Surface Studio: Project 1

When I was assigned this project in my Surface Studio course, I had no idea what I had to do. When I realized what I had to do, I didn't know what I wanted to trace or anything like that. Looking through the archives of whatever New York museum it was, I was looking for some type of architecture that had some intricate patterns to create even more intricate patterns out of. I chose Egyptian  architecture because I always loved the style Egyptians had, ancient or modern. Looking through all of the many pictures of Egyptian landscapes, I found the several that caught my eye really well and saw as many small patterns that I could trace. I traced the patterns that were both simple and not so simple, and I thought that if I combine two opposites, I can create something eye popping and the audience might enjoy. I wanted people to not only think of what the patterns actually were, but I wanted them to think how I even thought or executed it. After transferring the patterns into my sketch book, I thought that they were very interesting, almost like it was something that I have never done or think of before. While transferring what was on my sketchbook to the bristol board, instead of measuring and using a grid to make the 4x4 sketches to the 9x9 bristol, I freehand all of them and add more patterns to make the final patterns look more full and complete. I really thought that this project was interesting and I've never done anything like this before and it was pretty fun. On the other hand, I don't see myself doing this again anytime in my future, but that doesn't cancel out on what I said about enjoying the project.