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In Progress Photo for Notan #2 (by Ha, Spring '20)

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Notan #2 Example shows the use of bright, contrasting paper.

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This is the finished Notan #1. I used a photograph and cut the negative space out from the black paper to flip the design.  It reminds me of a playing card.  I think that by including the tie detail that I was able to improved the visual interest.

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I decided to try the technique of using a photograph. I've aligned the image with the construction paper and am cutting out the silhouette in this process photo.

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I didn't have a glue stick, I only had a glue bottle so it made it harder for me to glue. I used elmer's glue, regular scissors, and  pencil. I used a green background for my notan #1 because I wanted to depict nature. For this notan I wanted to have a beached themed image. I have shown a palm tree, water waves, and a sun similar to a flower

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I didn't have a glue stick, I only had a glue bottle so it made it harder for me to glue. I used elmer's glue, regular scissors, and  pencil. I used a yellow background for my notan #1 because it's one of my favorite colors. For this notan I wanted to have more of a cultural/symbolic image. I have shown hearts, a swirl, triangles, and two shapes I made up.

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This is the in process photo of Notan #1. I drew my sketch on the red construction paper with a pencil. Then I slowly cut out the big shapes with a scissor while using a blade for the tiny shapes. Finally, I used glue to stick the red paper on the white paper.

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For the first Notan, I wanted to make a night scenery of buildings with the sky and water. I explored straight lines with the buildings. Then, I would use curved lines from the illustrations of the clouds and water.

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In the second notan, I used the same process as the first from sketching my drawing with a pencil. Then, I would use the blade with the small details such as the pearl and bubbles. Other than that, I would use a scissor to cut out the bigger drawings. Lastly, I used a glue stick to glue the orange cut outs on the blue paper.

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I decided to use the complementary colors of blue and orange for an underwater scene. Half of the art would be underwater but the upper half would have the sky of birds and the sun.

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I didn’t end up using tape as I put in the picture. I found a glue stick my sister had. I first drew what shape I could easily cut around and then tried to cut around them as much as possible.

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When I cut them out precisely as I possibly can, I tried to put them to the corner as much as possible. And tried my best to create a mirror effect it was a bit difficult because as you can see some pieces are uneven but still turned out good.

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In Progress 1

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I wanted to do one that was only curvy lines. I didn't have two different colored pieces of paper so I just colored one with a black colored pencil to create the contrast. I enjoyed doing it but I found that it was easier with smaller scissors rather than adult scissors.

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In progress 2

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This is the second completed one. I like straight lines a lot but I struggle with only doing squares so I tried to challenge myself into doing shapes that weren't squares. I really like the hexagon going into the triangle. The rectangle with five pieces was extremely difficult to make but I like the way it looks.

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I used an x-acto knife to help with cutting out the design. It was fun doing this project, going to go back to it and try it out more on my off time.

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This is the final of the first one I did. Not really happy with it, but I do love black and red together.

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I used an X-acto knife for the second one as well to help cut out the shapes. I used a matt so I wouldn't cut on my table.

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I enjoy this one more then the first one I did. I think looking at the organic shapes are very calming. I also like the two red parts extending over the paper.

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I chose to do something that would be "Easier" to cut thorough for my first one. It's sharp edges and clear lines pair well with the black and white colors. I used both black and white construction paper

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for my second notan, i wanted to make it something that looked like an image, while also breaking out of the straight lines that I did for my first one. I continued to use black and white as I like seeing the contrast between the mirrored side of the image

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For these Notans I used construction paper form various colors, I tried to use colors that really contrasted from each other. I also used a pen, scissors, glue stick, and Google. I used Google for ideas as I have previously mention, I am not that artistic and needed some inspiration. My experience with creating these Notans was fun since my little one joined me. However, back to not being so artistic, I got a little frustrated in certain points. Yet, I feel like I did a good job and ended enjoying it overall.

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This is the final result after gluing the drawings in their designated spots. I wanted to create the cat image in the center, and for some extra design, I added some hearts around it. I was careful when cutting the tail because I wanted to make sure it wasn’t too thin and that the curve was even. I like the simplicity of this Notan, and how the image is quite clear.

