Weekly Blog [12/7-12/13]

These are some more tiny sketchs for the necklaces I'm making for friends and family for chirstmas. I'm still undecided on the style I want so I continue to make tiny skteches whenever I have time.

These are some puppets that my boyfriend made for a spanish project. I'm really in love with the style of his characters and the smoothness of the design. I like how they stay true to the original Wizard of Oz characters but have their own uniqueness and style about them.

This is a picture of a cake my aunt made for my cousin's birthday party yesterday. This cake teaches me that art can be created in a variety of forms. Not just a painting, drawing or photograph. Art could be cake, a song, a dance just about anything that is made creative through a person's expression.

Weekly Blog [11/30-12/6]

This sketch came about as I begin working on my christmas gifts this year. I'm making my family and friends (well the girls anyhow) necklaces made from scrabble pieces. I'm making tiny collages from magazines, scrapboook paper and also my own artwork. I'm going for a nature theme. Black is a dynamic color. I want the flowers or trees to be bold and have the backgrounds colorful.


This is a stop animation short film I made with my friends. We just took sidewalk chalk and made the frames but adding more and more to a drawing. The music is also original. Basically my friend banged on a drum for the whole part of the film. At the end, my other friend played something on the guitar and we edited it by playing that part backwards. I think this short film shows how easy it is to create art and express yourself just about anywhere.

This happens to be the best stop animation short I have seen so far. The artist Kirsten Lepore is amazing. Her website is full of fun and very creative films and art. The intro to her website even is amazing. http://www.kirstenlepore.com/

Weekly Blog [11/23-11/29]

This is a poster drawing I did over the weekend. I took the idea from something I had done in my high school art class. Our teacher instructed us to draw until we filled up the entire paper. I find this technique really inspiring because the absence of rules allows a person to be as creative as they would like. I just drew whatever came to mind and I didn't let how it looked stopped me from trying new things.

I like how the artist of this animation really worked hard on the emotions of the characters. It makes the animation appear more realistic but still keeps the charm of a cartoon imagination.


This animation also has very well done emotions of the characters.

Weekly Blog [11/9-11/15]

This sketch was inspired by the previous sketch I did of a tree. I want to try and draw various types and styles so that I can improve my sketching and coloring skills. I really like the over all design I have of the trees and I think if I can continue to work on this particular subject I can continue to improve creatively. This is a fall tree because the colors aren't as bright as my previous tree and it looks a little dullers. I gave it the turquoise touch to make it special and not so dead on the paper.

This is a cyanotype photo I developed in my photography class. The cyanotype cloth has special chemicals on it for development. In order to develop a picture, place an object on the cloth out in the sun (opaque and transparent objects look the best). The time that you leave the cloth and object out in the sun is determined by the strenght of the sun on that particular day. For example, if it's really bright outside, you don't leave it out for very long. The cloth will appear green but after taking it out of the sun, wash it off with water until it turn blue and has white. Hang up on a cloths line inside until fully dry. The results can be very beautiful.

http://www.evanitawmontalvo.com/images/cyanotypestargazer.jpg

I thought this cyanotype was very beautiful. Using elements from nature such as leaves and flowers come up with some of the best results.

Assignment 7 [Animation]

I uploaded my animation on youtube because the file was too large to be uploaded directly to my blog.

Weekly Blog [11/2-11/8]

This sketch came to me in a random inspiration moment. I was walking to class one beautiful fall day and I noticed how gorgeous the fall colors were. I also took in the shapes and bends of the trees. I really liked all the textures of nature I saw around me. I tried to recreate some of the textures and colors I saw in this sketch above. I believe this is my best sketch so far because I realized that I put a lot more of my heart into it than I did with my other sketches. I really wanted this to turn out beautiful. I've very happy with the end result.

I found this music video inspiring because of the movement of the camera and the editing of the film. I'm almost postive the majority of this video was done with a green screen effect but the result is pretty interesting. I like how the video transitions from real life to the creations from the green screen. I think overall it flows nicely however some parts do not connect fully. One example of this is when Taylor is not affected by the stormy and windy weather around her. She doesn't get wet and her dress or hair does not move with the wind. I do think this video and the green screen effects is something that I want learn more about.

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKgUxcQnL4I)

This video on the other hand does not have any special effects and has a very different feel to it. The only editing that I notice is the combining of a bunch of video clips and then overlaying all of it with the song. I like this video because it works well with the song. It also does a good job of getting the message across that you don't have to do a lot of fancy editing or special effects to make a video that follows and and looks nice.

Weekly Blog [10/26-11/1]

This sketch was inspired by thoughts of life on other planets. How would cities look? How would housing look? I used different shapes and designs not common to life here on earth because I guessed that "aliens" would have their own kind of style. I just moved my pencil across the paper and found the paths that it took me.





I found the videos above interesting because of the different camera angles they have. We are getting into animation so I thought it would be beneficial to me if I researched different camera techniques. The first video has many camera angles and movements. The second video's cameras don't move that often but stay stationary and do not often move with the subject. The two videos use different filming techniques but both are dynamic based on the the material and camera angles they used. The creators used what works best which teaches me that not all camera techniques work for every subject. I guess it just takes some experimenting to test and see which technique works the best for a specific project.