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Shoe designers are fashion designers who develop original footwear for an independent label or a company. You must have a good understanding of texture, color and fashion while developing creative new concepts. You also need an extensive knowledge of shoe construction materials, the ability to identify attractive patterns through fashion trend analysis and an understanding of the fundamentals of footwear construction.
There are many shoe factories in the US alone, in fact there are over 900!
According to these stats on this website this is a thriving market in the US with lots of competition for artists and designers.
For your project you will be designing a 3d shoe based on the Nike SB Dunk. You will be given the basic template and you will choose how to create your shoe.
You may use a brand that exists or. you may come up with your own brand and logo for your shoe.
YOUR SHOE NEEDS TO BE BASED ON SOME KIND OF THEME- (Mario, Basketball, Chess, Skittles, anything you can think of!)
You will completely color your shoe, cut it out, and fold it to create a 3d mockup of your shoe design. You will then add shoelaces using one of the many types of thread that I have.
During the Renaissance one artist was centuries beyond his time--Giuseppe Arcimboldo. While the Great Masters such as Michelangelo and Raphael focused on rendering human figures realistically, Giuseppe Arcimboldo created surreal portraits of his subjects made of vegetables, plants, fruits, sea creatures, tree roots, and books. In this class we will create our own paintings mimicking Arcimboldo’s unique style using fruits and vegetables.
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN THE GOOGLE FORM BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR ARTWORK!!
Giuseppe Arcimboldo(also spelled Arcimboldi; 1527 - July 11, 1593) was an Italian painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of such objects as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish, and books - that is, he painted representations of these objects on the canvas arranged in such a way that the whole collection of objects formed a recognizable likeness of the portrait subject.
Arcimboldo was born in Milan in 1527, the son of Biagio, a painter who did work for the office of the Fabbrica in the Duomo. Arcimboldo was commissioned to do stained glass window designs beginning in 1549, including the Stories of St. Catherine of Alexandria vitrage at the Duomo. In 1556 he worked with Giuseppe Meda on frescoes for the Cathedral of Monza. In 1558, he drew the cartoon for a large tapestry of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary, which still hangs in the Como Cathedral today.
CLICK THIS LINK TO VIEW ARCIMBOLDO'S COMPLETE WORKS ->
UNITY - A principle of art, unity occurs when all of the elements of a piece combine to make a balanced, harmonious, complete whole. Unity is another of those hard-to-describe art terms but, when it's present, your eye and brain are pleased to see it. VARIETY - A principle of art concerned with combining one or more elements of art in different ways to create interest.
How does Arcimboldo create unity in his artworks?
How does Arcimboldo create variety in his artworks?
How will your create texture on your items to make them look realistic?
YOUR PROJECT is to create a portrait of a person using vegetables, fruits, or other objects to make the person's face.
You may use any items you would like to make your person. Like Arcimboldo, your items should all relate to each other to create a theme for your portrait.
PART 2
DIGITAL GIUSEPPE!
COMING SOON!!!! AR Standards: CR1.6.2 CR2.6.1 R7.6.1 R8.6.1 CN11.6.1
If you think that being your own boss, running your own company, and earning your own way are great ideas, then this project is for you! More than 23 million Americans own small businesses. About 800,000 new businesses are opened each year. From engineering firms, to bake shops to home offices, small business is rapidly growing. You can become one of 23 million risk takers and success makers.
There were over 30,000 food truck business in the United States as of 2023.
A food truck is a large vehicle with a kitchen to make and serve food. They are popping up across the United States and are becoming increasingly popular. Many entrepreneurs opt for a food truck because purchasing a restaurant location is very expensive, while food trucks are much more affordable.
Click the link here to read about food trucks and answer the worksheet provided.
Day 1-2
Click this link to read the article and answer the questions.
Complete the worksheet today and then answer the brainstorming questions.
BRAINSTORM
1. Favorite Food
2. Clever Food Truck Name
3. Color Scheme
4. Slogan
5. Start sketching images and fonts for your logo that you think will represent your food truck well.
Day 3-4
LOGO/SLOGAN
Examples:
1. Design a logo for your food truck. This symbol must represent your business effectively and give your customers a visual
representation of your food truck business.
