Rusted Relics of Yesteryear

[Zippy]

Okay, so, some of you may already know that I took a class by the very lengthy name of AP 2D Design Portfolio. Uh...yeah! AP Portfolio was the most demanding art course I've ever taken in my life. Every Monday a new piece was due, and it was expected to have some 15+ hours of work spent on each outside of class. Ugh! Even if it was a pain in the rear, I am very glad I took the class. I learned so much!

The biggest project of the year was a collection of twelve pieces called our "Concentration". They were all of the same subject matter and all shared a common, centralized, meaning. It took me a while to come up with my idea at the beginning of the year, but then it hit me! Old cars!

I could go on and on about my idea, but if I had to sum it up for you...I believe that seeing old cars on the side of the road is a sad sight. Those vehicles have been forgotten, neglected and abused. I believe they should be appreciated more for what they used to be. They should be appreciated, respected as a representation of an era and culture long gone. Anyways, they are all done with Prismacolor pencils on paper, size 'averaging' around 16 inches wide by 12 inches tall. These are all based on original photographs that I took of rusted cars in a lot in Winder, GA. And if you've managed the patience to read this far, I thank you! I've put a lot of effort into this project! ^^

Posted in order of completion!
Concentration #1
Concentration #2 This one was accepted into the Dogwood Festival of Art in Atlanta.
Concentration #3 This one was displayed in a high school exhibit for a month in the High Museum of Art in Atlanta (1 of ten from my school)
Concentration #4 This one was published in a small local literary magazine
Concentration #5
Concentration #6
Concentration #7 This is actually a photograph of my mom's '67 Mustang, smashed in '72 XD
Concentration #8
Concentration #9
Concentration #10
Concentration #11
Concentration #12

If you have a good eye, you can seek out the original photographs HERE!!!

Thanks for looking, and I hope you enjoyed. I would have posted my artist statement, but it went through so much revision since I saved it on my computer. I don't even have the final copy I sent to college board. ^^;

I don't have my AP scores yet, but I'll be sure to share them when the time comes. Thanks again for looking! ^^

[PWN|Yoshi]

Wow... Im speechless. Those drawing deserve to be in an art museum! I'd give anything to have such car-drawing talent as yours! 1,000,000 out of 5!

[Zippy]

Haha...you did the math for me? Y'know, I actually never thought to add up all the time I spend on all of these. I am so proud of these, all the time spent was so worth it! ^^

Jul 5, 2009 16:17:55 GMT -5 Zyph said:

I do hope you score a high AP score though... Also can't wait to hear your artist statement... Just seeing what you were able to do... it makes me wish I had taken AP Studio Art (its like the same thing) at my school (I instead went for computer classes...). However, if I had taken the class... I would take forever to figure out what subject to draw all throughout (let alone meaning).

Actually, for some reason, all my AP scores have come in...all except for the scores from the art class. It's rather odd.

But hey! There's nothing wrong with taking computer classes. While taking AP Portfolio, I also doubled up art by taking a computer art class. We spent a semester doing art with Photoshop and the second semester working with Illustrator. Compared to the program I use, I still don't like Photoshop...but Illustrator was a really neat program!