Category: Courses

Research Paper Final

May 13, 2024 For our final projects in Integrative Studio 2: Visual Culture and Integrative Seminar 2: Visual Culture, we had to make a final work and essay, respectively. The final work was based on the theme of our essay. The requirements for our essays were essentially to write an academic creative research paper based…Continue Reading Research Paper Final

Not Junk – Studio Final

May 10, 2024 Our final project was our entire semester’s making and realization phase or culmination. We used our mind maps, brainstorming and research phases, and archives to develop a final iteration of one of our previous visual proposals. Below is my slide deck containing my process, research, and how it all related to my…Continue Reading Not Junk – Studio Final

Altered Landscapes

May 1, 2024 After learning about the natural hydrological cycle, we focused on anthropological action that is negatively affecting it, and the possible long-term ramifications unless we work to reverse the damage. The assignment, in pairs, was to create a 2D map representation of a specific geographic landscape in which its water cycle has been…Continue Reading Altered Landscapes

MANGO: Volume & Mass

April 8, 2024 Our second project started with basic explorations in shapes and forms. We drew 2D shapes and 3D forms, later unfolding the 3D forms into 2D templates. Basing our templates on an equilateral triangle (below), we drew templates with which we would be able to fold pyramids, prisms, and truncated pyramids with a…Continue Reading MANGO: Volume & Mass

Visual Poetry

April 24, 2024 We were tasked to interview a classmate about their ideal day. What would their senses be overwhelmed with? What environment, sounds, or smells, would surround them? Who would they be with, and what would they be doing? Based on these answers and further context about their homes and lifestyles, we crafted a…Continue Reading Visual Poetry

Environmental Portrait

March 22, 2024 Make a portrait of someone in an environment that says something about that person.  It should be very different from a studio portrait. Canon EOS 6D [The first photo below is my final environmental portrait. The 4 portraits that follow were critiqued to be too documentary-esque for a portrait class, so I…Continue Reading Environmental Portrait

Group Portrait

April 19, 2024 Create a fictional group (family, team, band, workers, etc.) and make a portrait.  A group is three or more people.  Canon EOS 6D (most successful portrait) iso100, f4.5, 35mm, 1/30 iso100, f4.5, 24mm, 1/30 iso100, f4.5, 32mm, 1/30 iso100, f4.5, 40mm, 1/30…Continue Reading Group Portrait