IMAGE MASH UP

Please bring the following to class on Wednesday, October 12

One photo, taken by you.

One found image from the internet, a magazine, or a billboard. (Take a photo or screen shot, or tear the image out of a magazine.)

Print both (as close to 8”x10” as possible) and bring to class

*The two images will be mashed together. They can be related, but they do not have to be. If you are having a hard time picking just one of each, feel free to bring more than one.

In class

Watch trace and transfer demonstration.

Make contour line tracings of both of your images.

Sample Contour Line Drawings

Transfer both of your drawings onto one piece of Bristol board so that they are layered on top of each other.

Using a 2”x2.5” viewfinder window, choose one area of one of your traced drawings to enlarge. This area should have a dynamic or interesting set of lines.

Copy this composition of lines within the 10”x8” frame of your layered drawing.

Take a Step Back

When you have all three images on your Bristol board, take a step back and see how the images are interacting. Use an eraser to take away any lines you do not like. Use a pencil to add or connect lines, or to fill in smaller shapes that seem to be creating a rhythm.

Consider whether or not you should….

         add a fourth layer of imagery.

         erase most or all of what is there.

         retrace one of your images in a different place than you originally traced          it (upside down, mirror image, or slightly off register).

         repeat one element until it forms a pattern.

         enhance an emerging figure/ground relationship.

Once you have discovered the image you will make, think about whether you would like it to be black and white or in color. Make a decision about what type of media you will use (gouache, pen and ink, color pencil, marker, or graphite).

Please note:

The main point of this assignment is to encourage you to make a lot of decisions that do not have clear outcomes. Your best decisions in this project will be the decisions that you like the most. I do not have any expectations about what your final image will look like.