Project 6 : Nailing The Nail Art

For the final project in this class, we had to create a video presentation with audio of our understanding of color. My presentation is a mini documentary with visuals of my nail designs. Originally, I used Powerpoint to show the differences in technique and detail, but after the feedback I was given, I attempted to place the images into the audio I filmed through time lapse. All of my designs are original and my own technique. They are all uniquely done, and serve as my own hobby and interest. In each design there are intricate details and color schemes varying from complimentary to analogous. This was my favorite project. My nails are a reflection of who I am, and I am happy with the end result.

Project 5 : Harmony & Discord

Analogous Colors : red, orange, red orange

Complimentary colors :  blue, red, yellow 

For this project we had to use two different color schemes of our choice, and use them in a way that has a contrasting effect on our image. my image is a photo i've taken myself of Rita's Italian Ice. For one aspect of my project, I painted my image using primary colors. I also included a tint of a few colors to make the composition and color selection more inviting. 

The second image was created with filters and color selection on Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. One image features a very delicious and inviting gelati, while the other reflects a much more infused version in which the ice cream is a strange color, which may make the ice cream seem as if it is for decorative purpose only. 

Project 4 - Transparency Studies

The assignment was to create a composition displaying at least four examples of transparency as according to our transparency studies. The second part of the assignment was to create an animation, showing the transparencies occurring. For my animation, I used basic shapes with the color matches form my transparency studies. My transparency shapes are changing in size, color, shape and also location. This was a fun project. Simple shapes are coming to life !

Project 4 - Transparency Animation

 The assignment was to create a composition displaying at least four examples of transparency as according to our transparency studies. The second part of the assignment was to create an animation, showing the transparencies occurring. For my animation, I used basic shapes with the color matches form my transparency studies. My transparency shapes are changing in size, color, shape and also location. This was a fun project. Simple shapes are coming to life !

Project 3 : Simultaneous Contrast

                                                  One Color As Two & Two Colors As One

For this project we had to select colors from the Color Aid and do a collage showing one color that appears as two when placed upon another color with a darker value as compared to the opposing color. We also had to choose another set of swatches of Color Aid to show two colors that appeared as one on a second collage we crated through Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop.

Project 2 - Vibrating Edges

 Assigned to create two patterns displaying colors with vibrating edges. The relationship between the two colors is what makes them vibrate. Both colors are equal in value and equal in intensity, but they are opposite in hue. This combination will result in a vibrating relationship along the edges where the colors meet. I created my patterns using Adobe Illustrator. I used a simple box filled with my first specific color, followed by another box filled with my second color. In regards to the shape, I tested the star tool, adding and deleting anchor points for an interesting shape. My third pattern is a combination of my first and second, but I adjusted the opacity, and overlapped certain sections of my first pattern onto the background of my first. you can see spherical shapes with lower opacity, making this a pattern of a pattern.






 

Project 1 - Color Wheel & Monochromatic Painting

We had to make a Munsell twelve-step color wheel including tints and shades. We also had to create a monochromatic painting, based off of the tint and shades color we chose. I chose blue as my color because my image I took was of fruit, and there are no real blue fruits in this world. I chose blue for the irony, and because the color is my personal favorite. I had a hard time making the red violets and red orange colors.

I have found that I did not explore the colors enough, with the paint because I needed to spare it wisely. I also have a hard time getting a full range of value on such a small scale. I have a poor habit of going from dark to light, opposed to light to dark starting with the whites. During the critique I was given feedback to add the darker blue values to the bottom of my monochromatic painting, since there are few spots that display the value itself. I was satisfied with my monochromatic painting as a result, because it mastered the ideal abstract design, but you could still make out the fruit items of the peach, grapes, and strawberries. I enjoyed this project, but for future projects I will explore the paint much more to get the exact colors found on the color wheel provided by Munsell.

Munsell Charts - Harmonious & Balanced Color Groups

A popular theory, based on observations of nature, postulates that harmonious and balanced groups of colors are pleasing. According  to this theory, harmonious color groups comprise similar colors, and balances color groups comprise opposite or nearly opposite colors.

Munsell Charts - Color Control & Color Sequences

Often, an artist of designer wishes to create an appearance of unity in a work. This can be accomplished by establishing a dominant hue, value, and chroma, and repeating them throughout the work. To prevent monotony, a few colors that contrast in hue, value, and chroma are also used. In aerial perspective, the illusion of distance is created by making a color more blue than gray. Munsell postulated that dissimilar colors can be harmonized by creating a sequence between them.

Munsell Charts - Color Assimilation & Optical Mixture, Transparency & Iridescence Exercises

 

When one color is surrounded by another, vision emphasizes the difference between the colors. However, when colors are alternated in very thin stripes or tiny dots the opposite effect occurs ; vision emphasizes the similarity between the colors and they appear more alike. If the stripes are very thin or the dots tiny, or if viewed from a distance, vision is unable to differentiate the colors and they appear mixed. 

Munsell Charts - Matte & Glossy Colors

Surface reflection strongly affects color appearance. A color appears darker and somewhat more vivid with a high gloss surface, and a lighter and grayer with a matter surface.

Munsell Charts - Simultaneous Contrast

We were given instructions to select specific colors from our Munsell Charts and position them on the color swatches. The point of the project was to see similar colors change slightly or dramatically when an opposing darker, or lighter value is placed under it. 

We performed the same project three times for each of the colors. You can see the purple values get progressively darker when placed on a light grey swatch, but darker on a black swatch. You can see the  or green swatch. You can also see the green values get darker on the teal swatch, more saturated on the green swatch, and lighter on the black swatch.

Munsell Charts - Advancing & Receding Colors

Successive Contrast & Vibrating Boundaries 

                                                         Advancing & Receding Colors .
               Chips Were Chosen From The Munsel Color Chart Of Swatches Previously Done.
                     Selected Chips Demonstrate The Effect Of Advancing & Receding Colors.

Munsell System - Color Charts

                                 The Following Spreadsheets Are My Munsell Color Charts.
                                                        Happy Color Swatching ! (: