This is my magazine, with a variety of different artworks. It has most of my artwork, but mainly those of my classmates.

1. COMPUTER
GRAPHICS
See my process on my blog.
By: Giovanni Diaz
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2. The Masterpieces
By: The CGF11 Class
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3. ... Masterpieces
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4. WOW HAT Fall Into Fashion
By: Jordan Juarez BY: Synthia Wesley
My name is Synthia Wesley. I am
currently, what I would refer to
myself as, a "FreshMORE". I say
this because I am an unusual Fresh-
man, for I currently have 26 credit
hours-- TOO many to be considered
a complete Freshman, and just a shy
of 4 credits to be a Sophmore.
Academically I am going into a business major.
I am not very confident that i will stay in this Craft:
major because honestly i have no clue what i want Using various tools, I have
to do. Business was just the general major i was most interested in so...ya. learned in this class, I created 4
two page spreads of my shape
drawings. I used tools such as the
Gradient tool, the Shape tool, etc.
Composition:
Much of this layout was created
Now The VariationS...
With this one I changed the lines to a bunch of different cool brush strokes that I like.
to depict my art that I created in
this class in the best way pos-
sible. I tried not to use a very
I changed the outline color to make it jump off the page. I didn’t focus on the sets dominant background image, or
however I want my audience to focus their attention on the hat its self and the designs on the seats. color because I didn't want it to
over power my art.
Concept:
For these layouts, I really wanted
the viewer to concentrate solely
on my art. In order of importance
I would want them to see, my art,
headline, line body
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5. Nikes On My CONVERSE
By: Allison
Feet Horn
Craft
I used the pen tool and played around with the gradients in
By: Roxy Adobe Illustrator.
Composition
Waisunec The shoes are placed in the center since they are the main
focus, and there is a sense of dimension that is created by the
shoes sitting on the step stool and by the door in the back-
ground. I wanted to play around with the gradients because I
feel it really helps the image look closer to real life so that the
lights and shadows are blended together rather than looking
all choppy.
My name is Roksanna Wasiunec but most people call me Roxy.
This is my first year here at SXU. I am majoring in graphic design.
my dream job would be to design album covers and posters for
bands. the reason i would love that job is because i love both creat-
ing and music so that would be the perfect job for me! ( the picture
is of me at a concert).
Craft: For this project we had to pick an image that we took and
copy it in Adobe Illustrator. The way we did this was we made two
layers. One layer was the picture that you see above and the second
layer was all the pen marks that I made by layering the different
parts onto the shoes. The way this illustration was able to come
together was I would start at the background and work forward.
The first move I made was the background (picture seen above).
After that I would close that layer i just made so I could still see
the original picture. After that I started to work on the shoe in the
background (picture seen above). I went through the same steps for
both the shoes, adding details in at the very end. The last step was
to add gradients. Gradients really helped with making the image
appear 3-D and realistic.
Composition: For this image i wanted to take advantage
of the space. I decided to try and fill the whole page with
the shoes because I wanted the shoes to be the main
focus of the image. When looking at this image the veiw-
ers eye naturally will go left to right because the way the
Concept
shoes are arranged make your eye veer in that direction.
I tried to make the image look as close as I can to reality so
The shoes that’s in front is much brighter than the shoe
that people can recognize the converse and think they look
in back which also helps out compositionally making the
realistic.
shoe in front more important than the one in back.
Concept: The concept of this picture is shoes on con
crete. The picture is actually of my sister and her boy-
friend walking on the sidewalk. She asked me to take a
picture of their matching blue Nike shoes, so I got low to
the ground and snapped a picture.
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6. NIKES On The Bed Harry Potter
By: Nico Krajecki Box
My name is Nico Krajecki I’m a sophomore at St. Xavier
University. I am undecided on my major; I’m thinking either
By: Robert
Criminal Justice or Business.
Furlan Hey i’m Robert Furlan and I am a Freshman at SXU.
My major right now is undecided but i plan to change
that.
For these pictures I took a picture of a shoe and used the pen
tool and the eye drop tool to try to animate my exact picture
onto Adobe Illustrator. The shoe’s color was all done by Illus-
trator which tried to take the best example of the color of the
shoe it could to make the image look as real as possible. I used
outlines of each of the different sections of the shoe with the pen
tool to create the picture.
