Ricardo Bravo Avatar Hurricane Sign

The name of my artwork is “Avatar Hurricane Sign.” I altered a Hurricane Ahead sign. The explanation behind my idea of altering this sign is based on an anime character which is from the anime “Avatar The Last Airbender.” The reason why I chose the hurricane sign was because the Avatar who went by the name Aang was an air bender and a hurricane is related with air which brings some sense to my altered sign. Also, the reason why I chose this idea was because I really like the anime character making me engaged to my artwork. The reaction I would like from people towards my artwork would be a humorous approach to the sign since the character has a cheerful face expression in my altered sign and the character is humorous himself in the anime. Also, I would like for people to have a relation reaction towards my artwork since the anime in which this character appears is well known. A place I would like for my altered sign to be displayed is by the school library. The reason why I would like it in the school library is because I always see them having on display Manga or anime related books in which I think the fact that my altered sign has an anime character in it would make it fit nicely.

            During the process of my altered stencil sign I experienced two habits of making art, developing craft and sketch & explore. During my process of developing craft I felt Enthusiastic since I had never made a stencil before and learning how to create one was exciting. Learning the way to color a stencil to make the figure or design come out was interesting how a base is needed then the detail after. As I began coloring my stencil I was frustrated at some point because the paint would come out of the edges, yet at the end I managed to use the technique properly. In my process of sketch and explore I had many ideas to what my stencil could have been for my altered sign. At the end I chose the hardest of my designs trying to do the avatar characters’ face in my design pushing myself for my first stencil. The difficulties I had were trying to get the paint applied properly but in the end I learned from my mistakes and noticed that all I needed was patience in applying my paint for my stencil. These were the two art habits that I experienced in my artwork, developing craft and sketch & explore.

Jennifer Martinez "Unseen Alien"

Unseen Alien

         My idea was to do a beware sign. I did an alien with “BEWARE” on top in red. When people see my sign I want them to feel nervous. I want them to actually believe it. My sign would look good if it was put on a lonely place. Just put on a tree or a pole. People might follow the sign and look around nervously.

In the beginning, I didn't know anything. I had a very hard time understanding what the teacher was saying. This year was my first Art class. When she talked about the X-Acto knife and stencils I was very confused. Then she started showing us the stuff we were going to be using. I learned the right way to use a knife and to dab the sponge onto the stencil. In the end, my stencil wasn't exactly how I wanted it. It doesn't really bother me though because now I know how to do it next time. Since the paint went through I guess I have to hold the stencil down better. I also might have to be more careful when cutting the stencil, but other than that I think I did good.

Marcus Haskins - Altered Stop Sign

The idea for my altered stop sign came from me just wanting to be fun. It was something simple I thought everyone would be able to understand. I want people to react in a surprised way – leave them wondering like: “What is going on? What is this?” because usually a stop sign is used for stopping, except mine says “Can’t Stop Running” which is kind of changing it up a bit and telling people to go. A place where I would like to see this would probably be in Chicago, so I can pass by it every day.

My experience with 2 of the habits while making this artwork was simple. I had to envision ad learn to develop craft, basically. In my envisioning process, I had to plan out what I was going to do, such as deciding how I was going to alter the stop sign, and what words or shapes would fit and make sense. In developing craft, being a bit lazy sometimes, it took me a minute to get in the habit of using the tools properly, putting them away, and even cleaning them. I felt like this was a good learning process, though.

Cynthia Silva "Just Dance"

My art piece, “Just dance”, represents my passion for dance my style.  My original sign was a stop sign, I kept the basic idea of the sign just altered to include my passion. I changed the font to a bubble letter type but with more sharp edges rather than round. The letters gave an urban style almost. I kept the word “Stop” and just added “and just dance”. I wanted it to be weird and unexpected to get people to laugh, I would like to post it somewhere random where people won’t it, and it could get them by surprise.

                This art piece was picked from four thumbnails I had originally had made, after deciding a sign, I began my plan. I decided on a stop sign, and kept the basics of it just added a new phrase to it. I wanted to express my interest in dance and also an urban design to it. In my plan used a urban type of font which made it different, just as me. I later made it into a stencil and cut out the shape of a stop sign which is a octagon. Then I painted the octagon red and let that dry and began the stencil with a small sponge. After I finished my art piece I realized the type of font made it difficult for me to keep my lines clean. The fact that the font had sharp ends and curvy lines made it difficult to keep the lines clean. Even though the font made it difficult for me besides it being the first time I do this I think it expressed a part of me through the art piece.

                After looking at my art piece I am glad with the way it turned out. Although there would be things I would change. If I were to do this again I would change the wording but keep the same concept. I would keep the same font even though it made it difficult for me because I think it made sense with what I was going for.  At the end I was happy with my project especially it being the first time I worked with stenciling.

                

Moises Perez - Gotta Catch 'Em All!

The idea for my final artwork derived mostly from my love of video games. The ones that I have loved since childhood tend to influence my artistic prospects the most. The initial idea of my artwork was to alter a circular road sign and tweak it so that it is more reminiscent of a Pokeball, that comes from the popular Pokémon franchise of games, trading cards, and TV shows. Although the original colors of the Pokeball were intended to be retained, they were changed in order to more closely resemble the default road sign. At the end, this caused me to realize that I had not planned out the artwork as well as I had thought I did, due to having used a “Do Not Enter” sign as my base.

As a result of my poor planning, observers may get the wrong the wrong idea of the message my artwork may be conveying, even though I honestly did not have a real idea to begin with. Because of this poor planning, I feel as though my artwork was unsuccessful. Despite this, however, I would be very willing to display my artwork inside a toy or gaming store, in order to appeal to the other gamers of the community.

My process involved really expressing something that is near and dear to me, through art. This project made me more willing to accept the shortcomings of my artwork. My art was not as successful as I would have wanted it to be, and due to time constraints, I was unable to improve upon my concept. Messing up this way taught me to plan my ideas a little more carefully so that my artwork can be more successful.

Gotta Catch ‘Em All! Pokemon Y is AMAZING!

ALTERED STREET SIGNS 2014

MOCK ROAD SIGNS

GUERRILLA students were inspired by street artists from around the world that alter road signs. Many artists create their own mock signs and install them in the street. Often, these altered signs are meant to be humorous. Although, sometimes a serious message is conveyed on the altered sign.  Of course, actually altering a street sign is illegal. We chose to create mock road signs. Students used the style of a sign (type set, silhouette image, composition, etc) to create a funny version.

Students used stencils to create their text, images, and borders. Stenciling onto illustration boards, they tried to use the spirit of the road sign (to give direction) while expressing a message that is a little more fun.

Here are some examples that we were inspired by:

GUERRILLA ART CLASS 2014

WELCOME TO THE NEW YEAR OF 

GUERRILLA ART CLASS 2014

We are planning all kinds of wonderful Guerrilla Art to display in the world. 

Our mission is to 

• Work as a Guerrilla Art Collective. 
• Explore Guerrilla artwork from around the world, analyzing and critiquing others who came before us.
• Explore a variety of ways/techniques to make expressive, interactive, & socially relevant art.
• Explore how to think and write about our art making & reflective process.
• Explore how to curate our work so that it is displayed in the community both in our everyday world and the online network of the Internet.
• Encourage and elicit responses from our viewers who see or find our artwork 

Please follow this new group as we create!