This was the first Architectural Studies studio
These images below were selected for Kent State's 'X Gallery'- an archive to observe works throughout Architecture, Architectural Studies, and Interior Design studios. I described my work as followed:
2D Composition (black/white and color)
This project explored the importance of 2D compositions and how dynamism can improve a piece. Dynamism produces order, rhythm, tension, balance, and movement, and we were tasked to create designs that contained all of these characteristics. To start the project, we took inspiration from Ezra Stoller's photography and turned it into a black-and-white composition using Adobe Illustrator. It explored the relationships between solid and void and how they produced a dynamic effect. Next, we took our most dynamic image and explored how it can be portrayed using different media, like charcoal, India ink, and newspaper collage. We started by using only one medium for each composition and then combined the various media later in the project. This part of the project gave insight into how different media is used to create different ways of showing dynamism. This aspect of the project focused on the relationships between each media and the layering effect that creates a dynamic image. Further into the project, we turned to color in 2D composition by examining and recreating our most dynamic piece into complementary, analogous, and monochromatic colors. Similar to the black and white composition, we eventually turned to other media, such as watercolor and newspaper collages, to analyze the similarities and differences in mixed media. We explored the importance of color in art and how it can produce dynamic effects that may or may not be achieved in black-and-white composition.
