2012/12/11
My Take On Soft Art - MY WORKS
As I posted below I loved the soft object series. I also love drinking Sunkist orange soda. So it wasn't hard for me to come up with this idea. The logo, pull tab, and fake soda was hand sewn and the soda can body was sewn with a sewing machine. I use it as a pillow now.
Claes Oldenburg - ARTIST
One of my favorite American artist have to be Claes Oldenburg. I love how he creates works of art which are a blend of reality and fantasy. He took objects from the everyday world such as typewriters,
lipstick, a flashlight and lifted them out of their usual context, creating a new look and purpose. My favorite series have to be the soft objects. He took objects from the real world and placed them out of context. Doing this by making objects soft when they should be hard.
Sillhouettes - MY THOUGHTS
Silhouettes tell the viewers many things with less. Silhouettes are the outline or shape of an object. When an object is far away, all you can see is its outline shape. As the object moves closer, you
will start to notice graphic break ups and surfacing, and when it is
very close, you can see details and texture. A quick glance of an object will
likely only give you the silhouette information. But even if you don't see what color or texture the object was you can tell what it was instantly by identifying its silhouette. Silhouettes can be beautiful, if use correctly as proven in the iPod Ads.
Optical Illusions - MY THOUGHTS
As a graphic designer, it is important to train my eyes. Slight changes in color and compositions should matter and know why it works or why it doesn't. I love the the idea of the "golden spiral" also known as the Fibonacci spiral. Most of my designs are mathematical compositions designed to feel balanced and natural. These are famous optical illusions that are sometimes helpful in design.
Answers:
1. Both are the same length
2. The bottom line goes through
3. Both are the same length
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1. Which red line is longer?
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2. Which straight line is connected to the other side?
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3. Which red line is longer?
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Answers:
1. Both are the same length
2. The bottom line goes through
3. Both are the same length
Color Coded - MY WORKS
To start, I would like to say that I love soda. This series of images I designed is for all the soda lovers out there. My concept was to show how color is as important as the text logo itself. When designing a logo it’s very important to have color since “color sells.” In my design I set each logo in the center, boxed in by a thick border. This is to show the image used in the background and text. The images used are fruits; Coca-cola as cherries, Sunkist as oranges, Cactus Cooler as pineapple, 7up as lime, Pepsi as blueberries, and Fanta as grapes. I tried to make each fruit to match the flavor of the soda. Logo designer need to create logos that are can be remembered by both the color used and the logo itself.
Signs In Action - MY WORKS
In my work I wanted to show the signs we see every day as if they were one of us. Having the idea of a two dimensional design in a three dimensional world. I made all three works to have the original sign in the image as if the silhouette character just got out. I made it in to a series where you see the walking sign traveling to meet the others in the end. The first two images are of the walking sign and the third has; children crossing, handicap, walking, construction, exit, and trash signs. I wanted to make all three images as real as possible, making a convincing image of the signs in the environment.
L’Imagerie Gallery - GALLERY
I went to L’imagerie Gallery which housed over a thousand movie and rock concert posters. At first look I didn’t expect the gallery being filled with posters in such a small building but I was wrong. The gallery is filled with the original print posters of movies and rock concerts from the 60s to the 80s. Under each poster there is a number which is the price of the poster. In this gallery it is possible to buy any of the posters in the building if it has a price on it. With all the posters priced from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. There are also American movie posters in Japanese and Japanese movie posters in English.
2012/10/14
Won Park - ARTIST
Not a famous artist but I wanted to post about him becuase of his awsome dollar origami.
Tim Noble and Sue Webster - ARTIST
Timothy "Tim" Noble and Susan "Sue" Webster, two British artists who work as a collaborative duo, and are associated with the post-YBA generation of artists. I will be introducing a series they made that I thought was very interesting.
Shadow Sculptures:
This series uses trash to create shadows that look like people. They hit a spotlight to things that usually are hidden from us.
Shadow Sculptures:
This series uses trash to create shadows that look like people. They hit a spotlight to things that usually are hidden from us.
