Title: Non-sense
Medium: permanent ink on paper Size: 21.5 cm x 14cm December 2016 Exhibition Text For this project, my main focus was to illustrate an image that gives the reader tranquility, if not a moment to stop an observe. It was inspired by the work of Victor Vasalery, who was considered the optical illusion "grandfather" of all artists. My entire piece has the colors black and white only, and one of my principal intents what to have as less white space as possible. All is self-made within the medium. |
Process
I started out with a free hand design and the rest moved on from there. I have always enjoyed making designs and patterns for whatever reason, plus when I do, I have good precision so I tend to make straight lines and steady patterns easily without making that many mistakes. At first, I did a free hand design with pencil, to make sure that no overlapping would occur, and if it did, then I could simply erase it. After the free handed design, I moved on to using only the permanent fine tip sharpie. From there, I began filling in the white space with patterns made up in my mind until there was no more space to fill up. |
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Meaning/ Theme of the Piece
There is no set meaning or theme of my piece because my original intentions was to develop a pattern that had no specific impact or connection to a certain theme/topic. The meaning behind my piece however, is attempting to convey a sence of tranquility with non-sense on it. Even though my piece is basically made up of lines, shapes, and patterns, each viewer has a different perspective that they can use to make a connection or adquire something from my piece. My techniques were also based off of what we learned freshmen year of highschool, in relations to the optical illusion art like the parabolic curve and the zen graphic notation, which is yet another inspiration for my work. |
Artistic Inspiration
For this piece, my artistic inspiration comes from Victor Vasarely, who is a famous artist within the art that involves optical illusions. Some of his work and his use of color were part of the main inspirations: the simple black and white colors and the defying pieces which at time confuse the viewer but leave them wondering for more. |
Reflection
Even though this is probably one of the simplest projects I've done, I ended up liking it a lot for the sole reason that I enjoyed it. Like I had said before, I really enjoy working with patterns and repetitive shapes, especially creating some that are intriguing and interesting to the human eye, Besides it being interesting, it leaves the viewer looking for answers as they try to figure out what is going on in the image. Often times, I feel like the reason why I end up feeling odd or unsatisfied with my work is because I never even enjoyed doing it in the first place. In comparison to this one where I enjoyed it to the max and was able to fullfill my desires and original intentions.
Even though this is probably one of the simplest projects I've done, I ended up liking it a lot for the sole reason that I enjoyed it. Like I had said before, I really enjoy working with patterns and repetitive shapes, especially creating some that are intriguing and interesting to the human eye, Besides it being interesting, it leaves the viewer looking for answers as they try to figure out what is going on in the image. Often times, I feel like the reason why I end up feeling odd or unsatisfied with my work is because I never even enjoyed doing it in the first place. In comparison to this one where I enjoyed it to the max and was able to fullfill my desires and original intentions.
ACT Questions
The central idea around my research was to search for an artist that did or aimed for the same thing I was aiming for. Victor Vasarely was an optical illusion artist, who actually did aim to trick his viewers. Like me however, he wanted to convey figures and patterns that caused revoltions amongst the viewers. His intent was more obvious than mine, but my work is still distinct to his due to the fact that I am not that intersted in specifically creating optical illusions, rather just something more simple and easy to access.
The central idea around my research was to search for an artist that did or aimed for the same thing I was aiming for. Victor Vasarely was an optical illusion artist, who actually did aim to trick his viewers. Like me however, he wanted to convey figures and patterns that caused revoltions amongst the viewers. His intent was more obvious than mine, but my work is still distinct to his due to the fact that I am not that intersted in specifically creating optical illusions, rather just something more simple and easy to access.