned the mural from there.
5. The almost completed product is below.
6. I think that this mural was amazing.  Its success came from our teamwork and shifting between jobs.  In the end, the product worked out very well.



Behold, John Lennon in post-it form!

A note on this project: Although I was on the team that did this mural, a member of another team left them for another group, leaving only two people to make their mural.  Because of this, I decided to help their group make their mural of Harry Potter, which is below in its mostly-completed glory.





It looks so magical! *rimshot*

Portfolio Page: Monalloon

1. This project built on the mosaic concept by having all art classes create a large balloon mosaic of the Mona Lisa.
2. We looked at our past mosaic works(and the Mona Lisa, of course)for inspiration.
3. The idea came from something that Mr. Sands attempted last year with the classes.
4. The image was already made and laid out, so all we had to do was create the rig for the mosaic and tie all the balloons in place.
5. The final product is, once again, below.
6. I think the Monalloon was awesome.  The success came from the constant work being made on it.  Although there were some troubles with planning and the balloon rig, it worked out in the end.





Yes, it is indeed awesome.



Our next project was creating spraypaint stencils, but I could not find any pictures of my work, so I'll just update the blog later with a picture of one of the works I did regarding the project.

My next project is a sketchbook assignment that I did.  We were tasked to create dragons, so I decided to make my own, realistic version of a cartoon dragon named Trogdor the Burninator.  Yes, that's right, I said "Burninator."



This post will be finished at a later time.

YouTube Stuff!

I come with the first two links to my YouTube stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfA1VAu7Nkg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIx-iQLx9OQ

It's funny how, in the second one, I look like such a dork, but in the first one, I look amazing since I have mad saber skills. :)

Animal Hands and Masking Tape Murals

Here's the latest projects we've done in Art!  At least, the latest ones that I have pictures of.

The first project we did was contour lines of our hands in poses, which we then turned into animals.  The day we showed them off, we were allowed to paint the drawing on our actual hand!  Mine was a badger.

It's backwards because, when I made the original drawing and compared it to an actual badger's head, their shapes were nothing alike going out from my wrist, but then I realized that I could turn it backwards and it'd look fine.(Longest caption ever)

Portfolio Page: Masking Tape Mural

1. This week we showed how straight lines can be used to make an image.
2. We looked at other advanced masking tape murals for inspiration.
3. Our team brainstormed some ideas for what we could do for the mural and we came up with the idea to do an endless hallway.
4. We drew a rough draft, we did measurements on the wall, and we made the mural.
5. The final product is below.
6. I think that this piece turned out very well.  It was very successful because we made it exactly the way we wanted it.  All in all, everything about this project worked.

Yeah, it's awesome.


That's all I have for now, but my next post (which will probably be later this afternoon) will have links to the videos I have on YT so far.  Keep watching!

Y Hallo Thar!

Hey people!  I'm Alex, otherwise known as VFX Kid.  And no, it's not a nickname; people don't see me on the street and say "Heyyyyyyyyy, wazzup VFX Kid?"  No.  It's just a screenname.  I made it because I like to make special effects(or, in this case, video effects) in videos and stuff!  Yes; that means I can make lightsabers and fireballs and all sorts of nerdy but cool effects.  This blog is primarily for stuff in my art class, but I may occasionally post links to special effects videos that I post on YouTube.  Enough talk.  Enjoy my blog!