Final Projects*~ One Peace*~

My final project is a Logo, Business Card, and Brochure for a cause by the name of "One Peace".

Week 14 *~ Poster For A Cause

Color Test*~

Color *~

Value*~

Week 11: Illusion of Motion

The Illusion of Motion -


The illusion of motion is created in this photograph using a blurred outlines technique. The clear shot of the highway and scenery is blasted with an intense rush of motion zooming from one edge of the photograph to the complete opposite edge and almost off the entire page!







A view along the "Promenade des Anglais" picture taken from the hotel Suisse
-Photographed by W. M. Connolley





Much like the previous photograph this one uses blurred outlines as a way to suggest motion. In addition to that, it also slightly suggests the bikers positioning as a way to suggest motion by using multiple image. There are only slight differences in one rider to the next, and the overlapping of their similar forms could suggest that it is only two riders simultaneously peddling past the crowd of onlookers.










Contenders for a June 1984 York Festival Cycling Trophy.
- Photographed by Ian Berry, Magnum




This photograph uses the repeated figure as a way to suggest motion. The team flag, which is bright yellow and red, appears in different places throughout the photo. Each flag held by a different member of the crowd, suggesting that the figure is repeating in various situations as well. Repetition creates the illusion of motion in this photograph.







Scots in Glasgow cheer on the team at a football game against England
– Photographed by Nathan Benn

Week 11: Illusion of Space

The illusion of motion in this photograph is created by depicting the transient. A bullet piercing through a line up of Crayola Crayons is something impossible for the eye to catch. The bullet’s speed is too fast for even our most concentrated focus to pick up clearly. The photograph captures this split of a second in a way that no human eye can. One can see as well as feel the bullet piercing through time and space while the photograph remains completely still.





http://very-bored.com/pics2/slow-motion-bullets/slow-motion-bullets-1.jpg







A two dimensional photograph of the Nave of Canterbury Cathedral provides only an ounce of the spectacular greatness one would feel while actually standing in this space. The photographer clearly conveys the idea as well as the feeling of spaciousness, and depth. Even though this is not any grander than a piece of white lined paper in that it is a completely flat image. In this photograph, linear perception is a device used to show depth. As the parallel lines in the walls of the architecture recede, they appear to meet at the vanishing point on the horizon line. This is emphasized even more by the triangular arch of the structure, and the vanishing point is at the very tip of which the two sides of the structure meet. The parallel rows of worshipers also work to provide lines pointing to the vanishing point of the image.











The Nave of Canterbury Cathedral
- Photographed by Michael St. Maur Sheil









This photograph shows how exaggerated size can be used as a device to show depth. The Roman statue in the foreground of the photograph is exaggerated in size by the angle of the photographers shot.








The Great Bath, in Britain
-Photographed by Patrick Ward

Week 10 Greyscale*~

Greyscale and Samples*~

Week 9 Negative Space*~

Week 8 Line*~

Page 1, Dry media:

Page 2, Wet media:

Page 3, Dry media:

Page 4, Wet and Dry media:

Week 8 "Line" *~

Assignment: Choose four emotions and design a mark or a line
to represent each emotion.

Digital Media Design

Midterm Project*~ Headshot Assignment:

A headshot portrait is nothing more than a glimpse, a blink of an eye, and a moment that is forever frozen in time. The above portrait of me is a very accurate visualization of who I want viewers to think that I am. The portrait itself is well balanced, centered, and visually pleasing. The center of my face falls on the vertical center of the portrait, which creates a focal point that is enhanced even further with the direction of my gaze. This portrait should be interpreted as showing a well balanced person. The subject is confident and it shows by the slight arch of her brow. Her eyes will make contact with yours in passing, recognizing every person as a fellow human being. She does not look at you, she looks through you. She finds truth and what is real in every person she see’s. She is sweet, and has Shirley temple curls that convey innocence and childlike playfulness. Her smile is somewhat like a smirk however; her slight dimples imply that there is no sneakiness behind it. She is a happy person, and she has one or more reasons to smile. It does not look forced or fake. She connects with the onlookers of her portrait, and her eyes are strong. She has a story behind her eyes that you want to listen to. She has the face of a friend, a lover, a human being, a woman. The woman in this picture is the woman I aspire to be every day in my life, and she is the woman I want everyone to see. No matter how hard life gets, when others interpret me, I do not want them to see a woman that waits for a storm to end, but a woman who dances in the rain.

First Design*~ Rhythm... "The Sound of a Butterfly in Flight"

Design by Anne Marie
Week 6 2D Design
Digital Media Design

Second Design*~ Rhythm... "The Sound of Base Blowing Out of Speakers"

Design by Anne Marie
Week 6 2-D Design
Digital Media Design

Third Design*~ Rhythm.... (Sound)

Design by Anne Marie
Week 6 2 - D Design
Digital Media Design

Fourth Design*~ Rhythm "Strumming on the Guitar"

Design by Anne Marie
Week 6 - 2D Design
Traditional Media Design

Fifth Design*~ Rhythm..."Sound waves traveling through in's and out's"

Design by Anne Marie
Week 6 - 2D Design
Digital Media Design

In Jackson Pollock’s painting titled Untitled No. 3, the dynamic contrast of colors such as the black, and then yellow and white creates rhythm. Each line or splatter in the painting changes, sometimes abruptly, which keeps us visually entertained. The repetition of Pollock’s scattered strokes provides an element of visual unity. The repeated colors and layers of splatters are repetitive and consistent, making up many different curves and lines. Our eyes stay on the canvas almost as if it were a maze that we can never seem to find the start and the finish of. Our eyes follow layer upon layer, line after line, connecting through curves and separating by colors. Pollock’s painting could almost be described as music without sound, splattered shapes of colors dancing to the beat in the artists head. This painting has some serious rhythm. – Anne Marie

