Object Documentation Log

I did my documentation log on leaves I found outside of Century Apartments. Some I found in the dirt, others on the sidewalk and grass. The leaves measured anywhere from 1 1/2-3 inches long and 1/4-1 1/2 inches wide.

Observations:
1. Some have yellow stems and veins, others have brown veins
2. one is shaped differently with 3 “fingers” and is brown
3. the one with 3 “fingers” has a longer stem than all the others
4. the 3 fingered leaf is crumpling and is broken→older
5. some of the leaves are curling on the sides
6. some of the leaves are very dry and bumpy
7. one leaf is large.
8. the large one is very green. A medium green in some parts and a yellow green in other parts.
9. one leaf is very curly and has cracks and holes in it.
10. leaf with cracks has some red veins/stems
11. some leaves have patches of color in a poke-a-dot design
12. brown freckles on medium leaf
13. medium leaf’s top is browning
14. the skinny leaf is brown and yellow.
15. the skinny leaf is smooth and does not feel like it will crumple
16. skinny leaf has black spots, the others don’t
17. skinny lead has large golden patch on middle right
18. big green leaf has brown/burnt color near top
19. big green leaf’s top curves in on itself, like the top of a heart
20. skinny leaf is shaped like a feather where tip is narrow.
21. most leaves’ tops are wide.
22. leaf with chunk missing has lighter patches, like color has been removed.
23. browning resembles burnt paper
24. green leaf feels moist and smooth
25. brown leaves feel dry
26. dry leaves make crunch sounds
27. when you bend green leaf it smells like a moist plant
28. green leaf is filled of moisture
29. dry leaves smell like dirt
30. leaves are flat and thin!

The leaves in the image are the leaves I studied. I took a photo of them before they died. I went into Photoshop and cut each one out and rearranged them. Then I added a textured background. I put the leaf that looked the most different in the center so that it would be the center of the attention. All the other similar leaves surround it, trapping it. I also arranged the leaves so that they point towards each other; creating a spiral that leads to the middle leaf. The background is a texture I found on the internet.