Table of Content

Page 3..........................My Inspiration Page 5..................................Variations Page 7...............................Color Value Page 9...................Value of the Teapot Page 11.....................Big Red in Value Page 13.................Im a Little Teapcup Page 15................My Boyfriend and I Page 17..............A Closer Look Inside Page 19....A Closer Look Inside Steps Page 21.............The Eyes of the Tiger Page 23..........The Eyes of the Tiger Steps Page 25.............................Fierce Elegance Page 27...................Fierce Elegance Steps Page 29.....................The Life of an Artist Page 31............The Life of an Artist Steps Page 33.....................................Abtraction Page 35....................................Wine Glass Page 37................................Line of Water Page 39....................................The Pitcher

My Inspiration
My Love
CRAFT: I made this picture using the Illustrator pro-

gram. To create this picture, I tracedthe original picture to give it that cartoon effect. I used the pen tool to draw the different shapes in the picture. i then used the eye dropper tool to take the color of that specific spot.

CONCEPT: This is a picture of me and my son Aaron. I made this for the assignment of Tracing. We were challenged to create the original picture my tracing many of the different shapes that made up the complete picture. This is my final piece for the project. When I had finished this piece I decided to title it A Mothers Inspiration. I titled it this way because my son is a huge part of my life now and if it wasnt for him I wouldnt be where I am today. Everything I do is for me and him. COMPOSITION: I am trying to control the
viewers eye by having them being able to see the foreground first, which is my face. The second part I would like the viewer to see is the middle ground, which is my ons face. The last thing they will see is the background, obviously. When the viewer sees this piece they are most likely going to think that he is my brother. the last thing that they will think is that he is my son. I want them to go into a deeper thought after they read what my title is. then they will understand.

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Pouring Rain

Black and White

Details

Scribble
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CRAFT: I made this picture using a wacom tablet

and the pen that goes along with it. For the background I wrote my name multiple times using different size point strokes. Using a 5pt stroke and the different colors that were next to each other on the color wheel. I created the value that was shown when looking at the piece while light was hitting it.

CONCEPT: This is a picture of a pitcher. I made

this for the assignment of value drawing. We were challenged to create a picture showing its value.

PITCHER

COMPOSITION: I am trying to control the

viewers eye by having them being able to see the the left side of the pitcher first and to bring their eyes across the picture to the right side where there appears to be less light. the last thing that they will see is the background.

CRAFT: I made this picture using a wacom tablet

and the pen that goes along with it. For the background I wrote my name multiple times using different size point strokes. Using a 5pt stroke and the different hues of the color orange, I created the value that was shown when looking at the piece while light was hitting it.

CONCEPT: This is a picture of a tea cup. I made

this for the assignment of value drawing. We were challenged to create a picture showing its value.

COMPOSITION: I am trying to control the

TEACUP

viewers eye by having them being able to see the the left side of the teacup first and to bring their eyes across the picture to the right side where there appears to be less light. the last thing that they will see is the background.

CRAFT: I made this picture using a wacom tablet

and the pen that goes along with it. For the background I wrote my name multiple times using different size point strokes. Using a 5pt stroke and the different hues of the color blue, I created the value that was shown when looking at the piece while light was hitting it.

CONCEPT: This is a picture of a purfume bottle. I

made this for the assignment of value drawing. We were challenged to create a picture showing its value.

PURFUME BOTTLE

COMPOSITION: I am trying to control the viewers eye by having them being able to see the the left side of the purfume first and to bring their eyes across the picture to the right side where there appears to be less light. the last thing that they will most likely see is the background.

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Value of the Teapot

This is hot stuff!
CRAFT: I made this picture using a wacom tablet and the pen
that goes along with it. Using a 5pt stroke I created the value that was shown when looking at the piece while light was hitting it.

CONCEPT: This is a picture of a tea pot. I made this for the

assignment of value drawing. We were challenged to create a picture showing it value.

COMPOSITION: I am trying to control the viewers eye

by having them being able to see the the left side of the teapot first nad to bring their eyes across the picture to the right side where there appears to be less light.

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big red in value

Bring It On
CRAFT: I made this picture using a wacom tablet and the pen
that goes along with it. Using a 5pt stroke I created the value that was shown when looking at the piece while light was hitting it.

CONCEPT: This is a picture of a canister. I made this for

the assignment of value drawing. We were challenged to create a picture showing it value.

COMPOSITION: I am trying to control the viewers eye

by having them being able to see the the left side of the canister first and to bring their eyes across the picture to the right side where there appears to be less light.

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Im a Little Teacup
Shor t and Stout
CRAFT: I made this picture using a wacom tablet and the pen
that goes along with it. Using a 5pt stroke I created the value that was shown when looking at the piece while light was hitting it.

