Senior Show Postcard
Concept
UPDATE!
I'm finalizing my concept for review on Friday. I ended up sticking with the crisp white background. After multiple attempts at painting the canvas, we discovered a little paint doesn't do justice but too much can look sloppy. So white it is. I'm not opposed to either although I spent a good bit of time on that painting. Nonetheless, here is my poster and the ending of my Senior Studio class!
I've started the Senior Show project to promote the end of the year celebration for PCAD. As you can see, the idea is to run through the list of things we have "accomplished" (metaphorically) and then use the popular idiom, now we're ready to steal the show. This concept is just the beginning idea that will be further explored. Considering this represents the entire school, I thought it would add a great quality to use a canvas texture in the background. I wanted to take that even further by beginning a hand-rendered painting of this text. Then I'll be able to scan in the canvas to use as the postcard and poster imagery. When I approached my teacher with the idea, he agreed that it would give it a great quality. He also suggested printing the canvas with the text to paint over. (Apparently he has a printer that can do this.) Its been a while since I've been able to paint for a project, so I'm very excited. I'll post the final once I finish.
For now, its just about time for Thanksgiving break!
3 comments:
I really like the idea of hand-typing this! I think it could look awesome! Or instead of painting with acrylic on canvas, you could paint onto paper with coloured inks or watercolours, or even watered down acrylics. I find that gets a much sharper, cleaner line, and you can control the fine detail more with a croquil or smaller brush than a brush laden with acrylics.
Thanks! I think I was going with the acrylic on canvas because I wanted that uneven look. I want to keep most lines crisp and clean but I think it would be interesting to see the brushwork and possible uneven-ness of the type. Also the textured canvas would be more interesting that the smooth background. But I'm glad you like the idea of hand-rendering the type, I'll post a picture once its complete so you can see how it turns out.
Nice Sarah! I think this idea is very original. I am excited to see what else you do with it.
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