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 preview of some artwork:

My name is Gina Keleher. I am a sophomore at Saint Xavier University. I plan on majoring in nursing and minor-
ing in psychology. I came into the school as an undecided major, but after thinking about it I finally decided that
I wanted to become a nurse to be able to help patients. I try my best at everything I do and I don’t give up, no
matter how hard something might be. I am a hard worker and try my best to get the best grades I can get in each
class. That’s about it!

“I try my best at
everything I do and
I don’t give up, no
matter how hard
something might be.”
 Steps To Create Work of Art:

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Concept: This picture sends various messages to the viewer. One message is the sun is beginning to set
perfectly on the horizon of the lakes edge. It is revealing how calm and beautiful nature really is. This picture is also
showing that there are many different aspects to nature as well. As you can see there are rocks right before the lake
as well and then you see water and then the sun. All of them seem to run perfectly together and they create this
beautiful nature scene that I happened to catch with my camera. This picture can also send a mysterious message
in a way as well. The viewer may wonder what will happen once the sun actually sets or will the colors in the sky
change when the sun sets more. there are numerous messages that this picture may send to the viewer and that is
what makes this picture interesting. By changing the colors throughout the picture, I can make the picture change
completely. For example, I can make the dusk turn into a night sky. Or I can make it seem like a stormy day or a
storm is approaching. And if i change the colors even more, I can even change this from a sunset to a sunrise. Us-
ing different colors can also change the focal point on multiple objects. I can make the sun the focal point and then I
can change things up and make the rocks the focal point if I wanted to. Colors can make the picture more interesting
and they can change the whole meaning of the original picture as well.
Composition: My eyes saw many different things throughout this photograph. They first are focused on the
setting sun and how it's rays reflect off of the water. The rocks in the front of the picture, make the picture more inter-
esting as well because they are not really the main focus but it is the this or forth thing that the viewer focuses on. I
also saw a sunset at first, but as mentioned above, I can change the whole picture just by adjusting colors on many
objects. All viewers will have any different opinions on the picture, so they may all see different things when looking
at the picture I chose.

“This picture can also send

a mysterious message in a
way as well. The viewer may
wonder what will happen
once the sun actually sets
or will the colors in the sky
change when the sun sets
more.”

V ariation O N E
To end up with this final project,
there were many steps that I had
to follow. First, I had to chose a
landscape picture that I wanted to
re-create. After I found the picture
the I liked, I started with the basics
and just started creating shapes to
represent the different aspects of
the photo. Then, once we learned
how to include gradient into our
picture, I selected a few spots in
my picture and made it gradient,
as you can tell. After I finished with
To create this picture, I first took my final draft of the re-created picture that I had before. Then I chose the sky layer
first and changed the color completely from the original color. After I decided on the color that I wanted, I chose every
other separate object and made them all different hues and saturations from the color of the sky that I changed. This
is what created the monochromatic color throughout the entire picture. i made each different hue, either a brighter
shade or a darker shade depending on the objects that were lighter and darker in the original picture. After I finalized
the different hues, then i went back and made the clouds and the waves rounded to make them appear more realistic
in my re-created picture.
MONOCHROMATIC VARIATION
the gradient, I made the little
waves in the water. it was hard
to figure out at first and how to
make it look right, but I even-
tually figured it out ro make it
look like ripples or waves in the
“there were
lake. To finalize the picture, I many steps that I
made all of the points through- had to follow.”
out the picture and made them
round where I needed them to
be.
 PROJECT TWO

