Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Self-Portrait Blog


Self-Portrait - Chuck Close

Close used oil on canvas to create this large image of himself.  I have included a photo that shows what he actually does when creating these pieces of art.  You can see how he places a bar on the photograph and does the same on the canvas; he basically uses a grid.  He does a unique way of showing who he is to the audience.  His “identity” is used through grid work and a futuristic point of view.


Marilyn - Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol started the PopArt era.  He showed the world a totally different type of art.  Here he used a photo of Marilyn and fooled with the coloring.  Warhol really started a new age of art and let others find a different way of expressing their art abilities.



Cut - Kara Walker

Even though Walker uses cutouts for her artwork, this is something that could be done in illustrator.  I would just use the pen tool and pretty much draw the image wanted and fill it with black.  I like Walker’s pieces of art because each of them has their own story.  Some of them are pretty intense images.  I used a simple one for this  



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