Our latest project has been a kind of pick and choose one of our own. We were given a list of topics, ideas, and medias and allowed to combine them in any creative ways we can think of. For my project, I wanted to do a print. I always loved doing prints, ever since Art II; they always had this kind of texture and style that was apealing to the eye. Luckaly, texture was on the list of ideas to choose from, which made deciding what to focus on easy. Next was to figure out what I could print that would exemplify texture. On the list of subjects there happened to be one called mythical creatures. And that's when I remembered the chimera statue I had at my house. The creature is made up of parts from many different animals. Some with scales, some with skin, some with fur, other parts with horns. Each part had a variety of shape and different quality to vary the textures found on it; a perfect figure for a print.
So I started out with a basic sketch on what the layout of the print was, then I colored it to plan out what colors to use. I wanted to make each section a different color, so that they all stood from eachother, and it was clear to see what each thing was. It's kind of hard to line the print up with the paper, however. I'm used to creating a holder for the print block out of cardboard, then sticking pins through the back and poking holes through the paper so they line up each time. Maybe it'll look better once all the colors have been added.
So I started out with a basic sketch on what the layout of the print was, then I colored it to plan out what colors to use. I wanted to make each section a different color, so that they all stood from eachother, and it was clear to see what each thing was. It's kind of hard to line the print up with the paper, however. I'm used to creating a holder for the print block out of cardboard, then sticking pins through the back and poking holes through the paper so they line up each time. Maybe it'll look better once all the colors have been added.