*sTRivInG FoR pErFeCtiOn*

Well you can tell from the photo that this box is anything but perfect! I dont mean to sound negative, just realistic. Now I know the homework assignment was to create a PERFECT 8 inch cube, although it is not perfect I am actually somewhat pleased with myself. My original plan was to score and fold some matte board, yet I heard from others that that definitely was not getting accepted. So instead of just being lazy and going with that plan anyway, I decided to try out the whole foam board idea (which I thought was a little confusing at first). As you can see I wasn't 100% successful in my attempt to perfection. Nevertheless, I do feel quite pleased with the absence of glue stains (for the most part). Not perfect yet, but its a step in the right direction, a first of many to come!! :)

NeEd SoMe sHaDe??

So these are the 2 shading exercises we had to do. For my techniques I chose the diagonal lines, and crosshatching. I do have to say the cross hatching is the weaker of the two. However I never really been able to shade an object unless I was looking at a grayscale photo of it. So in the suitcase (which was brown and tan) to be able to get the gists of the natural shading it had on it was a bit of an accomplishment for me, even though the final product isnt that amazing.

My ZiNe!

As you all know, I love pink so I wanted my zine to feature the color pink, yet in a more sophisticated way. To accomplish this I decided my color scheme would be light pink, black, cream/white, and some gray. I came up with Sitting Pretty as my title for the simple fact that my subject matter was chairs and the way I portrayed them in the zine was pretty!

~MaGaziNe LayOut~

Here is my Iarc magazine layout! The scale isn't in direct relation to that of the magazines but the layout is very close! I like that mine is pink! :)




Here is the magazine layout I chose, I liked how it wasn't very plain and that the pictures were scattered randomly over the page. This layout was featured in Metropolis magazine, in the April 2007 issue, on pages 176-177.

~MeTamOrpHaSis~

And last but not least, my final box! This one was made to resemble Ben's box the most. Also, this one is my favorite, I think it is pretty cool looking and still neat! But it was the biggest pain to do also!





In the middle of the middle mixes! This one is an equal combination of both Arntia's and Ben's boxes!




Here is my 1st out of 3 boxes, I made this one to resemble more of Arntia's box. I emphasized the box and only had the "x axis" as an accent!


Just figuring things out!! I promise this is not one of my final three boxes!! :)


This is Ben Adams egg container!


This is Arntia Smith's memory box!



So our new project is to combine two different projects from two different people on the iarcblog.folio. The two people that were above and below me on the list are Arntia Smith and Ben Adams. Of all their projects, I chose Arntia's memory box and Ben's egg container. Here are some drawings of the ideas I had in evolving their boxes into one!

EmeRgeNcE oF sELf

I don't think I really achieved the goal with this assignment. I was a little confused with the instructions and a little rushed for time! And to be honest I totally forgot about the proportions! WoOps! Maybe I'll do better next time! :)