Romanticism

In class we had to do a dry point print or a caloge so I chose to do a dry point print our topic was romanticism and I had the idea to do the have old lady and young girl to show a burock style to show that things dont last they will grow old I did the girl holding the ice cream half good and the other half started melting there's a clock in the back with the time which unfortunatley I put on backwards wi'jtch is something i  cant change i would change how the nose looks i would change a cscratch on the arm i really like the icecreem in the back and the charys on the icecrrem i think there cute i think its good i just wish it could have turnd out better with the sweter i like the drees on the young girls side

        In class, we had the option of making a dry point print, or a collage, for an image with the Romanticism style. I chose the dry point print as my medium. My idea was a mix of Romanticism and Baroque, with a split image between a young girl and an old lady, to represent the idea that all of the worlds pleasures and possessions are only temporary in this life and that they just slip away over time. I emphasized this by having the girl holding an ice cream cone, with the young girl holding one that's fresh, and the old lady holding one that is melting and dripping off the cone. I also made a clock in the background to put emphasis on the element of time.

         Unfortunately I ended up putting the clock numbers in backwards, which I had realized in the middle of etching, but continued doing it simply because there was no going back. I also wish I could fix an accidental scratch on her arm, and done better on the girls sweater and nose.

          I was happy with how the image turned out overall, and especially happy with the ice cream in the back, and the cherries, since they looked pretty cute.

furniture designer

                                                                 Taylor Llorente

For over 12 years Taylor Llorente Furniture has been designing unique furniture in London, England. They supply furniture to interior designers, architects and private clients with their unique collection of stylized and design furniture.  The name is derived from the two main directors of the company Alistair Taylor and Riccardo Llorente – “Taylor Llorente”.

Alistair Alexander Taylor is the founder and creator of the brand name Taylor Llorente website in 1995 at beginning of the ‘internet’ as a marketing medium.  Alistair graduated in fashion and textiles from Central Saint Martins and The Royal College of Art in London Alistair Taylor worked in the field of fashion in both London and New York. The development of the high profile status of the company in the field of interiors and furniture is from the input and emphasis of Alistair Taylor.
 Alistair’s partner Riccardo LLorente's passion in art history and antiques led him to further enhance his academic background in “Fine and Decorative arts”, specializing in furniture.  of over six years with a leading Antique dealer Alistair Sampson Antiques in Mayfair, London, specializing in 17th and 18th century English antiques with emphasis on English furniture, as well as dealing in Fine and Decorative arts of this period, are all contributing factors to his cultural background and professional knowledge as a specialist and dealer.

The unique design ethos, stylization and couture essence of Taylor Llorente’s collection is the work of both directors, Alistair Taylor and Riccardo LLorente, they are pursuing the field of furniture and design for unique and conversational pieces. 
Each piece of contemporary furniture is made to order.  They are made and finished in Europe by hand by leading and prominent European ateliers (workshops) or furniture makers, including Italian, French and British Interior designers. 
They have such a fascinating way of combining contemporary with the classical past.  As they like to emphasize on high profile design, manufacturing methods and the use of outstanding materials such as wood in various grains and cuts – they will sandblast mahogany for a very unique finish.  They also use chrome, steel, metal, and leather, the combination of several of these materials makes for a very different but beautiful look.

Their aim is “to offer you pieces with a unique presence and stylization within a space”. “The range selected is intended to be eclectic and each piece has been carefully selected for their own design merit and high profile manufacturing. It is our aim to constantly search the contemporary design field for the 'unique, rare and exceptional'.”

 Cocktail Lounge Corner Sofa

This sofa uses padded upholstery, and the fabric used is up to the customer, based on a selection provided by the company.

Sizes as per picture from left to right: Left side element 125cm (available right or left); Middle section element 1340x180cm (available right or left); Right side element 155cm (available right or left).

This sofa costs approx. $12442.5 USD.sofa

 

Vic Cocktail Cabinet Hand Carved Mahogany Baroque Stand

This cabinet is made from black glass that has been cut and beveled for a fractured appearance, and a hand carved solid mahogany, baroque style base, finished in a high gloss black.

The cabinet is 1450mm tall, 1200mm wide, and 640mm deep.

The cocktail cabinet costs approx. $21971.25 USD.
cocktail cabinet

nl 103 scrolling bed and/or daybed

The scrolling bed is made out of oak with a metal framed bed with a upholstered headboard it can be made in either fabric or leather but the colours and finishes have to be in the collection they have. There's finish options for the feet and headboard but only on request.
the leather and fabric are not included with the bed price
the bed costs $5512.5 
bed

video on trial

For this assignment, we have to pick 2 videos; a good and a bad one. For my good video I chose P!nk -Raise Your Glass, and for my bad one I chose Willow Smith - Whip My hair.

Let's start with the bad one. :)

Willow Smith - Whip My Hair

For starts, I would like to say #!)*#&%)*!&#%)*&!#%)*&!#%)*!#%)*&%, sorry... My mic messed up. *Ahem* Moving on...

I would like to point out some of the more obvious but reasonably mentioned parts of this video that are solid proof it is legitimately horrible.

1. People like dressing to impress, and doing their hair, but there is nothing romantic OR impressive about a hairstyle that makes you look like a playing card that got tossed across the room. Even Alice in Wonderland had some more creative interpretations of the use of a heart, and those guys were probably too up in the clouds to realize what was fashion sensible.

2. She may tell us she's stopped sniffing glue, but she's certainly found another use for it on her train-wrecked nails, and zippers are for holding up you pants, not your nails. o.O

3. A lack of vocabulary is becoming more common in today's society, and noticeably in rap and hip hop music, but when you say the same line more than 30 times in the same song and call it poetry, you need a new hobby.


I picked pink raise your glass` for my good song
The energy in the song is consistent with the video. The message is easily understood, and sounds good. The only thing I didn't like about the video was the scene with the women hooked up to the machine, feeding the cow. I understand the message that it is showing how backwards society is, and even making fun of it, It just seams like it dosent fit in with the song. I don't really get why there's a hoolahooper in there either. I believe the message is for basically anyone and everyone to believe they are special no matter what.

Pastel Cropping

I took a small cropping of big pastels then I had to draw it over again. I had to do this three more times.  I did one big pastel of the small cropping on paper then a big painting on paper then we chose to either crop the big painting or stay with the small cropping.  I stayed with the small cropping.  

For the large painting we used acrylic paints and paper and big paint brushes. For the small painting we used the same as the large but on a canvas, and used smaller brushes.

I like the smaller painting the best because of the bold colours and the colours are well-blended.  You can see the brush strokes, which look interesting and professional.  

I do like the big painting as well I just would have liked to of  had better control of the brush strokes and I did not like the blending at all I found it was really hard to do.  The brushes liked to hold a lot of water.  I ended up get a big puddle of water on the paper.  I was glad it was easily fixed with paper towel  and by adding more paint otherwise it would have been ruined.

 

How to make line drawings on Photoshop. I watched this video and tried to learn how to do line drawings on Photoshop by altering a photo. It does not  look how it should but I really like how they turned out just with a bit of what I learned. I really like the colors in them and how it makes some things really stand out like the rose and the hair hope the video helps. :)