Project 1: Multi-Faceted Self

This project will be due on 2/11

Part 1 Due On 1/30

Project 1 Brainstorming Blog Post:

  • Look at student work and artists listed below, choose at least one to respond to. Use these examples as inspiration for this assignment.
  • Written brainstorm responding to the questions outlined below.
  • Bring preliminary images to start working with (these may not end up being your final images so don't spend a lot of time processing them before brainstorming discussions).


  • Who are you and how does your artistic practice reflect that identity? 
  • How does your presence on social media reflect that identity? 
  • How do your friends reflect that identity? 
  • How do your values reflect that identity?
  • Is there a difference between your internal and external self?
  • How do you present an image that communicates your personality?

Requirements for Project:

1. Find a way to use photoshop in conversation with your personal art practice. This could mean using photoshop to manipulate your photography, using scans of your handmade artwork as an element in this piece, or this could mean using photoshop as a drawing tool.

2. Using at least 30 Photoshop layers you will create an artwork that will complement or contrast your concepts of personal identity. This document may be the final artwork, or it may be something you choose to further manipulate manually.
*Your photoshop document will be handed in via google drive as part of the finished project. 
Name your project: FirstName_LastName_Project1
Please upload your final PSD to this google drive folder

3. For the critique on 2/11 you will present an 11 x 17 artwork that uses both your personal art practice and photoshop. This can be an unaltered inkjet print or a transformed inkjet print.
Come to the critique with 3 questions prepared for the class to lead your critique.
Our critique will be in room 230J.
 

Technical Considerations for your final photoshop document

Please look at these for inspiration:

Slides & Student Examples

Artist to look at:
Danielle Friedman (digital work), Gregory Crewdson, Cindy Sherman, Rose Selavy, Kelli Connell, Jayson Bimber, Matthew Barney, David Hockney (digital work)


Submitting this project is a 3 step process:

1. Email me a link to your photoshop document via Google Drive
File format: PSD
File Name: FirstName_LastName_Project1
How to share a file through Google Drive (Links to an external site.)

2. Print out your file at the Media Output Center
File format: Flattened Tiff File CMYK, Color Mode
How to print from the MOC (Links to an external site.)

3. Upload a picture of your completed project to your blog and give it a title.
*After the critique you will add your project response to this post)

Grading Rubric:

Content & Engagement 40 Points
Engagement with the overall concept of personal identity.
The artist has personally connected to their idea and is able to show this in the presentation and quality of the work

Engagement and Experimentation
The artist has pushed their project beyond a straightforward collage or composite image. The artist has experimented, with the medium developing a piece with an individual voice that shows a deep engagement with the process.


Formal 50 Points
Composition
Does this have an interesting composition: clear focal point, interesting arrangement of positive and negative spaces, movement, variety, rhythm, and contrast

Craft & Technique
Were all of the technical considerations met (listed above)
Does the work show competent use of photoshop cropping, blending, and layering tools
Does the work show attention to detail

Brainstorming & Project Response 10 Points
Completed thoughtful brainstorm and project response on blog.

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