Optical toys

The Phenakistoscope is an optical toy used to make the illusion of motion, by far it is the most interesting optical toy by far, and you can find images of it and a background knowledge of it at http://courses.ncssm.edu/gallery/collections/toys/html/exhibit07.htm copy and paste this into your url, and you will be on your way!

for our Cyberarts class we were tasked to ceate a logo for an imaginary company. We were supposed to create a logo, and a typeface that represented our company. The company I chose was “Razorz Edge Comicz”. Razorz Edge is a very brash, sleek and a bit dangerous. I chose the colours in my typographic logo to be red and black because to me, red emits a tense, raging feeling, and black emits a sleek, cool feeling.

I chose the font “DREAD” because “R.E.C ltd” specializes in dark, gothic comics and artwork. The logo I made incorporates every principal of design except for value, but because it’s supposed to be a 2D logo I think it doesn’t have much relevance. I changed the letters in the logo to incorporate the sharp, “razor” feel to the words. The logo seems to me that it emits a tense, piercing feeling.

I believe my logo is a good one, the type is legible, the actual look of the logo is very distinct, the logo does differentiate my comics from other industries, it’s appropriate for a comic company, it describes the company’s personality, it has a graphic impact, it has balance and unity, it has a good positive and negative relationship, it is a memorable logo, it works well in black and white, and it works well when enlarged and reduced. I really believe that my typographic solution is the best out of the other two. I hope you like my logo.

GIRL PROJECT

Recently, a NY photographer decided to start a project. The project entailed giving any girl within the age of 13 to 17, a disposable camera and a chance to tell everyone what they see the world as.

Any girl in America who wanted to participate could. The program asked them to take photographs of objects, people, or anything that is important to them, and then send the cameras back to her. Her goal was to get around 5000 photos and turn them into a traveling exhibition.

I think it is a fantastic idea, and you would be able to find how other people see life. The only reason why I do not like it is because she did not include boys into the demographic, but over-all I think it is a great idea.

Composition and the five

1. This picture shows shadow and light, the light shines on one side of the snow, creating a light/dark impact.

2. This picture shows a part of composition of photography, Simplicity, it makes you look at the sky instead of the leaves.

3. This picture shows another element of composition named texture, it uses shadows and the leaves to trick your eye into thinking that if you touch it it will have texture.

4. This picture shows another element, scale, this picture gives the illusion that there is a mountain is shrouding the sun, but it is actually just a small piece of snow.

5. This picture shows the element line, it creates an impact with it's horizontal and curving lines magnified by the angle angle of the camera.

PINHOLES!

Hello everyone, this post is about pinhole photography, a while back we went downtown to create a pinhole camera, take pictures, then develop them, we had a lot of fun and got a load of great pictures.

The basic works of a camera are the shutter, the photo paper, and the container. this is what makes pinhole cameras so flexible, you can build a pinhole camera out of almost anything.

I have a link to a pinhole Photographer, his site is: http://www.pinholephotography.org/
His name is justin, and his pinhole photographs are absolutely amazing, my favorite is the mouth pictures, check out his pictures in my link list named "Pinholers", and the link is named "Justin's site". Check it out!

linear perspective is horizontal lines on a piece of art or photograph to show depth, or to create illusion of depth. Aerial perspective is almost the same except it shows something disappearing in the background

Texture is the quality that shows dimension in an image or the visual characteristics and rough quality of the surface of a work of art resulting from the way in which techniques is used. we got these images from
http://www.photoshoptextures.com/wood-textures/wood-textures.htm
http://blog.miragestudio7.com/2006/04/creating-seamless-textures/
check them out!

In cyberarts our teacher asked us to create a piece that used a chess piece in it, I didn't really want to do the same thing as everyone else, so I chose a rook to draw, it took me a while, and a lot of drafts, but I was finished. I first added the rook, then I added the mountains, and then I added the flaming rocks. Then I added the men, and lastly, I added the shadows. This piece is called "the rook always dies" I am very happy with it. The assignment was originally about creating movement in the piece, and a touch of value. I believe that the flaming rocks create some movement, they create movement by drawing the viewer's eye to the rook, then as soon as your eyes leave the rook the wavy mountains channel your eye back to the rook, and as soon as you look back at the picture your eye is drawn to the advancing army. The rook and the army have a good amount of value. I believe that my piece is very successful in those senses.

This is another one of my drawings, its kind of old, (sorry) I call it zebra (couldn't think of a better name)

"The Scream"

Hello this is my fourth post, and I am going to talk to you about the piece of art called "The Scream". It was done by an artist named Edvard Munch, many argue that it is his best and most well known piece. I will talk to you about how it relates to Emotionalism (what emotions it brings to the piece), Formalism (how balanced the page is), and Imitationalisim (how realistic it is). An interesting fact about The Scream is, it was originally painted on a sheet of cardboard!

Emotionally the Scream emits a frightening, melting experience. It is a very turbulent painting with its short and violent brush strokes, the short brush strokes are more dominant in the ocean. it is very successful in the sense of Emotionalisim.

Formally it is a very even painting, and very active and features all of the principals of art. It includes space, texture, line, value, colour, shape and form. The Scream is very successful in the sense of Formalism.

Imitation wise, the Scream is a surreal painting, not a realistic one. While people who believe that all art should be hyper realistic, The Scream is not for them. The Scream is an excellent piece of surrealism.

Thank you very much for reading this, I will see you all soon!

Hello everybody, this is the first piece I am submitting, its called Trip to the moon. Trip to the moon was arguably the first science fiction movie, it was amazingly made in 1902.

Hello everybody, as you can see I like video games, prefferably, I enjoy COD 4, but I like some Halo on the side!