Thursday, March 20, 2014

Team Assessment
Fantastic Five
3/20/14

          Strengths:
1.)     We all get along together, and can communicate without interruption from each other’s egos.
2.)     We all have the same idea on what we are going to do for our presentations, and we all have the same interests in mind when it comes to the course.


Improvements:
1.)     We could improve more on our availability to be able to work on projects together, to be able to include all of our insights.

Short term plan is to try and communicate more though our cell phones, or e-mail, being that we are all from different parts of the US.
Long term plan for our lives would be to have better communication with whoever it is we are working with, or for, so there is no confusion, and we know exactly what is expected of us.

2.)     We could try a little harder to make our presentations better, to get better grades on them. I feel like we get to a certain point and say that’s good enough. I think if we don’t have that attitude, then we could pull out better grades on our projects.

Short term plan is to just not settle for “good enough” we have discussed putting in more effort into our projects, and try a little harder to get the better grades we know we can achieve.
Long term plan would be to take what we have learned from this, and just apply it to everything in our lives, to make us better working people, and to be more productive, with higher quality.

Insights:

1.)     We wanted to be a team because we all felt like we could work together as a team, and get stuff done.
2.)     We felt like we had the knowledge and will to work together and be able to produce high quality work.

3.)     We feel that all have things in common, which makes it easier to get to know someone, and cooperate as a team should. 

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Team One- Shadow Play

Shadow Play is the art of using photography to convey a feel of depth and movement in elements that would otherwise be static. This is done by controlling light and shadows through lenses, mirrors and filters. The first to play with the idea of adding dimension to "flat" designs was Moholy-Nagy in 1929. As a design for a magazine cover he collaged together images of a metal type on a composing stick in a way that made the image pop off the page.


A Very Short Story- Fred Eerdekens
http://www.wikilinks.fr/typo-shadow-art-a-very-short-story/

City View- Kumi Yamashita
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/shadow-art/
HOW- Typography Served
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/shadow-art/

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Team GER - Extreme Close-Ups

Extreme close-ups often take photographs and crop, distort, slice, enlarge, decontextualize them and/or place an emphasis on the difference between the foreground and background of the image.

Extreme Close Ups try to have an in your face effect that really grabs the attention of viewers, and it also brings out intense details that might not have been seen before.
-Deviantart

-Scraps






Close-ups on photographs show details and textures, as well as enhance the colors in the image. In this photo, you can clearly see the different colors of the dogs fur and eyes, as well as the texture of his nose, and his fur. The close-up provides a feeling that you know the dogs face would be very soft if you pet it. 
-DeviantArt
-By artist Dr4wingF4ith



Again, close-ups provide an amazing opportunity to show what could have been missed details. In people, close-ups show differences in hair, skin, and facial features. Far away, people may look similar. Up close, you can see just how different they really are. 
-DeviantArt
-By artist AtomiccircuS





Extreme Close-Ups are used by photographers/ Graphic Designers in order to emphasize the difference between foreground and background in an image. ​
-Tumblr.com
-Artist Unknown

Team Avatar-Vibrating Color

Vibrating colour is known in colour theory as what happens when two opposite hues meet at an edge that are equal in value and intensity. The resulting illusion is that the edges will "vibrate" or simulate movement. This is really cool. Opposing colours such as blue and orange can cause this effect provided the same value and intensity are present.
The result of using vibrating colour can often be whimsical, and in all honesty it can cause some people headaches. However, the use of vibrating colours help images stick in our mind and fascinate us. Simulation of movement can help brain teasers and the psychedelic posters displayed in head shops sell. In general, colour vibration is fascinating, and sometimes a bit of an eyesore.

http://www.jaimetreadwell.com/DCCC-Vibrating-color-project.htm
Vibrating Catarac

http://www.jaimetreadwell.com/DCCC-Vibrating-color-project.htm
Vibrating Justanczic
http://www.jaimetreadwell.com/DCCC-Vibrating-color-project.htm

Monday, March 17, 2014

Achievers- Night Spectaculars

Night Spectaculars-  something noticeable or dramatic, especially when something is notable because it is so beautiful.

Night shot with 808
Published by  at 
 PureView night spectaculars
808 photo
Published by  at 

PureView night spectaculars

Disney Night Spectacular

By Tahoe South




The Provacative Gesture- Fantastic Five

Fantastic Five

The Provocative Gesture- a sign used to provoke or stimulate to make someone angry, sexually aroused, or annoyed. Is often very offensive.


