2D Digital Studio II

Digital Focus Final Reflection

2011-05-12T04:31:56Z

Image Transfer Rose

Materials used: Cotton Fabric, Watercolor, Inkjet Transparency, and Matte Medium.

My final contains 9, 8x8 pieces of fabric used to create one image when put together.

My idea behind this project was that I wanted to create something that I could see using in my house as art, I wanted it to look nice and be something that other people would enjoy too. I also wanted to work with image transfer. It seemed interesting and fun. I thought it would be neat to break up my image and have them work together in creating one image.

With this project I did a lot of experimenting with the inkjet transfers, I found out that rice paper doesn't work well, and the matte medium will transfer inks from other things that you are working on. All my trials help a lot in transferring the final pieces just right. One reason I went with the rose was because it is such a full flower and other flowers would not have filled up the space as much, and would be harder to see what it is.

I'm proud with how my final piece works, I think the craftsmanship was done very well on it, the frames are very professional looking that they are in. I think I will probably end up hanging these up in my new house as a piece, And that is where I was originally wanting to display it.

If I were to further expand on this project, I would be interested in transferring images that are more photographic, maybe even using color. I think it would be fun to see a more complex image done on the inkjet transparency. I'm not sure I would break up the image if i tried using photographs though.

Overall, I did enjoy doing this project and I am satisfied with my final result.

Closer to Finished Pieces

2011-05-12T04:20:16Z

Here is more work that is closer to what the final work will look like the first is the rose as a whole on the fabric material that I will be working on for the final product.

These two are what the final will look like, with the broken up pieces that fit together.

This last one is a frame similar to what I will be using on the final, the glass is just to show how it will look in a frame, I will be using 8x8 clip frames for the final piece. (The glass unfortunately glared on my computer though...)

Work in Progress

2011-04-20T06:39:02Z

Here is an idea of what I am going towards.

These are two of the better canvas transfers. I have decided that for my final pieces, they need to have clear dark lines. I like the idea of the gridded piece, I just need to make my image darker so the transfer will work better. I like the lighter colored watercolor, and I think the cotton will help make it lighter and give a darker transfer. On Tuesday I am going to have more pieces on cotton fabric and more canvas transfers. (I'm just working out of town tomorrow and Thursday so I had to post this earlier because I won't have my computer.) By Tuesday I will have pieces that will be similar to the final production piece and have some works that could stand as their own piece.

More Experimenting.

2011-04-14T19:24:42Z

Here is more work that i have done. I discovered that the rice paper that is very thin, does not work for this kind of image transfer. It's too thin to brush the matte medium on. I like how the thicker paper works. I will be trying more on canvas and on cotton fabric to see how that transfers.

These images I think worked out better.

These are two ways that I like the watercolor, but I knew the image transfer would not work on this paper.

Work for Crit 1

2011-04-07T19:41:03Z

Here are two different image transfers. They are both using inkjet transparencies. The first one was done to try it out. The second I used acrylic paint on canvas. With a higher contrast image.

Blogs & Images I Discovered

2011-04-04T23:47:35Z

These are two blogs that I found searching online. They both have a little about different ways you can use image transfers and how they worked for them.

Blog 1
Blog 2

Here are a couple images using watercolor and ink jet transperancies which is very similar to what I would like to do.

My Plan

2011-03-29T18:55:44Z

Here is an image that I am thinking about using watercolor as a base and doing the image transfers over.

Image Transfer images

2011-03-29T18:02:29Z

Here are some images that I found that use image transfers.

Polaroid Image Transfer

2011-03-29T17:57:57Z

This is done differently than the inkjet transparency. Polaroid Image Transfer is the way a lot of artists are using image transfer. I will be using transparencies for my digital focus.

Image Transfer Artists

2011-03-29T17:47:39Z

Peter G. Balazsy uses image transfer in his work. I like the full color images of these with the grunge look behind it.

Kathleen Carr is a photographer that uses polaroid image transfer of her photos.

Here are image transfers done by Marek Uliasz.

Image Transfer Artist

2011-03-29T17:40:32Z

Here is an artist Lesley Riley, who uses image transfer with quilts and books. She also has tips on image transfer on her website.

Artist

2011-03-29T17:31:25Z

I found this British artist Deborah Schenck who uses image transfer in her art.

I really like her style. This is similar to something I would like to do. Here are some images of her work.

More Ideas

2011-03-29T03:55:06Z

I found these images that are similar styles in what I want to do.

This first one is similar in style to what I would like to do. The subject matter is different than what I like. The high contrast between the transfer image and the textured background is what I like about it.

This second image is again similar. I like how they took music sheets and transfered an image over that. the grunge style of the paper makes it look very interesting.

This last image I like because of the elegance of it. I'm thinking that I want to do something that is "classy" or elegant looking.

I found this blog that talks a lot about image transfers, which is helpful. It has many examples of what you can transfer onto and how to do it.
Blog

Here is the video of how I will most likely be doing the image transfers.
Video

Digital Focus Idea

2011-03-28T00:37:05Z

My idea for digital focus is to do a series of posters with digital transfers on canvas or fabric that has water color on it. I attached a link from Joellyn's blog that closely relates to what I want to do. I like the high contrast of a black image over a watercolor background.

Blog

Mardi Gras Event Analysis

2011-03-22T13:44:58Z

The flash mob sense of our event was great. People who were sitting in the lounge were very surprised at the sudden noise and dancing. I noticed some perspective families that were getting into with accepting beads and candy and watching. Someone sitting next to me was sleeping, and didn't appreciate the excitement our group had for Mardi Gras.

Having masks to hand out was good to get people more into the dancing, and spirit of Mardi Gras. It was mostly other art students that took them, but it was good to get more people involved. The parade back to the Library was good to, many students in the hall gave us a little cheer in celebration.

Some things that could have gone better, it would have been nice to have more of an abrupt start, to really startle people. The music started and people slowly got up. Part of it, was the stage was there and didn't give a good stage for our dancers, so we couldn't really stand around them. Since the stage was set up though, we could have mixed a video with the music to make it more digital and remixed.

After all of us did group brainstorming, I personally helped a lot with making an actual plan, what we were going to do and weed out the ideas that weren't as successful or would be hard to accomplish without a budget or more planning time. That way we actually had a reasonable plan we could accomplish and start working on making our masks and making a list of things we needed. Lauren helped out a lot after that to make a very detailed plan for the event. I helped make a bunch of masks to hand out to people, and getting those organized to hand out with strings on all of them. Once our group came up with a plan it was easier to get stuff done. When we decided on the flash mob idea versus starting with a parade, there was more excitement and involvement from the group.

Overall, I think the event was fun and we accomplished our flash mob idea, and had a good time dancing. One more thing that would have been nice would be to have more people dancing, or a shorter song. I noticed that some people that were in the lounge left after a little while, because they weren't sure how long we would be, and a lot of the art students started to stand around. With a more focused "mini-event" or shorter time, it would have been good. Handing out masks and candy was a good way to get more involved and the excitement higher.