I was told that it was mandatory to include a description so here you go. It's on the art-style De Stijl if that helps at all..

1. Induction Project
September 2021

2. Task 1 – Research – Web source
De Stijl
 A term directly derived from the Dutch word for Style and also commonly referred
to as Neoplasticism, De Stijl was founded in the year 1917, during the First World
War, as a publication for the two abstract art pioneers, Piet Mondrian and Theo
van Doesburg.
 The art style is characterised by its major simplicity, use (in most cases solely) of
the three primary colours and values, thick black lines and geometric shapes (most
primarily rectangles which share their measurements with the adjacent shapes).
 De Stijl isn’t just explored in the realm of modern art, it’s also used for the
purposes of experimental architecture and furnishings as well as even web and
software design.
 Even Microsoft took inspiration from this art form during their Windows 8/RT
phase, favouring the simplicity and pleasant aesthetic feel of De Stijl’s geometric
layout over their previous style which was more reminiscent of their software’s
origins and roots.
Title/Weblink/Date accessed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Stijl
https://www.wired.com/2017/01/this-100-year-old-dutch-movement-shaped-web-design-today/

3. Task 1 – Research – Web source
Piet Mondrian
 Likely the most influential and famous artist to employ De Stijl was one of its two
founders, the late Dutchman Piet Mondrian. Mondrian was primarily active during
the early 1900s, producing such artworks as Broadway Boogie-Woogie, Gray Tree
and Composition with Red Blue and Yellow, with the latter being most accurate or
typical to the parameters of De Stijl (with the employment of vividly contrasting,
neatly geometrically aligned blocks structured in an orderly manner and defined
with bold black outlines). This style, more specifically, was also referred to as
neoplasticism (a term of which Mondrian had coined).
 Mondrian eventually limited his colour palette to the three primary colours (red,
blue, yellow) and the three primary values (black, white, grey) and limited the
direction the shapes were from one another to the two primary direction of
longitude and latitude.
 Theo van Doesburg once proclaimed that: ”Mondrian realizes the importance of
the line”, suggesting that this was a heavy aspect of Mondrian’s work due to its
great importance in the world of art.
Title/Weblink/Date accessed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrian

4. Task 1 – Research – Web source
Theo van Doesburg
 Another one of the two founders involved in the formation of De Stijl as an
artform was Theo van Doesburg. Van Doesburg was a Dutch artist, primarily active
during the 1910s and 20s, who was inspired by the works of Van Gogh in his early
work due to the exploration of obscure style and subject matter. Much like
Mondrian, van Doesburg was seemingly heavily invested in the conceptual interests
of art and the surrealism or spirituality that artworks can represent to people.
This most likely drove the inspiration and common interest between the two
Founders of De Stijl to go ahead and base their artworks from that point on more
abstract concepts, as opposed to easily recognisable mimicries of scenes in their
lives.
 Van Doesburg was responsible (at least partially) for the creation of such works as
L’Aubette, Russian Dance and the Counter-Compositions series, as well as many
more, most of which followed the parameters of De Stijl to some extent.
Title/Weblink/Date accessed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_van_Doesburg

5. Photoshop tasks
Colour replacement:
Title/Weblink/Date accessed:

6. Task 3 – Production/Final Products
 Include a version of your print product/screenshots
 Include a link to your blog where you have posted this PP and your final
products – the post on your blog should be titled ‘Induction Week Project’

7. Task
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Production/Final
Products

8. Task 4 – Evaluation – Production
 Describe three strengths of your final pieces.
 My first strength that I would like to establish is the fact that I generally followed
the colour scheming and original rules of De Stijl, with the exception of the use of
green. However, besides the use of that colour, every colour in my piece was
extracted directly from the original artworks by Mondrian for the sake of extreme
colour accuracy.
 My next strength would be the discreet inclusion of the Classic Windows Logo in
the top right corner of the piece (the opposite corner to where it appears on their
OS by default). This was included as a homage to the fact that Windows took
inspiration from Neoplasticism for a couple of their recent overhauls of their
Operating System.
 A final strength of my piece would be the use of thick black borders to distinguish
between colour blocks, as well as lack of after effects on the blocks to stay true to
the original simplicity and cleanliness of De Stijl. Minimalism is a large aspect of
the artform and so I attempted to reflect this in my piece by not over-
complicating the piece with shadows or three-dimensionalism etc.

