Carey Little — Science Leadership Academy @ Beeber

Carey Little's Capstone

Posted by Carey Little in Senior Capstone · Elish · ILP/TFI/CAP on Friday, May 18, 2018 at 11:58 pm

When i was four years old my mom bought me my first gaming console. A man down the street from my house was selling a Playstation 2. That's where my love of games began. Now my only goal is to spread to the joy of video games to others. That's why I have decided to make my capstone the creation of my first game named "The Restraint of Carlos".

Based on the popular games "The Binding Of Issac" and the original Legend of Zelda games, it is a top down survival game where the objective is to defeat as many enemies as possible before all of your health is depleted. The images you see are some I took during the creation of the game. During my presentation People will be able to the firsts to play the game.

P2 3D Sculpture

Posted by Carey Little in Art 2 · Hertz · C1 on Monday, January 22, 2018 at 1:56 pm

My work is a 3D sculpture. I decided to do this because saw this as an opportunity to bring one of my many characters to life. To do just that I decided to create a “Shadow The Hedgehog” based character since he is where my character draws a lot of his features from. He is all black just like Shadow but instead of going with red like the source I went with yellow to make it my own. The quills on his head are down instead of up to show the more relaxed personality he has. The statue was originally supposed to stand but after working with the clayI realized that the head would have outweighed the body and would have fell over. This is why I put him in a reclining position.

The materials used to make this are clay and acrylic paint. I started by making the head which was the biggest part since there were alot of things to attach to it. I used a little water to make it easier to attach the clay to itself. After that I attached all of the limbs and made sure that he didn’t fall over when left alone. Then I painted the whole thing black waited for it to dry painted it again then added all the yellow details.

One famous artist that also used clay is Peter Voulkos (Link). I think that an important technique to know is how to re-attach clay once you take it apart. If you don’t wet the clay a little the areas where the two pieces come together will be fragile. This is something I worked on during the creation of my image. I am most proud of the fact that I was able to turn my setback into a success. The only regret I have no base for it to sit on as that caused someone to break it by accident. I really enjoy art and this was the perfect way to communicate and express who I am

Neko Neko Nee

Posted by Carey Little in Art 2 · Hertz · C1 on Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 8:27 am

My work is a self portrait. I decided to do this because to me there is no one better suited to give an accurate representation of you than yourself. To represent myself I decided draw myself in a sort of chibi style because the word “adorable” tends to get thrown around alot when I’m with my friends. There is my life string which is attached to a controller meaning my life will always come back to video games. The 7 point star is the seal of the Cherokee representing me being part Cherokee. The background is a rainbow because I have a colorful personality that can change at any minute. Lastly I myself have a cat tail and ears. This is just to show my love of cats.

The materials used to make this are oil pastel for the color and a charcoal pencil for all the black areas and outlines. I started by using transfer paper to move my drawing from my sketchbook to my paper. After that I went over all the lines in the charcoal. Then I filled in the spaces with various pastels. Then in an attempt to reduce the visibility of white showing through I decided to scrap away the pastel with a transpass leaving the paper with a stained look.

One famous artist that also used oil pastels is Edgar Degas (Link). I think that an important technique to know is the blending of the pastel. If you don’t blend then the paper will end up showing through the paper and drawing attention away from the image itself. This is something I worked on during the creation of my image. I am am most proud of the fact that i was able to turn my something the usually has nothing to do with art into a useful tool. The Only regret I have i that I did the charcoal first because it ended up smearing and making the picture dirty. I really enjoy art and this was the perfect way to communicate and express who I am