Thursday, February 9, 2012
Billy Collins: Now and Then
DESIGN ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES:
At the beginning of the video the lines lead into the animations and they guide your eyes to the next frame.The paper and drawing consists of traditional Chinese water paint. The design is simplistic and the lines are brushed thick.It changes from traditional Chinese water paint to an animated cartoon to a realistic scenery. He emphasizes "loud cartoons on television" as if he is implying that they are a joke.
It emphasizes that life isn't what it used to be like. And how the traditions and lifestyle back then is different from today's society.
ANALYZING:
In my opinion i think that the artist demonstrated good transitions throughout the video and a good message. It was something understandable. The colors are very organic and earth like. I think the video is about understanding different times, or making sense of it all.
DISCUSS THE USE OF SOUND:
There is no music whatsoever but Billy Collins (narrator) describes the poem through the images. The emotion of his voice in monotone but i find it easier to connect too.
SEQUENCING:
almost each sequence is around 7 seconds apart this means that it is a short period of time but it doesn't bore the audience.
OVERALL OPINION:
I think this video and poem relate well with each other because it is amazing how we learn how differently we live throught the years and centuries.This inspires me because it gives me an outlook to do more timeless art pieces.
Monday, February 6, 2012
the Missing Pages Poem Assignment
Our assignment in class was to research 4 historical figures. This poem is about making Black History heritage more defined to not only Canadians but others who are unfamiliar with it. it is as if the author is making a metaphor to how the pages of history are being lost like the pages of a poem. The 3 people i decided to write about are:Stanley grizzle, Viola Desmond, Henry Bibb and Domestic Workers (not a person). I used the 5 W's to further my research and make it more clear.
Who: STANLEY GRIZZLE
What: After serving in Europe during WW2 Grizzle started to be involved in the Union more. He opened management to black people and he was also one of the leaders of the Civil Rights in 1950. Grizzle worked with the Labor Committee to Combat Racial Intolerance.
When: (Birth year) 1918
Where: (Birth place) Toronto, Ontario
Why: Grizzle wanted society to be more opened to diversity.
Who: VIOLA DESMOND
What:Viola Desmond refused to sit in the assigned area in which black people were supposed to sit which was the balcony of the theatre. The theatre had been segregated this means the black people had to sit in a different area that the whites and this caused a separation of colour between the two.Desmond decided to sit in the floor seats where the white people did.She was removed with force and arrested.
When:July 6 1914- February 7 1965
Where: Nova Scotia
Why: Viola wanted to change the way things were and also to make a stand for what she believed in.
Who: HENRY BIBB
What: Henry Bibb was a slave who served a white woman in a Kentucky Plantation. Henry was born into slavery and throughout his life he had encountered many memorable things.Bibb published his autobiography called : Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself. Henry was later known as " One of the best slave narratives." After writing his autobiography he felt that his life would be in danger so to ensure the safety of himself he migrated to Canada and lived in Windsor Ontario.
When:1815-1854
Where:Kentucky
Why: Henry wrote his biography in order to show people not only what he had to live through but what other slaves experienced on a daily basis.
Who: DOMESTIC WORKERS
What: Domestic workers worked within a household of their employers, this is another term for a servant. They provide childcare, cleaning, food preparations, shopping, laundry and other errands.Woman were typically known as domestic workers but they were also reffered to as "Woman-Mistresses"
When: Domestic workers were most commonly recognized in the 1800's and 1900's. Slavery also started before the 1800's and it also still occurs in various countries today.
Where: South America and some parts of Canada in the past.
Why: Domestic workers/slavery were used for trading. They traded slaves usually for cotton, tobacco and sugar.The British had captured African tribes and put them on slave ships with about 400 and more people being sent to the West Indies,America and Canada. They were sold to owners with plantations.
Who: STANLEY GRIZZLE
What: After serving in Europe during WW2 Grizzle started to be involved in the Union more. He opened management to black people and he was also one of the leaders of the Civil Rights in 1950. Grizzle worked with the Labor Committee to Combat Racial Intolerance.
When: (Birth year) 1918
Where: (Birth place) Toronto, Ontario
Why: Grizzle wanted society to be more opened to diversity.
Who: VIOLA DESMOND
What:Viola Desmond refused to sit in the assigned area in which black people were supposed to sit which was the balcony of the theatre. The theatre had been segregated this means the black people had to sit in a different area that the whites and this caused a separation of colour between the two.Desmond decided to sit in the floor seats where the white people did.She was removed with force and arrested.
When:July 6 1914- February 7 1965
Where: Nova Scotia
Why: Viola wanted to change the way things were and also to make a stand for what she believed in.
Who: HENRY BIBB
What: Henry Bibb was a slave who served a white woman in a Kentucky Plantation. Henry was born into slavery and throughout his life he had encountered many memorable things.Bibb published his autobiography called : Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself. Henry was later known as " One of the best slave narratives." After writing his autobiography he felt that his life would be in danger so to ensure the safety of himself he migrated to Canada and lived in Windsor Ontario.
When:1815-1854
Where:Kentucky
Why: Henry wrote his biography in order to show people not only what he had to live through but what other slaves experienced on a daily basis.
Who: DOMESTIC WORKERS
What: Domestic workers worked within a household of their employers, this is another term for a servant. They provide childcare, cleaning, food preparations, shopping, laundry and other errands.Woman were typically known as domestic workers but they were also reffered to as "Woman-Mistresses"
When: Domestic workers were most commonly recognized in the 1800's and 1900's. Slavery also started before the 1800's and it also still occurs in various countries today.
Where: South America and some parts of Canada in the past.
