visual poem | Photography

Process:

Inquiry:

While reading the instructions I knew I wanted the poem to be one that is more on the sad side of things. I also wanted the picture to be able to have a deeper meaning. My first idea was a great tree with a big trunk and thick limbs like the ones you would see in a movie. I realized I wanted the words of the poem to go on the branches of the tree and look almost like the words are falling off the tree. Because this was going to be a sad project I wanted the picture to be in black and white but the words in color. When I got to looking for poems I knew I wanted it to be a deep poem but not too long because the more words the less they would stand out on the paper. I ended up using part of 'Depression' by Lauren White. I did not go with my original idea because it was not conceptually there yet and was too obvious. I changed the picture to one of a flower with dew drops on it. The subject is towards the bottom of the image. I only used the line from the poem "pulling you in" and repeated it around the flower.

Technical process:

To make this project I drove around trying to find the right tree that I was picturing. Once I found the tree I wanted I went home and edited the picture and made it in black and white with a couple traces of left over green to symbolize there is hope underneath the darkness. After I edited it I printed out the picture at cvs. While I was waiting for it to print I went to Joanns and got different types of collage paper to write the poem on. I put each word on a different pattern and laid out where I wanted to put the words. Once I found the right placement I glued the poem on the tree. I did not go with my original idea and as I started in the inquiry used a picture I had taken of a flower and used the line from the poem "pulling you in" I used photoshop this time instead of printing it out and used a text box for each of the sentences and placed them around the flower petals. I changed the font and the color of the text to match what I was going for with the image and I also manipulated the way the text box was. Instead of it being a straight line I made it be downturned almost and had it angled where the last part of the sentence which was 'in' be in the middle of the flower and was the smallest part of the text.

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Critiques:

Two peer and one teacher constructive and specific criticisms in the following areas sensory (elements of art), formal/technical (organization/principles of design and use of materials/techniques) and expressive qualities (how does it connect to conceptual process).

SENSORY - Ava suggested make the color stand out more and more vibrant.
FORMAL/TECHNICAL - Kora suggested to make it lighter in the middle so it is easier to read the words in the middle

EXPRESSIVE - Ms. Johnson suggested to connect the ideas better and think about using imagery because the idea before was too obvious

Final:

Elements and Principles of Design:

Art Element- I used space in my design because the focal point of the image is at the bottom it forces the viewer to look to the bottom of the picture. Because of the flower stem in the background the viewers eyes to run up and down the picture because it is one continuous line.
Principle of Design- I used Repetition in the design because the poem has the line "pulling you in" and I kept repeating that line over and over around the flower and angled the line in the way that the word 'in' was always at the core of the flower and smaller than the rest. Because of this repetition the viewer follows the sentence line around the flower.

Reflection: (max 100 characters including spaces)

Idea: The idea was to have a picture that regarded nature and have a sad poem in top of it

Dimension: 8.5in x 11in

Material: I used photo paper to print because I did the editing online for my piece.

Process: After I had taken the picture that I had wanted I went on photoshop and added the text of the poem