9. Task 4 – Evaluation – Production
 Describe three areas for improvement in your final pieces.
 In hindsight with my piece, I could possibly improve it by using a darker font to
vivify the areas in which the colour resides. Otherwise, I could find a font which
fits the spaces better or tailor some of the space to fit the font in a way that ties
the piece together better.
 Another improvement I could make would be to negate the need for the shade of
green in order to stay true to the parameters of the original works while also
possibly maintaining true to the Windows IP by using their more modernised shade
of blue that is present in their contemporary logo. If not, simply removing the
green may lead to a similar positive effect.
 One final improvement I would make would be to increase the number of
references to technology used in the piece. For example, one member of my group
ended up basing their piece on the way in which Google Images appears when the
page is loading slowly and the images are all block colour. This was unanimously
pointed out during the planning stages but any reference to technology such as
this that still fits the theme and the guidelines of De Stijl well would be a
welcome addition to the piece that would improve upon a mere mimicry of how
the original artworks were formulated.

10. Task 4 – Evaluation – Problem Solving
 Describe three problems you faced in your project and how you solved these
 One problem I faced during production was getting the blocks in my piece to align
neatly against both one-another as well as the edge of the canvas. The automated
function for this ended up leaving thin white gaps which would appear like split
seams. I resolved this by entering the numbers myself into the X and Y coordinates
tab for any of the blocks which had this issue. If a block were too small, I would
also adjust the scale in this same menu.
 Another problem I faced was getting each block to have the same sized edge. The
edges were accomplished through the stroke effect which meant every black line
would be equivalent to the width of two stroke effect lines, as each block of
colour possessed this effect. I resolved any of these discrepancies by creating a
small rectangle that would be rescaled to mimic the size of an edge, and then just
placing these accurately in positions that lacked a proper sized black line.
 One final problem I faced was the text for my title being too small to read, as a
result of the size of the white space I situated it in. So resolve this, I lengthened
the white box over one of the existing shapes (this lead to the L-shaped blue
shape in the piece). An improvement I would make over this in future would be to
pre-plan an area for the text to go in, before adding all the rest of the blocks.

11. Task 4 – Evaluation – Working with others
 Choose three aspects of your production where you worked well with your team and this
benefited the project
 One way in which we worked well as a team was by organising our tasks and time amongst
one another efficiently. For example, I did the founding artists research during the first
session while another member of the group did the generalised information and another
begun production ideas. This benefitted the project as we had the structure to work at a
quicker pace than if we all focused on the same job for that session.
 Another way in which we worked well as a team was by sharing ideas and feedback on our
individual works between each other on occasion. This was beneficial for the project as it
allowed us to get second and third opinions on our pieces for us to know if we were making
mistakes or if there were an area of our piece which stood out as particularly unpolished,
instead of these mishaps making it into the final product.
 One final way in which we worked well as a team was by showing one-another different
techniques to use on photoshop. This allowed us to share any information we had that the
other members didn’t possess in order to improve the whole group’s set of skills and in turn,
their final pieces. One example of this was me showing a member of the group how to use
the Textbox tool and where to click to allow for editing different aspects of the text, after it
how it was initially set.

12. Task 4 – Evaluation - Feedback
 Discuss the feedback you received from your tutor during the project and how you
used this to improve the project
 In terms of positive feedback, I was told that I had compartmentalised the text
well to leave enough space for the artwork to exist and used some vibrant and
accurate colours which were pleasant to look at. This positive feedback allowed
me to know what I didn’t need to improve upon and therefore these are the
aspects in which I kept the same.
 In terms of constructively negative feedback, I was told that I had left little space
for the text to breathe and that I should have experimented with different sans-
serif fonts which better dignify the style of the poster. To improve upon this
therefore, I would look further through the fonts available for a font that is likely
thicker or blockier and then use this in block colour, along with a bold outline, to
match the fashion of the text. I would also once again slightly widen the space
which the text resides in or make the text slightly smaller, in order to draw more
attention to it, instead of having it blend into the piece so much that it isn’t easily
legible or eye-catching