Chris Allard - Scale Exaggerated

    

    For this piece, I wanted to lend itself to the theme of nightmare and how that could be mixed with a concept involving scale. I find long things with a lot of arms like centipedes to be disturbing and so I thought it could be interesting to create a monstrous character with those features. To lend itself to scale I wanted to play it smart and efficient with what I had around me and I knew I could take photos easily so my hands and myself were obvious subjects. I wanted to create a scene of a character in the "clutches" of a monster and left in a state of shock and fear. For a deeper/interpretive meaning; as an artist, I find human hands to be a crucial tool, they can be used for many good things like healing or creating but they can also be used for terrible things as well which I find terrifying.

 

I wanted to create a vibrant graveyard as opposed to a dreary graveyard. I thought some crystal elements would help lighten the mood and even make the skeletal birds give off a calm feeling. The moon is a symbol of the afterlife as hinted in the title Avian Afterlife.

Building a home- Brooklyn Presnell

 

My concept was to create a house from a cardboard box. Growing up I would play in cardboard boxes laying around my grandparents house and pretend to decorate them and live in them. I added aspects from my current apartment into the house to show how I now have a space to decorate as my own. I also included my hedgehog, Clover just for fun. 

Otto Lucas Architectural Blend

 

My concept was to take elements of architecture and sculpture and merge them together. Something I had learned a while back in one of my art history classes was this association with femininity being tied with nature and masculinity being tied with architecture and science. I wanted to make something that juxtaposed those concepts by merging them together. I also wanted to tie in a notion of western religion and its preaching of freedom in structure and the contradiction that lies within that.

Architectural Blend - Sena Lor

 

 

My concept is to create a believable environment of a railroad leading into the city. Within the wall on the left I included in some windows to give a sense of life, implying that this area is inhabited my people. The graffiti on the wall itself also implies this as well. To provide a peaceful mood I made the overall image cool with a warm lighting. This also provides a time of day setting in the later morning.

Rowe Institute: Destiny James

Rowe Institute

For this assignment, I decided to elevate our Rowe building to something that represents the Art department as I know it to be. I see Rowe as a power house for all creatives, so I wanted to represent that in an architectural way. I retired the building's camera inspired structure to something that fits my imagination of how Rowe would look if it was reconstructed. I also decided to add the two murals that are at the back of the building to express how I think the department should display its creativity to the rest of the university.  

 

Building connections by Rocky

 

For the architectural blend project, I revised it and this was the idea that I came up with. The Lego "doors" or arches are the idea of being open to making those connections. As they lead up to the top with the two people where the earth is and make the connection throughout the world, like having a worldly perspective. Then the spiral motion upward can also be seen as DNA and the Lego's within show that we are meant to build connections with people. And lastly, the sky gives the sense of hope and the warmth of love and being able to make those connections. (all photos taken by me)