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Just Another Day...... 2
By: Andy Zarycki

Just Hanging...... 6
By: Andy Zarycki

Alll Alone...... 12
By: Erica Bartley

Snack Time...... 18
By: Zach Kekelik
 JUST ANOTHER DAY

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Craft: After our class critique the dividers I used the same brush
The fi rst decision I had to the professor Peck suggested stroke. On the side of the window
“Its just another make was what object I want to il-
lustrate. I found an iron in the class-
that we put our objects in space.
So I drew an outline of an iron-
I added curtains, using dry brush
and fi lling it in with the pen tool.
day. know mat- room. So now I had to illustrate it,
with a style that appealed to me. I
ing board using the dry brush and
then I used the pen tool to fi ll in
Outside the window I made it ob-
vious what season it was.
those outlines made with the dry
ter if there is rain, found a nice brush stroke, dry brush
7, which gave it a waxy look, hence brush stroke. The rest of the page
For each scene outside the win-
dow I used the dry brush and if
the name of my style waxy. So I used was white so I wanted to make it there was a lot of space I fi lled it
snow, or sun shine, lines to replicate the iron in different look as if it were in a room. So I in with the pen tool, with a color
positions. I illustrated three that had added a window to the illustra- that has low contrast to the stroke.
people have to go similar colors as the actual colors. tion and the rest of the page was
a wall. The window is an older
On my fi fth illustration I used the
Then the next two I changed up the same style the dry brush and the
about here day. A colors, I just picked random colors,
not having a meaning to the colors. I
window that has wooden dividers;
also I used the transparency tool,
pen fi ll in where ever I thought it
look good. Each picture is very
routine that stay’s wasn’t too happy with the work. to make it look like glass. For similar, but also very different.

the same know

matter what’s go-
ing on outside your
window.”

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But they all had the same rules. Dry brush 7 and the pen tool fi lling
it in with a low contrast color. The colors of the iron inside the home
are supposed to make you feel how it is outside. For the iron and the
scenes outside the used the seasons colors.

Composition:
I put the iron on the ironing board, but I only illustrated a

WIN part of the board. So I can so that it’s in a room in some home. Not
just on an iron on a board who knows where. So I add a window and
also adding a wall. In two illustrations you can see mostly only the
window and barely a wall. But in the other two half is the window
and the other half is a wall. In these two illustrations I added a blazer
that is hanging on a hook. Showing that some one is getting reading
to go somewhere. Through the window you can see that it is a differ-
ent season.
In the winter I illustrated a tree that is leafl ess and snow that
has collecting on the branches, indicating that its winter. In the spring
there is fl owers on the window ceil and the tree fairly green, with a
sun peeking through the clouds. During the summer the tree is nice
and green and a full sun behind the tree. For the fall the leaves of
the tree are brown and orange, showing the fall season. The ironer’s
colors replicate the colors of that season. I was consistent with the tree
to show that it’s in the same room.
Since the project couldn’t be less then fi ve illustrations I had
to think of something that fl owed with my seasons theme and had to
be done with my rules. So I intertwined all four illustrations. So I did
a close up of the window, in the four sections of the window, which
are made by the dividers, I made something to emphases the season
of the year. Like a snowman, dead leafs, a sun with sunglasses and
fl owers. Also I place the iron in the middle of the illustration to put
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all four together into one.

Concept:
This picture is supposed to show the wonders of each sea-
son, but also as an adult no matter what season, how much snow, rain,
or sun adults have to get up for work and do the same routine almost
everyday get up for work eat, wash yourself, iron your clothes and go
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to work. Come home eat watch TV, maybe read a book nothing too
different from previous days, and do it all again tomorrow.

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 Just Hangin
“The last thing that went threw this rim is a pear
of chucks. Men, women, chilren, or teenagers
hadn’t had the satisafaction of playing a pickup
game on this court for a ver long time. The only
purposed the basketball rim serves, is for the
shoes.”

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 Composition:
When I took the pic-
ture I put one shoe
hanging in the net

JUST HANGNG and one out of the

net, so it can just
freely hang there.
I took the picture
from that angle so I
Thunder:

This being my fa-
vorite reproduction.
can just get the bas-
I Changed the back-
ketball hoop and the
ground to a purple.
gray sky.
Than I used the pen to
make the thunder bolts.
To give it more light
I used the gradient on
the purple background
mixing it with a white.
So the white part of the
gradient is right in the
middle of the thunder. I
changed the backboard,
because the thunder
would reflect off the
metal board. I believe
this illustration made
my concept stronger,
because this hoop and
shoes don’t look old
and rusty to give it that
abandonment. So the
thunder does because
it will keep the kids off
Craft: the court.

I worked from the everything with the

back to the front. Do- pen and tried to use
ing the background the same colors as
first the sky than the the real picture. To
backboard after that do that I used the
came the rim itself eye drop tool which
and the things that worked pretty well.
attach the rim to the So I tried to make it
backboard. Since the as identical as I can
one shoe is in the net to the real picture.
I did that shoe next
and than came the

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chain net consisted

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of the most layers of

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the whole picture.

