Reflection 13

This week i began my final powerpoint. At this point there is not much more i can learn. I am not saying that i have perfected my technique, but i have learned everything that i set out to do. Im compiling at the pictures ive taken of the tattoos and an ordering them by the date they were made and by how well they came out. I am actually looking forward to the final presentation because i am quite proud of the work i have accmplished.

Reflection 12

I have continued my tattoos. I'm not proud of some of them. Some of them rival Picasso. Just kidding; they're not that good. Well, maybe they're a little good. The failures have been pretty funny . Somehow, I managed to make a fish look like a turtle. I don't know how that happened, but it did. I learned not to be too cocky and go straight for a freehand tattoo. It did not go well. Planning is KEY!

Reflection 10&11

These past to weeks i have been drawing on people and its been really fun. I have learned and i have countless mistakes. I have learned to not make people laugh because that makes a huge mistake LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL. I have also learned to not sneeze and to make sure my hands arent sweaty. Finally make sure i and the person go to the bathroom!! Although there have been many failures the successes make it all better.

Reflection 8&9

THE INK FINALLY CAME IN! The ink came in and i cant wait to start tattooing on people. I have been practicing by using white eyeliner on skin and going over it with ketchup. Yes a bit weird but according to the website it has the same consistency as the ink. They tattoos have been coming along real well and im getting more and more comfortable with drawing. My hands have become more stable and im confident that i can make excellent designs in the near future.

Reflection 7

I didn't really get to do much this week as spring break was coming to a close. I am still waiting on the ink to arrive and when it does I will begin by painting on myself and eventually on others. On my free time I continued to come up with more designs so that others may choose from a wide variety of designs. 

reflection 6

This week I practiced drawing some random designs on my spare time. I came up with some new interesting designs that would be pretty cool to draw on skin. I have ordered the jagua ink and should be arriving in about 2 weeks. This is the ink that will allow me to make the temporary tattoos rather than using a pen. I can't wait to start using the ink and making my drawings a reality.

reflection 1?

I guess I must have completely skipped the first reflection. Whoops. I believe I was supposed to outline my plan and steps for the project. My project was to learn and eventually apply the art of tattoos  the first week I made simple freehand designs to see how bad I was at art. The third marking period is/was to be used for learning the designs and the fourth marking period is going to be the actual application through the use of jagua ink,  which is similar to henna except for the fact that jagua ink is black.

reflection 5

This was my first tattoo actually drawn on skin. It was done with a fine tip marker as it would be easy to erase in case I made a huge mistake. I think it came out quite nice. I created an asymmetrical floral design. Drawing on skin is definitely different than drawing on paper as the arm is curved and stretches when drawn on. I first created the design on paper with pencil then transferred it. Huge thanks to Kristene Aguinaldo for allowing me to use her arm as my canvas.

Reflection 4

This week i didnt really get to do much due to out of school activities and the some college admission decisions being sent out. However, i did make some small tattoo designs on some sticky notes that i have. I will try to find them all and post a picture because some of them were quite nice. I managed to almost perfect my symmetrical designs. It has slowly become easier to train my mind in order to make symmetrical designs. In addition the floral designs are coming along quite nicely

Reflection 3

Last week i focused on creating symmetrical designs. They were very simple, but the plan was to get comfortable and training my mind to create near perfect symmetrical designs. I think this week i will continue to refine my symmetrical abilities. Midweek I will start learning floral designs as they are simple yet elegant.

reflection 2

This week i focused on benchmark drawings to see if i could come up with any ideas which could later be used as a template for the tattoos. I realized that without planning, freehand drawing is very difficult and many times does not look that great. I also learned that symmetry is key, asymmetrical designs such as the butterfly look descent, but the symmetry of the others makes them more visually appealing. In order of quality i would say 3,4, and 6 are the best and 1 and 2 are just too busy for a tattoo. This week i will focus more on floral designs and begin to separate male and female designs.

2nd Semester 20% Time Project

For the second semester I will be learning and mastering the art of tattoos. The tattoos will be temporary tattoos similar to Henna. However I want the tattoos to be black so I will be using Jagua Ink instead. This project is a combination of learning how to draw and learning a new art medium. Because of this I will focus the first couple of weeks on solely learning designs; these include tribal, floral, and geometric designs. The last couple of weeks I will be learning the correct techniques for applying the ink. I have already asked a few people if they would be willing to let me apply my final designs on them. The intricacy of the design will determine where most of the work will be done, simple designs could be made in my free time, while more complex ones will be done during the class time allotted.

reflection 15

The powerpoint is almost done, I just need to add a few steps to make the project progress flow smoother. Seeing the progress picture by picture was really cool because it goes from essentially nothing to an amazing project. I've also begun rehearsing what I am going to say and the actual layout of the presentation. Can't wait to preset this to the class!

reflection 13/14

I've begun work on the powerpoint the past two weeks. Ive been trying to find previous saves of all my works to show the progress of each project. I dont think I will have enough time to work on one more, but I am extremely proud of the works that I made this semester.

Refelction 12

Finally done, took a while, but im extremely glad on how it finished

reflection 11

The redo of the sundaes is taking forever as I am having to find all the images all over again. I don't want to do a half good job so I am really making sure to take my time on it. It should be done definitely by this Friday and will be, in my opinion, quite nice.

Reflection 8

This animal sundae project is taking a lot longer than expected, but the ones that have been completed look quite nice. I am going to take about a week more to finish them all. One huge delay that I've noticed is that it takes a substantial amount of time just looking for usable picture/photos. This taking up roughly 30% of the entire project. I am considering using my friend's Shutterstock account, as this website contains high quality and a vast amount of material. Hopefully this website will help me complete my projects even faster allowing for more time to be used on the actual editing.

Reflection 7

I've started the animal sundaes. I've started with an elephant, as there is a tutorial that goes along with it. Once I've mastered the techniques used with this one I plan to make a giraffe, turtle, and slamander sundae. I'm really pumped as I am getting more comfortable and faster with Photoshop. 

Reflection 7

This week has been a busy week with college application deadlines. However I did manage to watch some tutorial videos and learn a few neat tricks to make my creations even better. I plan to begin my 3rd project on Monday and plan to take about 2 weeks to complete. The project this week will be to create animal sundaes. I know it sounds weird but trust me it'll be amazing.

Reflection 5

This is my second creation for Photoshop. This project took me roughly 2 weeks working on it about an hour a day outside of school and the class time. I am genuinely pleased with this model. On a scale from 1-10 I would give it an 8.9/10. Can't wait to start working on my next one!