In this pictures, it started as a picture of a Nike shoe and with
variations of stroke, color and design, I was able to change
the picture entirely to make it look better. In the first picture I
used a change in stroke of the outline of the shoelaces and the
background to emphasize the shoe. The viewer should look at
the shoelaces first and how they look unrealistic but stick out
on the shoe to give the picture an all green look. With the the most. The different colors in the background are unimport-
background all green and having a black circular object in the ant, they just add emphasis to the shoe and the laces. It is a nike
middle of the page where the shoe is, it should draw the eye shoe with an outline around some of the shoe and laces. The Craft- to accomplish this goal I had to use many tools such
straight to the shoe. The background is made from different second picture was made by using a design from Adobe Illustra- as the first picture will show you, the pen tool was a big part
strokes on the outlines of the objects, made to not draw too tor as the green background and using different shades of green of the formation of the piece i also had to use the stroke tool
much attention to it. to make the lines more defined and different . In the next
picture the tool I had to use was the opacity tool to make the
colors less vibrant and then I again used the stroke tool to
make the lines known. Finally in the last picture of the set
i used the paint fill box to make the colors which catch the
eye.
Composition- When people see the art Ive made i want them
to notice the different functions and layers the were made to
see how much a picture can be altered with a few clicks.
Concept- the concept of the art is to catch you eye and make
it move around the picture in order to look t all of the details
and the lines
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7. Downtown A Walk
Buildings Downtown
By: Shawnita
By: CHristian
Montgomery
Rosales
Hello my name is Shawnita Montgomery. I am a freshmen at-
tending Saint Xavier University. My major is graphic design. The
history, study and culture of art has always grabbed my attention.
Now I have the chance to make them a part of my life. I have
taken graphic design, photography and digital art within my high
school years and this is my opportunity to show off my work in
college. I will do my best with every project that is brought to I’m Christian Rosales and a Freshman and Saint Xavier
me and try my hardest to stay focused. I plan on learning and University. My major is undeclared, but I’m leaning towards
advancing my artistic sides best as possible. Psychology. From middle to high school to present day, I’ve
always been a good student. I get mostly A’s. I always do my
Craft: In each photo I use an image of buildings (taken down- homework and am very studious. Many of my past teachers
town, Chicago) and Adobe Photoshop. Specifically the pen tool have said that I’m respectful and a pleasure to have in the class.
Although, I don’t really participate in class and sometimes turn
in incomplete work or nothing at all. However, I’ve changed
that and I make sure that my work is complete and turned in on
was used. time. I pay attention in class, but will occasionally start falling
asleep. Other than that, I’m sure that I will be a positive addi-
Composition: I want to viewers eyes to fall on the shapes being tion to your class. I help my classmates when they need it and
added with in the images. I want them to see both the colors and will make that class enjoyable not only for me but everyone.
the shapes of each image as they change and increase in details. This will be a fun semester!
Concept: The concept is multiple building and the sky. CRAFT: Using the pen tool, I traced the outlines of the build-
ings and the sky. then moving from background to foreground, I
Craft: Adobe Illustrator, the brush tool, color and color gradients traced a taxi, the street, and a person walking. I did all on Adobe
were used in these images. Illustrator. Each outline was a different layer with a different color
to represent what it was in the actual picture.
Composition: I want the viewers eyes to focus on the different
colors and the different strokes being used in each image. I also COMPOSITION: The first thing that want you to see is either the
want the to see how thick the lines are compared to the others. taxi because it is yellow and it stands out. However, it could be
the second thing you see because it is on the far left. The next
Concept: Buildings of different colors and different strokes. closest thing that you would see is the person walking. But in the
future i will make the colors darker to match the actual picture
CONCEPT: A Night Downtown
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8. Visual Arts Center THE CRIB
By: Lovette
Fernandez By: Tom
'm Lovette Fernandez, and I'm currently a senior student at
Saint Xavier University, Chicago Illinois, majoring in Computer Zwarycz
Studies and minoring in Business Administration. I finished my
associates degree at Moraine Valley Community College last
May 2010 and graduated Cum Laude. I finished my elementary
school and high school at Paco Catholic school in the Philip- My name is Tom Zwarycz. I went to
pines and graduated with honors. I believe that education is Saint Laurence High School and I
really important, because it helps us to be the person we want to live in Chicago. I have taken 4 years
be in life. Until next time! :) of art in high school, one year being
a computer graphics design class. I
enjoy art and I also enjoy graphics
design.