Design it carefully because it will appear on most of your company’s literature.
2. Write a short slogan that will be used to represent and advertise your business. It should not be more than six or seven words.
Think of logos that companies use, such as the Nike swoosh sign, the Ford logo, or the Apple computer logo. Why did these companies choose these kinds of logos? How do they represent their businesses most effectively? The logo should
be colorful and creative, but not necessarily complex.
Keep it simple, crisp and catchy. Presentation is everything!
Think about popular business slogans used by companies today. For example, Nike uses
the slogan “Just do it.” Volkswagen’s slogan is “Drivers wanted.” A slogan is a catchy
phrase used by a company to help consumers or customers remember their business. The
shorter the slogan is, the better, because it will be easier to remember.
Here are some great links to check out as you brainstorm your ideas.
Our final part of the project will be to create your food truck sculpture. You will be given a template to use for your food truck. You will design the truck using your logo, color scheme, and slogan to create an interesting design for your truck. We will be using prismacolor colored pencils for this project so you can work on blending colors together to create an interesting food truck.
Take a look at the video below for an example.
Your food truck must include:
-your business name and logo on 1 side of the truck
-your business name and logo on top of the truck
-a color scheme that relates to your logo
-a service window
-a design around your window that showcases ingredients or the theme of your truck
-a business logo or design on the back door that incorporates ingredients or theme
Day 10-12
Menu
For the final part of our project, you will create your food truck menu, using Photopea.
It may seem like a small part of your overall food truck business, but the food truck menu board can have a big impact on how successful your food truck really is. It doesn’t matter how delicious your food is if you can’t attract the customers over in the first place.
Check out the links below for tips on how to make a successful menu. There is also a link to a site containing many menu templates that you can use for inspiration and a starting point.
Communicating with Symbols- Lines/Patterns/Symbols/Cuneiform
This art project will take a look at lines and how they form textures and patterns.
We will also look at the importance of symbols and how they affect our daily lives.
This project is brought to you by THAT ART TEACHER, she has a super awesome blog too! You should check it out sometime!
Tate defines modular as “a term used particularly in relation to minimalism, referring to a work of art with constituent parts that can be moved, separated and recombined.”
During the 1960s artists began creating simple sculptures made from industrial materials like sheet metal, plywood and bricks. In order to distance themselves from traditional sculpture, minimalist artists would describe these artworks in very literal ways, calling them ‘specific objects’ or ‘modules’.
The term modular is closely associated with the artist Sol LeWitt who, in 1965, began working on a series of open and closed cubes, like building blocks, which could be ordered and inter-locked in various different combinations in accordance with a pre-determined system.
Camilla Løw is another artist that connects to minimalism and geometric shapes. She creates fun sculptures that are great examples of non-objective art. See examples of her work here.
Directions:
MAKING MODULES
Remember, Tate defines modular as “a term used particularly in relation to minimalism, referring to a work of art with constituent parts that can be moved, separated and recombined.”
1. You and your partner need to decide on a shape and make as many as you can with the popsicle sticks provided. Be creative and think of all the different shapes you could make before deciding. You can use Elmer's glue for this step.
2. After all of your modules have been constructed, you and your partner will choose a color to paint them. Paint all of your modules the same color.
3. Using your cardboard base as a starting point, begin arranging your modules to create an interesting abstract form with your shapes. Use hot glue to put the modules together. You're sculpture needs to be balanced and stand on its own.
(Remember, your sculpture will be painted a single color at this point)
4. After you finish assembling your sculpture, you will be able to add another color to your sculpture by splattering paint onto it.
5. Let your sculpture dry and submit your sculpture to Artsonia.
You should submit two photos of your sculpture from different angles for full credit.
