Work in Progress

 I meant to post a picture of work in progress of the newest assignment but have been so busy I forgot.. It is further along now but I wanted to give an idea of what it will look like in the end.

I will post the finished version tomorrow.

Final Project

In our Foundation 2D Design class we have been working on our new and final assignment for the semester. The project is related to scientific and mathematical principles such as the Golden Mean, Macrocosm, and Microcosm. The plan is to take these ideas (criteria) and create a panel in eight different values to show these ideas. We are also suppose to use striations to create depth within our pieces. So before we began we first started by talking about what all these words mean...

The Golden Mean is "a mathematical concept which expresses the relationship of two parts of a whole with each other and with the whole."

Macrocosm is "the great world or universe; the universe considered as a whole." Or in other words the larger picture...

Microcosm is "a little world; a world in miniature." Or in other words a zoomed in or closer look at something

Then I started my assignment by looking at different images and researching more about the meanings and ideas behind all of this. I found many images that were interesting but then it was time to think about what I wanted to include within the piece. After contemplating a theme and/or what I wanted to include, I decided on home and family.  I suppose this is because the semester is coming to an end  and I will be home for a month and am very much looking forward to it. Anyway, I live in Waretown, New Jersey so I began to look at pictures of the ocean, bay, creek and so on. Eventually I decide to include a picture of the creek because it is right behind me house. (I tried to look for the image I am using but could not find it so I will try to post it at a later date.) The image of the creek is going to be used as the middle section of the composition and will be the macrocosm, because it is showing a larger picture of an area. Then I was thinking about microcosm and what image to use for that, soon I decided and elephant because they are have a strong family meaning to me personally. Then the golden mean was difficult to choose because I did not want to do a spiral of a shell because it seemed to be a very typical image in many of the examples our professor showed us. So I decided to do a sunflower because my mother loves flowers and although we do not have any in our garden they remind me of my area because they are planted in various places from Long Beach Island to Waretown and beyond. For the golden mean I also divided my panel into different segments to include the number sequence even more. In the end I am excited about this assignment and like the theme I came up with in some ways it is very personal in the ideas of family but as far as home goes I tried to show a more broad meaning because although I live in Waretown I consider many of the neighboring town my home because of the times I've spent in each of those places. Anyway, I will post an in progress picture of the panel and a completed version when I am done.