I used my Nikon S60 camera Second, I created a layer
to take a picture of the Visual where the original picture
Arts Center. I took a picture is then another layer for my
from an angle so when I place picture art. Third, I started In this work, I imported an image
my picture on Adobe Illustra- tracing the outline of my taken from my phone (Nexus ent tool to add depth and shade
tor it is going to be easier for picture by using the pen tool, One) into Adobe Illustrator. The where needed. Actual screen
me to zoom in and out of the because it is always easier to original image can be seen above. shots of the progress of this
picture. I used the pen tool, work from the background to After importing, I traced over the work can be seen below. Each
eyedropper tool to trace my the foreground, so I can be image creating boxes and other day’s work is separated into
bricks one by one and used the eyedropper tool to mimic the original different layers in the Illustra-
art work. First, I put the VAC sloppy to the area where the shapes that represented parts of
color of the bricks. For this exercise, I'm trying to render the reality tor file in order to easily locate
picture in a folder then opened foreground is going to over- the original image. I used the line
of my artwork from the original picture. I took off the tree on the a specific shape if needed. This
Adobe Illustrator to make a lap the background. Fourth, I and rectangle tools in order to
side, because I think it is not that important. Also, I added the bricks project took a combined total
new page and saved it on the traced the details of the pic- create these shapes. I then used
on the upper foreground of the building one by one like what I did of about 9 hours from start to
folder where the VAC picture ture and used the eyedropper the eyedropper tool capture the
on the bricks. The concept of my artwork is our school's Visual Arts finish.
is. The two files has to be on tool to fill in colors closest to correct color and used the gradi-
Center. I think it is interesting because it gives different angles and I
the same folder because if not the original hue of the VAC can control the eyes of my viewer to go to different direction.
it is not going to work fine. picture. Fifth, I traced the
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9. STREET CAR ... AND FINALLY MINE
By:Amy BEACH BASKETBALL
My name is Amy Duffy. I am entering my
junior year here at Saint Xavier. My major is
Secondary Education/Art. I would like to get
my masters degree in Special Education and
eventually do Art Therapy and work with Au-
Duffy tistic teenagers. My favorite mediums to use
are pencil and paint. I enjoy working on larger
scale pieces. I am not too computer savvy so I
am very intimidated by this class but hopefully
By: Giovanni Diaz
I will learn a lot and maybe even obtain a new
favorite medium by the end!
When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into ation. They
rented out my room.
-Woody Allen
Hi my name is Giovanni Diaz, and this is my magazine, if you
have not figured that out already. I am currently enrolled
at Saint Xavier University, I am a Math Major and double
Minoring in Science and Pre-Law. Academically I am a
hard working student, and will try my hardest to get an A.
The Highschool I went to was a boarding school in Beaver
Dam, Wisconsin. It’s name was Wayland Academy. I ended
up here because I was put on the waiting list for a full ride at
Harvard, but unfortunately Harvard I did not recieve it. So I
came to Saint Xavier, because they gave me the full ride.
For my object project I have chosen a picture of a streetcar. I
took this photograph while visiting New Orleans and was fas-
cinated by the vintage look of the streetcar against the modern
city scape. Craft- The way I used
my hand to compose this
Craft: For this project I will be using Adobe Illustrator and the picture was by carefully
ink tool. To fully capture this image I will be using large blocks following lines to draw
of color and outlining each shape and filling it in. everything. The tools I
used to create this piece was
Composition: I want the viewer to be able to tell what the object Adobe Illustrator, and the
is and how each part of it was made up. I want the viewer to pen tool.
notice the steps I took, working from the back to the front, and
the layering that eventually helped compose this piece. Composition- What I did to
draw peoples attentionwas
Concept: I want the viewer to easily understand what is going add different values of col-
on in the picture and to notice all of the layering and overlap- ors. The background dark,
ping taht is taking place. and then a little lighter as it
the eye gets to the middle.
Concept- What I want
people to see when they see
this picture is a beachball
stuck in a basketball hoop
during the day.
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CRAFT- The tools I used to create this drawing
was Adobe Illustrator, and the pen tool. The way
I used my hand to create this drawing was by
carefully tracing the picture where this drawing
originated.
