Week 8

Craft: I started out by taking one of my favorite types of glasses being a margarita glass and just standing it on end. Using Adobe Illustrator I needed to start with a basic outline of it so I started drawing it out with just a simple brush tool in black. I wanted to come up with my own style of art so I changed the basic brush stroke to a chalk stroke to start making it look abstract and scratchy. As I was srawing I tried a variety of different colors and gradients to make the actual glass. When I realized I wasn't going to be happy with any of them I figured I'd try to make it look like there was actually liquid in the glass. For that I used the artistic watercolor brush with a variety of blues which made it look like the margarita was actually splashing out. I combined that with a artistic splatter of bubbles to make the added effect of it fizzing. Salt always rims the glass of a margarita so for that I went back to the chalk brush and reduced the stroke to .50 and used white which I think turned out pretty good. Again I used the chalk brush for the abscratchy effect on the umbrella and border of the artwork. For the background I tried different effects and colors and found that black made a great contrast and really made the colors stick out.

Composition: I tried to create a summertime feeling using vibrant colors and different brush strokes. The contrast of colors, the abstract glasses, and the scratchy look is what I really was going for in all of the artwork. Being able to incorporate all the different textures and colors was a challenge but at the same time fun. The hardest part of the layout was the background. I didn't want to overdue it and take the main focus off the glass so by adding the sun and the scratchy border I think I was able to achieve what I was going for and stayed within my style of abscratchy art. Even with the plain black background I think the viewer will still get a warm feeling if not from the art then just the thought of relaxing and having a margarita.

Concept: The concept of this piece, as well as the other pieces, is to show the viewer that taking something as simple as a glass can bring about different feelings. I personally like the margarita glass cause it reminds me of it being warm outside, good music, good food, and good times. The abscratchy art style that I developed out of this project fit in perfectly with this piece because looking at this style of art you might even feel like you've had a margarita or two! In the future I hope to take this piece and make different variations of it.