ArtTalk Portfolio Critique Sheet

Describe What do you see?

Artists Name: Hugo HerreraDate Created: FallTitle of the work: Phantom Chica
Medium used: Photoshop
Analyze How is the work organized? What elements or principles of design are used? Use art
vocabulary to analyze the work.
Lines: What kind of lines are in the work? Straight, curved, dotted, broken, wavy, jagged, textured,
horizontal, vertical diagonal, contour or outlines. Were the lines created by abrupt color, value or
texture changes? (2-3 sentences) The only lines that appear are the outlines of the images, but is
are rough and blurred, making you wonder if the subject is a solid or a gas.

Color and Value

Are the colors warm, cool, bright, dull, light, opaque or transparent? Values resulting from
combinations of lights and darks, or shades and tints of a color.
Shapes (two-dimensional) and forms (three-dimensional), representational, abstract,
organic, geometrical, open, closed.
Texture Rough, smooth, coarse, soft, bumpy, hairy, shady, etc. Simulated you can see
but not feel it or real. (Dont confuse texture with pattern the repetition of some motif in
a recognizable order, such as polka dots or a checkerboard.
(2-3 sentences) The tint that the artist uses is a ghostly one, giving it an eerie feeling. Even the
warm yellow of the chicken is turned cool.

Balance: What contributes to balance in the composition? Is the balance symmetrical,

asymmetrical or radial? (2 -3 sentences)The balance is asymmetrical.

Interpret What message does this artwork communicate to you?

Write about the feeling, mood or message of this work. Defend your interpretation with evidence from
the description and analysis information above and/or use art history or past experiences.
(3-5 sentences)The feeling I'm getting off this image is a spooky one. Seeing how Chica is actually a ghost
of a child that is possesing the animatronic that the child's body was stuffed in, it feels like there is some
irony in it. I also find Chica being a ghost ironic,becaust in the new game Chica is a ghost.

Judge What do you think of the work?

Write about the success of this work, explain.

(3-5 sentences)I think that the work was successful for the reason that it feels like it is an actual ghost.