For my portion of the project, I chose Nikola Tesla as my unsung hero. The reason behind this choice was that I have heard about Tesla only in minute stories and articles, and wanted to learn more about why he is not as acclaimed as other inventors such as Thomas Edison.
Did you learn anything new about the person that you chose?
Through researching Tesla's life story, I learned a great deal of new things about this great inventor. First and foremost, he is not credited or publicized (or was not, as credit would have been more useful to him while he was alive) for many of his inventions, namely the radio and quite frankly, robotics as a science. While Tesla had secured patents for the early radio designs, a different inventor (none other than Gugliemo Marconi actually) was later transferred the patent ownership due to high-powered political connections. Additionally, he actually created the first practical R/C robot for an electrical convention in 1898, in the form of a boat. He is not currently publicized as the father of the radio or of the study of robotics, but history has shown these claims to be true.
Source: http://www.pbs.org/tesla/index.html
Do you think that your design clearly and accurately represented your hero?
I believe that the design does, in fact, represent our hero accurately, as historical photos were used as reference material. The clarity of the image is pristine, as when we compared the original photos to the stencil design, the resemblance was uncanny.
Would you do anything different?
If given another shot at this project, I would try and take the time to make this design into a silkscreen rather than a stencil, as my original design would be better conveyed thorugh using photo emulsion on a silkscreen rather than its present "stencil-ized" format.
What traditional and technological art-making techniques did you use in your design?
First, I used a photographic reference and produced a rough sketch of the two heroes on Adobe Photoshop, using mainly the pen tool. After I was remotely satisfyed with the design, I transferred the file to Adobe Illustrator, where I refined the line qualities and made the design look more aesthetically pleasing. When all of the computerized edits were done, the design was printed and cut out. While the original plan was to silkscreen the design, due to time constrains, we resorted to just use the design as a stencil and used spray paint as our medium of choice. Our final product came out as two "posters," one on black spongy presentation board, and the other on white cardstock.
Here are pictures of the design and final products...enjoy.
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