Ethan Cook's blog

Artist Statement: For this project I wanted the images I combined together to be somewhat related but a combination that was fun to make. I used bat wings and combined them with a little chicken and with the image trace tool I wanted to take the original bat wings, separate them and put them on both sides of the chicken to make it seem like the wings were on its back or that it had wings in the first place. This took around an hour to make.

  Closing Statement: This semester with digital media has been an interesting one to say the least. As a class we went over some many skills and programs which were very interesting as a beginner with adobe programs. My favorite unit was the illustrator one for sure because that unit was the most detail oriented. In general digital media was a very interesting course to take in my opinion due to the interesting skills you learn with the adobe programs and the unique skillset you learn from the class. I generally enjoyed everything this class had to offer because it also made me have a bigger eye for detail and how I can always improve any content I make going forward.  

Artist Statement: So for my self portrait I wanted to go for a simplistic route so I decided to make the self portrait in a way where you can see every detail. I even made the gradient by my nose and a part of a wall since the lighting of the photos were on the photograph as well.

Artist Statement: I decided to go with a simplistic look for this project. I wanted to go for a simple front with my logo but with a different color set because I thought it would pop more. My back is simplistic with my contact information since I know that simplicity and being to the point is very effective and not doing to much with business cards is how it is today.

Artist statement: For my logo I really wanted to add the aspect of Duality since I've always been a fan of duality in any sort of media I've ever consumed so I went with using fire and ice as the duality of my logo because it is known that they are the very opposite of elements and just about the opposite when it comes to everything. I then decided to put a yellow line between them with a circle to give it a more professional look. 

Artist statement: So for my gradient mesh I decided to use a picture of an apple and I really tried to be very detail orientated with this project especially with the wonderful gradient tool by trying to match the color of the apple to the point where you can the the shadows of the fruit are and where the part of the stem is. I had a blast with this project with the gradient tool.

Artist Statement: Here is my Calligramme I got inspired by a cruise ship for this project so I decided to make my object look like an anchor and I decided to make the poem about the holidays because the holidays have always been an important time for me.

Artist Statement: So I decided to make myself look like a wooden toy and to do that I used an effect to make myself look wooden which included my skin and clothes so I can get that more wooden figure feel and so it can look very rustic and old fashioned. I used the puppet warp tool to move my legs in a different position and make my facial expression different. I also used the puppet warp tool to make myself have a bigger chin giving myself a more action figure look.

Artist Statement: I really wanted my color wheel projects to have a diverse color set and tried to make each color combination really unique. Photo order goes (Compound, Complementary, Triad, Shades, Analogous, and Monochromatic.)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TMe8ctJkZoP79EI4kaXDeAjQKohpdNlO/view?usp=sharing Business card front https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AX2ZiuZO6UloXCeS9fm4GsU4ji6OktXZ/view?usp=sharing Business card back Artist statement: I definitely tried to go for a minimalistic business card and I tried to make things not look big and overbearing for the card holder. I made my logo have a pretty spicy color scheme so I didn't want to have it that big at all. My back is very simplistic as well with the information you would need for contact info.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1irhR3uDXHgWpqPc7ci_pbc2NzYQWhfux/view?usp=sharing Link to Analogous https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-Pg7nOZ9U_w6V2wvkAKwibFimR_-70fP/view?usp=sharing Link to Complementary https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PtorZoyc1M0sj5SbNaP9SXzrYchPwIyd/view?usp=sharing Link to Compound https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lI3joq1xhIx3Fuibwd405jAjIWXb0dWu/view?usp=sharing Link to Monochromatic https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gGmGme8lY_y_5Da0mVvGXIkuOnJlURwM/view?usp=sharing Link to Triad https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jvovnA3dPSYBy0mDpdrGhzh5VPxQmqfO/view?usp=sharin g Link to Shades Artist Statement: I tried to make diverse color schemes with this project and tried to make the colors pop with each shade.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vYZvdZLwOzv7FRV-Uwr2GCrxcnulQWKJ/view?usp=sharing Artist Statement: So for my project I decided to turn myself into a wooden toy as you can see with the wooden effects on my skin and clothes because I wanted that toy figure feel instead of me just being a human made of wood. I wanted to have the same texture on my body as the bridge so I found a wooden texture that went horizontal which is the same way as the wooden bridge my body is standing on. I used the puppet warp to move my legs a little bit and change my facial expression. I didn't want to change my pose so much since it was perfect for being on a bridge posing.                                                                                                                                  

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aUiVkBHbp4gy8a3BtPpjGig_W_HIkTu8/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a771ygVIejwH_suAoJQupp9YVyWtcD4p/view?usp=sharing Artist Statement: These are my logos in the B&W and Colored versions. I decided to make my logo have a fire and ice theme to it with the a line that divides them because I have always been a fan of duality in logos and I wanted my logo for this class to have that element since fire and ice are known to be polar opposites when it comes to elements. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GSoJ5TSviI5MyeSx2z-_k7W7WAusPKjZ/view?usp=sharing This is my gradient mesh and I decided to use a picture of an apple and I tried really hard to mimic the colors of the apple in the spots where the fruit were ripe and weren't ripe with the certain colors using the gradient tool.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16Aw9vLlLG4_PJEljr7tKFWlGjfF1mRSR/view?usp=sharing Artist Statement: This is my calligramme assignment. I decided to use an anchor as the inspiration for this calligraphy project and the poem is about fall and the holidays which have always been a great time for me.