ArtTalk Portfolio Critique Sheet

Describe What do you see?

Artists Name: Diego VasquezDate Created: SpringTitle of the work: Above the
Influence

Medium used: Illustrator

Analyze How is the work organized? What elements or principles of design are
used? Use art vocabulary to analyze the work.
Lines: What kind of lines are in the work? Straight, curved, dotted,
broken, wavy, jagged, textured, horizontal, vertical diagonal, contour or
outlines. Were the lines created by abrupt color, value or texture changes?
(2-3 sentences) The lines are straight and curved. They are created by
texture and color changes.



Color and Value
Are the colors warm, cool, bright, dull, light, opaque or transparent?
Values resulting from combinations of lights and darks, or shades and
tints of a color.
Shapes (two-dimensional) and forms (three-dimensional),
representational, abstract, organic, geometrical, open, closed.
Texture Rough, smooth, coarse, soft, bumpy, hairy, shady, etc.
Simulated you can see but not feel it or real. (Dont confuse texture
with pattern the repetition of some motif in a recognizable order,
such as polka dots or a checkerboard.
(2-3 sentences) The colors are warm with signs of patterns around. The
arrows have patterns and the there is difficulty in finding the texture,
but I would say that it is a rough texture.



Balance: What contributes to balance in the composition? Is the balance
symmetrical, asymmetrical or radial? (2 -3 sentences)It is a radial
symmetry since everything seems to center around the center. But it is
barely radial, it is more asymmetrical than having any symmetry at all.



Interpret What message does this artwork communicate to you?
Write about the feeling, mood or message of this work. Defend your
interpretation with evidence from the description and analysis information above
and/or use art history or past experiences.
(3-5 sentences)This artwork represents something that is important to this
artist: Sports. The artwork has difficulty portraying that it is important to
him though since it is a rather uninspired artwork. It still is good at
portraying the feeling








Judge What do you think of the work?
Write about the success of this work, explain.
(3-5 sentences)The artwork feels very amateurish, but the concept feels like a very
solid concept. The artwork could have used more smoothing out the roughs in the edges
but other than that, its great. Also, it could have been a bit more inspired.

Guillermo Del Valle