Studio Art: 2D Design

Breadth

  • 12 COMPOSITIONS
  • SHOWS SKILL IN A BROAD RANGE (media, content, styles, color choices, etc.)
  • SIZE: 18" x 24" max
  • TWO DIMENSIONAL WORKS ONLY
  • NO PHOTO REFERENCES YOU DON'T OWN YOURSELF!

Concentration

  • 12 COMPOSITIONS
  • SHOWS UNITY ACROSS PORTFOLIO (consistency in some, but not all, of the following areas: medium, content, style, color scheme, etc.)
  • SIZE: 18" x 24" max
  • NO REPEATS FROM BREADTH

Quality

  • 5 COMPOSITIONS
  • SHOWS TECHNICAL ABILITY   (Represents your best work)
  • CAN BE DIGITAL (print out) or ANALOG (both will be matted and backed)
  • CAN BE NEW WORKS OR REPEATS FROM BREADTH OR CONCENTRATION
2D DESIGN CONCERNS
  • UNITY
  • VARIETY
  • RHYTHM
  • PROPORTION
  • SCALE
  • BALANCE
  • EMPHASIS
  • CONTRAST
  • REPETITION
  • FIGURE / GROUND RELATIONSHIP
POSSIBLE MEDIA: graphic design, digital imaging, photography, collage, fabric design, weaving, fashion design, illustration, painting, printmaking, video stills, etc.
GRADING CRITERIA
  • USE OF COMPOSITIONAL SPACE (ELEMENTS OF ART / PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN)
  • DECISION MAKING AND INTENTION
  • ORIGINALITY, IMAGINATION, INVENTION
  • EXPERMENTATION, RISK-TAKING
  • CONFIDENT, EVOCATIVE WORK ENGAGING THE VIEWER
  • TECHNICAL SKILL
  • STUDENT VOICE
  • GROWTH (Concentration Portfolio)
  • BROAD RANGE OF DESIGN PROBLEMS IN CONTENT, STYLE, AND PROCESS (Breadth Portfolio)

PROJECT IDEAS

MIXED MEDIA
  • Composition in which you use at least three different media (such as a wet medium, dry medium, and some collage elements) while focusing on one element and one principle of design.
COLOR SCHEME
  • Create a portrait, still life, or landscape using either a complementary, analogous, or split-complementary color scheme in any 2D medium making color the subject matter.
SINGLE SOURCE COLLAGE
  • Photocopy or print multiple times one type of object. Use those copies as the source material for a collage.
DIGITAL DRAWING & PHOTOGRAPHY
  • Digitally add your own drawing/artwork into photographs you have taken (and manipulated). 
PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLAGE
  • Re-edit photographs you have taken to place you or a friend into a new environment (also a photo you took) or create a new reality. Be sure to pay attention to lighting and shadows.
MYTHOLOGICAL EVENT
  • Create a mythological event. Think up a story involving the imaginary revolt of one of the following: domestic animals, computers, machines, kitchen appliances, elevators, flowers, etc. Visualize your idea by making a convincing illustration of the event.
CONSTRUCTIVISM
  • Research Russian Constructivism and / or Dadaism. Create a composition using a limited color palette, text, and imagery with strong contrast and bold negative space.
CUT PAPER PORTRAIT
  • Create a cut paper portrait. A portrait can include a body, but that is not necessary for an image to work as a portrait. Focus on how compositional space it used.
GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION
  • Multi-color digital or analog printmaking uses a small number (3-5) of single colored layers to build up the image. Notice this is not a black outline drawing, but a fill-only situation.
NON FINITO
  • Drawing or painting composition that alternates from a simple contour to a fully rendered form at chosen focal points.
DEEP SPACE
  • Create a composition creating the illusion of deep space. Do not include any heads of people.
QUIRKY ILLUSTRATIONS
  • Create an illustration by combining the contents of two reference images. Be sure the reference images are your photos, not someone else's.
SPRAY PAINT STENCIL PORTRAIT
  • Use spray paint and a stencil you cut yourself to create a portrait. Cut out 3 color layers, so that the colors overlap to create the illusion of a form with depth. No black outlines. Be creative with how you crop your image. Not all portraits are straight ahead pictures of faces. Stencil the image on three different kinds of surfaces.
ANALOG PHOTOGRAPHY
  • Make a pinhole camera and take pictures on film. Get an old polaroid camera and take pictures. Using a manual 35mm film camera, take pictures. (Look up photography rules: focal point, leading lines, angle of view, off-center subjects, rule of thirds, etc.) 
NEGATIVE SPACE WITH FORMS
  • Draw multiple versions of a three-dimensional object from multiple angles. Negative space and rhythm are important visual concerns.
NEGATIVE SPACE
  • Create a work of art where negative space is a significant feature of the composition.
TEXT
  • Display your graphic design abilities with a composition involving text. Use typography as a design element. 
PLACE
  • Create a composition that reflects on a place, can hold figures or objects in space, and shows volume. Think through color and negative space.