CONCEPT: This is a picture of a tea cup. I made this for

the assignment of value drawing. We were challenged to create a picture showing it value.

COMPOSITION: I am trying to control the viewers eye

by having them being able to see the the left side of the tea cup first and to bring their eyes across the picture to the right side where there appears to be less light.

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My Boyfriend and I
My World

CRAFT: I made this picture using a wacom tablet and the pen CONCEPT: This is a picture of my boyfriend and I.
I made this fro the assignment of Paintng. We were challenged to paint a picture of ours using tracing paper.

that goes along with it. Using these tools, I created a painting in the Coral Painter program.

COMPOSITION: I am trying to control the viewers eye

by having them being able to see the the left side of the picture first and move their eyes to the left side.

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A Closer Look Insidee

Just Me

CRAFT: I made this picture using a wacom tablet and the pen
that goes along with it. Using a 5pt stroke I created the value that was shown when looking at the piece while light was hitting it.

CONCEPT: This is a picture of a tea pot. I made this for the

assignment of value drawing. We were challenged to create a picture showing it value.

COMPOSITION: I am trying to control the viewers eye

by having them being able to see the the left side of the teapot first nad to bring their eyes across the picture to the right side where there appears to be less light.

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Step Two
The second thing that I did was made a layer mask and selected the background of the actual picture and painted leaves as the new background.

Step One
The first thing that I did was choose a photo that was taken of me and used it as my background. I then made a copy layer to work on

Final
The last thing that I did was add a filter to my face. the filters that I used were called smudge stick and photocopy

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The Eyes of The Tiger

Take a Look

CRAFT: I made this

picture using the Photoshop program. To make this picture, I chose two different pictures.

CONCEPT: . I made
this for the assignment of Collaging. We were challenged to create a collage

using atleast two pictures and put them together in a unique way. When I had finished this piece I decided to title it The Eyes of the Tiger. I titled it this way because of they way the picture has you focus on only the eyes of the tiger.

COMPOSITION:

I am trying to control the viewers eye by having them being able to see the foreground first, which is the tree.The last thing they will see is the background, which is the tiger. When the viewer sees this piece I want them to think about what it really means.

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Step One
The first thing I did was choose a background out of other images given to me. I then made a background copy layer to work on.

Step Four

Step Two
The second thing that I did was choose another photo, which is of a tigers eyes, and changed the opacity of the image a little.

The fourth thing that I had done was add a tree into the middle of the picture. I added the tree to give it a in the wild feel.

Final
Step Three
The third thing that I did was change the hue and saturation on the image to give it a totally different look.

The final thing that i did was change the ohue and saturation again so that the tree would sort of blend in with eye of the tiger.

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Fierce Elegance
CRAFT: I made this picture using the Photoshop program. To create
this picture, I chose four pictures to create a collage. I wanted to create something that would grab the views eye right away. I used different adjusment layers to create this stormy effect.

CONCEPT:

I made this for the assignment of Collaging. We were challenged to create a collage using 4 or more different pictures. This is my final piece for the project. When I had finished this piece I decided to title it Fierce Elegance. I titled it this way because many poeple think of butterflies as being elegant and peaceful. When I look at this piece it is fierce because of the added lightening to make it seem as if the butterfly was caught in the storm.

COMPOSITION: I am trying to control the viewers eye by

having them being able to see the foreground first, which is the butterfly. The second part I would like the viewer to see is the middle ground, whch is the lightening and the moon.. The last thing they will see is the background, obviously. When the viewer sees this picture, I want them to see that there is always some beauty inside of a storm. I want them to go into a deeper thought after they read what my title is.

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STEP ONE
The First Step I did was choose a brackground that I wanted to work with and made a background copy layer to work on.

STEP FOUR
The Fourth Step was to take the picture of the moon and place it in the top left corner, behind the butterfly and lightening layers. To make the moon appear a little transparent I changed each color mode. One color mode was liner burn and the other was multiply.

STEP TWO
The Second Step I took was chose a second picture, in this case the butterfly, and I placed in right in the middle of the page so it would be the center of attention. The Fifth Step was to make everything behind the butterfly black and white. in order to do this, I made a black and white adjustment layer and apllied it to eveything under the butterfly.

STEP FIVE

STEP THREE
The third step i did was took a picture of lightening and put the layer that it was on behind the butterfly layer.

FINAL
The last and final step was to apply a hue/ saturation adjustment layer. This adjustment layer allowed me to change the color of the butterfly.

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The Life of an Artist

The Life of Me

CRAFT: I made this picture using the Photoshop program. To create

this picture, I chose four pictures to create a collage. I wanted to create something that would grab the views eye right away. I used different adjusment layers to create this stormy effect.