Week 6*~ Rythm

When looking at The Starry Night by Van Gogh, our eyes are captivated by extreme movement on a still canvas. This movement travels upwards through the mountains, continuing up the landscape and reaches the sky. This movement keeps us visually stimulated, and always returns to the center of the swirling stars and brushstrokes that make up the sky. We travel through the piece, and always end up in the center where the movement begins and ends. This keeps viewers from ever leaving the frame, and although we come close to the borders, redirects us back to the points of interest in the center. Repeating curves, and consistency in repetitions make up the sky in this piece, and everything connects and flows. This is how rhythm was created by Van Gogh in his composition The Starry Night.

Week Five*~ Balance

Assignment - This week you are going to create 2 black and white compositions from found objects:

Week Four*~ Scale and Proportion Assignment

Create a collaged still life that has a sense
of Surrealism because of shifting scale:

Absence of Focal Point~

"Untitled No. 3," Jackson Pollock
This Jackson Pollock Painting is an example of emphasis with no focal point. This work is even, layered, and meant to be looked at as a whole. No particular section is meant to draw our attention or stand out over the rest of the composition. Pollock's paintings were about the experience of creating the art, not about what the art would represent once completed. Painting was his way of letting his subconscious come alive and his work was a result of that "coming alive" state, not a product of it.

One Element~

The Old Guitarist, Pablo Picasso
This painting by Picasso in an example of emphasis by one element. The guitar is a strong focal point in this piece. The dark colors that are used blend together, making the brown and tan of the guitar really pop off the page. At the same time, it is not too much and does not take away from the unity of the piece as a whole. It almost appears that the man is dead and the only thing "alive" is the guitar. The only change in color pallette for the entire picture is that which was used in the guitar. Picasso must have wanted out eyes to see that guitar, and not see the man right away.

Placement~

Madame Monet and Her Son, by Claude Monet
The focal point of this piece is an example of emphasis by placement. Madame Monet is centered in the image, and she is in the foreground. Her son, in the background looks toward her, leading our eyes back to her. This painting has equal balance on both sides of the focal point, giving further emphasis to Madame Monet as the centerpiece. The umbrella works as a flag almost, to create even more emphasis on Madame Monet.

American Gothic, Grant Wood.
The focal point of American Gothic illustrates another example of emphasis by placement. The focal point is placed in the center of the image, and both sides of the focal point are equally balanced. The house and window in the background help to keep our eyes on the center of the image as well.

Isolation~

Picasso, The Blue Room, 1901 © Estate of Pablo Picasso / ARS, New York

In Picasso's painting, the focal point is the woman, an example of emphasis by isolation. The figure repeats the light value of the bed, and the posters on the wall. These figures stand out to grab our attention from the other objects in the room. The circular object that she is standing in keeps her isolated from the rest of the picture. The light color of her hair also creates emphasis on her. All of the objects in the room are clumped close together, helping her figure to stand out even more from the rest of the piece.

Week Three: Emphasis and Focal Point~

Contrast~


Chinese Artists Dai Dudu, Li Tiezi, and Zhang An, 2006, oil on canvas , Famous People Painting - Discussing the Divine Comedy with Dante

In this painting, the focal point is the round red table near the center. The painting is rather dark, and the red table stands out amongst the other colors being used. There are other spots where red is being used, but it dominates here because of the large amount of it in the one area. This area of high contrast is what grabs the eye first, separating it from the rest of the painting.

The Grid as Organizing Factor~

Modern wallpaper designs by Dutch Artist Rachel de Joode represent the grid used to organize and create unity. The image seems like it is a little chaotic, but the use of the grid clears out a lot of the clutter. There is a lot of repetition used in her designs, and that repetition creates the look of the finished wallpaper as a whole. As a whole, the images flow into a continual design.

Chaotic & Unreadable Image~

This artwork by Juan Gris is chaotic and unreadable in my opinion. I do not identify with any of the shapes or figures that are being used. The objects that are lighter than the rest tend to jump out at me, but for no known reason other than the color contrast from the rest of the piece. The image as a whole is not visually pleasing because I feel like it does not make any kind of sense or show signs of flow. The different elements of the work fight for my attention and I have a hard time finding any kind of focus.

A Figurative expression of unity~

Hustle Bustle by Milton Glaser was inspired by the work of Pablo Picasso. The figure clearly stands out from the background of the piece. The dark colors of the design paired with the lack of color (white) background makes the figure really jump off the page. The varied shapes make the design interesting and fun to look at. It is unique and different than what our idea of a woman looks like however, we still identify with it as being a figure of a woman.

Continuation~

Blue Ballerina by Ruel James represents continuation as a way to achieve unity. This painting has a very natural and realistic feel. The grace of the ballerina is captured by the soft tones, smooth edges, and flowing lines. The shadows of the dancer’s legs are a continuation and accentuate her arabesque while adding length to her pose. The soft, shadows within the flowing curves and lines give the feel of movement in this piece.

Repetition (Emphasis on variety)~

Haute Couture Colors Painting By Helen Gerro represents repetition (emphasis on variety) with the repeated figures of the four women. Each figure is tall, thin, and busty. Continuity is expressed in each figures curves, and dresses. Varied colors used to create the hair, lips, and dress of each individual figure catch the eye and make the piece interesting. Variety is also achieved in the pose and posture of each woman.