Burj Al Arab, Dubai

We're concentrating on context and layouts. I chose my architectural detail from a hotel in Dubai, sort of a modern column. Within this layout there are four different pictures all pertaining to the same detail. I didn't do too well at tying it all together, so i don't know how easy or difficult it is to understand. But included is a fountain, the columns, a border of the knot detail located on top of the columns and the view up from the grand lobby, a blend of colors.

tHree viGnettes.. weLL.. tWo

The assignment was to draw three vignettes (small scenes) of people interacting with an object to show motion and scale. I did my three, but one, didn't make it to my blog, not yet at least. I plan to try again with three more. (people and skin tones are still not my strong point)

aCcessories, aCCeSSoriEs, ACCESSORIES!!

Choose 3 classmates and draw then watercolor their accessories, i was told. This to me was a fun activity and i'm very pleased with the outcome. The "hand of gold", the necklace of charm and the upside down side of a friends face, complete with the fly bifocals :-)

bLind and LiNe cOntours...

I dont' really know what to say about these :-) the blind contour, looks like it's supposed to, a big ol mess. The line contour, not so much, but the watercoloring ,was fun!!

My riTuaL oBject...

My ritual object is to place a two-dollar bill above the doorway of your home and this is suppose to bring good fortune into your household. My original ideas were to make a representation of a door and a small wallet to store the fortune brought in. It would have probably been about a foot long, so it would be able to sit on a shelf or counter top. There would be a specific place carved out where the wallet would sit.


Eventually, i concluded that this idea was way too literal for a representation. So i switched my idea around and made a sort of shrine for the bill to sit in that could be mounted above the doorway. This would showcase the bill, which is ultimately the most important aspect of the ritual. The process was great. Going into the wood shop was a mind-blowing experience. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

mAg of ShaRece...

The objective was to design your own two-page magazine layout, building inspiration from pages of magazines already being published, about my first week of school.

My inspiration: (Elle Decor, December/January 2005; Cosmopolitan, February 2010)


My design:


My layout has one "serious" page and one "playful" page.

5 tHings oF iMportance...

These items to me represent, if i had to choose, the 5 most important things in my life.
To establish hierarchy i used the color. The more color, the more importance. My favorite color is green so therefore it only made sense to use that as my one color source. I used few words because i wanted the concentration to remain on the pictures. I used keys words that represent the important meanings of the objects; "lifeline' because my phone is just that, "Speed'n" because me and my car are taking over the world, "faith" because it only seemed right to put that across a bible and "coach" which represents two importances (Freedom and my lovely purse).