Abigail's Digital Portfolio Blog

  Intention Definition & Exploration of Ideas:             This year, I have decided to go for the theme Visual Delight and the Arts of Daily Life. I decided to choose this theme because I think it fits nicely with Graphic Design; which is what I want to focus on this year. This theme is all about the art we see in our daily life that we might overlook. For example, an image on a t-shirt, a brand logo you might see on a bag of chips, or the design on a wedding invitation. These were all carefully designed by digital artists., who paid attention to different elements like typography, branding, and theming. The reason I picked this theme is because I am going to major in Graphic design in college, so I figured it would be a good idea to form a portfolio focusing on it. Planning:      https://pin.it/4H37z0q           This marking period I wanted to try making low poly birds, so I made a Pinterest board...

 Reflection Post:         I finally finished the geometric hummingbird that I have been working on for a while. Here is the finished image:          Overall I am pretty happy with how it looks finished. This one by far was the most difficult out of the three birds I made because of how long it took, and how intricate it is compared to the others. I honestly wasn't trying to make this one have so many more shapes than the blue bird, but it just kind of happened. Part of the reason might be because of how many color gradients/transitions I had to make, and part of it might just be the nature of the reference image and pose. The wing and tail feathers took up 80% of my time and were very meticulous, while the head and main body were pretty easy and quick to make because they were something I was already familiar with from the past birds.           One things about this bird that I could improve on is ...

 Progress Page:         This week I continued working on the humming bird. This bird is proving more difficult than the the others I made, probably because there are more areas of it's wings that I have to create. These are the tail feathers that I finished in the beginning of the week This is part of the wing I was working on, but I didn't like how it was looking so I redid it. This is what that area looked like after I fixed it. Here is the reference picture I used          This is the most challenging of the birds I have made so far, but I think it is turning out good so far even there are parts I had to redo. The tail feathers is the one of the main reasons this bird is taking so long because it took me almost a week just to make them. This is because all the tail feathers are white and there isn't a huge color variation to each feather. I really had to focus on the shadows and where the light was coming from in order for them t...

 Inspiration Post:           One artist that I recent came across on Instagram is Mia Boas. She uses blender to make artwork like 3D diorama scenes of houses. Her artwork is very detailed, and although I am not using blender currently, her artwork still inspires me with my own art. Below are some of her artworks.           I really like how all of the scenes look because they are so cohesive and visually stunning. The color pallet in each of them is very pleasing to look at and aesthetic. I really like how the textures look too, haw the matte texture on most of the items in the scene almost give them a clay look. I also like how every item and furniture piece comes together to tell a story about the room and who is living there. The almost cluttered scenes made up of simplistic object just works for some reason and feels peaceful.          All of these details and emotions that each scene giv...