This is an image of a man using the middle finger gesture. This gesture means f**k you and is often used when a person is angry at another person.
By- Paul Mort
This is a picture of a man making an "L" on his forehead. This gesture is known as calling someone a loser. Hence the L for loser. This is used to make someone else feel bad about them selves.
By- Unknown
 
Picture or Photo of Sexual hand gesture with silhouette of a young couple kissing in the background.
Here is a sexual gesture. This gesture means that one person wants intercourse with the other. This can be very provocative and offensive to some people.
By- Ellegent

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Achievers- Collages

Collages-is a technique of an art production, primarily used in the visual arts, where the artwork is made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole.

pic collage 520x340 Pic Collage, from 500 Startups alumnus Cardinal Blue, passes 10m iOS downloads
 Retrieved from : http://cdn0.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2012/08/pic-collage-520x340.jpg

The Awesome Collages Created with Superhero Comic Book Pages
This is a unique and exquisite collage series based on the popular superheroes including Superman, Batman, Iron Man, Spider-Man, and more. As we can see from the images, each collage features a superhero themed portrait along with a complicated background formed by comic book pages in the same theme. 
Retrieved from: http://picsist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/the_awesome_collages_created_with_superhero_comic_book_pages.jp

Collage Shoes
Retrieved from: http://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/phpthumbnails/2/2540/2540_1_600.jpeg


Jayz collage
Retrieved from: http://trendland.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/greateclectic-mixed-media-collages-2.jpg

Team Avatar

Photomontage

   A photomontage is more or less taking multiple pictures to either create a set of pictures that run together or taking them and making one much larger photo. Typically we overlay these photos or use them as basic building blocks for the larger picture. These pictures can be made to be meaningful or even just be made to be solely entertaining.


Here we see a comedic photomontage of Leonardo DiCaprio crying. The reason being it is made up of pictures of other people winning Oscars. When we look at these types of photomontages, we notice that the larger the number of pictures, the more clear the photo. Also, depending on the quality of the photos, we can zoom in and see the smaller pictures.


This photo, as you can see, has a woman cut out and pasted in to represent the bar of a lamp. This piece is called Articulos elrctricos para el hogar by Grete Stern. This an obvious photomontage. Many photomontages are illusions and/or abstract, showing things that do not actually exist, i.e. a real woman as a lamp pole.

(This link contains more photomontages)

This photo is of two children playing with chalk, however, it seems that the children are huge because they, along with their artwork, have been pasted into an overhead view of a street. This, just as Grete Stern's work above, is a blatant representation of a photomontage because of the overlaying images.

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Team 1


Riddle a question or statement intentionally phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning, typically presented as a game.



GRiN website, http://goodriddlesnow.com/riddles/good/page:5
The author: Eternalgamer03

As can see the author for this riddle is not stated.



Rebuses a puzzle in which words are represented by combinations of pictures and individual letters. Basically picture puzzles.

These examples of rebuses can be found in the puzzle soup website, http://www.puzzlesoup.com/wordplay/howtoplay/Sample_Rebus03.html
 

Team GER: triangulation

Triangulation is defined as triangles formed and measured out to create/dramatize the look of a portrait or layout of an image.



 
 In this photo, the artist used triangulation (right angles and diagonals) to create a portrait of and tribute to Nelson Mandela. -by artist Breno Bitencourt


www.creatogether.com

Artist: Jake & Dan

 

 Triangulation helps to give images more of a bold layout and look, drawing more emphasis to the artwork.

Artist: Josh Bryan

Monday, March 3, 2014

Fantastic Five- Pictograms

A pictogram, also called a pictogramme, or pictograph, is an ideogram that conveys its meaning through its pictorial resemblance to a physical object. Pictographs are often used in writing and graphic systems in which the characters are to a considerable extent pictorial in appearance.




Worker Construction Proper Safety Attire Uniform Wear Cloth Icon Symbol Sign Pictogram — Stock Vector #11245532
This pictogram displays the safety rules and regulations for construction workers through pictures. Each image within the image is an example of a proper way to be equipped on the job. This pictogram is a good example because if put into writing, it would be a much longer process to read and comprehend.
Photo by: Unknown Person
Source: http://depositphotos.com/11245532/stock-illustration-Worker-Construction-Proper-Safety-
Attire-Uniform-Wear-Cloth-Icon-Symbol-Sign-Pictogram.html

Symbol Signs (OTF)
This pictogram displays signs that one might see while in a building. It is an overall collage type image that conveys many examples in one.
Photo by: Paul Andrew
Source:http://speckyboy.com/2010/08/17/useful-and-free-pictogram-dingbat-fonts/

 
Here we have a diagram of several simple procedures that one might endure when going for a simple checkup at the doctors office. Each image gives its viewer a description of what they are looking at.
Photo by:Unknown
Source: http://depositphotos.com/11592894/stock-illustration-Health-Medical-Body-Check-Up-Examination-Test-Icon-Symbol-Sign-Pictogram.html