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Table of contents

Computer Graphics 2

Restorations 10

Abstractions 16Drawings 18

Colored Pencil 20

Paintings 22

Typography 24Doors 26Digital Imagery 34


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Craft: For this illustration, I decided to do a rough outlineof the water bottle that I was referencing from. I used athinner brush, and drew rough squiggles and lines to form the

outside of the water bottle. I then did a horizon line to give

the background some shape. After doing this, I chose a lighter

blue color and began painting the background with a very large

brush. I decided that the blue that I chose was a nice contrast to

the black bottle, and then decided to ll the bottom of the bottle

with white polygons shapes. I felt these colors worked well

together. I chose to put a ll in the bottom polygons with a blackoutline, while the shapes in the upper part of the bottle are just

outlined in white to show the differences in volumes. Instead of

doing just complimentary colors for my series, I decided to just

do any type of colors, as to broaden my range for the color sec-

tion. The outlined and lled shapes in the bottom of the bottle

give the bottle a more voluminous feel, and keeps the illustra-

tions message clear, that this is in fact a bottle with some form

of liquid. The shapes are all various sizes, and have no pattern

or specic size requirements, they are all randomly put there to

give the bottle a sharp yet free look. The lines also do not have

any specic direction or shape, they were made to look free

and messy to contrast the very dened shapes inside the bottle.

This is my favorite piece because of the color combinations and

freeness of the pen drawing. Concept: The concept behind this

piece goes along with the title I chose for my style, which is

framed mass. I think that this displays the style well, because

of the way the shapes are framed by the black pen, even if the

marks are uneven and messy. I did not intentionally make this

my style, but eventually as I continued to do the illustrations, thepattern was obvious in the pictures that I made. It is obvious that

in this piece and in the rest of the series, that the water bottle is

outlined in some sort of way, and there is some kind of volume

in every piece. The concept of the shapes and the lines both be-

ing in each piece was to display a exibility in the make of the

illustrations. It allowed me to be free with the way I would paint

the illustration, while at the same time leave a common theme

within each piece. Also the way the lines in this piece are not

stiff helps this piece stray away from reality and allows me to

be more creative in the way i constructed these pieces.

Composition:At rst doing the illustrations, I was being very

loose with my compositions. However, as I continued, my com-

positions became more similar. All of the pieces are generally in

the same place of the page, and about the same size. Most of them

have different brush styles, but you should be able to tell that

each illustration is of the same object. All of the illustrations are

rough while at the same time very sharp because of the contrasting

shapes with the brush strokes.

In these illustrations, the color is essential to each of them. Start-ing off just using complimentary colors, I changed that by using

any color that worked well with the composition of the bottle.

Making them contrast was important and would make it easier to

catch someones eye. I also thought that the rough pen marks with

the straightness of the shapes would bring an interesting affect to

the composition.

I used the lled shapes at the bottom of each bottle to showvolume and make the illustration look somewhat realistic in that

sense. I wanted to show the differences from the middle of the

the liquid would be in real life, and ll it. Each composi

also has a horizon line or a shadow to give the picture m

shape and ll.

Framed massKelly Ciurej


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Shoe Personified

Craft: For my craft on this series, I rst had to drawthe outlines of each shape with lines. It was tedious,but I tried making the shoe look as realistic as possible.

I then went in and did the ll of each object, and made

sure the colors looked good together as to draw the eye

in. I did not draw the outside of the window at rst, but

later changed my logic to that. After lling the objects,

I used the gradient tools to make the object look more

3D. For the other illustrations in the series, they are not

as realistic as the original blue shoe, but the general idea

is presented to the audience on what the illustration is

portraying. The lighting for these pictures also had to be

correct to make sure that the image is realistic lookingand could look 3 dimensional. One important detail was

the fact that after trying out the outside window as a solid

color, it was denitely better to add the background to the

illustration. Tracing the outside objects and fading them a bit

and using the feather seemed to help the picture look accurate.

It was very important to go through all these steps to get to the

nal piece because showing my improvements was helpful to

show which illustration looked best. Concept:The concept of

this series was somewhat murky at rst, but after adding the

outside backgrounds to the illustrations it became more clear

for everyone viewing these pieces. The outside objects were

important to these pieces because it brings the shoe and the

atmosphere together into one idea. For the original piece, it was

important to display the background as to make the shoe appearmore realistic and almost humanized, looking out a window.

The other illustrations in this series also needed the window back-

ground to display the themes of each. For example, the pink shoe

was placed in front of a window, looking out to a Macys store, as to

display a feminine feel and bring each object together to make one

illustration. It was an important move to keep these pieces in context

and connecting them all to each other. Compostion:The composi-

tion was an important deciding factor when guring out which photo

to use. The shoe at that angle and the viewpoint with the background

information helped display a theme of personication of the shoe. It is

very important to keep the compositional aspect in perspective when

doing this series because it helps hold together all of your pieces

perfectly. My series needed to have different background windows for

each piece to display the message of each, because without switching

around those backgrounds to t the shoes, the serie

would not make sense. Fading them a little and also

making it look like there is almost a glare gives the

lustration more dimension, and makes it look more

there is a window seperating the outside from the s

on the inside.


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Time for tea


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For the teapot drawings, the new experience of thepen as a drawing tool with the computer was oneof a learning experience. It helped expand my creativ-

ity for the art of illustrator to a different level. Drawingthe teapots helped to incoprorate my drawing skills in

with the graphic skills that were new to me. The craft of

this project was made by rst using the pen tool to draw

what was in front of me to draw the teapot. Second,

using whatever line and shape direction I chose, I could

make the teapot look however I wanted it to, which is

illustrated in the pieces of art above.

