Nouveau and Deco (Assignment 8 )

The Assignment

End design should be on two pages sized 11x14 (up to 1" border if desired. This can be hand drawn or generated on a computer. At the end you will have one elements being used in two design composition.

1- Select an object, plant or an animal

2- Stylize the object in the Art Nouveau style for one composition and the Art Deco Style in another composition.
3- Incorporate appropriate embellishments to fill the frame and complete the composition.
4 - Have the elements of the different design styles relate to each other

Things to consider are:

• Materials to use in creating the design.
• Understanding the stylistic features of Art Nouveau and Art Deco well enough to design in the style.
• Create a compelling relationship between the two compositions
• Consider elements beyond the primary object(s) you may wish to add to the composition, making them fit and improve your design
• Consider which element(s) will be the most prominent in the design and how will you achieve this.
• Placement of the objects within the composition to lead the eye
• The ability to justify your decisions and show your process.

Post finished work to your blog, turn in finished compositions in class. Write on your blog your design intent and process for the compositions.

The Animal

This was taken mid way up Tumble Down Mountain in Weld, ME.

Art Nouveau Style

 

Art Deco Style

 

The Process

I picked myself as a starting point. I then cropped my image in Photoshop and placed in a new drawing. This was the easy part. How do I take my image and incorporate it into Art Nouveau Style and Art Deco Style compositions?

Well after searching many examples of what the two different represent I came up with these two renditions of my image. I found that there isn't such a fine line of what each style's prominent characteristics contain, more of a vague overlapping generalized grouping of similarities for each style. 

Art Deco Style tends to contain some Art Nouveau Style.