Concept: The picture shows

the variety of lights and darks
the object portrays and how light
“I also used various can change an entire picture. By
colors and different showing the lights and darks of
the different objects, it shows
lines to create these how the object was set up and
the variety of light throughout the
images.” object. Whether it was facing
one way or another, the picture
changed either way. This also
controls focal points because if Craft: I created these pictures digitally
one side of the object is either through the computer. I used various brush
more light or more dark than the strokes, meaning different size brushes and
other side, then the viewer will different thicknesses. I also used various
look at the part of the picture colors and different lines to create these
instead. images. By making the brush stoke thicker,
it makes the lines appear more bold and
Craft: I created these pictures digitally through the computer. I used various brush strokes, meaning different bigger. By creating differnt strokes of lines
size brushes and different thicknesses. I also used various colors and different lines to create these images. By right on top of each other, it also makes that
making the brush stoke thicker, it makes the lines appear more bold and bigger. By creating differnt strokes of section of the image more dense to show
lines right on top of each other, it also makes that section of the image more dense to show more darkness in that more darkness in that particular area.
particular area.
 Craft: To create these pictures,
I first decided which objects that i
wanted to draw. Once i figured out
the right objects, I set them on some
kind of surface and got my pen and
pad tools for the computer drawings.
Once I had everything set up, I chose
a background color and pen color
that I wanted to use. I also used con-
trolled light, which means that I set
up a lamp and directed the light right
onto the object that I am drawing. I
began shading in the lights and darks
of the object to create the outline.
Then after the object was drawn, I
drew the background and surround-
ings of the object. Once the drawing
was all finished, I just put the finish-
ing touches on it and it turned out to
be a picture of lights and darks.
PENGUIN! :)
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TEAPOT :)
“Each of the pictures that
I drew, all have very long
DRAWINGS!! horizontal and vertical
lines throughout the
whole picture.”
A WARM-UP :)
Concept: The picture shows
the variety of lights and darks the
object portrays and how light can
change an entire picture. By show-
ing the lights and darks of the differ-
ent objects, it shows how the object
was set up and the variety of light
throughout the object. Whether it
was facing one way or another, the
picture changed either way. This
also controls focal points because if
one side of the object is either more
light or more dark than the other
side, then the viewer will look at the
part of the picture instead.
Composition: Each of
the pictures that I drew, all have
very long horizontal and verti-
cal lines throughout the whole
picture. Within the object and the
background, each picture shows
the same kind of design within
each one. Also, within each of
the drawings, all of them show
the entire background behind the
object. With the background still
blended into the object, you can
still tell that the object is by the
outlines of the shades of lights
and darks. Each drawing takes
time, but in the end, it all turns out
to the your own unique sense of
styles.

Name: Amanda Modelski
Major: Marketing
So my first blog is supposed
to be about my academic life...
well what can I say about it?
Other than the fact that SXU is
my life, it's not only in the field
of Academics. I'm an above
average student majoring in
Marketing. I've always been
fascinated with the idea of mar-
keting products. Another interest
of mine has been computers-
everything about them. So why
not take a computer graphing
class to increase my knowledge
and skills and hopefully let me
branch into various jobs within
“I've always been fascinated
with the idea of marketing
products.”
the marketing field. Other than
my love for marketing, I'm well
organized (when I want to be)
and a hard worker. My goal for
this year (my senior year!) is to
make and take the most out of
it, whether it is inside or outside
the classroom. Even tho I might
not be all of these characteris-
tics within my academic studies,
I believe it is only because I use
the skills I learn in class outside
of the classroom... But isn't that
what you're supposed to do?
Craft- Using Adobe Illustra- using the ^ tool on the pen tool option
tor, I was able to transform a listing. This helped with the full affect of
photo of the city of Chicago into the colors of the skyline being similar to
a drawing highlighting the focus the original photo. Next I took the brush
“Using Adobe Illustrator,
point of the Trump tower in the tool to try and establish lines within the I was able to transform a
background. Was able to create river to create the effect of flowing wa- photo of the city of Chi-
ter. In addition to the color on the photo,
shapes to outline the skyline.
I began drawing this image by I wanted the middle building to stand cago into a drawing high-
having the photo I chose of out. I was able to do so with creating a lighting the focus point
the city in the background, this gradient. I clicked the gradient button
allowed me to trace the object below the fill and stroke options, and
of the Trump tower in the
that I saw with precision. First I also selected the gradient option within background.”
decided to draw shapes around the tool bar and under the windows
the buildings in the photo to cre- option on the top of the screen. This
ate the intial skyline. I was able allowed for me to draw the line of gradi-
to use the pen tool to click and ence (lightness to darkness) in order to
create archor points to connect establish more effect to the building.
to create a shape. I continued
this with creating shapes around Concept-the main building in
the buildings until I achievd a the center of the picture draws
skyline. The next tool I used your eyes attention. The hues of
was the eyedropper tool. I used the stroke also add to the draw-
this to select the color of the ing. This is the first image I drew
building from the original photo and I wanted to illustrate (as in
and place it as the color of the the picture) the colors of the sky-
building in my drawing. I was line and the building features.
also able to create a similiar
background and clouds in the
sky with the pen tool. I was able
to curve the square edges by
 Craft- This drawing was created in Illustrator us-
ing the pen tablet. The program allows the user to
adjust the setting to brush and then create marks
as in relationship to drawing a picture with pen
and paper. You are able to adjust the stroke of the
brush (pen) by making it larger in width or smaller.
For this illustration I left the stroke at 1 pt and
continued to draw over various lines to make the
darker shades. With this illustration it was meant
to display the light that is displayed while looking
to the image.

