Texture Project

1. What was most interesting to you about part one of the texture project? Why?

To me, the most interesting part of Part one of the texture project was the translation of seeing a texture in person and seeing how it is different when it is translated on paper.  In many cases, when I went around campus looking for interesting or unique textures, I would trace over a texture and its translation onto paper would be different than what it looked like in person.  This kind of 'transformation' from real life to a 2-D texture was very interesting.

2. Of the 10 photographs you took, which image best communicates the essence or "feel" of a texture? Why was that photograph so successful?

The image of the tree bark best communicates the feel of texture because, in my opinion, the bark of a tree is more than just a texture. Tree bark has many layers and textures, all of which are completely unique from one another.  Photographing tree bark also showed the small, little crevases between the 'canals' of the tree bark.  It really created a texture through a photograph that was unique to tree bark and cannot be recreated by mankind. 

3. Which of your three collages is most successful? What makes that collage the most successful?

In my opinion, the collage through photoshop is most successful because of its use of color.  In creating the collage, I really wanted to focus on using images on the same color palette.  In my collage, I used many shades of brown, red, yellow, etc. to portray the Fall season and try to make the collage look as realistic as possible.

4. Using specific detail, describe your favorite collage.

As I was creating this collage through Photoshop, I wanted to use photos that would portray the Fall season through using fall colors and textures.  I started with my base image of a sheet of wood that used multiple shades of brown and yellow.  Then, I added the texture of tree bark and used multiple tools on Photoshop to make the texture of the tree bark look more realistic and 'built-in' to the image.  Lastly, I used the lasso tool to trace out the image of a leaf and copy and pasted it into my image.  I used a tool to change the shading of the leaf to a more seasonal and vibrant color of red, yellow, and orange shades, adding to the Fall season depiction.

5. Thinking back to Mr. O's demonstration in class on Friday, how might you use the techniques he showed you to create a 3-d representation of your 2-d collage? 

To create the texture of the plank of wood, I could use plaster to create that 'woody' texture showing the grains of wood.  To create the leaf, I could trace the shape of a leaf and use the saw to create an enlarged, thicker wooden leaf.  I could also use plaster to create the tree bark texture.