I Have a Global Awareness of Art making:
For my "Jesse-Mario" figure piece, I drew inspiration from the Super Mario Bros. game to create my own mario-like character. To get the details in the correct way, I printed out many pictures with different angles and poses of Mario and Luigi, along with some items from the games (the coin, fire flower, mushroom, and ? Block). I personally connect to the theme of this popular Nintendo game because for most of my life I have been playing Mario games and thought it would be fun and maybe even creative to make my own character! I also tried to take in how the characters of Mario have changed over time. Overall I tried to use the details from the game and pictures from the computer to create a most life-like version of me as this kind of character as possible.
I Reflect:
Before starting on my full-size figure, the wise Mrs. Sudkamp advised me to create a smaller scale model, so that I would learn mistakes and fix them for the full size. I am so glad she told me to do that because I learned a valuable lesson in sculpting; instead of starting with one large rectangular block of clay and carving out the limbs (like in my mini-figure to the bottom left), it is best to start with a smaller block (the "torso") and add on the limbs (without forgetting to score and slip!). For future figures I think I can still shape the overall body( sides and hands) to show a more video game look, but overall I am proud of how it turned out. Another lesson I learned is that if I want to make an orange color instead of a red, I have to learn to mix colors in a different way. Even when it fell and broke, I gave it surgery (via hot glue) and now its all better; add that to the "What I learned During this Project" list!
Figurative Piece Questions:
My animal head mini did not help me that much for the final figure; mainly because I a) did not do a head, I did a full body and b) I did not make an animal figure but a human. What I did learner was that you have to be very careful when painting around certain details, such as eyes or ears. I also learned that I need to take my time when scultping little features such as the hair or eyes.
Honestly, I picked the piece I did plainly because I like video games and wanted to create a figure of me incorporated into y favorite video game: Super Mario Bros. Who says the Mario BROS have to be just that? I wanted to show that you do not need a mustache to be able to jump into a pipe and eat mushrooms. Yes, I guess this piece does hold a special meaning to me. I have been playing (some form) of video game since I can remember (sad right?), but after all those years of doing it, I have for sure gotten a passion for it.
For my "Jesse-Mario" figure piece, I drew inspiration from the Super Mario Bros. game to create my own mario-like character. To get the details in the correct way, I printed out many pictures with different angles and poses of Mario and Luigi, along with some items from the games (the coin, fire flower, mushroom, and ? Block). I personally connect to the theme of this popular Nintendo game because for most of my life I have been playing Mario games and thought it would be fun and maybe even creative to make my own character! I also tried to take in how the characters of Mario have changed over time. Overall I tried to use the details from the game and pictures from the computer to create a most life-like version of me as this kind of character as possible.
I Reflect:
Before starting on my full-size figure, the wise Mrs. Sudkamp advised me to create a smaller scale model, so that I would learn mistakes and fix them for the full size. I am so glad she told me to do that because I learned a valuable lesson in sculpting; instead of starting with one large rectangular block of clay and carving out the limbs (like in my mini-figure to the bottom left), it is best to start with a smaller block (the "torso") and add on the limbs (without forgetting to score and slip!). For future figures I think I can still shape the overall body( sides and hands) to show a more video game look, but overall I am proud of how it turned out. Another lesson I learned is that if I want to make an orange color instead of a red, I have to learn to mix colors in a different way. Even when it fell and broke, I gave it surgery (via hot glue) and now its all better; add that to the "What I learned During this Project" list!
Figurative Piece Questions:
My animal head mini did not help me that much for the final figure; mainly because I a) did not do a head, I did a full body and b) I did not make an animal figure but a human. What I did learner was that you have to be very careful when painting around certain details, such as eyes or ears. I also learned that I need to take my time when scultping little features such as the hair or eyes.
Honestly, I picked the piece I did plainly because I like video games and wanted to create a figure of me incorporated into y favorite video game: Super Mario Bros. Who says the Mario BROS have to be just that? I wanted to show that you do not need a mustache to be able to jump into a pipe and eat mushrooms. Yes, I guess this piece does hold a special meaning to me. I have been playing (some form) of video game since I can remember (sad right?), but after all those years of doing it, I have for sure gotten a passion for it.
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