COMPOSITION- What I did with this picture to
stand out more is to change the actual color of
the sky to purple, and changed the the stroke of
every different to flaurescent colors, and changed
their fillings to purple. I did this because when I
frst did it, I liked it, and so I applied it. Thankful-
ly the other people in my class liked it and voted
it to be one of the five to represent the class.
CONCEPT- What I want people to think of when
they see this picture is not only a beach ball stuck
in a basketball hoop, but with different variations
of colors, and hopefully they will like it as well.
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11. Even More Beachballs in
Basketball Hoops
What I tried to go with this picture, was to make it look like one of the old type of
maps,of europe. The way I did this was by changing the color of the sky, to gold, the
color of the clouds, to a metallic grey and black, the backboard and wires to green, the
rim to a baroque red, and the beach ball to white and to have good transparency. I feel
that it does like a map, because i pulled up one of those maps and put it up close to the
drawing and I could see the resemblance.
What I tried to go with this picture was to make it seem as if the whole thing was on fire.
What i did to try make it look that way was by selecting all of the different layers of the
picture, and changed the stroke. I changed the stroke to flames. To me I sorta feel that I
accomplished it...but it is totally up to you. Let me know what you think.
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12. T E A P O T S
By: Allison
Horn
Craft the effect of how the shadows
In Adobe Illustrator I used the respond to light.
paintbrush tool for the draw-
ing. Since we were dealing Composition
with hue for the class, I used I started the objects by build-
the colors green and orange ing them up with only lines
(green and red would have to the point that they became draw in this piece. One had the
been too much of a contrast solid medium orange in hue. stick in it sticking up very high
and would have looked too Then, for the value, I gradu- and the other one was much
much like Christmas). The ally introduced lighter oranges shorter. I wanted to be able
background was green and and darker oranges to create to create the images to look
the objects were orange. I had 3 dimensional objects. There natural, even though I used
to create two separate layers was enough contrast from the a lot of line gestures. I even
so that the background would darker green background to the drew in shadows at the bottom
be separate from the objects. orange in front that it caused to ground the objects in their
When it came time for value, the objects to stand out in front surrounding space.
I had to play around with dif- of the background.
ferent levels of transparency
since light and shadow are not Concept
opaque on objects, but they are There were two objects to
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13. T E A P O T S
By: Amy
Duffy
Craft: I used long brushstrokes shape. already sets the teapot off from
to build up the shape of each the background and the me-
bottle. After building a general Concept: The concept for this dium I used was ebony pencil
shape I went in and added piece was to take two compli- which helped make darker
cross hatching lines to give mentary colors and set them harder lines and give the il-
the shape more definition and against each other in an effort lusion of depth. I wanted the
more structure. I layered line to show the different hues and viewer to understand that these
after line. I started layering values and how they work to- pictures were teapots. I also
with darker and lighter hues to gether and can help each other wanted the viewer to see the
give the objects real shape and stand out. different values that give the
three dimensionality. teapot depth and give it the il-
For these artworks I used lusion of three dimensionality.
Composition: The darker hues rapid movements of my hand. the artwork is about creating a
help define the shadows on I created each teapot by using piece using minimal lines. the
each object. By creating this different lines and applied challenge is to make the little
value contrast between the different amounts of pressure amount of lines you have to
medium tones and the darker changing the value of the line work with count so that you
and lighter ones the objects in each picture. the use of the can get your point across.
begin to stand out and take real dark ink on the light paper
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14. T E A P O T S
By: Christian
Rosales
CRAFT: First I opened Adobe to dark orange. Here are the the green and orange in that
Illustrator and began drawing results: the scale ranges from light to
a green background which is dark. Like, for instance, in this
going to be layer one. I used COMPOSITION: By using picture:
between a 5 and 10 point brush light, dark, and even opposite
to make the background full colors I have given my art con- CONCEPT: Now, even
of fives. By using the color trast. As you can see from the though both vases, in real life,
guide, I used different shades pictures above, the background are the same size, I decided
of green. The shades ranged is a collaboration of green to draw one slightly bigger
from light to dark green. Once colors. It’s hard to tell which than the other. The reason I
that done, I made a new layer, green is which, but you can did this was because that is
started drawing vases using tell that they are green or of a how I imagined them. I also
a five point brush I drew two greenish hue. The same goes drew them so that they looked
vases. Again, using the color for orange, but the third picture man-made. That’s the look I
guide, I used different shades has an almost brownish hue was going for. Here’s what I
of orange, ranging from light to it. You can see the value in created:
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15. T E A P O T S
By: Jordan Juarez
Craft- I used 2 different layers, one for my background and the other for my
objects. I used the brush tool with a variation of sizes to make my drawing.
