APP or Advanced Placement Portfolio is alot harder than it seems at first. as some of you might have figured out i am a senior in highschool, and being in the art program means i have to do a APP. before i go on with my journal a little explaining is in store.
The APP is a portfolio project that can help you gain both priority seating(i think) and it can get you advanced placement in college art, hense the name.
it is comprised of two main sections:
Concentration: this section is like it's title sugests, the concentration of your portfolio, it is the main section of it. when trying to figure out what is the main subject you like making (lanscapes, people, animals, myths, etc) and your favorite medium to work with and put them together with a study type purpose to create the twelve peices required for this section.
useing this following fill in the blank statement (or parenthases in this case) of intent can help with the specifics of this section:
I will explore the use of (fundemental(s) of art) and it's/their effect(s) on (principle(s) of design) through a series of (subject matter) done in (Media choice).
mine looks like this:
I will explore the use of color, line and texture and their effects on Mood and Realism through a series of Original Fantastical Creatures done in Line/Digital media.
that might help some of you understand how my peices corolate.
Breadth: this section doesn't have any concentration it is twelve peices that don't have to have any relationship that show that you have a broad ability in art, best if you try to use a wide range of subjects and media, and some unusual media is preferable.there is twelve peices required for this section also, twenty four in all.
ok so, my teacher is one of those that wants you doing SOME sort of work *only art related) while in his class, since three quarters of my concentration work is on my home computer i just sketched out ideas and/or inked my linearts and put them away to be scanned later and worked on at home. That tactic was working verry well for me until i realized something a couple weeks ago... i had more than twelve linearts either done or in progress. so i had to stop making more since my concentration peice type couldn't go into my breadth. i kept trying things and when searching for inspiration i found some peices i already had that could be perfect like my 'the power of balance' peice, a dragon yinyang design done in finepoint color sharpies, verry strange and unusual media. but as happy as i was to have more peices for my breadth already taken care of i still had the problem of making more... i ended up starting a few peices with diff. media in mind, and trying to add more to old peices to make them portfolio ready but at the moment i am stuck on a peice that is turning out beautiful, it is a completely pencil done peice but it is sooooo tedious, yet i love doing it, it has all this rocky textures and sand and scales and gaaaah!!! i will let you guys see it when it is done but like you guessed it has an underwater setting.
so i will post links of pictures i have posted for each section here and give you titles with in progress marked so you can anticipate them k!!
Concentration:
The Comfort of Home:
adameia.deviantart.com/art/Squ… Lineart: (has yet to be posted)
Forrest Hunting:
adameia.deviantart.com/art/APP… Lineart:
adameia.deviantart.com/art/APP…Intruder Alert:
adameia.deviantart.com/art/APP…Lineart:
adameia.deviantart.com/art/APP…Afternoon Playtime:
adameia.deviantart.com/art/APP…Lineart:
adameia.deviantart.com/art/APP…A Moment in time:
adameia.deviantart.com/art/a-m… lineart:
Traveling Wonder: (in Progress)
lineart
coming soon)
This is MINE!!!: (not started)
Lineart: (Coming Soon)
Winding Loneliness
not started)
Lineart (in Progress)
Steady Travel
not started)
Lineart: (coming Soon)
What's This?: (Not Started)
Lineart: (coming Soon)
Ummm.... Hi?: (not Started)
Lineart: (coming soon)
Never Travel Alone: (not started)
Lineart: (coming soon)
Breadth:
The Power of Balance:
adameia.deviantart.com/art/The…Mechanical Dogfight:
adameia.deviantart.com/art/APP…Lineart:
adameia.deviantart.com/art/APP…Click of a Button
Coming soon)
Live the Dream: (coming soon)
A Simple Fondness
in progress)
Target Found: (in progress)
A Breath of Majesty: (in progress)
What Could Have Been: (in progreess)
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possible breadth in case of need:
The Realm of the Four Gods: (coming soon)
Chess... WHAT?!?: (Coming Soon)
A Touch of Incredulous Confidence
coming soon)
Castle-Scape: (coming eventually)