CONCEPT:

I made this for the assignment of Collaging. We were challenged to create a collage using 4 or more different pictures. This is my final piece for the project. When I had finished this piece I decided to title it Fierce Elegance. I titled it this way because many poeple think of butterflies as being elegant and peaceful. When I look at this piece it is fierce because of the added lightening to make it seem as if the butterfly was caught in the storm.

COMPOSITION: I am trying to control the viewers eye by

having them being able to see the foreground first, which is the butterfly. The second part I would like the viewer to see is the middle ground, whch is the lightening and the moon.. The last thing they will see is the background, obviously. When the viewer sees this picture, I want them to see that there is always some beauty inside of a storm. I want them to go into a deeper thought after they read what my title is.

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Step One:
The first thing I did was startwith this self portrait of elisabeth louise vigee lebrun. In photoshop, I made a background copy layer. the objective of this assignment was to place my face into the current picture.

Step Three:
The third thing I did was add a pattern fill to the layer mask. I did this in oreder to blend my face with the actual pattern of the original picture.

Step Two:
The secound thing that I did was made a layer mask on her face in the background copy layer. After doing so, I placed my face where her face once was.

Final:
The final step that I did was added a color balance to brighten my face a little bit. Changing the curves allowed me to change the color even more to fit the actual color of the picture.

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Abtraction
I Wonder What This Is

CRAFT: I made this picture using a wacom tablet and the

pen that goes along with it. I created this painting using the Coral Painter program.

CONCEPT: This is a picture of abtraction. I made this for

the assignment of painting. We were challenged to create a painting from just a white sheet of paper.

COMPOSITION: I am trying to control the viewers eye

by having them being able to see the center of the painting first and them drawing theirs eyes outward to the edges.

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WineGlass
Pour It Up
CRAFT: I made this picture using the Illustrator program. To create this
picture, I use a Wacom Tablet and the pen to go along with it. to create this picture, I used 100 strokes of line to create the look of a wine glass.

CONCEPT:

I made this for the assignment of 100 strokes of line. We were challenged to create a picture using only 100 strokes.

COMPOSITION: I am trying to control the viewers eye by hav-

ing them look at the bottom of the wine glass first and then begin to make their way up to the top of it. By looking at this piece the viewer will not know what it is at first but as you study the pictures and the title to go along with it you will then begin to understand what it is. Even though it is only a 100 stroke drawing there is much more to this piece then meets the eye. By examining this picture you wont be able to tell that it was drawn intentionally to be only 100 strokes of line.

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Lines of W ater
Taste the Pureness

CRAFT: I made this using my hand to create 100 strokes of line to CONCEPT:

create the effect of it being a water bottle. The tools I used to create this piece was a wacom tablet and the pen to go along with it. This image is a drawing of a water bottle. I made this for an assignment that challenged us to create an image, from still life, using only 100 strokes. When I finished drawing this I decided to title this piece Lines of Water. I came up with this name, not to give the literal meaning that it is a water bottle, but to get the view thinking of reasons why I named it this. I gave it this title because the piece is mad of line so i wanted to incorporate the word line into the title.

COMPOSITION: I am trying to control the viewers eye by

having them look at the bottom of the water bottle first and then begin to make their way up to the top of it. By looking at this piece the viewer will not know what it is at first but as you study the pictures and the title to go along with it you will then begin to understand what it is. Even though it is only a 110 stroke drawing there is much more to this piece then meets the eye. By examining this picture you wont be able to tell that it was drawn intentionally to be only 100 strokes of line.

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The Pitcher
Drink Up
CRAFT: I made this using my hand to create 100 strokes of line to CONCEPT:

create the effect of it being a pitcher. The tools I used to create this piece was a wacom tablet and the pen to go along with it. This image is a drawing of a pitcher. I made this for an assignment that challenged us to create an image, from still life, using only 100 strokes. When I finished drawing this I decided to title this piece Pitcher.

COMPOSITION: I am trying to control the viewers eye by

having them look at the bottom of the pitcher first and then begin to make their way up to the top of it. By looking at this piece the viewer will not know what it is at first but as you study the pictures and the title to go along with it you will then begin to understand what it is. Even though it is only a 100 stroke drawing there is much more to this piece then meets the eye. By examining this picture you wont be able to tell that it was drawn intentionally to be only 100 strokes of line.

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About The Author

Hello, my name is Kyra Tate. I graduated from Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep with a 3.2 GPA. I am a hard worker and willing to do what ever it takes to be successful throughout my career as a student. I am now a Freshman at St. Xavier University. I am an Art Major and looking forward to studying Graphic Design. I am going to graduate in 2016. Most of the pieces I have done this semester have a personal meaning to them. When making this book many people have been my insiprarion and motivation to do what I do best.