Concept- This picture is of a teapot. The teapot

is a lighter color , which means alot of light is being
displayed on the pot making it have more white
than black.
Composition- The viewer is drawn to look at
the white on the teapot which shows the lighter
shades on the teapot.

P
ROJECT TWO

“The teapot is a lighter

color, which means alot
of light is being displayed
on the pot making it have

Digital
more white than black.”

Drawings
Jack Kelderhouse
Major: Computer Studies
My name is Jack Andrew Kelder-
house I am twenty two years old,
I currently have my Associates
degree in Network Systems Ad-
ministration from DeVry Univer-
sity. I transferred to Saint Xavier
University in 2008 and I am
currently a senior pursuing my
Bachelors degree in Computer
Studies with a concentration in
networking. I also have my A+
certification and Net+ certification
and also trying to obtain my CCNA certifica-
tion, which has helped land me an intern-
ship, allowing me to work until I graduate.
I currently have been working at Family
Harvest Church for over a year, which will
allow me to graduate with two years experi-
ence in my field.
“I currently have my
Associates degree
in Network Systems
Administration from
DeVry University.”
jack’s pictures
“I added darkness to
the biggest tree, which
actually allowed it to
look like a normal
tree.”
Craft - After editing the original with the lake. This is what i was able to
do with the picture, your eye is drawn to
picture, the changes i made started to
make the picture come together. I add-
the tree, then the lake, and then allows
you to follow the path and the shrubs
ed darkness to the biggest tree, which
in the front. I was unable to accomplish
actually allowed it to look like a normal
the viewers eye going into the sky with
tree. Also I added shade of the trees in
slight sunlight, which is a key concept of
the lake, which allowed the trees to be
the picture.
better found in the background, like the
original picture.
Concept - The updated picture
means that this is a nice, quiet place to
come to fish, or jog during the day. Also
saying that this spot is not crowded at
all, which it should be since, you have
the ability to fish and jog. I was unable
to say that this particular spot is very
lively, and very nice to come to. I was
unable to accomplish this because of
the amount of detail in the grass and
trees, along with unable to accomplish
the proper hue in the sky, giving it a
very dull look
Composition - Like the original
picture, your eye is drawn to the big-
gest tree on the left hand side, along
Craft - This weeks project,
I made drawings of teapots in
Adobe Illustrator. Instead of using
the mouse in Adobe Illustrator, I
used the pen, so I drew teapots by
hand. While making the teapots,
I used a specific technique where
I would only use dashes from left
to right, or up and down, drawing
the outline of the teapot, and using
dashes together, to represent the
darker portions of teapot.
Concept - What i was trying
to establish i the picture, was to
represent a teapot, sitting on top
PROJECT
TWO
of a white table. Since the item i was darkest spot in
drawing was metal, i tried to establish the picture.
the light that reflected off of the teapot,
which was a major part, in trying to
“This weeks project,
establish the whole picture. I made drawings of
“i tried to control teapots in Adobe
Composition - In this specific the eye of the Illustrator.”
picture that I created, was a teapot. viewer to focus
What I tried to establish in the picture
is a teapot on top of a computer desk. on the handle of
In the teapot picture, i tried to control the teapot..”
the eye of the viewer to focus on the
handle of the teapot, but because it
was done in the dash form, the viewers
eye focuses on the outside of the tea-
pot, instead of the handle, which is the