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I did each link of
chain individually,
which took a lot of
time. Lastly I did
the lower of the two
shoes last. I traced

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 Vanished:
With this illustration I just filled in everything with white
and I gave it a thick Charcoal stroke. To make it look like a
sketching. Lastly I filled in the background black. I choose
only the two colors to give it that plan and sketch look to it.
High Hoops:
With this one I changed the composition the most. I just
wanted to make it fun and colorful. I didn’t used a specific
color scheme. I just used bright colors. When it came to the
shoes I wanted to make them the same but different at the
same time. So I just did everything opposite of the other
shoes. For example the sole of the bottom shoe is orange so
for the top shoe I made it orange.

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ALLLL ALONE
“I believe many can look at my work and
understand the concepts, and those that
can’t can then create their own, that what
I love about art anyone can interpret it the
way.” they want.

By: Erica Bartley

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 shoes I was able to give them the
expression of being scared of the
couch. I also propped the cushions
open to give the couch the mouth
that I saw in my head, I can’t expect
everyone to be able to see a simple
couch as having a mouth now can I.
I took the picture and I had it!
When I first began my illustrations
of the picture I was ready to switch
it, it was so complicated. But, like
most things I stick to it just to see
if I can without hitting my breaking
point. Well, I made it and finished my
first illustration of the couch. I then
started the next three pictures in the
set. The first was a simple changing
of the colors. I loved it, until I made
the next illustration. My second il-
lustration was of the temple beast.
When I first started this illustration
I was thinking ‘am I ever going to
be able to finish this on time?’ This
illustration took so much time that
I literally had a single weekend to
do my third illustration. Me being
me, I already decided that I needed
an illustration that I would, maybe
would, place upon my own wall.
This is how the “Wonderland” illus-
tration was created.
Wonderland is my overall favorite
illustration from the shoes set. The
way that I was able to create such

CRAZY

ORIGINAL
I guess the first thing anyone would
ever say about my artwork is that
I place my feelings within every
piece. This was the first time that I
have ever used the Illustrator pro-
gram for art and I really enjoyed it. I
am known for doing small little de-
tails in most of my work, so the pro-
gram was an extreme joy. In these il-
lustrations I was able to cover many
different areas in my personality: the
dark and grim, “The Temple Beast”;
crazy colors usage, “Crazy Colors”;
and fantasy and mystery, “Wonder-
land.” I never thought about the use
of shoes in any major artwork since
the shoes I’m most attracted to are
too expensive for me to purchase.
But, I found out that a simple pair of
sneakers can express ones feelings
just by changing their color.
When I first began this project I
wondered to myself ‘how the heck
am I going to make shoes looks
cool,’ and then it hit me-personi-
fication. I love the idea of looking
at objects and thinking about the
life they would have if they were
people. And when I was looking for
places to take pictures of my shoes I
came across my front room couch. I
guess one can say I have a very ac-
tive imagination if I could walk past
a couch and see a monster within,
but none the less I had my perfect
situation. By using pipe cleaners
wrapped around the laces of my

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 WONDERLAND

THE BEAST IN THE TEMPLE

detail on super-small objects was so
exciting for me, even though many
can’t even see the detail unless they
place the picture on the tip of their
nose. The many different techniques
and colors I used for the “Wonder-
land” illustration were somewhat
more difficult because there were so
many layers upon layers. I believe
this illustration takes the longest to
open because of the layers, but it’s
worth it.
the class went on they started to go
more in the direction of pictures for
me. I believe many can look at my
work and understand the concepts,
and those that can’t can then create
their own, that what I love about art
anyone can interpret it the way they
want.

The only thing I really need to say

about my illustrations is that I start-
ed to create them for others, but as

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 SNACK
TIME
“This style of illustrating was some-
thing that I had to first conceptual-
ize in my mind before I could start
drawing anything on the computer. I
wanted the images to look like I drew
them by hand. The name of my style
is splatoure.”

By: Zach Kekelik

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 Craft:
To make my artwork I used
Adobe Illustrator. Within this program I
was able to use the drawing tablet con-
nected to the computer in order to draw
from my hand onto the computer screen.
I started to create these pieces of art by
first opening Illustrator and opening a
new print document. I choose to use let-
ter size paper 8.5x11. I wanted the orien-
tation of the paper to be portrait for the
bottle illustrations and then I changed the
orientation to landscape for the candy il-
lustrations.
Starting with a blank page I first
created about 10 layers in the layers win-
dow and then grouped 9 of them into the
top layer. I then would label each layer,
i.e. outside lines, product name, style
lines, color, touch up. This made each il-
lustration easier to work on because ev-
ery layer was preset for me, creating a
smooth workflow throughout each illus-
trating because every illustration looked
exactly the same in the layers window.
Next, I would open the brushes
window and then go into the brushes li-
brary and open Hand Drawn Brushes
Vector Pack and Artistic Ink brushes.
Then, I would get the bottle or candy that
I was going to draw and set I on the table
in front of me. To start each drawing I
would use the paintbrush tool and use the
3 pt. round preset with no fill and a black
stroke. I would use the drawing tablet and
tablet pen, then I would click on the first
layer of the group and then draw a rough After the outlines where
outline of the product. finished I would click on the second
layer and start the inside lines. Then
on a new layer and I would draw the
letters in the name or the logo on the
product. Every individual piece had
an individual layer. This allowed me
to have a lot of control on each in-
dividual piece of the illustration. Af-
ter all the drawing was completed I
would choose any layers in which I
tough I might want to keep white in
order for them to be readable on the
finished image. I would then take all
of these layers and make a copy of
them. Then I could change the copied
layer(s) to 2pt. oval preset with no fill
and a white stroke.
Next, I would select every
layer, except the white oval ones I just
changed, and then transform them
into the Hand Drawn brush. Next, I