Banksy - ARTIST
Banksy is an England-based graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter. He has traveled around the world spreading his works. If you don't know who he is I reccomend watching the documenary "Exit Through The Giftshop". My favorite work he has done is the phonebooth with the pickaxe. This was also introduced in the documenary.
The Dieline - WEBSITE
2012/10/07
Ken Feingold - ARTIST
Ken Feingold was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1952 and moved to New York City with his family in 1956. He studied at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, making experimental 16mm films and film installations and working at The Film-Makers' Cooperative in New York.
Ken Feingold was an artist that incorporated artificial intelligence and speech programs into his art works. He created mechanized heads that was programed to answer to people speaking to it or each other. His mechanized heads are voiced by the text-to-speech program that most people have heard of.
Self-Portrait as the Center of the Universe (1998-2001)
This piece is a self-portrait not as a 2d but 3d form, being the center of the Universe. The center head is modeled after the artist's own surrounded by dummies. The center head talks to a projected virtual counterpart on the wall. These conversations are between the real and virtual spaces.
If/Then (2001)
This piece has two identical heads. That speaks to each other, doubting the reality of their own existence. The conversation of the two heads in a box full of Styrofoam. It makes it seem like robot parts that was sent out but accidentally turned on. They have conversions with each other determining if they really exist or not, if they are the same person or not, and if they will ever know. This piece gives the viewers the idea of self-awareness. The, "do you really know who you are?" question.
Sinking Feeling (2001)
A single head, modeled after himself. This time this character knows it alive and doesn't question its own existence but questions why he does not look like you or me. Questions like "why don't I have a body like everyone else?" or "how did I get here?" The viewer can communicate with this piece by talking into the mike which you can see both their own words as they are heard by this head. the head formulates a reply on what the viewer has said simulating a real conversation filled with misunderstandings and sometimes randomness. This work shows the head growing out a flower pot suggesting organic. Questioning what makes you, you?
Ken Feingold was an artist that incorporated artificial intelligence and speech programs into his art works. He created mechanized heads that was programed to answer to people speaking to it or each other. His mechanized heads are voiced by the text-to-speech program that most people have heard of.
Self-Portrait as the Center of the Universe (1998-2001)
This piece is a self-portrait not as a 2d but 3d form, being the center of the Universe. The center head is modeled after the artist's own surrounded by dummies. The center head talks to a projected virtual counterpart on the wall. These conversations are between the real and virtual spaces.
If/Then (2001)
This piece has two identical heads. That speaks to each other, doubting the reality of their own existence. The conversation of the two heads in a box full of Styrofoam. It makes it seem like robot parts that was sent out but accidentally turned on. They have conversions with each other determining if they really exist or not, if they are the same person or not, and if they will ever know. This piece gives the viewers the idea of self-awareness. The, "do you really know who you are?" question.
Sinking Feeling (2001)
A single head, modeled after himself. This time this character knows it alive and doesn't question its own existence but questions why he does not look like you or me. Questions like "why don't I have a body like everyone else?" or "how did I get here?" The viewer can communicate with this piece by talking into the mike which you can see both their own words as they are heard by this head. the head formulates a reply on what the viewer has said simulating a real conversation filled with misunderstandings and sometimes randomness. This work shows the head growing out a flower pot suggesting organic. Questioning what makes you, you?
COMMON TREAD - GALLERY
The theme of this gallery, in the CSUF Begovich Gallery, was traveling throughout America. This gallery was filled with a feeling of nostalgia. First, when one gets in the gallery they are welcomed to a wall fill with photos of landscapes creating a living room atmosphere. In the gallery there are other pieces of landscape photos and even a wall of car photos. Inside one will see a big screen created as a miniature billboard which changes how it looks every few seconds. The eye of the gallery would have to be the garage that was built inside the gallery. In this garage there is a map of the US with a bowl of pins below it. Where people can take the pin and put it anywhere on the map one has gone before. This creates a traveling map where the "owner" of the garage seems like they traveled all across America. I thought this gallery was nice to see and was especially surprised to see a garage in side the gallery. If you have time I recommend having a look inside.
2012/09/12
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