Evaluation project 2 city scape

Material used:

·      Black + White sticky paper(A3)

·      Scalpel

·      Cutting mat

·      A3 (tracing paper, black + white paper, plain paper)

·      Magazine of city scape

·      Drawings of city scape (observation, perspective)

Techniques:

·      The cityscapes are from magazines and observational drawings.

·      Gather and compose the drawings on the A3 tracing paper.

·      Simplify the drawings, so it is easier to cut out and it would look less messy.

·      When drawing the buildings, you should add bridges so the black sticky paper won’t fall out.

·      On the tracing paper, shade in the section that are meant to be white(this is the part you are going to cut out)

·      Stick the black sticky paper on top of the white sticky paper.

·      Use the sticky tape to stick the paper (photocopied from the tracing paper) on top of the black + white sticky paper.

·      They should all be in A3 size.

·      Use the scalpel to cut through the photocopied paper and also through the black sticky paper.

·      You should not cut through the white sticky paper that was underneath the black sticky paper.

·      When using the scalpel, don’t put too much pressure on the paper. (This would damage the white paper underneath.)

·      Any loose black sticky paper should be glued in.

·      When you finish cutting out the white parts, mount it on white paper.

·      Mounting (Stick the finished city scape on top of the white paper. The white border around the paper should be all the same length.)

Evaluation

Subject Matter

What inspired me were the cityscapes and the landscapes.

The technique I used for the work is from Kara walker-cutting of black and white paper, but the buildings

Itself was influenced by architects like Frank Gehry or Ludwid Mies van der Rohe.

Techniques

One of the techniques I used was to simplify the buildings. I want the audience to clearly see the composition and more importantly so the final art work won’t look like a mess.

I learnt that cut outs are not always flat and boring. Composition is very important.

The composition could make the buildings stand out even without complimentary colours.

I’m satisfied with my work, but if I can produce it again I would modify the background to be more perspective mainly because it looks really flat.

Flat background is mainly what I would want, but in this case the main colour is black and white, the objects are quite plain. To make the background be less plain, add some shadow lines.

When I was working, sometimes the part that I cut out doesn’t look right at the end result.

What I did wrong was that the cityscape didn’t look full.

When I look at it, it feels like there was something missing. I spotted that something was missing when I looked at it from far away. There was a big gap between the buildings.

Next time...Before I decide what parts should be black or white, I would stop and look at the shaded parts and look at it from a distant.

I would be able to spot the big gap between the buildings.

Kara works on negative and positive points by cut outs. She creates illusion well, but I don’t think I applied what she did as much, as in what is in the background or what is in the fore ground.

 

This is an eye level view. The composition is not random. I used a mixture of curvy lines and dramatic strict vertical shapes/lines to give that strong look, Just as strong as the buildings itself.

Review

My idea changed in a couple of ways: I have added some shadow lines, I simplified the windows on the buildings and I also placed a building behind another to create an illusion of the objects as if there in front of another or behind.