My creative side

Eames cards redesign

2009-11-29T08:26:00.002-08:00

Eames cards redesign

2009-11-29T08:26:00.001-08:00

Eames Card Designs

2009-11-11T09:27:00.001-08:00

Name Redesign

2009-11-08T18:16:00.000-08:00

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Chapter 10 Questions

2009-10-14T09:13:00.000-07:00

Questions 1-5

1. Composition is using design to make all elements of a piece of work a whole. The book says it is the glue that hold all elements together.

2. Unity, as it applies to design is creating a design that looks like its a whole. Using design this way, all the piece of the design work together, fit with each other, or belong together.

3. Other elements of design such as line, can be used to create unity when they are all the same quality.

4. The layout of a design is where are the elements will be placed in the space. The whole should be greater than the sum of it's parts.

5. Grid is an effective way to position the layout of the design. It will help to align all the elements in a way that is creating uniformity.

Picture Scavenger Hunt

2009-10-11T18:32:00.001-07:00

CityGo, Way to go in this

Yellow, green, and purple a split compliment perfect for a Persian party!

This triad is blue, red, and yellow on a child's toy. Anyone got $0.50?

Purple, yellow, and blue a split complement for dinning in at the mall. (table and chair color scheme)

This was kind of a lucky find but since us girls really like the purse we wanted to use it as our monochromatic color scheme.

Open Mic

2009-10-08T14:03:00.000-07:00

I wanted to blog about color schemes and Salina, KS. This town doesn't appear to use the color schemes that we have learned about. Does that mean that the designers of our signs, buildings, and advertisements are not educated on color. Or is the simple fact that the designers are not concerned about the color of things as much as they should be?
I have learned so much in this class and I have taken a whole new perspective of design. I am not trying to sound so 333, but the color hunt was so difficult. I wanted to be really creative with it but all we found was 2 colors and black and white! Which leads me to my next thought. I think the red, white, and blue color scheme is of coarse very American, however it seems like a design "cop-out" a term that my mom uses a lot. It's like, "Hey we cant figure out what colors to use so lets use those, we cant go wrong!" I think there is also and under-use of tints and shading. Its all very bold, straight hue colors. There are so many beautiful colors and I am excited to see more color. Oh, and the new overpass, the red whit and green. What's that about? Are those our town colors? That question has bothered me for a long time. If you know, fill me in. That's all I can think of right now. Peace and color!!!

Color Exercises #2,4

2009-10-08T13:54:00.000-07:00

#4 Here is a simple illustration using many different 3-color combination.

#2 This is my complimentary color assignment.
I like how violet and yellow, and orange and green compliment each other. This is not a complicated picture but I think it is very creative and shows how colors compliment one another.

Chapter 7 and 8 Review questions

2009-09-24T21:10:00.000-07:00

Chapter 7 Texture

1. Texture as it applies to design is an element used to transform an image into one that is full of richness and detail. Texture can be used to bring feelings and moods to a viewer, as well as a need to touch it. It is a physical aspect that can be created to fill empty spaces, and add depth, and richness to a design.

5. Filters in imaging software are very quick tools used to create textural effects. It is quick, simple, and there are usually a lot of preset choices. Careful though, filter overuse can cause ignorance of other important design elements. This is usually done with just the click of a mouse.

Chapter 8 Color

2. The color methods used for new media are additive and subtractive. Additive is the way a computer monitor or television produce color. A light source produces only specific wavelengths of light and the light is interpreted as color. Wavelengths can be combined to make a variance of colors but only so many colors can be created on a monitor or TV.

11. Dithering is where a web browser processes or attempts to reproduce a color outside of the web gamut. Dithering takes the pixel colors and attempts to place a color that is in the web gamut and give a blending effect. This is not good for photos however, it causes a pixel effect that makes the pixel squares show. This is mostly in solid colors and the intended color cannot be produced by this illusion.

Week 3 Line and Shape

2009-09-20T09:42:00.000-07:00

Line and Shape seemed so elementary. Until last week when I was reading in the chapters. Line is very complicated in a non visual way. We see lines everywhere even invisible ones but usually i don't stop and think, "Wow it's a line." Till now that is. I see the lines in everything from flat to 3 dimensional objects and even allow them to direct my eye in print to see if there is something there that is implied. There are thick lines, thin lines, but it is just a construct of the way we see things. Also, I have been paying more attention to the emotion of the lines. Shape, another design element that we learn as children. Only there are shapes that are not so uniform. A shape is simply an outline of an object formed by a line. Shape is much deeper than I ever imagined such as Thomas Nozkowski's work. It is much like the child's eye of shape check one out here http://www.pacewildenstein.com/Exhibitions/ViewExhibitionWork.aspx?artist=ThomasNozkowski&title=Untitled(P-27)&type=Work&guid=811f148c-511d-4b93-912c-d5a56167ff51 I stumble apon his work when looking up shape artists. It is very um, what's the word. I'm not sure you can come up with one i assume.

