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Justin's Matt Print

Posted by Justin Siegel in Art - Freshman · Hull · c2 Band on

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My element is tin. Tin is a metal, that is often used to coat other metals. This helps to prevent corrosion. The atomic number of tin is 50. Tin has been used since 3000 BCE. It was used to make art, and was one of the most commonly used metals. I chosed to use an altoids container because an altoids container is made of tin. I thought this was an interesting way to portray tin, because not many people would have thought of that. To make the print I had to draw the altoids container backwards so the print would come out correctly. If I were to do this print over again I would spend a lot more time working on the details of the print. I could have made the design a lot more realistic which i think is necessary. I enjoyed thinking creatively to figure out a way to portray my element. It was interesting, I went from drawing the tin man  from the Wizard of Oz to a couple other ideas before this idea had came to me.

Element Print

Posted by Edwin Ortiz in Art - Freshman · Hull · c2 Band on

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Radon was discovered by Friedrich Ernst Dorn a german chemist. Radon was found when chemist realized a gas emitting from other radioactive elements. the residue left from the elements when they breakdown is radon. 86 is the atomic number, 222 is the atomic mass. For this element a lot of images immediately popped into mind with gas masks and explosions but that seemed too easy and unoriginal. I thought of a character named Radioactive Man from the Simpsons and realized that he fit perfectly with the properties of radon. It was a different and fun way to represent Radon.

The first step to make this print was to sketch out my image on a 4x6 rectangle. After we had the perfect sketch we laid tracing paper on top and traced the image onto the tracing paper. That is when we were given our plate to trace the image one last time onto to the plate. We had to make sure that we trcaed the image on the plate backwards so that when would print it, it would be right side up. We had paint on a tray and used the paint roller to evenly spread the paint onto our plate. We printed the image onto a sheet of paper and used a wooden spoon to smooth out the paint and details on the paper. Then we cut out the border and glued the image on.

If i were to make this print a second time I would make a more complex image so that it would be more visually pleasing and have the process be more precise. also i wish i would've had spread the paint evenly so that there wouldn't be all of those white lines. I enjoyed the painting and actual printing the most because it was really fun having our image come to life and printed onto the paper.

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Copper

Posted by Joziah Matos in Art - Freshman · Hull · c2 Band on

My element was copper. its atomic number is 29 and has a few different uses. it was first discovered on a island as small beads in prehistoric times. Now, it's used as water pipes in houses and was even used to make Lady Liberty and bullet shells, which sparked my imagery. i saw that some bullet shells were made with copper and i found that very interesting because i never knew that. i always thought it was made of another metal. so instead of using a penny or a pipe as my design, i used what i learned and made a bullets because of the copper shells bullets have. when creating my print, i had to first draw it on paper then trace it on tracing paper. i had to put it on tracing paper so that i can flip the image backwards so the words can be read when the print is finished. we then traced our image on a styrofoam plate. this was going to be the stamp. after the image was traced, we then applied paint to the plate and put the image on paper. when the plate was on peper, we had to apply pressure to the plate so that all the ink falls from the plate to the paper. when the ink made its mark, the image was finished. overall, i liked my image, but i feel like i would change some things about it. i wish i applied more pressure to the edges of my project because not all of the paint made a mark on the sides. i thik i would have also gotten rid of all the negative space so the image can pop out more. my favorite part was making the design because i learned a lot about copper and its uses. it was also very relaxing to draw. this project was fun and i like my results.
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Dalnicks Matt Print

Posted by Dalnick Matos in Art - Freshman · Hull · c2 Band on

What is your element? Name and atomic number My element is Titanium and the atomic number is 22. Tell the reader about your element, history, function/use and so on. My element was discovered by William Gregor in 1779 in Cornwall, England.My element can be used in aircraft, space crafts, and missiles. Titanium is also very resistant to corrosion in water it is used in desalination plants and also to protect hulls of ships, submarines, and other structure in seawater. Titanium is found in all rocks, sand, clay, and other soils. It is also present in plants, animals, and natural waters.Titanium is a transition metal. How did you get the idea for the imagery you chose? One of my favorite superheroes was the Wolverine. All through my childhood, I watched his movie, and when I hear titanium I remember of his claws. At first, he had bone claws but a scientist infected him with titanium and his claws became made of titanium. What process did you go through to make this print? First I had to draw three different designs that interested me. I had titanium balls, a titanium arrow, and The Wolverines claws. The one that caught my most interest was the claws. I then had to draw my design with great detail to make it look real. After this, we traced our element and our design onto a sheet of paper, which we then traced it again on a piece of foam. We then proceeded to rolling paint on it and pressing it down against a paper to create our image. In my case, I decided to use the color red. What would you do differently if you did this print a second time? If I were to print this again I would evenly spread the paint better so my picture could be better detailed, and have a better outline. My prints came out good but I believe some parts of the image could be better defined and more colored in. What part of the project did you enjoy the most? Describe the step and what you liked so much about it. The part I enjoyed doing the most was drawing Wolverines hand. I am not a very good artist, so I had to research different hands to get a better image on how to draw a hand. Surprisingly it is very hard to draw a hand because there is so much detail. When I looked at my final piece I was very proud of it.