Amy Most
Nursing Major
Hi! My name is Amy. I am a nurs-
ing major. Im not sure yet what
I want to minor in but im think-
ing about business or spanish. I
have previously taked 5 college
classes with over 20 college cred-
its. I am currently taking 17 credit
hours. I am super excited to be
in this computer design class. I
decided to take it not only be-
cause I needed a liberal art credit
but because it sounded like alot
downtown variations
We used adobe illistrator to craft the
photo. I used the pen tool to loutline
the photos. Then i used the eyedrop-
per tool to obtain the exact color of
the object. i used this to fill in the
“ I am hoping to shape.
learn alot of new The compostion will be the original
things from this photo without alot of detail. It should
look very similar to the original photo.
class.” The concept of this photo is to make
a new photo that looks like the origi-
nal using all shapes, but still using
the same colors.
“The compostion
will be the original
photo without alot
of detail.”
The first way we changed it, was
by changing the time of day in the
photo. In this photo i changed the
of fun. I also though it could be useful in time of day to sunset.
future job situations. I am hoping to learn The craft that I used for this photo
alot of new things from this class. Well was the different gradients of
thats all for now! dark colors that I found on adobe
illustrator. It also has many differ-
ent shapes.
The concept of this photo was
to change the photo and make
it look like it was taken at sunset
and not the middle of the day.
The composition of this photo is
that as the sun is going down,
the color of the buildings, trees,
grass, walkway, and the water all
start to get darker.
We were to draw the same object
three times but in three different
ways. In the first way we used
darks and lights but only in verti-
cal lines. In the second drawing
we used only horizontal lines. In
the third drawing we used a com-
bination of horizontal and vertical
lines.

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O F DIG
A G I C
M
THE INGS
“This week we
W started our new
D R A
project. We
were introduced
This week we started our new
project. We were introduced to
to the pen
the pen tool. To learn to use the
pen tool, we did alot of warm up tool.”
activities. Our first warm up for
the pen tool was drawing teapots.

I have been in catholic schools
all my life and in 2009 I gradu-
ated from Mother McAuley Liberal
Arts High School. My experience
in McAuley was life changing
because in my sophomore year I
discovered my passion for art. In
my senior year I took AP Studio
Art and I think that was one of
my most challenging projects,
but I am proud of the work I
accomplished by the end of the
“Computer graphics is
a whole new world for
me, but I am looking
forward to create art
in a whole new way!”
Reyna A. Martinez
Business Administration
Concept
The concept for this image was simple yet bright. I wanted to change the whole focus from the sky to the air-
plane. By doing so the whole image became about the plane rather than the landscape itself. I muted the colors
in the background with the use of a light blue and gray tone from the swatch colors. In contrast I intensified the
wing by using a bright orange to pop. The gradient gave a more intensifying contrast with the reflection it gave
the plane. I wanted my audience to be engaged by the wing of the airplane rather than the sky but still integrate
year. McAuley prepared me ics is a whole new world for me, but I
very well academically while am looking forward to create art in a the two in a more subtle way.
helping achieve my goals. whole new way!
Now, in my second year of
college I feel like I have made
the transition from high school
to collage rather smoothly.
My major is Business Admin-
istration with a minor in Art. I
would like to pursue a career
in event planning or open a “The gradient gave a
more intensifying contrast
restaurant. Computer graph-
with the reflection it gave
the plane.”
PROJECT ONE
 PROJECT TWO