Composition- I have darker values where the shade was in the drawing and
lighter values one the highlights. The hue’s I used were orange and green.
Monocromatic 2 was the pallet that i used to develope my different shades of
my hue’s.
Concept- The left is a shoter and wider bowl where as the one on the right is a
longer and taller bottle. The objects sitting inside the objects are sticks making
this drawing have some natural points of view. I created this awesome art work
with my magnificant hand.
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16. T E A P O T S
By: Nico
Krajecki
I created these pictures using Adobe Illustrator. With Adobe
I used the pen and the pad for the computer. I used different
shades of green to make the image as close to how it looked
like. The main thing that was done for this was using differ-
ent colors to show shading of an object. I used lines going
different directions, some with different colors to bring out
the shading the best I could to show the way the object looked
under the light.
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17. T E A P O T S
By: Shawnita Montgomery
Craft: For the following images I use
Adobe Illustrator. The tools for this were
the paint brush, color guide (using mul-
tiple forms of color) and the the brush
stroke. Also a glass bottle and small
round vase was used, and a bright light
to give the objects shades.
Composition: I want my audience to see
the growth of my images as they develop
more color and detail. I way their eyes to
fall on the shades and shadows as well
as the shapes outline. Focus on the Hue’s
and values of the images. The images
were created for my computer graphics
class recently and I want my growth or
skills to be noticed as I try to advance
my work to my best.
Concept: The main focus of these im-
ages are about a glass bottle and a small
round vase with lots of shadows.
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18. T E A P O T S
By: Roxy
Waisunec
Craft: to create these images I
used illustrator. in Illustrator I
chose the brush tool and and
made two layers. The first layer
was made with a green pallet
and its all 5s. the second (bowls)
layer was made with different
size brushed ranging from .25-10.
The color pallet used for that was
orange monochromatic 2.
Composition: The hue that was
used in this was green and orange
because they are on opposite side
of the color spectrum. The image
has a lot of darker values on the
left side of the left image and right
side as well. where on the op-
posite side has a lot more lighter
values. The reason the two colors
were chosen were because they
create a very nice contrast.
Concept: the left image was a tall
and wide vase that had natural
lines and branches. The right side
has a short more narrow vase with
more lines and branches as well.
both have natrual shapes to them.
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19. T E A P O T S
By: Giovanni
Diaz
Craft - The tools I used to make this drawing were Adobe
Illustrator, the paint brush, and different layers of color. The
way I used my hand to make this drawing was by using lines to
create the shapes of the drawing. Also I made the background
by putting many different ways of writing five with different
colors and size.
Composition - I used different colors and sizes to not only
create the background, but also to create the different shapes.
I also used value in this drawing, which is the relationship be-
tween these objects and light. Finally I used Hue and contrast
of colors, to really make this drawing pop up and cath the eyes
of the viewer; eventhough it is ugly.
Concept - This drawing has an object that is tall and an object
that is short. It also has an object that is natural and an object
that is hand-made. What I want people to think when they see
this drawing is a colorful drawing, with two handmade objects
holding twigs.
The way I set up these pictures, was by organizing them in
chronological order. From how the teapots looked like when I
took the first picture, and when I finished them.
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20. T E A P O T S
By: Giovanni
Diaz
Craft - The tools I used to
make this drawing were
Adobe Illustrator, the
paint brush, and different
layers of color. The way
I used my hand to make
this drawing was by using
lines to create the shapes
of the drawing. Also I
made the background by
putting many different
ways of writing five with
different colors and size. really make this drawing
pop up and cath the eyes
Composition - I used of the viewer; eventhough
different colors and sizes it is ugly.
to not only create the drawing is a colorful
background, but also Concept - This draw- drawing, with two hand-
to create the different ing has an object that is made objects holding
shapes. I also used value tall and an object that is twigs.
in this drawing, which short. It also has an ob-
is the relationship be- ject that is natural and an
tween these objects and object that is hand-made.
light. Finally I used Hue What I want people to
and contrast of colors, to think when they see this
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