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Alexis Sweeney Week 9 - Day 1 & 2 print/matt

Posted by Alexis Sweeney in Art - Freshman · Hull · c2 Band on

My element is Silver (Ag) and has the atomic number of 47. It is one of the first elements discovered by humans and can be used for killing bacteria, soaps, and jewelry. I got the idea for the silver spoons design after doing a google search of "things made from Silver." One of the first things that popped up were were beautiful spoons that I felt the urge to copy down. Of course I didn't get most detail but the general outline is there. To make the print, I first did research about negative space to prep for the art work. Next, I used a thin piece of paper to draw my design, then after, I traced it onto a piece of foam. After that, I rolled on silver colored paint to then transfer it onto a piece of paper. When that was done I cut out a 5x7" piece of construction paper and glued it onto the surface. If done this a second time, I would have waited for the paint to dry a bit longer because it was still tacky when I glued, and I most enjoyed rolling on the silver paint. 
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Nickel

Posted by Carlos De Jesus in Art - Freshman · Hull · c2 Band on

My element is Nickel, also knows as Ni, and the atomic number being 58.93. MY element was first found in Sweden by Axel Fredrik Cronstedt in 1751. The nickel it's mostly used to make objects, like keys, zippers, jewelry, pens, coins and many more. I got the idea for this image of drawing the nickel as demon by reading about the origin of the name it was given. Nickel comes from the word kupfernickel which means Devil's Copper and that gave me the idea of drawing this image. I went thru figuring out to make the nickel look evil and how to make it all look like a demon. If I did this again I would've added more detail onto the fire to make it look more like fire. I actually liked learning about the origin of the word "nickel". First I did some research then I was inspired by "Copper Demon" (original name) and decided to draw it and I loved the way the drawing came out because I'm the best artist.
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Print/Matt Elements

Posted by Naseem Hameid in Art - Freshman · Hull · c2 Band on

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My element is chlorine. Its atomic number is 17. Chlorine is usally used to clean pools and water. Yet in WW2 they were used for toxic gasses. Chlorine was actually made by accident. At first I wanted to make a swimming pool but I thought that was very plain, and I thought about a chlorine bottle. The little bubble at the top is gas. I drew gas there because at room temperature chlorine is gas. One thing I would change would probably be where the number 17 is on the bottle. My favorite part of this project would be putting the color on the paper because we all had different elements and little color choices so not everything could be its own color. 

Printmaking

Posted by Amani Harb in Art - Freshman · Hull · c2 Band on

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​My element is Krypton and the atomic number is 36. My elements symbol is Kr and it was discovered by an english chemist while he was studying liquified air. You can use Krypton in certain light bulbs and in high speed photography. The way I got my idea for this print was that I found out Krypton is a noble gas and when I thought of noble I thought of Kings and queens. If you look closely you can see my letters and numbers form a crown. If I had more time to do this print I would have taken more time to make sure that every part of the print was covered in paint. I enojyed the part of designing and drawing because I could dig deep into the meaning of my element and designing things are fun for me. Overall this project was different then anything we have done and it was very fun. 

Week 3 - Day 2 - blog - negative/positive space

Posted by Oluwatobiloba Adebayo in Art - Freshman · Hull · c2 Band on

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​There is positive and negative space all around you. Positive space refers to the main focus of a picture, while negative space refers to the background. 
I found it by looking at what was the main drawing which was the tree and found it easy to figure that anything that was not a part of the tree was negative space.
Negative space is important because it can help you highlight specific things It can also help us see an image more clearly. Yes, because it can bring contrast to the image. You can use negative space to help bring attention to a specific place. it makes things stand out more than the other.

Negative Space (many days late)

Posted by Micah Jack in Art - Freshman · Hull · c2 Band on

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Negative space is complicated. It’s kind of a hard concept to get but once you get it into your mind and think about it’s pretty simple. Negative space is the space that is in between and around the subject of whatever you are looking at or trying to show. For me real-life examples are the easiest so I will give you some. In this photo for example, my camera is focused on the heart and the background is my kitchen table but if I were to take a picture of my table from the ceiling than the floor would be the negative space because the subject would would the table and the floor would just be the backdrop.

Since this picture was pretty simple it was easy to find the negative space as you have the cut-outs in the heart which make them no longer the subject so that was pretty simple to find.

It definitely helps an artist to see negative space because, if you’re good, you can manipulate it to make things pop out of the image. Like those photos where the picture is focused on something but then you see something tough in the background of the photo and it’s really cool so I can really add another layer to art.

Seeing negative space in art definitely helps as it allows people to get a whole picture because you can definitely focus on something but then to see the surroundings of what you’re trying to show that’s really good and, I think separates the good artists from the great ones.

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