Olivia * AP art

Materials: book page, ipad (ibispaint), exacto knife, glue Process: I drew out the lines connecting the sentence I had found on one the book pages and then copied it onto bigger parchment colored paper. Using the exacto knife, I cut a border and around said lines so only the sentences were left. I sketched a design on my iPad using ibisPaint, lineart, and colored as well.  Idea: I wanted to convey the message that matters of the heart/desire can overtake one’s mind, throwing all reason to the wind. The flower symbol represents Aphrodite, goddess of love, while the owl sitting on the branch represents Athena, goddess of wisdom/reason. The sentences “I understand that for years now, the heart wa dimly doing what he knew best. It was foolish, but it was magnificent. Don’t give the chance to reason” is simply what it means. The heart can feel many things and that’s what it knows best, but the mind makes the decisions. So, sometimes when you get to know someone and start liking them, the he

 

 Materials: book pages, digital art, exacto knife Process: I found the sentence that I wanted to use and copied it onto a beige colored paper, then cut out all of the words save for those in the sentence and made a border using the exacto knife and a ruler to get straight edges. From there, I sketched out my design on paper and took a picture which I imported into a drawing app called ibisPaint on my iPad and drew the lineart and coloring on there for sharper lines and edges. I printed the image out, glued it onto a black background and then glued the cut out page on top.  Idea: to express the “narrator’s” journey through the process of liking someone, this is the change where they realize that it’s okay to be rejected and used this as a means to self reflect/grow self love or confidence. Hence the sentence “then he set about raising himself  and slowly he made progress.” The triskelion represents change and progress in Greek/Celtic culture and the hands are reach up for it, wanting to

  Materials: lighter, paper, tape Process: I tore five pieces of paper to create a ripple effect. For every piece, I wet the edges where I wanted to burn with water and used a lighter to singe them. For some more texture, I wet holes in different places and burned around it. I then used the burnt edges as a sort of graphite and made the paper look more old.  Idea: “each willing with desire” is to convey the feeling when each person has a mutual attraction to the other. By using burnt edges and fire, it adds to the passion kind of feeling. Fire is most often associated with desire or passion, so I wanted to use a different technique to convey such.