Thomas Nozkowski’s

Line Illustrations- line and shape

2009-09-20T09:27:00.000-07:00

Lines only Shapes only

Chapters 5 and 6 review

2009-09-15T14:58:00.000-07:00

So we have been talking a lot about space. Chapter 5 shows how a simple outline that encloses an are becomes a shape.

1. Shape can be thought of as a combination of two design elements: line and space. Negative or positive a line can define it's shape. Even without a an actual line, you can define shape with implied lines.

2 . Shape of a three dimensional object is termed "volume." Volume gives the appearance of depth or weight. Volume is how much space the shape contains.
So in looking at shape it comes down to perception. We are all taught shapes a very young ages but shape is a very valuable design tool.

Then we move to chapter 6 , Value.

7. Relativity is when the value of an area seems to be altered by other values that are nearby. It's effects are shown when a dark value is placed by light values making it appear even darker. So the main affect of relativity on value is it can appear to change the value, however it doesn't change it is just visually altered by perception of the eye.

9. Contrast is a difference. In value it is the difference of values in an image. When you have extreme light and dark the contrast is high. When you have lots of similar values there is not much contrast. Since contrast is relative, there can be high and low contrast throughout an image.

Week 2- Space

2009-09-04T09:56:00.000-07:00

Space, not just the final frontier, but a rather usefull design element. I never really thought about space before this class. I have seen it and even liked negative space before i knew exactly what it was. Now that we have discussed space in class i recognize it more often. Everywhere I look I think wow look at the useage of space! With new challenges of smaller screens in handheld phones and video games, space can be a very important factor. Even with TV's getting larger and larger, what comes to mind is widescreen. The black bars on the top and bottom are supposed to make the space usage better, but at the same time it uses the black bars as negitive to cut out part. Does it draw the eyes in toward the picture, I'm not so sure. I think it just makes my "big-screen" look smaller. Illusionary space has allways been attractive to me. I love posters and books that you can turn the picture and it becomes something else. I also like the illusion books where you hold it close pull it back staring and eventually a picture "pops" out of it. I will definately use illusionary space in my future designs. I grew up in Washington and Oregon (as well as Kansas) and on the west coast we have alot of murials on downtown buildings that are 3D Street art and I miss that! One of my favorites is M.C. Escher and I will try to get a book to bring in. I think Mr. Harding has his work on his wall in his office. Scott Kim is cool too. I always wanted a love hate tatoo that was like Scott Kims work. Here is a link to check out. http://www.psychologie.tu-dresden.de/i1/kaw/diverses%20Material/www.illusionworks.com/html/art_of_scott_kim.html

Sept ART RUSH (extra credit)

2009-09-04T09:27:00.000-07:00

I attended the Salina Art Center yesterday. The Salina Art Rush is very neat because many artists get together troughout the month and exchange ideas then submit there pieces accordingly. I saw some very unusual art, as well as some very creative art. There were many moterized pieces that were very fun to watch. I felt the creativity in the room and uncomfortable at times with some of the arts features. I tasted the cinnimon gum i was chewing. I touched no art because it was not the kind of art you touch. I heard many people buzzing about the different pieces they were seeing. I could smell peoples calognes and a sort of bee's wax smell too. Some of the art was created with bee's wax so I wonder if thats why I could smell it. The artist remarks on one piece where a house fly was hung by a wire over a bird embryo, in a small wood box with glass on the front. It was moterized so it appeared that the fly was buzzing over the embryo. It was very disturbing and the artist (Brady Hatter) explained it as,"Death infecting life." That makes it even more disturbing. It was fun to get in the minds of other artists and have them explain what they were thinking in the work, especially after you had drawn your own opinions. My favorite piece, well i really liked three; the Freeway Chase, the train graffiti, and the movie, Smother. I could not choose because they all had a significant impressions on me. The freeway chase was very creative and realistic. I think I am drawn to realistic work. I guess if I HAD to pick one it would be the freeway chase, because it looks like a satilite from far away but when you get close you will find a moterized cylinder with metal rods holding tiny cars so they appear to be moving around it as it spins on an axis like Earth. Then there is a cop car with lights chasing a car, they are suspended to one part of the cylinder. On the outside front of the cylinder there is a piece of a TV (the front screen) in which is smaller in proportion to the cylinder where you look through to see just the cop chase as the other cars speed around them. This is one of the most creative moterized artpieces I have ever see. Marc Berghaus is a genious.

