Thursday, February 26, 2009
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.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
