Figliuolo,+Cecilia

Hello! My name is Cecilia Figliuolo and I am a junior at Methacton. The colors flow very well together and the image has nice balance. The background givesthe picture a calm, cool feel. There is also decent depth to the image.

I think the background and the roof on the lower blue building were very successful. The graffiti also works well with the lower buildings. Other than that, the picture is rather boring and flat.

This adorable creature is a cross between a cat and a baby hippo, a catippo. The catippo is a friendly and loyal animal that loves catnip and swimming in rivers. I chose these two animals because I thought they would be cute together; instead it looks really creepy. The hardest part was matching the black fur and skin of both animals. There's a nice transition for the hippo's feet into the cat's legs, but the head isn't as smooth.
 * 1) Turtle: four legs: rabbit
 * 2) Chinchilla: four legs, tail, furry: red panda
 * 3) Gorrilla: black: panther
 * 4) Narwhal: tail, fins: clown fish
 * 5) Giraffe: tall, four legs: brontosaurus
 * 6) Parrot: feathers, wings: chick
 * 7) Cat: color, four legs: hippo
 * 8) Lion: four legs, tail, mane: bearded dragon
 * 9) Gazelle: horns, four legs: mountain goat
 * 10) Lynx: four legs, furry: corgi

This project was extremely easy and fun to do. I had expected it to be much more difficult than it actually was. If I had clones of myself, I would have crazy line dancing parties every weekend. I would also play tricks on people and confuse them all of the time. One day, I would probably use my clones to take over the world, too, or at least try.

My piece is supposed to feel hypnotic and creepy. I made my arms blue so that they would look dead even though my face was still bright and alive. The mannequin's body is covered in snake eyes to add to the weird feel of the image, like you're being watched. The pocket watch and my eye have a swirl that's supposed to be hypnotic. This project didn't turn out at all like I had imagined, but the result is still interesting.

The principle of art that is dominant in my piece is symmetrical balance. Both halves of my image have the same objects. The flowers are the lightest objects so that they would stand out, but there isn't one specific point of emphasis. The background is a pattern that I created by using a swirl brush on a black background. I love how this turned out, even though it's different than I had hoped it would be.

Before:

After:  This project was really easy, but I learned a lot of new tools on Photoshop. I edit pictures frequently, and the mask tool will make my edits better. The Gaussian blur filter is another effect that is new to me. Even though I don't particularly like what it does, I'm sure that the blur will be helpful in other projects. I also learned how to change eye and hair color in a way that it looks clean. For the most part, I learned better, cleaner, and easier ways to do things that I already did.

For this project, I used Maya Angelou and my favorite quote from her. I learned how to use the color range selection tool which will be very helpful in the future. The blues I used on Maya Angelou work well with the green in the background. The shades, tones, and highlights of blue on Maya Angelou blend together nicely. Also, the quote clearly stands out on the background. I based the colors in this bedroom off of the colors in my room. I wanted it to have a nature feel, so the carpet is grass. I used a painting and covered the wall with it to create a mural. The view outside of the window is a Rome cityscape, even though it's mostly hidden behind curtains. My advertisement is for the Bamboo Fun tablet from Wacom. I kept the design simple to keep the focus on the text and the tablet. The swirls in the background are there to move the eye from the tablet to the text. The point of the advertisement was to showcase the tablet and make people interested in buying it.

This project was fun and I learned how to create a pattern. This will definitely be useful for future projects. The background and the rose are covered with the same four quotes. The patterns for each value are only slightly different, so it almost looks like it all blends together.

Tetsuya Watabe is the creator of the Sloth Paper Toys ROMMY. He is a Japanese paper engineer, industrial designer, and graphic designer. The paper toys are all in a reclined position, but they are also designed in very different ways. Some are simple, like the “Grassland” model which only has grass along the toy’s base. Others are more complex, like Tetsuya Watabe’s multiple robot designs called “Diver”, “Marble”, “Flat Red”, “Hyper R”, and “Rommix”. Watabe’s “Shishimai” exhibits a strong Japanese influence. He also has a number of animal paper toy designs. His designs have all different, vibrant colors.

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