2nd Assignment: Shape

Art 105: 2-Dimensional Design

Professor: Kyle Stevenson

Project 2:  SHAPE MOTIF

        (Linear /Curvilinear or Geometric/ Biomorphic Pattern)

MATERIALS:

Canson Mi'tientes (individual sheets of paper).

One 18x24” sheet of white, black, and gray
Scissors

Exacto Knife

Glue Stick

Graphite Pencils Pack of 4 Graphic or Soft Sketching Pencils (HB, 2B, 4B, 6B)

Black Pens 1 Fine Point Sharpie + 1 two-sided (Fine/Broad) PrismaColor Marker

Metal Ruler: 18” or 24”

Tracing Paper

Pad of Bristol Paper 14” x 17” pad

Illustration board (Hot Press)

Comes in a pack of 2 (15”x20”) or 1 (20”x 30” to cut into 2 pieces)

INSTRUCTIONS:

Step 1: Make 4 sketches of Original Geometric and Biomorphic shapes.

·         On a 14x17” sheet of Bristol Paper, arrange four 5”x5” squares, with one inch separating them, for sketching.

·         In two of the squares use a straight edge to draw geometric shapes that fit inside the squares.  The shapes must touch all four sides of each square, but there must be a total of 5 points of contact where the shape meets the edge of the square. Neatly fill in the shapes with black ink.

·          In the other two squares use the circle template and/or the French curve to design biomorphic shapes that fit inside the squares.  The shapes must touch all four sides of each square and there must be 5 points of contact where the shape meets the edge of the square. Neatly fill in the shapes with black ink.

Preliminary Due date for finished sketches: Sept. 20th (next week)

Step 2: Choose the best shape out of the four sketches and create a motif pattern by symmetrically flipping the shape into four quadrants.

·         Choose the most effective shape out of the four designs and redraw the shape into a 2”x 2” square on Bristol paper.

·         Cutout the shape (this will be your template to trace onto black paper.)

·         Trace and cut four shapes out of the black paper, keeping two shapes the original orientation, but flipping two shapes into a mirrored orientation.

·         Arrange the four shapes into a 4”x 4” quadrant, ensuring that all four shapes reveal the same side of the black paper (the front and back of the paper show different “blacks.”  In the top left quadrant arrange the first cut out shape. In the top right quadrant, flip the second cut out shape horizontally.  In the bottom left quadrant, flip the third cut out shape vertically.  In the final bottom right quadrant, flip the shape vertically and horizontally to complete the vertically and horizontally symmetrical shape.  Again, be sure that all shapes reveal the same side of the black piece of paper.

·         This design will be the repeating motif in your final layout.  Cut out 48 total shapes to create 12 similar quadrant motifs that will be laid out in a grid.

Step 3: Arrange 48 black shapes into the motif repeating pattern, choose a white negative space area in the pattern, cut out the appropriate amount of white shapes to fit into the design, and glue down your motif pattern composed of black and white shapes on a Gray 12”x 16” background.

·         Arrange 48 shapes into 2 rows of 6 motif quadrants.

·         Examining the negative spaces created by the connecting design, choose one or more of these negative shapes to be white, but be sure that all repeated motif quadrants have the exact same black white and gray pattern.

·         Cut enough of these white shapes to fit seamlessly into the final repeating design

·         The final design will be a 12” x 16” grid (48 shapes) of your original shape; a grid that is also 3 motif quadrants wide and 4 motif quadrants long

·         Cut out a 12”x 16” background of gray paper.

·         Glue down your final design on the gray paper and mount it on a 15”x 20” sheet of smooth illustration board.

Note: a huge part of this assignment is craftsmanship, so be sure your final is as neat and clean as humanly possible—in other words, flawless.

FINAL DUE DATE: September 27