4/22/10 earth day

Synesthesia 4/15/10

Music

Wordle 4/8/10

This is Eph. 5:1-2 This is my favorite verse. This verse really highlights what it really means to be a follower of Christ.

Implied Motion 4/6/10

4/1/10 Synesthesia

3/30/10 Jun Kaneko

3/25/10 Group Project

We are planning on doing a project that involves earth day. We are going to use only natural project to make either a globe or a recycle sign. We also plan to employ the Gestalt method. We are going to build this project on the UC hill.

3/23/10 line moods

Chaotic lines

3/18/10 Lines

implied line

Psychic line

3/16/2010 Pantone Color

Color affects and lifts the mood. Mix it up. Use less black and more navy. Adrienne Vittadinni

Color 3/4/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvgZkm1xWPE

Cold Play's use of contrast in color creates an interesting effect.

3/2/10 Focal point

This is Jane Ensor's Self Portrait Surrounded by Mask. this is a great example of Focal point. This portrait creates a contrast between the two different styles. While the other faces are distorted and strange looking, His face is naturalistic and looking directly at the person viewing the art piece. It also helps that he is wearing all red which immediately draws the eye to him.

Repetition of Form 2/25/10

This piece by Andy Warhol is an example of repetition of form. The coke bottle are not only in a grid pattern, but the constant shape of the bottle unifies the entire piece. It not only repeats in its shape but also the direction and orientation of the bottles is the same throughout. This allows the person looking at the piece to connect the entire piece together instead of focusing on just the darker or lighter bottles and forces the eye to start at the bottom where the coca cola label is and move up.

Grids 2/23/10

The painting on the right done by chuck close is a great example of art that follows a grid pattern. This painting is made of small little boxes in a grid that come together to make a complete picture. The next picture forms a grid pattern more subtly. The people in the background though different shapes come together to form a loose grid patter. Each of theses photos follows a distinct gris pattern. The Chuck Close one is easily seen while the latter is not as obvious.

Gestalt 2/18/10

Gestalt is the idea of putting together similar objects or creating negative space to achieve a certain image. This can be through arranging objects in the shape of a square or creating lines through negative space for the eye to foll0w.This ink piece is a great example of Gestalt. The brain tends to create and find images in everything. The negative and positive space for the image of a dog sniffing around on the ground. While this is not actually a picture of a dog the brain seeks to make sense of the picture by looking for familiar shapes.

2/13/10 Value

High Key Value

Low Key Value

The picture of the tiger is a low key value picture. The lightseems to be all coming from the area. The lighting appears to look like stage lighting making the tiger appear more dramatic. This is in contrast to the landscape painting. This painting is completley light.

Symmetry 2/9/10

The first image of the Taj Mahal is a great example of bilateral symmetry. The building appears that it could be cut in half vertically down the center creating to identical images. Not only is the building symmetric but the landscape around it as well.

The second image is an example of radial symmetry. The image involves patterns that are all equal distance from the center creating to identical images if they were to be cut down the center horizontally.

This picture by Emily J Gomez is taken in Keowee Town, Salem, SC. This picture almost perfectly symmetric. There is also a great contrast in color. Both the darkest and lightest point of the photo is in the center of the picture. This causes the audience's eyes to be drawn toward the middle of the photographic. The contrast in color draws the eyes all the way around the photo instead of simply the vocal point at the center.

2/2/2010 Andy Goldsworthy

This public art piece by Andy Goldsworthy allows the audience to think of nature in a different way. The tree being place completely underground gives us a chance to think of the tree outside of its normal context. Because the window to the tree is in the ground instead of a wall it also encourages people to look at the whole landscape and enjoy all the scenery around them. This also makes you think of the entire tree. The roots of trees are underground. This allows people a window into the nature below the ground surface.

1/27/10 Public Art Piece

My Public art piece will be placed write outside of Joshua Cup. While Joshua cup is a great place for students to come hang out and study, the left side of the building is ugly and vacant.

For my art project I will make the coffee cup appear to be embedded into the side wall of the building with the coffee beans spilling out into the sidewalk. This will make the Joshua cup look more inviting and welcoming.

The title of this mosaic art piece is called "Still Standing". This public art piece is supposed to represent the ever changing world. Upon closer inspection on can see the celebration of different people and cultures. The objets in this mosaic represent the journey everybody takes through life. I think this would be a great piece in Macon. This piece celbrates different cultures and stages in life.

Form and Function 1/19/2009

One approach to design is the form follows function. This implies that the form of a design is dictated by the its function. This is a very useful in commercial design. Just because something is being designed for a particular use, does not mean that this object must be boreing or purley for functional reasons. An object can be useful as well as aesthetically pleasing.
In the above picture is the Ovopur water filter. This new design is meant to improve water purification. Its shape is meant to make the circulation of water easier. While this new design has a huge emphasis on function. The form was not all forgotten. This design creates a far more aesthetically pleasing device.

What is Design 1/14/10

Andy Goldsworthy's Balanced Rock is a great example of design. Design is the practice of solving a visual problem or trying to communicate something to an audiance. In this photo, one does not need to think terribly hard about the concepts Goldworthy was trying to convey. The way he designed this picture leaves no question that the theme is balance. Good design is a plan that solves a visual problem or communicates the intended message easily to the audiance. A poster or advertisement accompishes nothing if the meaning is to obscure for the intended audiance to understand.