"From 'Tags' to 'Pieces': Creating a Personal Identity"
For the next couple weeks we will be working on creating a personal identity and showcasing it through our artwork. We will be learning about the history and art form of graffiti. The termgraffiti is writing or drawings that have been scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place. Graffitiranges from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings, and ithas existed since ancient times, with examples dating back to Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, and the Roman Empire. In modern times, paint, particularly spray paint, and marker pens have become the most commonly used graffiti materials. In most countries, marking or painting property without the property owner's consent is considered defacement and vandalism, which is a punishable crime.
During our first week you will decide on a tag, or nickname, to use for the graffiti unit; practice creating graffiti letters and brainstorm ideas for your first piece.
1. We will work together and discuss some characteristics that are showcased in graffiti fonts, such as layout, letter structure, overlapping, add ons/break offs, and shading techniques.
2. Practice creating different lettering ideas. You should use your initials for this step. You can take a look at one of the links below for help and inspiration. You can also use sites like 1001fonts.com to find graffiti inspired fonts.
3. Create a nickname for yourself that is at least four letters long. Fold a piece of paer in half and practice your nickname using two different graffiti fonts. Choose a color scheme and practice blending some of your colors together to make interesting color combinations. Think about how you will create contrast between your background shape and your name.
KEEP YOUR SKETCHES FROM THESE TWO DAYS. YOU WILL NEED TO SUBMIT THEM FOR CREDIT.
Here is a link to a site that discusses creating graffiti letters. It could also be helpful as you work on creating your different design ideas.
Here is another website with a good tutorial on word placement and blending colors.
Here is a wikihow with two font design tutorials with step by step instructions.
Here is a Youtube site, DK Drawing that has a ton of graffiti tutorial videos.
DAY 3-8
Our final project will be creating a small fence sculpture with your graffiti painted on its side. We will be using paint and posca pens to paint your graffiti design on the side of your fence.
Take a look at the link below for a bunch of step by step pictures of the entire process.
Remember to make your piece bold and colorful. This is a personal art piece that represents you. Use colors that you like and choose a style of letters that you enjoy.
Our next project will take us halfway around the world to an ancient tradition practiced for over 5000 years. You will create a henna design on a hand using the zentangle method and then color your design using crayons or colored pencils. Zentangles and henna designs will create awesome patterns and textures in your artwork.
The art of henna (called mehndi in Hindi & Urdu) has been practiced for over 5000 years in Pakistan, India, Africa and the Middle East. There is some documentation that it is over 9000 years old. Because henna has natural cooling properties, people of the desert, for centuries, have been using henna to cool down their bodies. They make a paste of henna and soak their palms and soles of the feet in it to get an air conditioning affect. They feel its cooling sensation throughout the body for as long as the henna stain remains on their skin. Initially, as the stain faded away, it left patterns on the skin surface which led to ideas to make designs for decorative purposes. In the ancient Egyptian times mummies wore henna designs and it is documented that Cleopatra herself used henna for decorative purposes.
Henna was not only a popular adornment for the rich but the poor, who could not afford jewelry, used it to decorate their bodies as well.
Henna in the West
Today people all over the world have adopted the ancient traditions of adorning their bodies with the beautiful natural artwork created from the henna plant. It became a very popular form of temporary body decoration in the 90's in the US and has become a growing trend ever since. Celebrities like Madonna, Gwen Stefani, Yasmine Bleeth, Liv Tyler, Xena, and many others proudly adorn their bodies with henna and show them off in public, movies, videos, etc. People throughout the west have adopted the eastern tradition in their lives by having their hands and feet painted for weddings, bellies painted while in pregnancy, heads adorned with henna while going through chemotherapy, scars camouflaged to make them unnoticeable, etc.
DIRECTIONS:
STEP 1: TRACE YOUR HAND, PUT YOUR HAND TOWARDS THE TOP OF THE PAGE SO YOU CAN HAVE SOME OF YOUR WRIST TO DRAW ON.
STEP 2: CHOOSE A TRADITIONAL OR ZENTANGLE STYLE HENNA HAND DESIGN.
STEP 3: CREATE YOUR DESIGN IN YOUR HAND. USE THE WEBSITES PROVIDED ABOVE TO HELP WITH YOUR DESIGNS.
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