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My materials are displayed in this image- scissors, glue stick, pencil, printer paper, and black construction paper. When I finished cutting out the drawings, I placed them in their appropriate spot before the gluing step.

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This is the completed result of the turtle. I associate turtles with the color green so I used light green construction paper to go with black. There are many curved lines involved in this turtle Notan and fewer straight lines. I like how it ended up turning out, especially the color combination.

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I drew the turtle on black construction paper. This is before fully cutting out the black construction paper, where the turtle lies.

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For my two notans, I tried to mix in different shapes. I used my white crayon to outline these shapes and guide myself when glueing. I did get confused with the one corner piece I did. I glued some of the pieces wrong at first and had to rearrange them. I used the tip in the video of marking your Notan square on the white before glueing the pieces which made it a lot easier to follow. I realized you have to be pretty precise when glueing all the pieces back. Especially all the small pieces. I would like to try creating more complex notans when I get more used to the technique. This was something I enjoyed doing especially because my daughter was able to join in the process.

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I used the construction paper that I had left from my siblings art projects and it’s so happens that the color we had is my favorite like mint greenish it was confusing at first but then I realized we are kind of making reflections on paper I also found it pretty cool that this meant light dark harmony in Japanese Its pretty cool when I find newer techniques but overall it was fun and I enjoyed it!!!

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This is my first Notan. I wasn't really sure what to do so I was a little bit confused. However, I think I eventually got the hang of it and I was able to create a bunch of designs. I enjoyed doing more curvy shapes and I thought they were a lot more dimensional, but I also experimented with some straight lines.

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This is my completed Notan. I think that it could've used some more work but I did pretty well for a first time. My favorite shape was the square that I made on the left side!

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On my second Notan, I understood a little bit more what I was supposed to be doing. I think I got a little bit lost as points but I think Notan #2 was a lot better than my first one in terms of design as I was able to experiment with more shapes.

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This is my completed Notan. I think that it's a lot better than my first Notan but could definitely still use a lot of work. Notan making is pretty fun and I think I'd want to do it more.

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I was exploring different shapes with different lines, I wanted to see what I could come up with. This was a fun thing to do and definetly was enjoyable!

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I was going more for curvy lines on this, it was interesting see everything come together and look very good at the end.

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This project was fun to do. I used colored constructions paper, a pencil to outline my drawings, regular scissors, small scissors, and a glues stick. The small scissors came in handy when I had to cut out the dog and cat especially the tails.

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I really like how this came out! I tried to do hands but it was kinda hard. I ended up using these really chunky sisciors so it made it a bit difficult to get details.

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This was the first one. Getting the circle cut out of the flower was really hard, but I think it made it look better afterall.

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I got a bit confused with the placements after I took this picture, but I figured it out in the end!

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Cutting out the clouds was my favorite part of this one.

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Supplies:
sketchbook paper
Black paper
Kitchen scissors
Ruler ( I got it afterwards because I forgot about it initially)
Glue stick
Pencil ( switched to a colored pencil because I couldn't see the regular pencil marks when I was sketching the design)

Over all it was a really cool project! If I do this again I will get smaller scissors or maybe an exact knife. The bulkyness of it made it hard to cut things out.

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For both Notans, I wanted to do something that I'd never seen before, after a bit of google research. I wanted something unique, even if it meant bending the rules of what a Notan could be. For this one, I chose to use letters as my shapes for the negatives: L O V E. In addition, instead of starting with a square base, I wanted something different, so I cut my square into 2 pieces, then out them together in an upside down diamondlike shape. I haven't seen a Notan yet with letters, and the unique factor of my Notans is what (in my opinion) makes them stand out from the really intricate works of art seen online and in this Padlet.

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For this Notan, I took the square/rectangular base that is used fairly often, and took a strip out of the center. Then, instead of going back to the square for different designs, I took pieces out of the strip that had been removed, and I think the end result looks really cool. Again, I haven't seen a Notan quite like this online, and I feel that the simplicity of this design, as well as the unique factor, really attract me to this piece.

