Project 2, how dare you?

Project two is a project I never wanted to think about again. But here we are.

For my project, I took a famous painting titled, Sunday in the Park, that was painted by Georges-Pierre Seurat. This painting is really cool because it is made up entirely of small dots and small paint strokes. Below is an image of the painting.

To begin the process, I analyzed the painting, and decided how I wanted to tackle this project. For a long time, I was lost and confused and unsure of what I wanted to do. I looked at how I could compose a new object in a way that properly showed the same style and technique. This process seemed overwhelming and, again, I was unsure. I wanted to show the same style used, so I decided to show the separate pieces, dots of paint, and then show how when put together, they form a painting. Obviously, I am not a painter, so in comparison, my painting was no where near what Georges-Pierre Seurat's is. I do feel like this effectively represents communication and design, because the piece speaks so much to what unique and thoughtful design is. It took Georges-Pierre Seurat two years to complete this piece!

Material is a huge part in this project. The original painting was painted on a canvas, and my version was painted on paper. The quality of the painting is changed completely, separate from me not being a professional painter.

From this project, we can see design in a very real and literal way. We can see how the pieces come together to form a design and how the pieces being separate do not form anything.

From the title of this project, I didn't love it. And I hope this is the last time I ever have to talk about it. This project did push me, which was good. But this project also wrecked my brain and made me ask "why am I an English major??" In the end, I liked my artifact, but I think I was slightly confused on how to properly execute what I was wanting to explain. I am happy this project is, hopefully, over forever.