Are You Listening? Digital Collage Project

For this assignment we had to incorporate images of our body part sculpture into a digital collage. Since the cochlea is a part of the ear, I thought listening was a fitting theme for my collage. My sculpture has an impersonal, science fair sort of feel, so I wanted to pair that with a human element it had been lacking. I used personal photos of friends and family, all in black and white. I wanted to contrast the foreground and the background, and I found this to be the most effective way of doing it. This piece turned out to be very personal for me, and I'm pleased with the results.

Primordial Soup: Final Stage Collage

The third and final stage of my collage project! I think it came together so well in the final stage, I really enjoy how it looks. It feels finished to me, and I'm very pleased with how it came out. The little circles dotting the piece, all in the colors used in the ooze creatures, really tie it together. It feels fun and happy, which is quite a leap from my original collage. The second stage was really what led me to this point; the ooze creatures, as I call them, were just starting to emerge from the background. They were still bounded though, both in color and form. They connected into the background. The colorful bunch was finally able to break free, overcoming the black and white to create something new and beautiful.

Collage Project: Stage 2

The second stage of my collage, where I had to add organic shapes on top of my geometric base. These little guys are what I like to call my primordial ooze creatures! I love how they look, and how they're able to interact with the background while still interupting the pattern. These were really fun to make, and I love how this stage turned out! The third and final stage will be uploaded soon!

Collage Project: Stage 1

This piece has a total of three stages of completion, this being the first. The assignment was to pick a shape -- mine being the triangle -- and create a pattern out of black, white and gray, using at least 2 sizes of your shape. This was a very labor-intensive project; I decided to use paint chips, and each triangle had to be cut and glued to fit into the pattern. I'm very pleased with how this came out; the pattern is called 'Flying Geese.' I love how each triangle retains the integrity of its color while still working together in a larger pattern. There's a lot going on, but it doesn't seem busy to me.
On a side note, after gluing triangles every which way for hours, I had serious perceptual problems.