AP 2D Digital Design - Concentration
The Concentration section shows the student's in-depth exploration of a particular design concern. It is presented as 12 images, some of which may be details of works. The emphasis is on a coherent development of an idea through a body of work, in addition to the artistic success of the work.
List of Concentration Ideas.
• Nature
• The Graphic Self
• Hunger
• Family Relationships
• Urban Symbols
• Suburban Interpretations
• Fears
• People That Have Influenced My Life
• Canterbury Tales in Anime
• Electronic self-portraits and figures from realism to abstraction
• Toys and the idea of what a toy is to different people and age groups
• Japanese patterning
• American quilt patterns
• Signage
• Doors
• Exterior Design
• Clothing
• Transportation - trains, planes, autos
• Patterns in Nature
• Costume Design
• Distortion
• Radial Compositions
• Media Packaging
• Illustration of a story or fairy tale
• Create a calendar based on a topic or theme
• Food/Food Art
• Identity products for imaginary business
• Abstractions developed from cells or other microscopic images
• 7 deadly sins
• Cultural artifact from the future
• The movement of water
• A series of expressive landscapes based upon personal experience of a particular place.
• Abstraction developed from cells and other microscopic images.
• A series of self-portraits with a specific theme.
• Interpretive self-portraiture and figure studies that emphasize exaggeration and distortion.
• A personal or family history communicated through the content and style of still-life images.
• A project that explores interior or exterior space emphasizing perspective, structure, mood created by light, etc.
• The use of multiple images to create compositions that reflect psychological or narrative events.
• Crushed objects that have been altered by the effect of gravity or human intervention.
• Things forgotten. Abandoned buildings, old train tracks, etc…
• Hands as an expression of feeling. Young to old…
• Surrealism and Dreams.
• Non-objective, or abstract designs based on different cultures and their mythology such as the Austrian Aborigines, etc.
• Evolution and or disintegration on an object.
• A close up view or extreme perspective.
• Seasonal changes.
• Inner landscapes
• Useless objectives
• Narrative self- portraits (illustrating a headache).
• Illustrating fears and other emotions.
• Duality and relationships; a comparison Man/woman, mother/child, light/dark.
• Generation gap
• Illustrating folds and fabric with patterns.
• Human form in motion.
• Modern day fairy Tales – original story with illustrations.
• Original Comic book
• Making your own creative book.
• Structure in nature –insects.
• Circus – color, movement, excitement, etc.
• Time travel
• Transformation.
• Juxtaposition of objects.
• Reflections – metal, water, etc.
• Medical/scientific illustrations.
• Household appliances.
• Different kinds of shoes from different points of views.
• Types of costumes from different places – textiles from Indonesia.
• Nightmares
• Mirrors and Reflections
• Midnight at McDonalds
• My Life in as a Cartoon Character
• Football (or any sport or hobby) as Religion
• Consumer and Consuming
• A Day in the Life of (who?)....
• My Personal Relationship with (cars, dogs, food, you name it)
• Cliques
• In and Out
• The Life Cycle of (Anger? Love? Happiness? Despair?
• Mathematics in Nature (The Golden Mean, Geometric shapes, Quantities)
• If Shakespeare where a Texan
• Hunger
• The Secret Life of (take one object and take pictures of it in interesting and unusual locations)
• Struggle, Overcoming Hardship, Achievement
• The Architecture of Loneliness
• Finding Peace
• Cows as Sculpture
• Car parts as Sculpture
• Soldiers and Their Families
• Old Age and Youth
• Piercing
• Body Art
• Narcissism and (Youth, working out, Beauty)
• Visual Poetry
• The Line of Beauty
• Mixed Race and Mixed Messages
List of Concentration Ideas.
• Nature
• The Graphic Self
• Hunger
• Family Relationships
• Urban Symbols
• Suburban Interpretations
• Fears
• People That Have Influenced My Life
• Canterbury Tales in Anime
• Electronic self-portraits and figures from realism to abstraction
• Toys and the idea of what a toy is to different people and age groups
• Japanese patterning
• American quilt patterns
• Signage
• Doors
• Exterior Design
• Clothing
• Transportation - trains, planes, autos
• Patterns in Nature
• Costume Design
• Distortion
• Radial Compositions
• Media Packaging
• Illustration of a story or fairy tale
• Create a calendar based on a topic or theme
• Food/Food Art
• Identity products for imaginary business
• Abstractions developed from cells or other microscopic images
• 7 deadly sins
• Cultural artifact from the future
• The movement of water
• A series of expressive landscapes based upon personal experience of a particular place.
• Abstraction developed from cells and other microscopic images.
• A series of self-portraits with a specific theme.
• Interpretive self-portraiture and figure studies that emphasize exaggeration and distortion.
• A personal or family history communicated through the content and style of still-life images.
• A project that explores interior or exterior space emphasizing perspective, structure, mood created by light, etc.
• The use of multiple images to create compositions that reflect psychological or narrative events.
• Crushed objects that have been altered by the effect of gravity or human intervention.
• Things forgotten. Abandoned buildings, old train tracks, etc…
• Hands as an expression of feeling. Young to old…
• Surrealism and Dreams.
• Non-objective, or abstract designs based on different cultures and their mythology such as the Austrian Aborigines, etc.
• Evolution and or disintegration on an object.
• A close up view or extreme perspective.
• Seasonal changes.
• Inner landscapes
• Useless objectives
• Narrative self- portraits (illustrating a headache).
• Illustrating fears and other emotions.
• Duality and relationships; a comparison Man/woman, mother/child, light/dark.
• Generation gap
• Illustrating folds and fabric with patterns.
• Human form in motion.
• Modern day fairy Tales – original story with illustrations.
• Original Comic book
• Making your own creative book.
• Structure in nature –insects.
• Circus – color, movement, excitement, etc.
• Time travel
• Transformation.
• Juxtaposition of objects.
• Reflections – metal, water, etc.
• Medical/scientific illustrations.
• Household appliances.
• Different kinds of shoes from different points of views.
• Types of costumes from different places – textiles from Indonesia.
• Nightmares
• Mirrors and Reflections
• Midnight at McDonalds
• My Life in as a Cartoon Character
• Football (or any sport or hobby) as Religion
• Consumer and Consuming
• A Day in the Life of (who?)....
• My Personal Relationship with (cars, dogs, food, you name it)
• Cliques
• In and Out
• The Life Cycle of (Anger? Love? Happiness? Despair?
• Mathematics in Nature (The Golden Mean, Geometric shapes, Quantities)
• If Shakespeare where a Texan
• Hunger
• The Secret Life of (take one object and take pictures of it in interesting and unusual locations)
• Struggle, Overcoming Hardship, Achievement
• The Architecture of Loneliness
• Finding Peace
• Cows as Sculpture
• Car parts as Sculpture
• Soldiers and Their Families
• Old Age and Youth
• Piercing
• Body Art
• Narcissism and (Youth, working out, Beauty)
• Visual Poetry
• The Line of Beauty
• Mixed Race and Mixed Messages