Big Idea: Final Project

My Big Idea for my final project is based around the concept of change. When trying to come up with what I wanted to base my project around, I decided to take a look at where I am in my life currently. In about 4 months my life will change tremendously.  School was a part of me for the past 12 years of my life and a new chapter of the unknown will begin.

I am a little unsure how I will capture this idea of change, however I visualizing the idea of stairs or stepping stones that display major milestones in my life. I want this piece of work to be used as something I can go back and reflect on so I knew how I was feeling at this important time in my life.

First, the idea of transition and movement came to my head when incorporating it into change. I decided to look for different types of artwork that displayed movement and flow. I found this picture online that not only had movement but incorporate a human aspect with strong adjectives. I felt like this idea of movement related more to my kind of life change.

 

 

After seeing the human aspect in the image above, I decided to look more into artists that used photography and photoshop to capture humans. I found the artist, Art Zdanowski, who captures beautiful pictures of different families, pets, and events.  The work really brings out points in time that were important to people. You can find his work at http://www.wix.com/artsphotoshop/artsphotoshop#!portfolio/vstc1=art-photoshop. Below is a picture captured of a family at the beach.

 Lastly, when reflecting about my life and change I want to express myself through color. I felt like my life has been so blessed and there are more happy times than not. I decided to research pieces of art that were colorful and abstract. I found lots of pictures on Google that were colorful, however the picture below stuck out to me the most.

I liked this image because it was not only very colorful but also was an umbrella. I liked the idea of capturing life under an umbrella.

In order to, to tie in the idea of color and transition I feel like I will be using the hue/saturation and transform tool the most. I want to make sure I get the perfect color and position of what I am trying to convey.