Selected Works (Quality)

2-D Design Sample 1

AP Portfolio Score: 5
Quality Section Score: 5

This work displays a highly successful use of the elements of design and application of 2-D design principles.

In this Selected Works (Quality) section:

All the work exhibits excellent, well-informed decision making and intention in conceptualization, process, and the application of 2-D principles.
The composition of the works is consistently original, imaginative, and inventive.
The work shows successful engagement with experimentation and/or risk taking in all pieces.
The work as a whole is confident and evocative; it engages the viewer with visual qualities such as expressive verve or nuanced subtlety.
The technical competence of the work is excellent; materials and media are used effectively to express ideas.

Click an image to view a larger version.

AP Portfolio Score: 4
Quality Section Score: 4

This work displays a good use of the elements of design and application of 2-D design principles.

In this Selected Works (Quality) section:

The work shows good use of the elements of design, but the application of 2-D design principles is not always successful. The student’s application of the principles (balance, figure/ground, and emphasis) is not consistent.
Some clear decision making in the use of design elements (value, line, texture, color) and some intention with respect to the application of the principles (repetition, balance) are evident.
The work shows engagement with experimentation and/or risk taking with materials and media, but with uneven success in some of the pieces.
Some of the work has evocative qualities that engage the viewer, though confidence is not always obvious.
Some of the work demonstrates good technical competence and use of materials and media; technical aspects and articulation of ideas do not always work together.

Click an image to view a larger version.