FIGURE/GROUND PROJECT

This is a Figure/Ground project and the purpose of this project is to bring emotions, movements, and state of being through the elements that i have constructed by the figure. In the beginning, I have choose an Initial which is the letter "A." The placement of the figure is right in the center of the paper. Then I have choose two colors-Red and Yellow for the initial and background respectively. I have choose the red color with the yellow to bring contrast. Thus, the figure is more clearly visible. The two figures that i have constructed are with the help of the initial and the background in order to create emotion, movement, and state of being. The emphasis is on the yellow and red figures and white is the background. For the yellow figure which i have constructed with the help of ground figure is seems like two big rocks that attached with the very weak thin middle base, and it seems like that it will breakdown soon, and it will change it state to something else because the base is really weak to hold those two big rocks. So i can connect this figure to the life because our life is not always the same. It change to something else after a period of time which is natural. The most of the space i used is right hand side space because it helps to clearly understand the emotion that i try to convey from it. For the Red Figure, the movement that i try to convey is that the figure is falling down which i can also relate to the ups and downs in our lives. The thing that was a bit unsuccessful in this project is that the pencil lines are bit visible in the yellow figure because yellow is really bright color, and it is hard to cover it up. However, the successful part in this project is to bring all the emotions, movement, and state of being by placing the figures at the right place. Also i am satisfy with the colors i have chose for the background and initial.

WORKING ON THIS PROJECT

I have drawn a box right in the center of the Bristol board and then trace the initial in that box with touching every side of the box with the initial. Then, i have painted yellow color in the background and red in the figure.

This figure i created by cutting out the initial from the actual photocopy of the initial and background.

This figure i created by cutting out the background from the actual photocopy of the initial and background.

Then i have traced out both the figures on the Bristol board, and i took the precautions that prevents smudges and blemished surface. The most important part of the project is the placement of the figures because this helps to create state of being, emotions, and movement. The thing i could change is that to try some other figure to bring more precise emotion from them.