Friday, February 27, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Text and Image Self-Assessment
1. Which one of the four of your Text Designs is the most successful? In what ways? Please be specific.
I believe my “to write with a broken pencil is pointless” text design is the most successful. This one is simple and to the point, but at the same time delivers the pun very well. The text is very readable and bold. Nothing looks plastered on the image randomly, it all looks very fluent.
2. List some of the tools that you learned and used in this assignment. Which ones did you find the most helpful and in what ways?
I learned to use the hue tool, which was the most helpful for me. This is because all of the pictures really were brought to life when I changed the hue to the most desirable colors. Another tool that was useful was the black and white tool, this helped me to meet the requirements for two black and white designs. Also the tolerance tool helped me get my desired areas deleted.
3. With regards to Design concepts and/or Photoshop tools, what do you think you need to know and what do you want to know?
With photoshop tools I would love to learn more about the program and other useful tools that will help me improve my overall designs. Regarding design concepts I think i need to learn a bit more about the different types of deign. Also, I know there are many other creative ways to approach a design and there are a lot of other photoshop tools not being used. There are many other things that I could learn that might help further my design skills, but that I am unaware of at this point.
I believe my “to write with a broken pencil is pointless” text design is the most successful. This one is simple and to the point, but at the same time delivers the pun very well. The text is very readable and bold. Nothing looks plastered on the image randomly, it all looks very fluent.
2. List some of the tools that you learned and used in this assignment. Which ones did you find the most helpful and in what ways?
I learned to use the hue tool, which was the most helpful for me. This is because all of the pictures really were brought to life when I changed the hue to the most desirable colors. Another tool that was useful was the black and white tool, this helped me to meet the requirements for two black and white designs. Also the tolerance tool helped me get my desired areas deleted.
3. With regards to Design concepts and/or Photoshop tools, what do you think you need to know and what do you want to know?
With photoshop tools I would love to learn more about the program and other useful tools that will help me improve my overall designs. Regarding design concepts I think i need to learn a bit more about the different types of deign. Also, I know there are many other creative ways to approach a design and there are a lot of other photoshop tools not being used. There are many other things that I could learn that might help further my design skills, but that I am unaware of at this point.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
Type Design (Reflection Also)
Overall, I am happy with my design. I believe my color scheme is one of the main reasons I am satisfied with it. Also, The D-E-V-I-N letters create a good basis and is attractive to the eye. One thing I am not satisfied with is the letter S and making the letters combined with the background well. If I could do something differently I would change those elements by starting with a better background so I could blend them better with the letters.
The main tool I learned to use was the transform tool. It helped me a lot to change and move around the letters in a way I wanted them to be. Another tool that was very helpful in this project for me was the eye-dropper tool. This help me with my color scheme and making the colors look good together.
I still have some questions and problems about the text tool. I couldn’t seem to get use to the highlighting the letters that didn't work for me, which was a difficult process. Other than that tool I feel like I understand all of the tools used for this project.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Pop-Art
What is Pop-Art?
A genre of art that uses elements of popular culture; often uses techniques from commercial art and advertising
Stuart Davis:
Stuart Davis made covers and drawings for the social realist periodical The Masses, and exhibited watercolors in the Armory Show. Used natural forms to rearrange them into flat poster-like patterns with precise outlines and sharply contrasting colors. Later in his work he started to use abstract patterns that reflected his love of jazz. He is known to be the most outstanding American artist to work in a Cubist idiom.
I like this painting from Davis, and I choose this because it really catches my eye. I love the cursive writing with the contrasting bold lettering. Also the color scheme works very well together.
Robert Indiana:
Robert Indiana was born in New Castle, Indiana in 1928. From the start of his career he worked with bold, contrasting, clashing, colors that mirror familiar signs on the highway. He is a moralist at heart and the American Dream has been a recurring theme in his own work, to celebrate and criticize the way of life.
I like this painting from Indiana, and I choose this because it has a way of drawing me in with the four peace signs. I like the contrast of colors and designs. The words are simple, but complex at the same time.
A genre of art that uses elements of popular culture; often uses techniques from commercial art and advertising
Stuart Davis:
Stuart Davis made covers and drawings for the social realist periodical The Masses, and exhibited watercolors in the Armory Show. Used natural forms to rearrange them into flat poster-like patterns with precise outlines and sharply contrasting colors. Later in his work he started to use abstract patterns that reflected his love of jazz. He is known to be the most outstanding American artist to work in a Cubist idiom.
I like this painting from Davis, and I choose this because it really catches my eye. I love the cursive writing with the contrasting bold lettering. Also the color scheme works very well together.
Robert Indiana:
Robert Indiana was born in New Castle, Indiana in 1928. From the start of his career he worked with bold, contrasting, clashing, colors that mirror familiar signs on the highway. He is a moralist at heart and the American Dream has been a recurring theme in his own work, to celebrate and criticize the way of life.
I like this painting from Indiana, and I choose this because it has a way of drawing me in with the four peace signs. I like the contrast of colors and designs. The words are simple, but complex at the same time.
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