Why: Domestic workers/slavery were used for trading. They traded slaves usually for cotton, tobacco and sugar.The British had captured African tribes and put them on slave ships with about 400 and more people being sent to the West Indies,America and Canada. They were sold to owners with plantations.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Wild Card option 3
alright...so i was on the web and i was reviewing the avatar movie that was released last year! The thing that intrigued me was how thy created the avatar. I decided to search up some photoshop tutorials, in order to create that effect. Some of them looked cheap and not very good but then there was a few that stood out to me.
http://www.webdesign.org/photoshop/photo-editing/na-vi-avatar-photo-manipulation-exclusive-tutorial.18015.html
I wanted to try this tutorial. so i ended up taking photos of my family and trying it....lets just say it is a lot harder than it looks!
http://www.webdesign.org/photoshop/photo-editing/na-vi-avatar-photo-manipulation-exclusive-tutorial.18015.html
I wanted to try this tutorial. so i ended up taking photos of my family and trying it....lets just say it is a lot harder than it looks!
Friday, May 20, 2011
10 Principles Of Effective Web Design
1.Don't make users think
2.don't squander users patience
3.Manage to focus users attention
4.Strive for feature exposure
5.Make use of effective writing
6.Strive for simplicity
7.Don't be afraid of the white space
8.Communicate effectively with a "visible language"
9.Conventions are our friends
10.Test early,test often
Bad websites
Problems with these sites:
1.way to much information
2.they don't get to the point until later on
3.attention becomes limited
4.images are pushed together and in another case they are not very satisfying to look at
5.writing is smaller and enclosed
6.the websites are not simple they are cluttered with information
7.there is barely white space
8.communication is hard to make out because things are jumbled together
9.they try to make there website different but it ends up looking like a mess
10. everything is bunched together
It can be very distracting looking at websites like this because users are looking to find the key point they are looking for and when looking at these websites your eyes are everywhere but the actual thing you are looking for.It has bad formation and where they placed things,the colours are dull and uninteresting and overall it is a complete mess.
Here are some good websites:
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2.straight to the point
3.catches a users eye
4.strives for exposure
5.effective writing
6.simple yet effective
7.leaves space
8.good communication
9.simple
10.all around good website
Overall these websites are clean yet bright, it gets straight to the point of what the viewer is looking for or wants to know.The pictures go with the writing and it works out.
2.don't squander users patience
3.Manage to focus users attention
4.Strive for feature exposure
5.Make use of effective writing
6.Strive for simplicity
7.Don't be afraid of the white space
8.Communicate effectively with a "visible language"
9.Conventions are our friends
10.Test early,test often
Bad websites
Problems with these sites:
1.way to much information
2.they don't get to the point until later on
3.attention becomes limited
4.images are pushed together and in another case they are not very satisfying to look at
5.writing is smaller and enclosed
6.the websites are not simple they are cluttered with information
7.there is barely white space
8.communication is hard to make out because things are jumbled together
9.they try to make there website different but it ends up looking like a mess
10. everything is bunched together
It can be very distracting looking at websites like this because users are looking to find the key point they are looking for and when looking at these websites your eyes are everywhere but the actual thing you are looking for.It has bad formation and where they placed things,the colours are dull and uninteresting and overall it is a complete mess.
Here are some good websites:
.
2.straight to the point
3.catches a users eye
4.strives for exposure
5.effective writing
6.simple yet effective
7.leaves space
8.good communication
9.simple
10.all around good website
Overall these websites are clean yet bright, it gets straight to the point of what the viewer is looking for or wants to know.The pictures go with the writing and it works out.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
STILL LIFE
Describe what you were most satisfied with: I was most satisfied with the shading. I thought I did really well with the different gradients.I never expected to do well with this still life drawing.
Explain Why: I thought the shading turned out really good because i was instructed to layer properly and use my pencil the right way so the shading became more satisfying.
What was the most difficult part os this assignment: The most difficult part of this assignment was planing where to put the mask and the skull so that everything looked level and even.
Describe what is strong about the still life: I think the strongest component of the still life would be the mask.When i really like drawing something i have a tendency to put a lot of time into it,so i definitely think the strongest component of the picture would be the mask in general.
Describe how you used the elements and principles in you still life: This whole assignment was about the shading.I focused most of my time on the shading so i can achieve a realistic level. Also proportion. It had to be proportional and easy to look at.
If you could change one thing about your artwork what would it be and why: I would change nothing about my artwork.I have never fully accomplished a still life drawing, and i have to say that this has been the best i have ever done! :D
Artistic Inpsiration 3
While I was at home I was trying to find new ideas so i can come up with better pictures to draw.I then decided to leave my drawings to aside and venture the world wide web.While i was Surfing I decided that i should reflect back on my grade nine year and so it began! I said "why not try something earthy, something historic something....Canadian. Than it hit me...something like landscape!!! I thought of when we were first learning the group of 7, i decided to pick Tom Thompson because of his creative landscapes of Algonquin Park. A perfect idea to be more involved with painting!
I looked up a few of his paintings and recreated one of them."West Wind" seemed to be well known.So I started. I pulled out a canvas i just so happened to get for christmas and paint flew! I was so involved i was recreating a master piece! When i had finished i decided to look at my so called "master piece" it was definitely a piece of work but the word "master" was no where to be located. Some might of said it looked terrible! I couldn't believe that and easy looking painting could be extremely hard to accomplish. Lets just say this was basically a trial and error sort of thing. I definitely learned that just because something looks easy doesn't mean it is.
Going back and reflecting on my grade nine assignment about Tom Thompson made me learn even more about his painting ability.I try harder to accomplish more out of my work because of that day.He has definitely been an artistic inspiration.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
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