second set of collages

for our next collage project we had to do 4, 8 x 10 collages. two had to be abstract and 2 had to be illustrations. overall the whole class did better than before. like everyone improved. my professor was so pleased to see how we evolved from the first set of collages. here are mine:

here are my abstract pieces. my professor said i'm good at them. she really liked the layers. i liked these. i found them relaxing while i was working them. like i could lay back and just watch them come together on their own.

these were my two illustration ones. when it got to these two, my professor thought i was too stiff with these. and i agree. i wish i had more time to work on them. she thought i could have slanted some of the elements like i did with my abstract pieces to make them more interesting.

for our next assignment, we are doing 4 more in the same size. i really want to produce better ones. and try a different technique. i hope i get my ideas together before class so i can just get started on them so i can spend the appropriate time on each piece.

a few collage trading cards

we had to do 10 trading cards. here are my favorites.

this is the prince hare. i love my line work on him. this one is my favorite one of all. i also like the colors i used. i just love the way these colors look. i don't know why. i feel like purple is a royal color. it's also pretty cool in temperature. i also like colors that are analogous to purple.

this is my bunny girl. she has a hood, but i cut it off here. she's walking away from the castle. again i love the colors i used. 

i'll add this one in here. i wish i would have added more line work into these two. i think it would have made this one stronger. because of the three this one feels week. i don't know. maybe that's just my opinion. maybe if they had more color? like in person, they're covered with pink tissue paper, but since i edited it, you can't really see it here. but even if i could see the pink tissue paper, i still feel like i should have added more to the figures.

i used pictures of cathedrals to make the castles. like some i just cut parts of them off. some i added with another building to make a new one. and i painted over them. after my professor saw these she asked if i like cute and of course i said yes. she feels that i need to pursue this because it's marketable, but i need to figure out how to make them sophisticated. and i agree. but i'm kind of loss on how i would go about doing that. if you all have any suggestions please share them with me.