Final Statement

The line project was a lot more fun and interesting than the dot project for me. I really liked all of the process work. At first, we worked with a partner to create lines studies based on balance, progression, and random. While making lines, we created rhythm and if placed correctly, tones and textures. I really like that we did them in black and white since we can see either the black as being the background or the white being the background. It changes the figure/ground relationship a lot. After that, we went into a photo safari looking for lines in our environment. I really enjoyed this part because it made me see KC in a different way. I had to look for lines everywhere. It was hard at first but then you get use to looking for what is needed. Then we paired that with our lines studies. This was the hardest part for me because it made me felt like I did not have good enough line studies to juxtapose the pictures with. In the end, I made some good pairs that I am proud of.

For the photographs, I started off by walking around Downtown and just taking random pictures. After I chose which pictures will work, I went to shoot at Westport, looking for things I know I need. At first, I had no particular direction as to what I was capturing. The more I took pictures and paired them up, I saw this pattern of close shots. So I decided to focus on the things that go unnoticed in the city, like the sidewalk or the cracks in the wood. I feel like I captured KC well through just Downtown and Westport. I think these are the two of the many places that KC is known for and they work well together to get a scope of what KC has to offer.
As said above, we paired our photographs with our line studies: horizontals, combined, and manipulated. With the curve and diagonal manipulations, we had to trace them and then translate that into vectors. It was definitely hard drawing curves but it taught me a lot about hand eye coordination. Tracing the lines to correct bumps and curves was a lot of help after we had to vector them. It would have been harder to just go from the raw manipulation into the vectoring and being selective on the computer. When we did it through our hands, it was easier to draw and be selective. Vectoring them was not as bad as I thought it would be. I can make better curves with the pen tool now because I know that the less anchor points you use, the better the line looks.
The main point I think of this project was to learn how to move between the computer and our hands along with juxtapositions of photographs. With the juxtaposition of elements, I started seeing things in pairs and how they relate to one another and enhance the meaning. Overall, I really liked doing this project and I liked how it is presented, through an accordion book. Since it was the first time I did a book like this, my craft can definitely by worked on.