Golden Rectangle – black and white collage

For this assignment, we were to cut organic shapes (I used pictures of me and my friends) out of differently-patterned black and white materials (I chose a bunch of pictures by Tyler Knott) and arrange them based off the golden rectangle. I had so much fun with this one, I made a few. This first one is the one I turned in; you'll have to tilt your head to the left to see it the way I intended:


Here are the other two. They're turned the right direction.

Despite my scanner's issues with determining borders, it apparently is very acutely aware of the two different types of ink I used on this one. I was going to do it entirely in pen, but after hours of working on it up to ten minutes before class, I had to switch to india ink so I could finish on time. Sorry. It looks better in person.

Aaaaaand it turns out my computer refuses to save any image I've rotated. If technology had a face, I would punch it. Turn your head again for this one.



Islamic Patterns – 6" x 6", ink

For this assignment, our teacher gave us handouts with an overlapping circle pattern. (He also showed us how to make the circle pattern with a compass.) Using a compass and straightedge, we were to connect points and find new patterns within the pattern, until we found one we liked. He allowed us to freehand details if we wanted.

I've decided, since my creative writing class ended and I'm now taking art classes, to use this blog for my art projects. I still have a few writing assignments that never got posted; I may or may not post those sometime in the future. For now, please ignore the sloppy, uneven borders on my art; apparently my scanner has trouble differentiating drawn borders on my paper, the edges of the paper, and empty space that isn't part of the paper at all.

As for this image, it's actually supposed to be rotated 90 degrees to the right. I don't know why my computer refuses to save it that way; it worked for all other my other images with the exact same file type. Hrrrrrgh.




Superunit Pattern Design - 8" x 8", ink

* Use two to four unit forms of the same shape (square, circle, or equilateral triangle) and size to create a superunit form
* Repeat this form four to seven times to create a design