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I used black construction paper, pencil, white pencil, glue, ruler, scissors, and a hobby knife. This is the first time doing something like this and I had a lot of fun.

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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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This experience was fun but slightly difficult. I had difficulty cutting some of the designs I made, I almost cut some of the designs in half. I also struggled with the smaller designs since they were small. I actually did a similar activity when I was in high school, I did more designs since I had an X- acto knife. I used 4 sheets of paper, pencil, scissors, and glue.

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I was really excited to work on this project. I had a design in mind but as I was working on it, it just didn't come out right the way I wanted. So I just went with it.
The supplies I used for this notan was 1 white sheet of paper, 1 black sheet of paper, a white color pencil, regular pencil, scissor, ruler, and glue.

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This came out better than I expected. My vision was to create my love for hiking.

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I used the same supplies as I did in notan #1.

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I wanted notan #2 to be special, something that came from my heart and represented family. For each cut one would represented my husband, two boys, and myself. Making it a total of 4 cuts for the four of us.

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This was my first try in creating my first notan. I was just experimenting with different shapes and lines. As my first notan I think this one went pretty well.

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This is the end product, I used a black piece of paper, white piece of paper, pencil, scissors, and a glue stick. I'm happy how this notan turned out because at first I was nervous that it wouldn't look good.

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Now that I finished my first one my second one I felt a little bit for comfortable. I used the same materials as my first notan.

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I had a lot of fun making this one because the shapes I was going off of are the ones on my tattoo. There were a lot more lines to cut out than my first one so I had to be extra careful not to mess up

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The set up.

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So far so good

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I love the symbolism of the four cuts representing the members of your family! But instead of having the four parts all glued to the left of the “hinge”, you could alternate flipping them to the left and right to maximize the effect. Do you know what I mean? Give it a try and post another version of you can! I’d love to see it. - Professor Gregor

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So I realized I am far better at tracing (outlining) objects with a pen or pencil at this point in my life. My scissor skills need some skills. I also need some bigger scissors. I like the concept and tried multiple times before ending up on these two final pieces. I was really ambitious initially and ended up discarding a couple pieces I thought I was capable of completing. I tried drawing and cutting a bridge which I thought looked like a kindergartner finished, then a baby ripped apart, and then I tried to paste on paper. Overall a reality to my art skills were shown today to say the least. On this piece I just named "The shooting star over the mountain range" I tried to simulate a landscape scene with mountains, clouds, a shooting star and a tree. As I am typing this I noticed I glued the "Shooting Star" off point too. So my hand eye coordination needs some improvement as well.

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This is a tribal and surfer inspired piece. I like the attempt at making a palm tree and ying/yang type of symbol. I love the beach and visiting Hawaii. I hope you all try to it enjoy as well.

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I actually had a lot of fun doing this project, it did take me a good amount of time but I have never done and art assignment like this and I really enjoyed it. I did have some difficulty from some of my corner pieces but overall I think it turned our pretty good especially for my first time. For my materials I just used a ruler, construction paper, a glue stick and some scissors which I all had laying around my house so it made it easier for me to complete this assignment.

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My materials.

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Making Art!

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1st Notan: inspired by nature.

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2nd Notan: using symmetrical and asymmetrical lines.

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I created stars and the moon since I enjoy stargazing. My drawings weren't the best, but I tried my best.

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I wanted to create something challenging ,but not to hard. I used black construction paper, pencil, hobby knife, and glue. My inspiration was the tree from Lord of the Rings

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This is a cool image its almost like the tree is on top and the roots hitting the bottom.

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Thank you Professor Gregor for the suggestion. I was able to create another notan. I hope this is what you meant.

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I first began by drawing a skyline and then cutting it the best I could with an exact knife.

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For the dark buildings I had to use paint because I did not have black construction paper.

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This was my first attempt at a notan and it was going well so far.

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This was the end result. I had no real imagae here. I was going with the flow and it actually went okay. The swirls at the top were actually really hard to do I had to use a box cutter which made it look a little worse... but I think overall it was fun to do and I ended up having another idea for my second.

