Shadow Boxes

Shadow Boxes are really cool to create. All you have to do is create three different scenes out of three different pieces of paper. This is a scene from "Divergent", the first book of a series. Shadow boxes include the foreground, middle ground, and background. The foreground is the first piece of paper and mine is the picture of a tree. The middle ground is the second piece of paper and mine is the boy and girl couple standing. The background is the third piece of paper and mine is of the city. Below are two different ways to take pictures of the shadow-box. The top one is of the shadow box behind a light. The bottom one is the shadow box in pure daylight.

Peer Critique 11-9-15

This is a peer critique made by another student in the class of 3-D Art.

Description: This artwork displays a message of racial equality. It has a creation of a paper African-American woman. Her mouth is covered with a "Google" search bar. It is almost as if she is muted by these negative searches. The searches say African Americans... have no culture, have a crime gene, have poverty, have no life, and have a lot of problems. The look on the woman's face is very depressing. She is wearing a blue shirt, has dark hair, and has dark eyes. The search has the intricate images of a microphone and magnifying glass. This woman takes up 3/4 of the poster, the other 1/4 is of words. The words say, "You're wrong, Google". It is popped out and is an outline. The background is a vibrant red while the letters are a playful yellow. These colors allow the words to be emphasized. The color of the shirt and woman also playoff of the bright colors.

         Analyze: This is a poster fighting for racial equality. It has a vertical orientation. The artist used a lot of space techniques by cutting out the words and keeping the outline of letters. The woman fills up a lot of positive space but around there is a lot of empty negative space. By creating this emptiness it brings a lot of emphasis to the woman. Another element used was scale and proportion. If the woman wasn't as big, then it wouldn't send the same message. In addition the artist used emphasis. By making the woman fill most of the poster, it puts emphasis on how depressed and muted she looks. The color usage of the words help focus on the fact that none of the searches are true. 

          Interpret: I can see that this ouster is about racial equality. I see this because the main emphasis is an African-American woman, who's mouth is covered by so called false "Google" searches. It also says that these false statements are wrong. With all of these factors I can presume that this artist wants racial equality. It means that "Google" in saying that these negative searches are the top searches are mean and negative is wrong. 

          Judge: In my opinion this artwork is very successful, in the fact that it has so much emphasis on the woman, it gets the topic in your head clearly. This artwork shows me the reality of racial inequality in the world. In my opinion nobody should even question what the cause of this poster is. I love this piece of artwork because it makes me care, it speaks to me, and I love how clean the lines and edges are. My only suggestion to make it better would be to be very careful with glue. Overall, it looks very professional.