Meghan Girouard Digital Arts 210

Monday, November 9, 2015

Collage Environment

I decided to make my collage look like a jungle in outer space. I had originally wanted to do a jungle scene, and thought it would look more surreal if I placed it in outer space. My goal was to make the scene look very mystical. I placed the car flying over the planet because I wanted it to look like a safari in space, and the safari was looking over the tigers. I then made the birds bigger than the tigers to make it look surreal. I also thought the birds looked majestic because they were so bold and colorful and really wanted to demonstrate that in the picture. On the bottom I placed flowers with a butterfly on them. I then placed a small tiger pouncing on the butterfly because I thought it looked cool that the tiger and butterfly were about the same size, which usually does not happen. In all I was pleased with how my collage came out because I had a goal of making it look mystical and surreal, and I think that I achieved that.

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Magazine Cover

I decided to make my magazine cover on Vogue. I wanted to use Jennifer Lawrence on the cover because she is my favorite actress. I used a picture of myself in the corner because I did not want my picture to be the main focus of the cover. I also wanted to add some Thanksgiving recipes because I don't think that is something you would usually see in Vogue, so I wanted to make it a little different. I looked at a lot of pictures of magazines to get an idea of what I wanted to do, but ultimately went in a completely different direction with the style because I really wanted to use a landscape photo of Jennifer Lawrence because I thought it was a really captivating image. I also put fashion into my magazine because that is something that I am interested in. I also used a picture of Harry Styles too add to the pop culture portion of the magazine. In all, I tried to incorporate ideas that I would like to see in a magazine and bring that to life in my own magazine cover.

Monday, October 26, 2015

Photo Extract

I decided to make my image a picture of my friend and I in New York city. My favorite place is New York City, especially during the holidays. The hardest part of this project was making our legs look like they were in the water. It was hard to blend the colors to make it look realistic. The images on the bottom are the original images, and the top is the image that I created.

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

HTML Project

For my project I decided to recreate the Monsters Inc. symbol. I was really satisfied with how the "M" turned out and the eyeball inside of it. Creating the outside circle was really difficult for me. I thought the eye was a really cool shape to do and I was actually really surprised with how well it came out. I was going to put a character from the movie in front of the M, but it looked very odd when I did it, so I decided not to. This was definitely the hardest project so far for me, but it was really cool to learn how to do.

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<script>
window.onload = function() {
var canvas = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var context = canvas.getContext("2d");

////////////////////////////////////// start below this line ˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇ

context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(225, 150);
context.lineTo(355, 150);
context.lineTo(390, 205);
context.lineTo(425, 150);
context.lineTo(550, 150);
context.lineTo(602, 352);
context.lineTo(175, 352);
context.lineTo(225, 150);
   context.stroke();
context.fillStyle = 'blue';
   context.fill();

context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(250, 350);
context.lineTo(315, 275);
context.lineTo(395, 350);
context.lineTo(475, 275);
context.lineTo(550, 350);
context.stroke();
context.fillStyle = 'white';
context.fill();
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();

context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(50, 215);
context.quadraticCurveTo(400, 0, 725, 215);
context.lineWidth = 15;
context.strokeStyle = 'black';
      context.stroke();

context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(48, 350);
context.quadraticCurveTo(400, 550, 725, 350);
context.lineWidth = 15;
context.strokeStyle = 'black';
      context.stroke();

context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(50, 350);
context.quadraticCurveTo(0, 250, 50, 215);
context.lineWidth = 15;
context.strokeStyle = 'black';
      context.stroke();

context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(725, 350);
context.quadraticCurveTo(730, 200, 700, 200);
context.lineWidth = 15;
context.stroke();

context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(275, 260);
context.quadraticCurveTo(390, 300, 500, 260);
context.lineWidth = 5;
context.stroke();
context.fillStyle = 'white';
      context.fill();

context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(500, 260);
context.quadraticCurveTo(390, 225, 275, 260);
context.lineWidth = 5;
context.stroke();
context.fillStyle = 'white';
      context.fill();

context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(375, 260);
context.quadraticCurveTo(390, 250, 410, 260);
context.lineWidth = 5;
context.stroke();
context.fillStyle = 'black';
      context.fill();

context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(410, 260);
context.quadraticCurveTo(390, 275, 375, 260);
context.lineWidth = 5;
context.stroke();
context.fillStyle = 'black';
      context.fill();

/*
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(150, 50);
context.lineTo(300, 50);
context.stroke();

context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(150, 10);
context.lineTo(450, 50);
context.stroke();
*/

////////////////////////////////////// end above this line ˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆ

};

</script>
</head>
<body>
<canvas id="myCanvas" width="800" height="600"></canvas>
</body>
</html>

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Vector Illustration

I chose to draw a picture of my dog, Rex. I liked this picture because I really liked the texture of his fur and wanted to try to draw it. I chose to make the background different from the actual picture because the background in the real photo was so complex that it was taking away from the rest of the photo. I didn't want the background to be the main focus of the picture, so I wanted to change it a little bit. I started by drawing the dog. For the most part I really liked drawing the textured fur, and it was not as hard as I thought it would be. The eyes were difficult for me. It was hard because his eyes were very lively and I wanted them to look as real as possible. The rest of the picture I wanted to look a little more cartoonish, but I was really focused on making the eyes look life-like.

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Exquisite Corpse

I chose to make my exquisite corpse a radio. I wanted to have him dancing, but he would be making the music. The nose is meant to be the "play" button. And the buttons on his tie would be "stop", "fast forward", "rewind". His stomach is meant to show movement and what kind of music he is playing, which is fun dance music. I wanted his legs to be a different color than the rest of his body to show that his legs are moving a lot.

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Logo Project

Logo Project:

I decided to make my logo for my Dad's company, Quality Painting. He always says his current logo is boring, so I wanted to make it more fun and lively. I decided to add a lot of color and splashing paint. I showed it to him and he really liked to idea. Overall, this project was really fun because the paint was a really cool technique.