ARTimus Prime

8th- Fantasy Map Making

For our next project, you will take on the role of a cartographer. Cartography, at its core, is the art and science of creating and using maps to represent the physical world.

Take a look at this link to find out more about cartography:

https://muir-way.com/blogs/articles/what-is-cartography

Your task is to create a fantasy map of a fictional world.

As a class we will look at and practice techniques to help you draw iconography on your map to indicate unique landmasses, buildings, and artifacts.

Here is an interesting article on the history of creating fantasy maps:

https://lithub.com/why-we-feel-so-compelled-to-make-maps-of-fictional-worlds/

DAY 1-2 Intro/Inkarnate

The first part of our project will use a website called Inkarnate to create a fantasy map.

There are two free options on Inkarnate to create a map. You can use either choice to create your map. We will learn about and add a fantasy compass rose to this map in Photopea on Day 3.

https://inkarnate.com/maps/

https://www.photopea.com/

Day 3

Compass Rose

Today we will add a compass rose to your digital map.

Your compass rose must include

1. A fantasy creature/object

2. Compass

3. Scroll with your world name

You will need to find these images online and use remove.bg or photopea to remove the background images.

You will open your map in photopea and add your compass rose to the map by using

File>Open and Place to place your items

and

Edit>Free Transform to resize and move your images

DAY 4-9 Hand-Drawn Map

On day 4 we will begin practicing drawing different landmasses and transitioning into the hand drawn map portion of the project by building your world, let's look at this skillshare and talk a little about building your fantasy world.

https://www.skillshare.com/en/blog/guide-to-world-building/

Take some notes today focusing on the three steps of world building and

1. Physical setting and what it looks like

2. Society, people, and how they interact with one another

3. History and backstories of people and places

4. Consistency in history, physical description, names of areas

Your next step will be to practice some different landmarks.

Create a

mountain range, forest, city, fort/castle, ancient ruin, and something of your choice.

Google Search- Fantasy Map Icons

https://www.istockphoto.com/illustrations/fantasy-map-icons

After that you will be able to begin your map drawing. We will use micron pens to outline your artwork. After you finish your drawing, we will age your paper by painting a brown watercolor wash over your map. You may also tear and wrinkle your map along the edges to create even more of an old map feel.

Here are some links for inspiration and some step by step map making:

https://jaredblando.com/cartography

How to Draw Tutorials For Different Map Parts

7th- Illuminated Letters

Our next project examines the art of Illuminations.

Look at the slide show to learn about illuminated letters.

After looking at the slideshow,

create an illuminated letter using the first letter of your last name.

Use the square piece of paper provided.

Illuminated Letters Introduction from traciecampbell

There are two different approaches to completing your illuminated letter project.

The top piece is more of a traditional approach to the illumination and the bottom piece is a more modern approach. Both pieces are inspired by items that I like and can relate to. You should do the same.

Using the square piece of paper required, draw your letter first and then add details and embellishments to your design.

7th AR Standards: R7.7.1 R7.7.2 CN10.7.1

6th-Unity and Variety: A Zentangle Collaboration

In this art project, we'll explore two important principles of art - unity and variety - by creating beautiful zentangle designs. Zentangles are intricate patterns made up of simple shapes and lines that, when combined, create stunning artwork. As a class, we'll work together to design circular shapes filled with unique zentangle patterns found on tanglepatterns.com. Each student will contribute their own creative design, and when we combine all our circles together, we'll create one large collaborative artwork. This project will show how individual artistic expressions (variety) can come together to form a harmonious whole (unity), demonstrating these art principles in action while allowing us to express our creativity through drawing.

http://tanglepatterns.com/

1.Create a large circular/oval shape on your paper. Make it large and don't worry about it being perfectly round.

2.Next, using a pencil, fill your shape with zentangle patterns. Include at least 4 or more patterns in your circle/oval shape.

3.Outline your zentangle patterns using oil pastels or crayons.

AR Standards: CR1.6.1 CR2.6.1 CR2.6.2 P5.6.1 R8.6.1

5th- Embellished Portraits with Victoria Villasana

For this project we will take a look at artist Victoria Villasana. She uses yarn and fabrics to embellish portraits of vintage photographs. "Embellish" means to make something more attractive by adding decorative details or features. We will use Google Drawings to create an embellished portrait in her style. Click on the link to take a look at some of her art examples, then take a look at my example of Adam Sandler. We will discuss how to use the Google drawing tools in class.