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Here is my work in process, I have started to slowly cut out the swirls. with Excel blade , although it seems to cut only one way so it has been a bit tricky.

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This was the end result for my second notan. It didn't go as well as I thought it was going to. I had strawberry lemonade in mind while making this. It is my favorite beverage, or one of my favorite beverages so I was inspired by it. The lemon on the right and strawberry on the left. The top and the bottom were supposed to be leaves, but it kind of ended up looking like fire. Although it didn't turn out how I wanted it to, I still like it.

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I chose to create Notan #1 using snakes although it did not come out how I expected .. I feel that being able to have a swivel of a blade or scissor with a swirl cut would have made these a bit more snake like appearance but overall I'm excited to have tried something new and my whole family was interested. for this project I used black construction paper , white printer paper and glue.

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An Inspiration for my second Notan came from the #1 Notan I wanted to incorporate more of a flames effect, but practice will make perfect.

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Notan #2 Complete : Cube Of Flames or Petals 

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Notan #2 Complete : Cube Of Flames or Petals 

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For this Notan I used Black construction Paper along with a white printer paper background , and scissors. I chose to do a flame for my #2 because I wanted to incorporate an Eyes into the work as well which made me want to cut out the middle of the flames . Although it was tough only using the scissors. I had a great experience with this Art concept and cant wait to learn more.

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I started off with puzzles pieces to show it is unfinished and searching for the right piece that fits, as a puzzle does. I enjoy arrows as they can lead to anything! A cloud because I enjoy the beautiful sky and how a cloud can help you on a sunny day but also can rain on your parade, the best of both worlds.

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I started off with something different but as I continued to cut shapes into this square I realize I wants a theme and changed up some things

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This begun as drips, I like the way it drops into the bottom like it’s gooey slime easing it’s way down. I was a bit more random on my second one and just went crazy and did whatever shapes or movements that came up in the moment.

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I was more free in this one with no desired look, just freehand shapes and went with the flow of my pencil. I wanted to use as much space as possible. I enjoyed creating this just to see what the end would be like with no real expectation of it .

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#1 Raw Materials: Black cardstock and white printer paper

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#1 Raw Materials: Black cardstock and white printer paper

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I decided to use black and white because I love those colors. I thought it was going to be easier to use an utility knife than using scissors. Both are hard for me.

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Here is when I finished cutting all the parts for the two notans.

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This actually, was my second notan because the first one didn’t came out good. I think it was to small and it was hard to cut with the utility knife. Specially round shapes. I could have added something else here I feel like is missing something. But I still like it.

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This is my favorite, after the first try I was scared to draw a too complicated notan for me to cut. I had fun with this one adding more shapes. I wonder if having a X-acto Knife would make the work easy for a more complex notan.

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Here are the materials for my first notan. It was difficult to cut out the shapes with hands shaking a bit and using big scissors had me make slight mistakes that I had to incorporate them to my work. Not bad for  first time. I got creative by using items on my desk to draw my shapes and steady my hand to cut.

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Here is my first completed notan. Honestly, I was nervous about how’d it end, but the result ended well. The shapes represent my life with the “wifi bars” being my family, no matter how far we’ll remain connected, even in bad times. The 8 represent the possibilities of options around me and those I interact with. The diamond could represent my potential, it’s rough but I got the making to be successful. On top I was trying to make rabbit ears, but ended to them away so I adapted them for something else. I guess the rectangles and the now cone shape triangles stand as my individuality and show I’m not fully good or evil, and that I’m both. Looks well for the first time! This was inspired and based upon my family.

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Here are my second notan materials. Slightly better and fewer errors. Added a little more creativity and thought into what the shapes would represent and mean. There were some shaking hands but I put more patience to cut out the rounded shapes. Had a few close calls in losing the smaller cutouts. I took some to trace out the shapes and thought to cut out. Had to use a ruler to more clean lines for cutting

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This is the halfway point for my first notan, which was much more difficult to work with than I expected. I used white printer paper for the background and pink origami paper for the base square, which cut very smoothly but was still tricky because I made some of my designs too small. The larger shapes like the tree were much easier to work into place though.

