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Bird:

Onesie Line:

 

Poetry Bag:

 

Sunflower:

 

Art Education:

 

Conservation Poster:

 

Advice Poster:

 

 

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Conservation Poster

I chose what is likely the most obvious conservation topic for my poster. Recycling. One of my biggest pet peeves is people throwing paper in a garbage can, especially when the recycle bin is a few feet away.

I was not sure wether to just say recycle, or Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. I chose what I do because I allowed me to fill up more boring empty space, and get more creative with the text by using a consistant color theme with the lighter colored "RE". I crumpled up a piece of paper and scanned it to use for the background. I also considered using cardboard or newspaper, but the paper just seems like a better choice to me. I will still fine tune this over the next day or two.

Bird

For my bird, I chose a Blue Jay. It has engaging shapes, patterns, and colors.

I used numerous individual gradients and shadows, particularly on the wings, to make them more engaging and add depth. This was the first time I got to use my Bamboo tablet a lot on an assignment and it helps by adding variety to the lines. In an earlier version of this, the eye and beak were both together in one frame, but I need another good focus point and so split the image and reversed the beak. I attempted to make a foot, but it turned out to be too difficult and blue jay feet are rather ugly looking. I think this is one of the best pieces of art I have created so far.