Unity- A Process Work Book

UNITY

Art 130- St. Norbert College

Process Work Book

Sammi Digman

Table of Contents

This book was made as part of Introduction to St. Norbert College in the spring of 2020. The fonts used included Avenir & Krungthep, this process book was created in Adobe InDesign.

D*School Crash Course.....4-5 Dots & Lines.....6-11 Letterforms.....12-17 Object Iterations.....18-21 PSA Posters.....22-25 20X20 Talks.....26-27 Vocational Questions.....28-31

This first project was created to better understand the design process and create a quick project that was discussed between partners. It was easy to communicate and being able to see their facial expressions and their tone of voice changed allowed me to better see and read their interests better in certain ideas, which would not be so easily done in an email.

I felt like it wasn’t too bad showing unfinished work, I just knew I had to communicate my ideas well enough for them to envision it as well. I liked the quick pace I thought it made it more fun and challenging to see what I could get done in a small amount of time. It reminded me of those TV. game shows. It felt different than the pace than I normally work at because I tend to get distracted easily so it usually takes me a bit longer. I liked what I made I thought it got my idea across well while still being somewhat detailed. I would change the proportions of the shovel I made because it was as large as the tree.

D*SCHOOL CRASH COURSE

DOTS & LINES

To begin this process of creating emotions out of solely dots and lines. I chose three words that spoke to me and then started on the process of drawing some examples. After that I drew more thumbnails with the same words but different designs, and then started cutting my circles, lines and pieces of papers. I spent a long time trying to create the paper examples because I wanted to make sure my gluing, cutting and lining everything up looked perfect.

DOTS & LINES Gestalt is a theory of principals that are used to create patterns or relationships through dots and lines. This related to the dot and line project because we used the principles of this theory to convey a certain word. Through this project I found that it was very difficult to make a well-crafted object because I am so used to being able to make something digitally and having lines to be able to make it perfect every time whereas cutting something in real life it was very difficult to get everything even and how I wanted on the first try. The dots and lines project was one of the more challenging ones due to not knowing how other would interpret my creations and which of the ones I had made would be the strongest. This allowed me to see all the possible ways of creating a piece and how they could be interpreted. This project also allowed for me to change my perspective and look at things from a different mindset by creating ideas without illustrating them and look at them as shapes rather than drawings. After learning and now knowing about the Gestalt theory I have a better understanding of how to arrange my work and all the ways it could possibly be interpreted.

Stability Chaotic Oppression

DOTS & LINES

Stability

Chaotic

Oppression

LETTERFORMS

To begin the Letter form project we all were assigned letters to stencil and carve out of linoleum. To begin this I decided to practice with the ink, stamping, and working on my technique on a test page. After I had a solid grasp of the process I then moved onto working with my word “okay�.

L E T T E R F O R M S

Initially I had only worked with beginner carving and printmaking in high school a couple of times. I chose the word “okay� due to the many possible variations and its common use. Through working with letter forms I learned about how different typefaces and styles read differently along. As well as how different arrangements of letters can be interpreted. Along with know realizing the importance of being detail-oriented in order to get everything lined up the way it was intended without smudging or fingerprints. I tried many different variations of lining up the letters and spreading them out until I was able to create the final variations. I enjoyed learning the process of printmaking and learning all the possibilities but if I was to continue to work with these letters I would try to better my craft and work on a cleaner print along with aligning the letters so the descender would be clearly lower than the baseline of the other letters.

LETTER FORMS

Final WORK

O B J E C T I T E R A T I O N

While trying to create the bird I had in mind I needed to go through many pages in the sketchbook drawing out designs and making collages trying to find the perfect fit for the project.

O B J E C T

I T

For the object iterations project I needed to choose something with moving parts so I chose my favorite bird, a blue jay, to create in different ways over and over. The object iterations were mainly created through collage, InDesign and Photoshop. Through this process, I learned more about the lifestyle of a blue jay and how many poses and ways they could be portrayed. Making the collages out of random things from magazines was the most enjoyable where as drawing was the most challenging for me. This was mainly a process of trial and error for me trying to draw, place and arrange things that worked together cohesively.

During this project I learned about some shortcuts to use in the future with Photoshop although I was already fairly familiar with the program. If I had more time with this project would dry different avenues such as making the birds very realistic or more abstract.

E R A T I O N S

FINAL WORK

PSA POSTERS

These two designs were my initial ideas for the PSA poster. The one with the germs depicted could not be used due to the imagery. I decided to modify the second poster due the fact it looked like an arrow and I felt like it didn’t go with the topic of the poster.

PSA POSTER For this PSA project it was important to pick something of value. This project was a realistic representation of how an artist and client would have to communicate in order to complete a design project. I thought having to communicate and not get an answer back for a few days really showed what it could be like. This project was a bit challenging to try to convey the same message with only type, but just allowed for more focus to be put on the layout, sizing, and how the text reads. Do to the concept and lack of imagery added more of a challenge while trying to create this PSA poster.

While creating I tried lots of avenues such as different colors and shapes, but then decided to use negative space to draw attention to the headline, opacity to create depth within the title, and importance related sizing of the texts to create a visual hierarchy. Through creating the PSA poster I was able to learn a bit more about working with InDesign, specifically about texts and fonts that I will be able to work with in the future.

20x 20 TALKS

The 20 x 20 talks project consisted of picking an artist, doing research and creating a presentation with 20 slides each timed for 20 seconds. The bright colors, layers, collages and overall aesthetic drew me into choosing my designer. After doing a lot of research there I learned there was more information on the Artists past than there was on her pieces themselves, which brought up a challenge in creating this presentation. Having to record myself talking was a bit nerve-wracking knowing everyone was going to listen to it, and it took me forever to get a good version. After watching my class mates presentations I think I would research JW and Melissa Buchanan more because their work is really intriguing and very cute.

VOCATIONAL QUESTIONS WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU’VE MADE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT YOU ARE PROUD OF? Within the last two years I took some photos at my dad’s shop, of some of his motorcycles, for a project that was focus on the elements and principals of design. My art teacher at the time told me I should summit the photos I had taken to the Scholastic Art and Writing Award and ended up winning a silver key and honorable mention. Before submitting the photos I was very hesitant, because I was very self conscious about my work and was always worried that it was not good enough. After winning it, I was so surprised that I had placed, and it gave me the confidence I needed. To collect our medals went to attend a ceremony at the University of Iowa, and see all of the work on a slide show and in a gallery like

Silver Key

Honorable Mention

V O C A T I O N A L QUESTIONS

DO YOU FEEL CALLED TO CREATIVE WORK? IF SO HOW DO YOU RECOGNIZE THAT CALLING?

I defiantly do feel called to creative work. I have always looked and thought of things from a more creative side. Even as a child my favorite classes were always art, I took art and acting classes during the summers. Recently I found a poster from third grade and my dream job was a fashion designer. More Recently I have extremely interested in architecture and designing houses. I recognize this calling by pursing things that fuel my creativeness, such as getting random ideas for a photo-shoot and then calling a friend up and making it happen.