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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.