Chapter 4

2009-09-02T19:31:00.000-07:00

Chapter 4 review questions (pick 3)

2. Variation of line thickness affects a drawing by giving the appearence of volume, weight, or even three dimensional. A thicker line may appear closer in space as a thinner line around it will appear further away. Too thick can defeat the pupose and look like a solid border. This can be used to move the eyes as well.

4. The use of line to create shading has a generic name called "hatching". Hatching is usually called hashing as well. With hatching you use several lines, draw them really close together, and create a darker area on an image or to imply volume through shading. The closer the hatching lines to eachother the darker the shading effect. It was probly developed to attempt more details in images.

3. Three types of lines in regard to composition are; actual line, implied line, and imaginary line.
Actual is self-explanitory, implied is made up of elements other than a line like an edge, and imaginary is not a line at all. It is where an image appears to point or look in a specific direction, and naturally eyes follow it.

Emotions

2009-09-02T19:22:00.001-07:00

My Frustration is very similar to my anger. I flipped the boxes and wanted this time to show the sharp corners cutting into the negative space. The angle of the boxes that are pointing all tips to one corner. My frustration then after whirling would become Anger which you will see below.

This is supposed to be Fear. The stair-like attempt is supposed to show exploration into the unknown. The negative space is very slight on 3 corners only, to show the bottom is black and dark. I also wanted to hide the outside of the boxes so that the uniformity was gone, because uniformity is not scary.

This is Excitement. I wanted to give the illusion that the boxes have jumped out of the roof just a bit. They are all following each other to the top! So engulfed in the movement that they have collided. The negative space even though i can only use white is supposed to be a place for the movement to take place continuously.

Oh, Joy! Lots of negative space so not to frustrate the boxes in the middle with a star burst effect. The bigger box extending out into littler boxes make me see that the joy is exploding quietly.

This is Contentment. All the boxes in a row, laying on the bottom of the space. The negative space makes it look like the boxes are floating. The family appearance of maybe a parent box and two children boxes, not moving but suspended in pure contentment.

This is Anger. It looks kinda like a face. However the slant of the top boxes make it appear to be frowning. The the absolute squareness of the larger bottom box i think gives the effect of large emptiness. The negative space around the outside four corners gives an illusion of arrows of escape to the outside.

Chapter 3- Space

2009-09-02T09:19:00.000-07:00

Chapter 3 Review Questions

1. The concepts that are referred to by the term format are; size, scale, and presentation.
2. Positive space is the elements of design that are understood to have implied volume. Such objects would be solid or the main focus of the design.
3. Negitive space would defined as empty or white space around the positive space.
4. Illusionary space is an element in design that refers to the illusion of a third dimension on a two-dimensional plane.
5. If two objects are the same size but one of them is closer to the viewer the one that is farther away would appear to be smaller.
6. An object closer to a viewer nomally would appear lower in an image.
7. Objects that are in the distance would appear darker when compared to objects that are closer to a viewer.
8. Objects that are closer to the viewer would appear to have sharper focus than those in the background, so yes.

Design Week 1

2009-08-26T10:11:00.000-07:00

C-R-E-A-T-I-V-I-T-Y? What is that backwards? Ytivitaerc. Lets jumble them... Vittaciery. An ie and a y. Information gathering, why not call it information jumbling. Natural creativity, Here is a post of a picture of my kids latest work. He said it was a monster. Looks like clouds. One thing i have noticed recently that i wanted to share is hair. I don't know too much about the Vanilla Ice days but kids at my sons preschool are shaving stars and lines into their heads. Old becoming new... History repeats, like ideas that are combined to create new ones. Kinda like the Design Guy said in his podcast, something like combinations of old elements are used to get ideas. (designguy.blogspot.com). Negative space. I stood on my head and looked at my living room from that view, I do not understand the negative space. Next blog I will have some photos I shot over the weekend with a disposable camera. I cant wait to share them, but I have to get the digital disk first.