Project Evaluations

1.Matt
-Artwork
-I thought this project did a good job of representing the characters and had cool effects. It also represented some of the elements of the story very well, but others were missed.
2.Daryl
-Artwork
-This project showed most of the elements of the book in one concise and literal art piece. The only problem I think is that the size of the laws is smaller then really neccesary.
3.Olivia
-Artwork
-This piece does a good job of showing its point of the irony of the situation where animals become humans.
4.Joel
-Artwork
-Similar to the one above, the artwork shows the main irony of the book of how humans and pigs aren't that different in the end.
5.Galen
-Comic
-The comic shows how the farm goes from being good to bad, showing the main plot of the book in a very well done comic.
6.Brita
-Poem
-I thought this poem was very well done. It shows events from the perspective of the pig's propoganda which really shows the overall plot and theme of the book.
7.Conor
-Artwork
-Conor's artwork shows the themes of the book through the differences with the laws and the portraits which easily allows one to compare the real Russian revolution and the book.
8.Maddie
-Artwork
-This is another project that effectively demonstrates the situation and theme of the book through the comparison of the pigs turning into humans plus the addition of the revolution.
9.Meghann
-Artwork
-This project uses a quote from the book combined with the reader's knowledge of the pig's actual meaning to demonstrate the pigs power over the animals.
10.Jake
-Artwork
-This is another art project that takes a slightly more metaphorical approach to demonstrating the theme of the book. Still, it shows how Napoleon and his dogs rule over the rest of the farm.

My project: The projects showed surprisingly diverse ways of presenting the same theme of the book. Personally I would find it hard to stack them all up, but I would say that there were a few clear good ones. While a few did stand out as particularly good, I wouldn't neccesarily put mine among them. On the flip-side, I wouldn't call one of the worst projects either. Of course, by my art talents that was a pretty amazing piece for me. It took me a while to figure out a few aspects of Gimp as well. I think it turned out alright in the end.

Until we meet again... -Aaron

Animal farm art project

My Animal farm creative project. The entire thing represents the continuous circle that the characters are in. It starts in the top left with an evil overlord causing dissent. The populace rallies together and creates a code of new rules and throws out their oppresser. The animals are happy for a while and there's cake, but the new leaders in power get ideas. He edits the rules but pretends its not important but slowly they move towards a regime where the new rulers are strikingly similar to the old ones. Eventually the populace is again treated as peasants who always have to lie in the mud, and dissent begins. In the middle is the donkey with a Picard facepalm hand added on to show how he knows what the process will result in. A few things I took special care to add were the oval which shows the circular nature of the process, seeing as the process of revolts wants to repeat itself. Also, you can see (I hope) the pig in a suit has lost his tail and his pig nose as he becomes more human.

If you recognize the sources of some of my pictures, you may consider this slightly more funny. Slightly.

-Aaron