School's Out for the Summer!




Or that should be "School's Out forEver!"


I finished up with my design class last week. Really enjoyed it over all, and learned so much, which I am really looking forward to using in all my future art endeavors. 


About four weeks ago, we all watched a movie in class called Baraka.

 It was a two hour movie with no dialog, or plot. But, an incredibly moving movie. It is a movie that defies description...

Our assignment with watching this movie was to use it 

as an inspiration in creating a poster. The finished

poster was printed out at about 24"x36".

I really struggled with this project, not because I didn't 

have any ideas, but because I had so much trouble

working with the software, Adobe Illustrator.

It didn't take me long to realize that Illustrator does not 

work the same as Photoshop, which I know fairly well. 

I finally called Antje over to explain how to use it, and 

she gave me a ten minute lesson. Seemed fairly 

simple, until I was left to work on my own. Even tho'

I got a quick and simple lesson, nothing seemed to do

what I wanted it to. I spent two hours and came up with

nothing I could use. I was so frustrated, and Antje 

could tell. So I asked her if I could do this by hand since 

I just couldn't get the hang of this program. She 

hesitated for a moment, then agreed that I could do 

that. I was so relieved... 

But, when I got home I decided to give Illustrator 

another try. I had an older version at home, and doing 

it on the computer would be a whole lot easier than

trying to do it by hand. 

So, I spent several hours experimenting, and finally

started to figure out how to use Illustrator. Without 

the pressure of getting it done in class, it started to 

come together quite well. 

I was particularly intrigued with seeing the adobe 

villages carved out of the sides of mountains. And 

the trails of people and cars moving through the 

streets, in constant motion.

So here is my artistic interpretation of those images...

And I got an "A" for my Baraka poster.