Milwaukee Flag
Digital art
20.3cm x 11cm
November 18 2015
Digital art
20.3cm x 11cm
November 18 2015
Exhibition text
for my Milwaukee flag I placed symbols in the flag that represent a few aspects about Milwaukee. I placed three blue lines representing the three rivers Milwaukee was build on. I also placed a anchor as in Milwaukee is known for having a lot of sailing movement going on. I decided to place these components to my flag as I found them adequate to represent Milwaukee while keeping a simple design.
for my Milwaukee flag I placed symbols in the flag that represent a few aspects about Milwaukee. I placed three blue lines representing the three rivers Milwaukee was build on. I also placed a anchor as in Milwaukee is known for having a lot of sailing movement going on. I decided to place these components to my flag as I found them adequate to represent Milwaukee while keeping a simple design.
Planning
I started planning my flag project by starting to ask myself what I would need to be successful to make a flag that would be adequate to represent Wisconsin. I started viewing the aspects that make a state flag as a state flag has symbolism as to placing symbols that represent the flag so I knew I would need to start researching Wisconsin information than after having my info I would than take action to the choosing ,placement, color, and other aspects of the flag to start the process of making the flag design.
1)Investigation- started investigating information about Wisconsin and viewing different aspects it was known for.
2)choosing- picked different symbols that represented those aspects
3)Analyzing- started viewing the symbols I picked and seeing which out of all the ones I chose would represent and give a better image of what Wisconsin is
4)placement-started to look for the best placement where I would place the image in the flag
5)color placement- stared picking the colors I thought would fit the flag better as to the representation of Wisconsin.
6)revision-checking to see if my flag completed all the aspects into what a flag should look like.
process
Process
after getting details and information about Milwaukee i than already had the symbols i would place in my flag such as the anchor the three lines and the blue background representing the lakes there are in Milwaukee so i measured the size of the flag i than filled the blue background.After that i went on to the process of drawing the anchor. After the anchor i drew the three blue lines.
I started planning my flag project by starting to ask myself what I would need to be successful to make a flag that would be adequate to represent Wisconsin. I started viewing the aspects that make a state flag as a state flag has symbolism as to placing symbols that represent the flag so I knew I would need to start researching Wisconsin information than after having my info I would than take action to the choosing ,placement, color, and other aspects of the flag to start the process of making the flag design.
1)Investigation- started investigating information about Wisconsin and viewing different aspects it was known for.
2)choosing- picked different symbols that represented those aspects
3)Analyzing- started viewing the symbols I picked and seeing which out of all the ones I chose would represent and give a better image of what Wisconsin is
4)placement-started to look for the best placement where I would place the image in the flag
5)color placement- stared picking the colors I thought would fit the flag better as to the representation of Wisconsin.
6)revision-checking to see if my flag completed all the aspects into what a flag should look like.
process
Process
after getting details and information about Milwaukee i than already had the symbols i would place in my flag such as the anchor the three lines and the blue background representing the lakes there are in Milwaukee so i measured the size of the flag i than filled the blue background.After that i went on to the process of drawing the anchor. After the anchor i drew the three blue lines.
Artistic Inspiration
For my artistic inspiration i picked Robert Indiana as his art is plane in color and still gives that look of detailed work with the way he places his art, Which was my idea for this project by keeping the work as simple as it possibly can while still showing those symbols that would help me develop my Milwaukee flag.
http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/RobertIndiana
Reflection
Throughout this project I do feel that I reviewed a few of the basic aspects to think of when doing art that has to represent something in it but learning how to keep it simple at the time. I did many sketches and had many ideas for the Milwaukee flag but I am confident with the one I made and picked. I liked the project in general although I did start to get a bit frustrated at times asking myself if my flag was fulfilling all the key points that make a flag be a good flag but I think it turned out pretty well and I am happy with the end result of this project.