Secondly, I expanded my use of creativity by choos-

ing different styles of line and shape to incorporate

into each teapot. It was interesting to use the two styles

into this one piece, because the end result was one of avery interesting type of design. I enjoyed making these

teapots because it was different then anything we had

done thus far in the semsester, and it was also worthwile

and enjoying to make. The concept was to make these

teapots look somewhat nonrealistic, while at the same

time making sure the audience knew that it was in fact a

teapot, with a little bit of a twist.

The composition for these teapots was one of

little thinking and more of going with the ow

instead. Instead of thinking very much about my

composition, I was more focused on the craft andkept my attention on the new experience and tried

to do as many new things as possible in my craft

section. I tried to however, make sure that each

composition was easily distinguished as different

from the next. It was important to keep the viewere

interested and make sure their eyes were moving

from one composition to the other.

I think this project helped me expand my

learning to a different level and allowed

me to think in a more wide range when the

next projects came into focus. It opened anew door for the next couple projects and I

think it was a good project to start with.


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Restorations

For this piece of work, I wanted to restore the photograph of my grandmother,using photoshop, and trying to make it look almost new, while at the sametime making sure it is known that this photograph is dated, to keep the old feel

still alive. It was a very great experience restoring this photograph from this rst

original state.

Restoring these photographs helped strengthen my photoshop skills, using

tools like the clone stamp tool, adjustment layers, patch tools amd so on.

The end result is very exciting to come to and the craft is the most impor-

tant part of these design compositions.


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1Keeping with the restorations, I restored an old photograph of my grandparents,

making the color brighter and eliminating the tears and folds.


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The detailing in this restoration came with much time and effort put forth in making the nalproduct something of beauty. Using photoshop to restore this image, many tools were in-volved in the process of making each detail of the photograph look restored and new, while at the

same time making sure the photographlooked like it was from its time.

Tools were used such as the clone stamp tool, patch tool, spot healing brush tool, quick

selection tool, etc. Several adjustment layers were used to make the color more vibrant, and a

vignette of black was used on the outside to give the photograph a more professional feel. The

end result left the colors brighter, and the features more recognizable.


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Abstractions

In this series of abstractions, they were donedigitally on Photoshop. Starting off as drawingsdone in black marker, they were then scanned into

the computer and used then in Photoshop to distort

the images, growing progressively through the

series. Starting off as a more conservative distor-

tion, the second became a little more creative,

ending with the third distortion that is virtually

unrecognizable of the original shape and color of

the beginning project.

Keeping somewhat of a consistent tech-

nique, I used the blur tool, along with the

paint brush tool in this project to create

the desired effect in each illustration.

Color was also important, as to keep

certain colors as a consistency while

changing others to make each piece look

somewhat different.


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Drawings

The general compositional technique for these drawings in-volved shading and proportion. The main purpose of thesedrawings was to portray a realistic sense of what was in front

of me, and transferring it to paper in form of a drawing. These

were all done in different varieties of pencil, through about

three years of experience in drawing classes.


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Colored Pencil

These colored pencil drawings were done by me while I attendedMother McAuley High School, most during my Advanced Place-ment Studio Art class. The different perspectives and themes of the

pieces were to show my breadth and diversity when it came to skill. The

compositions were arranged to make each piece catch the viewers eye,

and to focus on keeping the viewpoint at an unusal standpoint. The far-

thest left colored pencil piece was done in the beginning of my develop-

ment of the use of colored pencil, and trying to shade the face and eyes

and hair of the face was difcult, but a great learning experience andopened my eyes to new ways of doing things with each drawing utensil.

I enjoyed using colored pencil for my compositions because they allow

me to be in control of the color and range of colors within each piece.


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Paintings


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Typography

Learning typography was a great way to get started in photoshop and learn the tools

and variations of type for beginning in graphic design. It was important to do this as

to open up my creativity more and be aware of the different types and styles avail-

able to me through Photoshop.


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Doors


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For my concentration in Advanced Placement Studio Art, everyone in the classwas told to pick a concentration to focus on for the entire year. At rst when Ichose doors as my concentration, I wasnt sure I was going to be able to make twelvepieces of art with this simple of a concept. However, the more I continued to explore

this concept, my thought process expanded and I started to expand my concept to the

distortion of doors and the alternate world that doors can hold a key to. Most of these

pieces are done through digital manipulation, but other medium that were used were

oil paint on canvas, colored pencil, and colored pencil on gesso.

I was ultimately very happy that I chose doors as my concentration, because it helpedme with my creativity and to think outside the box every time I had a new project to

do involving doors. The complexity was not seen in the beginning for me, but towards

the end I realized the numerous possibilites that were in front of me for making art with

this one object.


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Digital Imagery

Using tools in Photoshop such as brushes and lters with different blending modes and differentstyles of brushes, I was able to transform a photograph of myself into unrealistic distortions.Learning these new techniques in digital imagery is something that will be useful to me for years to

come, and not to mention enjoyable. There are always new and challenging things to learn in this pro-

gram, and there is never a dull moment when using Photoshop.


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This dream like photograph was manipulated using two separate photos, then pulled

together and blended, and also by changing the opacities. The collage of self on the

next page was done using Photoshop lters, and different drop shadows and effects to

get the nal look of the piece.


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Illustrations & Manipulations

These manipulations were done through Photoshop as well. They are all a collage ofsome sort of at least two different objects or photographs, to form the illustrationsyou see on these two pages. The page on the right was done using 3 dimensional objects

to form this type of illustration. Using a collage of two objects and different blending

techniques, I was able to form this piece and make it unique. I enjoyed doing these proj-

ects and using collages to form art is of my favorite techniques to use.


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Lion on scratchboard.

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