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 would move the white oval layers on
top of all the black, hand drawn lines
so they would be visible. If the white
2 pt. oval could not be easily read then
I would use the brush tool and draw
behind the white with the black, hand
drawn brush.
Then I would go to the color
layer where I started using the ink
drop brush to create the color in the il-
lustration. I would use anywhere from
2 pt. to 10 pt. size of drops in order
to cover the entire image. After that I
filled the whole image with ink drops
I would use the color picker and color
guide to choose the color that best
matched the product. Finally, I would
save my image and the get started on
the next one.
Composition:
Although I am a really bad
drawer on paper, by using the tablet
and very rough outline edges and let-
ter is was able to cover up my poor
drawing ability by converting my
small round lines into hand drawn
brush strokes. The hand drawn brush
makes the overall object look very
good and gives it an artistic feel. Due
to my own personal abilities I did not
want my final illustrations to look
profession or an exact replica of the
product. I wanted a final image that
had abstract characteristics.
The reason I choose bottle
and candy was because the first as-
signment was to create a personal
style using 5 different things. I though
it would be easy for me to get five
different bottled drinks from the caf-
eteria in a short time frame. I wanted
each bottle to be a different shape as
well as each bottle to have a different
colored liquid inside of it. This way
each illustration could be difference
in terms of style of bottle and color of
liquid.
After my style was estab-
lished I created 10 illustrating of bot-
tles. I then wanted to continue mak-
ing illustration but wanted a different
product. Thus, I started with candy; I
used the say exact style and created
10 more illustration with candy and
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candy bars. I wanted the scale of
these illustrations to large in order
to fill the entire page with color. So
the bottles had to take up a lot of the
paper because the only color that
would be on the paper was the black
from the brush strokes and the color
from the ink drops. For these rea-
sons I decided on letter paper size
8.5x11 because this size of paper
could be full and the bottle image
would be almost the same size on
paper as in real life.
I decided to use the ink
drop brush to apply color because it
works hand in hand with the char-
acteristics of liquids. When the liq-
uid is poured out of a bottle the first
thing that hits the ground is a drop
then more drops and finally every
bit of liquid poured hits the ground
first as a drop. I figured this would
be a great way to put color on my
illustrations, like I was using drops
of the actual liquid of the bottle
poured onto by illustration to color
it. I wanted the outside lines to be
as dark black as possible and then I
wanted the color of the ink drops to
be very bright.
The contrast between the
dark outside lines with the light
color drops really creates a vivid
appearance of the liquid color. Be-
cause I used an ink drop brush the
colors where a little bit like the wa-
tercolors. I really had to play with
the hue and saturation of each color
in order to make it look like the ac-
tual color of the product.
Concept:
This style of illustrating
was something that I had to first
conceptualize in my mind before I
could start drawing anything on the
computer. I wanted the images to
look like I drew them by hand. The
name of my style is “Splatoure” and
the rules of my style are as fallows.
My first rule was of the
subject matter, every picture had
to be of a plastic bottle or piece of
candy. My second rule was using
only the “Hand Drawn Brushes Vec-
tor Pack” for every outside line. My
third rule was to only use the “Ink
Drop” brush in the “Artistic Brush-
es” set and only one color within
each entire artwork. The name of
my style, splatoure, comes from
two words combined, splatter and
capture. The reason for this word
is because my style uses splatters
of color in order to capture the im-
age. I feel that being so basic in my
rules that my style is really easy to
be identified. When I developed my
 style I wanted it to be really apparent
so that no matter who saw my pictures
they would quickly be able to under-
stand the style.
I felt that the more simple
the style the easier I would be to rec-
ognized and the more fun I would
be able to have when I was creating
the artwork. Within these images of
plastic bottles and candy I wanted the
message to be about bright colors. I
also wanted the viewer to immedi-
ately know what each images was.
For these reason I only incorporated
enough information of each bottle and
each piece of candy so that the type
of product would be distinguishable.
One part of my style in which I had
to work on a little was something that
was brought up in a group critique.
In one of my original five il-
lustrations the cap of the bottle was
left white while all the rest where
colored in. The one with the white
cap stood out and looked different
than the others. Therefore, I decided
to change my other four illustrations
to have white caps as well. I liked the
over theme of the illustrations better
with the white caps so I kept white
capes as another rule in my style.
Consequently, every bottle illustra-
tions have white caps, for the candy
illustrations there was no good way
to incorporate a white part into every
candy image so I left that rule out for
those illustrations.

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