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2017/10/embroidered-vintage-photos-victoria-villasana/

https://victoriavillasana.com/

DIRECTIONS:

Find and image of a celebrity of your choice.

Upload it into Google Drawings.

Turn it black and white.

Embellish your portrait with colorful lines to create shapes and patterns.

6th- Digital Notan Study

Notan is a Japanese term which literally means "light dark harmony". Artists use "notan studies" to explore different arrangements of light and dark elements in a painting, without having the distraction of other elements like color, texture and finer details.

Click here to read more about Notan

ART Terms for this Project:

Asymmetrical balance (or Asymmetry) means that the two halves of the work of art are different, however, try to create balance. In other words, although the sides may not be exactly the same, there will be elements that interact in a way that makes each side equally important.

Contrast is simply defined as difference. Difference between art elements like color, value, size, texture, and so on can intensify the elements used. As a result, the elements used in a work of art can become more powerful. Although contrast is closely related with variety, it is usually considered a principle of art.

Positive space refers to the subject or areas of interest in an artwork, such as a person's face or figure in a portrait, the objects in a still life painting, or the trees in a landscape painting. Negative space is the background or the area that surrounds the subject of the work

DIRECTIONS:

For this project you will be creating 2 digital notans.

You must use shapes that you create from the scribble, polyline, or curve tool. It must be complex and contain overlapping shapes.

Take a look at the link below to check out a Google slideshow with info and video tutorials to get you started.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Q69dWyfCVWNL5HebvdDX6SWYBt1Y36xUmmNorGEGWSM/edit?usp=sharing

7th- Alana Dee Haynes

Alana Dee Haynes

Alana Dee Haynes is a contemporary mixed-media artist who uses photographs as a base for her zentangle styled drawings. She draws meditative patterns across the face and body of the models in the photos and in the backgrounds of the artworks.

DIRECTIONS:

PROJECT 1

You will be randomly assigned a photo of a celebrity/model for this project.

Using a sharpie, add zentangle patterns to your model.

Use at least 5 different patterns on your piece. Take your time and make complex patterns following instructions on TanglePatterns.

You can use a pencil first if you like.

Please return sharpies back to the appropriate bucket when finished.

Use tanglepatterns.com to find interesting patterns to create for your

piece.

https://tanglepatterns.com/

PROJECT 2

You will use a picture of yourself for the second assignment. 

After getting your picture printed, you will add embellishments around your photo using a pen. 

5th- Robots and Doughnuts with Eric Joyner

Our next project takes a look at contemporary artist Eric Joyner and creating a metallic effect with colored pencils by blending them together.

Contemporary art is the art of today, produced by artists who are living in the twenty-first century. Contemporary art provides an opportunity to reflect on contemporary society and the issues relevant to ourselves, and the world around us.

Take a look here for more examples of contemporary art:

http://arthistory.about.com/od/current_contemporary_art/f/what_is.htm

http://www.art21.org/teach/on-contemporary-art/contemporary-art-in-context

Pulled from Eric Joyner's website.

In 1999, I started to enter various juried shows at Artisans Gallery in Mill Valley, CA. and the work was well received. Shows in other galleries, (usually group shows) were positive as well. In 2000, after years of painting other people’s pictures, I made the decision to only paint things that I liked. Four series of paintings of different subjects were started; they were: San Francisco urbanscapes, paintings of old newspaper cartoons characters, Mexican masks, and last but not least, Japanese tin (toy) robots. Though all four series of these subjects were enjoyable to do, I chose to focus on the tin robots, as they were the most popular and seemed to have the most possibilities. So, armed with a small collection of tin robots and spaceships I began painting them in earnest. In attempt to bring them to life without losing their charm, I showed them where they belonged: outer space. By 2002 the paintings were looking good, but they still needed something to play off of… perhaps a nemesis. After a month or so of searching for a ‘nemesis’ I had an epiphany while watching the movie ‘Pleasantville.’ In one of the scenes, Jeff Daniels paints a still life of…donuts. With thoughts of Wayne Thiebaud’s pastries always close at hand, it wasn’t difficult to see the battle scene of robots retreating from 300-foot tall donuts when I went to bed that night. The rest, as they say, is history.