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This is the finished notan, which came to be because I wasn't too sure if I could pull off more abstract elements. I definitely learned my lesson on making designs too small though since parts of the butterflies and the cat's legs got cut off or crushed as I tried to work them in. So while not as clean as I would have liked, this first attempt was a mostly-there success.

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Here is my second completed notan. This time I took inspiration on myself for this one. I went more creative with the shapes and made them based on the ideas I put into the work. The shapes in a form of a clown on the left mostly represent my happy-go-lucky personality as I do want to as much enjoyment in the fun. On the bottom I messed up in the smaller shapes as I made them jagged, so I integrated them into the “emerald” and it came out alright. The meaning of the emerald means truth and love along with the hearts. The jagged shapes above are my obstacles and nightmares, that whisper lies and failure. I think I did a lot better for the second time!

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For this notan, working with more abstract shapes and placement was a little more comfortable after the first attempt. I tried to move some of the pieces around so they weren't directly mirroring each other and made more of the designs larger to avoid the same mistakes as last time. The materials for this one are white printer paper and green origami paper, which was still a blessing to work with while cutting.

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This notan was much more fun to work with given the larger designs, although I did try to make a spiral in the bottom right corner that didn't quite work out. Still, having elements that weren't mirrored such as the staircase in the top right was interesting to work with and overall led to a much more forgiving and exploratory experience.

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For my finished and first notan I decided to make make sharp edged initials. This turned out a lot cooler than I thought.

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I decided to use these two shades of color. I wanted to create something I usually don’t draw a lot. A hothouse with a flower put were my end results. Very unusual that I sit down and I crest stuff like this.

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Although my skills aren’t perfect this is my finish notan. The materials I used were not the best. I took advantage my my pencil and glue stick to really stick my papers together. I was not disappointed on my finished notan. This was a very fun assignment.

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In this imagine I will include my material.

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The materials I used were white paper, brown wrapping paper, liquid glue, scissors, and a pencil. I found this assignment a tiny bit difficult since I didn't have a glue stick so it made the process rather messy. Notan #1 was easier to cut out than notan #2 just because the shapes were bigger and not as complex. Notan #1 was just about creating different fun shapes. Notan #2 was moreso a whole portrait of two people by a house under during the day. I especially liked doing notan #2 because it looks more-so like a full portrait. I also would like to add that an exacto knife would have been easier to do the cutting process as well. Overall, I thought this was a very therapeutic process, especially if there's some good music in the background playing! This definitely challenged my patience, but allowed me to just be in the moment.

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When I first started I was trying to go for a face with some facial features. However, as it started to come along it made it look more different. So apologies if you can't tell what this one is supposed to be.

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Since I got some experience from the first one, I started to visualize this one before I actually started. So for this one I went for a square that was in a way holding the other pieces hostage. Hopefully, this one looks more like what it was supposed to.

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I used general use Glue Stick, a pair of scissors, and a pencil to trace and cut out my shapes on the Notan. I have never created a Notan before, definitely nervous to figure out wether or not I was doing it correctly. Questioning if I was over complicating my art.

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I used the same materials for my first Notan to use creating my second. I wanted to be a bit more creative with this second one. I experimented using more lines to cut out, somewhat creating more depths. It was definitely easier than when I tried creating my first.

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I tried my hardest to be artistic and creative but I guess, it’s not as pretty or nice as I imagine it to be. But making notans, cutting off pieces of your puzzle and sticking it on the paper to creative it is a relaxing in a way to set off your mind on a long busy week I’ve had. I need more practice though, as my art looks like a 5yo made it.

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My materials: a pencil, glue stick, two pieces of white paper and one piece of black construction paper.

My experience: While making these I aimed more at doing simple shapes. While complex ones are fun, this was my first time doing this kind of thing. So to be able to do this was really fun! The glueing portions was tedious, but being able to find the right side of the pieces to give it’s desired affect was like doing a puzzle. Which made me enjoy making them even more!