Craft
I began playing with the color library for this image. I took the realistic replica I had done of the image and added more
color and contrast in this image. There 5 different hues in the sky oppose to three in the original one. I figured that the
darker I made the sky n the beginning the greater the contrast. I used the pen tool to make more lines and the trans- It was very different then using the pen tool to draw because now I had the ability to control exactly what I wanted to
parency tool to make them appear more realistic. The clouds do not seem too realistic because I used the pen tool to do instead of what the computer was letting me do. I had to do various exercises to warm up, for example, drawing
make the shapes of some of the clouds but also used the ellipse. The clouds which I formed by using the ellipse with a using only vertical or horizontal lines.I drew on a black background using a white pen and then the opposite. I spent
more transparent look to them looked like floating bubbles rather than clouds. After all these attempts to make clouds most of the time drawing tea pots and learning how to capture the light source reflected on the object. After I was
I used the transparency tool and a thicker stoke to try making a better looking clouds. The plane changed dramatically done drawing the tea pots I focused on drawing my coffee mug many times. Each drawing was a little different then
because the gradient was radial instead of linear in this image. With the gradient tool I made the highlight on the plane the previous one because on each one I used different lines or combination of lines.
more dramatic by adding white and used an intensified pink next to the darkest value in the plane. I also changed the
color of the lines to become more subtle and match the color pallet of the plane.
“Each drawing was a little different
then the previous one because on
each one I used different lines or
“The clouds do not seem
combination of lines.”
too realistic because I
used the pen tool to make The first thing I did was make the background gray and lock
the shapes of some of the that layer in my layers window. Next, I chose the color blue
clouds but also used the and all the shades of blue I was going to use. After I had
all that done I began the image by laying down all the dark
ellipse.” values. I worked from the top to the bottom and once I had
all the dark values then I added all the light values. I then
began adding all the intermediate tones. While I was doing
all this every time I used a different tone I made a new layer
and locked the one I had just been working on. I continued to
layer one tone after the other until I was happy with the result.
I was running out of time and I ended the image by giving a
suggestion of the back ground and giving the object a shad-
ow. I did not want the image floating in space.
 PROJECT ONE This project was created in Adobe Illustrator.
“SXU also offers many First, I created a background layer with my origi-
great resources for both nal photograph.
students and artists Next, I essentially traced the photo. I used the
pen tool to make a series of shapes which repre-
alike, which has been a sent the ojects on the photograph. I started with
wonderful discovery.” the background objects and eventually worked
my way to the foreground.
I used the eyedropper tool to give each shape a
color accurate to the photo.
I organized the layers by naming each shape and
putting every shape for a single object together.
The layers are sorted according to where they
fall in the picture plane; the background objects
are toward the bottom, the foreground objects
toward the top.
I created the gradient in the sky by using the
gradient tool. I made a linear gradient of three
colors: white and two shades of blue.
I used the transparency tool to create the fences.
“I used the I made them a shade of grey with an opacity of
50%.
eyedropper
tool to give
NAME: LEAH MURPHY each shape a
color accurate
MAJOR: ART EDUCATION to the photo.”

My name is Leah Murphy. I am a new transfer student at St. Xavier University. My major is Art Education.

I graduated from Carl Sandburg High School in 2006. I attended Columbia College in Chicago, majoring in Film
& Video, for one year. I then attended Moraine Valley Community College for three years. I graduated from
MVCC in May 2010 with an Associate in Arts. I worked as a lab aide in the Black & White Photography Lab for
two years and enjoyed every minute of it.

I am now continuing my education at SXU and so far am very pleased. I have found that everyone is very
friendly and helpful. SXU also offers many great resources for both students and artists alike, which has been a
wonderful discovery. I am very eager to learn and expand my mind here at SXU.
 Francesca Tines This week we could have chosen any item to draw and use any color we wanted to. This was an open objects. So I choose to
do a monochromatic one with the color blue.

Major: Nursing Craft: I grab the pen and tablet tool to control the pointer tool like a mouse. Then I go to the brush tool and choose the style
of brush I wanted to use. Then I went to the swatches tool to choose the shade of blue I wanted to use. Then I save the three
saturation of blue unto the swatches tool.

I'm a freshman and majoring in Nursing. I stayed focus in class and participated in class discus-
sion. When its time for group project I always do my part. I have a strong belief that business
comes before fun. I'm a person who set goals and always work hard to accomplishment them.
Composition: The use of the dark blues representing the dark areas of my objects really shows the shadows and the dark
areas. Then I use the light color to to represent the light parts of my objects. Then the mid blue represent the "grey" part of
my objects. Which really let my object show.

“The use of the dark

blues representing the
dark areas of my objects
really shows the shadows
and the dark areas. “

“When its time

for group project
I always do my
part.”

PROJECT TWO
“I learned a lot in this
class and I will definatley
take something out of it.
It was a lot of hard work
throughout the semester,
but it all paid off in the
end.”

-Gina Keleher