{"id":467,"date":"2020-04-09T13:14:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T17:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-1101-spring-2020\/?p=467"},"modified":"2020-04-26T09:22:19","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T13:22:19","slug":"abandoned-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-1101-spring-2020\/abandoned-courts\/","title":{"rendered":"Abandoned Courts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The odd thing in your perspective is that we’re looking up at the hoop but down on the court (and straight at the fence) simultaneously, which makes the experience of approaching the sign and feeling shut out less tangible. I’ve tried to recast the same elements in a perspective that might be closer to actual experience, all looking up and looming over the viewer, making things more out of reach (see below).<\/p>\n

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This also fills the space, eliminating the need for that “band-aid” solution with the COVID tag. There’s such a thing as telling your audience too much, and not leaving room for them to reach their own conclusion.<\/p>\n

I cropped the top of the backboard to create two stronger negative spaces and to put some pressure on the image. Note too how it makes the fence feel much more insurmountable. It also brings more attention to the tied up net, which I agree is fantastic–so well done.<\/p>\n

I also cropped it to create a stronger vertical, and adjusted the white balance so the drawing doesn’t look so old (on old paper).<\/p>\n

Of course all of this can’t be worked out once the drawing is on the page, but that’s what thumbnails<\/strong> are for (as you’ll recall we did with the flower)–to sharpen the composition and refine your “message” by testing different alternatives before you dive in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The odd thing in your perspective is that we’re looking up at the hoop but down on the court (and straight at the fence) simultaneously, which makes the experience of approaching the sign and feeling shut out less tangible. I’ve tried to recast the same elements in a perspective that might be closer to actual … Continue reading “Abandoned Courts”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1054,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2-time-capsule-drawing","category-drawing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-1101-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-1101-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-1101-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-1101-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1054"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-1101-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-1101-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-1101-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-1101-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-1101-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}