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Raw materials

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In progress of first Notan

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Finish product of first Notan. I really didn’t know what to do so I went with I love which are flowers and know how to draw which is hearts lol.

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In progress of second Notan

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Finished product of second Notan. I still didn’t what to do but I like the heat so I did fire and I also just free draw that space on my papers so I figured why not.

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For my first notan, I used a square piece of black construction paper. At first, I thought I had an x-acto knife, which is why I got some cardboard and a self-healing mat. However, the blade was blunt and I had to turn to some grade school scissors. This photo shows that I was drawing and cutting along the way. I didn't really had a set image of what I wanted to make a notan of, so this image shows that I was working as I went along.

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This is my first notan all finished. I thought it looked really cool since I've never participated in creating art like this before. I was a bit disappointed since I wanted to create intricate patterns (similar to a mandala) for this project, but could only make very abstract shapes since they were easier to cut out. I think my favorite part of this notan is the lotus on the middle right side.

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Because I had some experience from my first notan, I felt more organized to start my second one. I wanted to create a forest/jungle/safari like scene. However, the picture couldn't have so much detail that I wouldn't be able to cut it out. In the end, I went with a notan where there would be a face of a lion, some greenery, and a fire. The swirls on the top represented the smoke.

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This is what my second notan looks like finished. Cutting out all the shapes weren't as hard as I expected. I think I only really struggled with the inner vein for my bottom right leaf. Besides that, everything went fine. I did have a bit of difficulty glueing everything on. I don't have any glue in my house at all. I only really have tape and a half-finished glue bottle. The problem is that the glue bottle doesn't have a tip, so I had to kind of paint the glue to the paper. It turned out fine for the first notan, but I think it's more noticeable for the second one since there's more detail. Overall, I really enjoyed this project since it was fun, yet challenging.

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This was the first Notan I've ever made, using some supplies from Target. I will say that I don't like my work on this one compared to the other one I made. It was a great learning experience however. One thing I do like is the ball on the top right that sort of looks like a Pokemon ball which I definitely made by accident. One thing I learned form this is that it is very difficult to cut the curvatures in the small shapes using scissors.

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The second notan was much easier to make as I knew what to expect when cutting. For my elementary understanding and skills of art, making basic shapes like triangles was much easier to create. I now know that an x-acto knife is a better option when cutting complex shapes.

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In this notan, I wanted to create something that represented something a bit peaceful if you may. Notans have broad variety going from simplicity to all out allowing the artist to have all creative control over exactly what they want to bring to life. I found the although the x-acto knife gives you more control over cardstock paper, it makes a little bit more difficult to pop the cut outs out rather than regular printer paper, which is much thinner.

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This notan was a lot easier and simpler than my first one since it has way less cute and the lines are the majority of the paper. This notan reminds me of cartoons I used to grow up watching and was by far faster to make due to the type of paper.

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In this Notan, I wanted to experiment with different shapes and lines. I like how the color purple stands out on the white background. Since I used normal scissors it was kind of easy to cut the pieces out because it was mainly straight lines.

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In Notan 1 and 2 I did not have construction paper so I colored a blank sheet of paper. I chose the color red for this Notan, however I quickly noticed it was not a good idea to color it again when it was glued down because little lines started to show. In this Notan, I wanted to do the opposite than the first one so I did more round and curved figures. I had to make sure to cut carefully around the little person, the cloud and the tree.

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This was a really cool project! I could see myself doing this again on my own. Thinking about the symmetry and balance as the image developed was quite relaxing

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I used a purple whiteboard and Hairstylist's Processing Foils to create my piece. I wanted to add interesting texture to my image, and I was pleasantly surprised by the reflection of light during the photographing stage.

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I used a purple whiteboard and Hairstylist's Processing Foils to create my piece. I wanted to add interesting texture to my image, and I was pleasantly surprised by the reflection of light during the photographing stage.

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Overall, this project was very fun, I learned a whole new art style that I never heard of before. Might try this again in the future and try to improve on it. My first one was just me experimenting with different designs. In my second one I tried to create very unique patterns and it turned out better than I hoped. I used a glue stick, pencil,black and white construction paper.