4/24/14 2D Design

Today's Class- Despite some occasionally hazardous conditions around Ocean County tonight, school was open and we had class.  We opened by looking at the Limited Palette projects, then introduced our Final Project of the semester, a board game based on the artwork of an historical fine artist.

 Vincent Van Gogh

Painted Dreams

How to make this up- You need to choose a significant artist from art history, one who is recognized in textbooks and museums, one who does two dimensional art, works in color, and representationally.  You will pull images from more than one painting from the artist and reconfigure these bits into a new composition, imitating the shapes, colors, and textures of the original artist as much as possible.  You will use this new image as the backdrop for a board game.  The game must have some kind of path, such as a continuous circuit (Monopoly), a single start to finish path (as in Candyland) or a grid that can be moved over in different directions (like chess).  The game must have a name, which will appear as part of the design.  The game must have a goal and a theme, which should relate to the images in some way. The resulting design is essentially a painting, and so take into account all the design aspects- shapes, value, color, text design.

The piece will be painted onto some kind of heavy board, such as mat board or illustration board, some of which I have available to give you.  Like all classic board games, the board must be able to fold in half.  If your game idea calls for cards, make a few examples, and bring whatever method will be used to advance through the game (dice, spinner, etc).  You may make tokens to represent players, or repurpose them from another game, or use some appropriate found objects.  You don't need to supply the full rules, but be able to explain it during the critique.  Above and below are examples from previous semesters.  Additional information and examples (from students and the one I made as an example) can be found here.

 Roy Lichtenstein

Love Story

Paul Cezanne

Victory Climb

Homework-  This graded Final Project is due at the beginning of class on May 8, 2014, our final meeting of the semester.  No work will be accepted after this date.

The Dada inspired mixed media collage is due at the beginning of class on May 1, 2014.

If you haven't yet turned in any graded projects, such as the limited color palettes, finish them as soon as possible to receive partial credit.

Spring Semester Portfolio-
All work done in class that isn't individually graded is part of the semester portfolio and needs to be brought in on the last night of class to be checked.  Here's what you should have and the day we did it if you need to check the blog:

1/30/14  wallpaper dots
2/6/14  contour lines (shoes)
2/27/14  value drawing (charcoal)
3/13/14  color wheel
3/20/14  text (Russian) and logo


For next class 5/1/14- This will be a general work day for the class, which students may use to work on anything related to the class.  Bring whatever materials you need to work on whatever you are missing.