Art final task

For my art final task I was given free rein to experiment and see what I can come up with to represent myself in any way using any materials.
1. Challenging and Inspiring
 I am thinking about doing a Garry's Mod piece similar to the ones in one of my previous posts, using post FX like depth of field and blur I can make something really nice.
2. Imagining and Generating

Here's the video of me coming up with ideas within Garry's Mod: 

And here are the screens I took: 

For the first one, I was just messing around. For the second, I was seeing if I could take the TF2 background models and make them fit with the GM_Flatgrass environment. the result gave it a late fall feel with the combine soldier playing the piano in the middle. 

3. Planning and Focusing

I liked making the environment look nice using the trees and I also liked how the TF2 props (Trees and Piano) are scaled larger than most other props. It gives the other smaller props a more cartoonish feel from the size difference. 

4. Exploring and Experimenting

5. Producing Preliminary work

Here is the first draft (very bare bones) of what I'll be doing. I've titled it "All The World's Your Living Room"

6. Revising and Refining

here are my production shots as I continued to refine this piece:

7. Presenting and Performing. 

Here are the final shots:

Playing with depth of field I could get like 3 different shots out of one picture. Keep in mind that these shots don't do the full 3D model justice. You can find the save here. There are a few addons required though. As well as Garry's Mod and maybe Counter-Strike: Source and Half-Life 2. I will probably make a video at a later date showing all the stuff in this piece. 

8. Reflecting and Evaluating

I pretty much achieved everything I wanted with this piece. Though if I had to pick something to improve, it would be everything! There's always room for improvement! From planning to the final shots, I wanted to do something unique using Garry's Mod. I liked the idea of augmenting my art with the environment pieces, and the tree in the middle of this little courtyard did this very well. There are lots of little things in the background that you might not notice at first. I'll give you this one: the hula doll on the stack of boxes. Try and find more! Interpret this scene any way you like! Download the save and maybe play with it yourself. See what you can do to make this better. 

Norval Morrisseau

Norval Morrisseau was an Aboriginal Canadian artist. He painted in an abstract style known as the woodlands style. He was self-taught and used different terms and styles than most other artists. He faced many challenges in his life, such as two years in a residential school and falling deathly ill at the age of 19. Morrisseau's art was deeply rooted in Aboriginal spirituality and traditions, and as such there was controversy over his art in the Aboriginal community. His art is characterized by thick back outlines and bright colours, as shown below:

Linoleum cut art

We did linoleum cut printing in art class. Linoleum cut prints are prints created using a piece of linoleum with a pattern cut into it. The linoleum is then inked and stamped onto the surface to be printed. if done right, the carved bits should leave no ink and the rest should leave ink behind, resulting in the pattern being transposed onto the surface. Once the pattern is cut, the prints can be made very easily. So easily in fact that I made like 40 of them. Seriously. Take a look: