Abigail Guerrier 

For my weird cuts I pick different types of pictures that reminded me of summer.  Mainly cuts of  different people enjoying the beach/water.I used another picture from the whalebone magazine as background to continue with my summer beach theme. One of my cutouts the eye cutout is of a boy who isn’t not apart of the beach/summer theme but is having fun. To me summer is about having fun and enjoy all that it has give us.

Ang Campanelli

In my Whalebone magazine there are a lot of images that make me think about how humans and nature can influence each other. I used the image of fire which could be caused by both people or nature, and the smoke which could be interpreted as a morning fog or the smog caused by humans.

I used shape, color and I attempted to use space but I had difficulty getting the depth I wanted.

Claudya Blanco

For this weeks assignment I had a little difficulty, I wanted to have a contrast between dark & bright but a lot of the images in my water magazine seemed to dark to my liking. I spent all three days making several different videos, I ended up going with a beachy water theme. It was the closest I could get to my original vision. I also wanted to add texture with the background I chose but not sure if I achieved that. Also I don't know why my video is upside down, I recorded it right side up.

Daniela Ventura

For this project I pick some cut outs that has to do with spring and summer since I believe those two are the happiest seasons of the year. I also tried to contrast the background with my cut-outs to make all together look a little more bright. My weird cut out are flowers, beach, watermelon, men in a bicycle, and signs of a ice cream car. In addition, I tried to make a upside down face with my cut outs shapes to make it somehow organized. The elements I used in this project were color and shape.

Kara Richholt

For my Weird Cuts collage, I decided to opt for a simple white background so that the majority of the focus would be emphasized on the pictures I chose to piece together. My Whalebone magazine focuses heavily on music, so many of the photos I utilized were of punk/rock origin. Some of them were actually ads for live music, which I feel like is a very appropriate summer vibe. I aimed for a very surrealistic/abstract concept, featuring contrast between the colors of the photos I chose. While I’m satisfied with my end result, I also found that the app was very glitchy and hard to operate in some instances. I had to cycle through at least three compositions before I was able to successfully save one.

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Michelle Ardizzone 

For my project video I used cut outs that had to do with a beach vibe and view. I cut out different  textures of water to give it a wave appeal or ocean appeal. I cut out rocks to show that they appear right at the end of the after where it turns to sand. I also added different dimensions  of clouds to give the sky a texture layout and and added a piece of a sunset to give in a more night time look to it. I added a tree in the corner to add to the beach vibe. I used various colors in the sky and water because water doesn’t just appear one shade of blue and the sky as well. I also showed how if you go beneath the water you can see fish and that it changes the deeper you go.

Alyssa Mills

For this project, I wanted to use food as my theme. I am a huge foodie and i found great pictures of food. I wanted to make it seem like I am grabbing the food then finally eating it. I used shape, form and space.

Thomas Miller

The focus of my weird cuts video is freedom. I chose the backdrop to be a skylight in my house, with many different symbols of freedom slowly moving towards the focal point (window). My pictures are both a mix of photos and renderings (cartoons) to create some contrast within the video. I utilized both organic and geometric shapes-- the geometric shapes are used in order to guide the eye (they are arrows/diamonds and the pictures inside of them imply movement e.g. running water and a walking bear). The organic shapes focus on conveying the theme of what I consider freedom, from open roads to tall lighthouses. I attempted to create a certain rhythm by repeating the directional shapes to continuously push the viewer to focus upward toward the light regardless of the grouping of shapes.