Social Media

One issue for social media is cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is a major issue that relates to kids bullying each other through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Ask.fm. Some kids don't know how to handle being bullied. I am against cyberbullying because there have been many cases where kids have fallen into deep depressions and have even killed themselves because kids cyberbully each other. Bullying someone in general is wrong but over social media is even worse and just pathetic. People bully others to make themselves feel good so if thats what they need to boost their self-esteem, that's just ridiculous.

Broadsides are printed on one side only and list a bunch of governmental notifications with commercial announcements. Broadsides were produced in large quantities and were distributed around the town quickly so they spread to all citizens. They were supposed to have an impact on people and then be discarded. Posters were popular and affordable while citizens hung them in their houses as display. 

During the French Poster Craze, posters appealed to artists because there was a middle class with tons of leisure time so they needed something to do. The posters started because they marketed goods and theatrical entertainment. It turned into a collectable and affordable art piece for middle class homes. The large format allowed artists to make a public presentation and their names were recognized. 

When Japan's Uklyo-e prints were exported to France, they inspired many different artists. They incorporated traditional elements and decorative designs. The Uklyo were used to advertise theater, brothels, popular actors, and beautiful girls. 

From the Early European Illustrated Posters, the poster that attaracted my eye would be the second one from the left, the green one with the women because the color attracted my eye and I didn't know what the woman was doing in the poster so I looked more carefully at it. I like the mist coming from the cup because it surrounds the poster. I do not see the relevance in graphic design today. 

From the Cubism art pieces, these posters are different from the Early European pieces because they have more solid colors that are spread throughout the poster. These pieces are very bold because every person is doing something. In the first piece, there is a demon with something in its hand which makes me more curious. 

For the Photographic Posters, one artwork that appealed to me is the first one with everyone sitting around because it makes me wonder what they are all doing. It has a theme of silentness or quietness while there is a person on the ceiling.. 

From the Swiss Posters, one poster that has a clear focal point is the first one with the white and orange mountain in the back because it has a different color then the art surrounding it. The poster that has a composition with movement/dynamic is the one further down on the page with the blue background and the music notes all scrambled around. I could imagine the notes floating around which is why I picked it to be moving. 

GIF Reflection

1) My concept revolves around the idea of imaginative and creativity. It shows a person walking (which I do a lot) and a lightbulb popping over his head on the last frame to express that he has an idea. It shows that I am a creative genius. I arrived at this idea because on my thumbnail sketches, I described myself as an imaginative person. One of my sketches was a lightbulb and I thought it would be a good idea to have a person running or walking and have them get an idea. This is where I incorporated the lightbulb. This relates to me because I always have creative ideas while im waking down the street or wherever I am. 

3) My animated GIF has evolved from it's original idea because my it was simply a person walking and having a lightbulb pop up over his head. It was too simple so I put a tree in my GIF to make it look like my person is walking past a tree. It gives my GIF a little extra illustration to make it seem more appealing. Then I fixed my person walking so it my GIF wasn't choppy and it flowed a lot better. 

Photoshop Project

1) My project concept is college and basketball. I picked college because as I was touring Syracuse University and I really liked the campus as well as the basketball gym. I took multiple pictures of the gym and used it in my project. I also pick basketball as my other concept because it's my favorite sport and I want to play basketball in college. I included Stephen Curry because he is my favorite basketball player.
2) The title of my project is "College Ball."
3) I am not very happy with my result because I know I could've done better but I ran out of time and had to rush though some of the components. In the beginning, I just mixed up with some of my ideas and couldn't decide on a concept. I also wanted to include myself in my project but I never took the right photo and it didn't fit into my concept so I couldn't include it.

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Evan Anderson

10/19/15

Reflection

My process started out by brainstorming ideas of what included the letter “Z” in. I was the only one that was able to choose my own letter since my name is the first one on the list, but I have no idea why I chose Z. I wanted to so some sort of snake and my Z slither down to form a snake, but then I got the idea of doing some sort of superhero logo. The batman logo instantly jumped into my mind since he’s my favorite crime fighter (since he has no super powers, I don’t think of him as a superhero). I drew out the batman logo and tried to fit a Z in there but it didn’t work out. The I shifted my attention the the Superman logo since he has an S in the logo, I thought I would flip it around to make a Z. I drew a couple thumbnails and it worked out pretty well. I changed the colors around and measured out the diamond and finally created my final product. 

I thought I did a good job of looking at a lot of examples online of the Superman logo. Whenever I needed a reference image, I went straight online. I also tried to use the same colors as the superman logo but i decided to change it at the last minute. 

The most challenging part of this project was trying to find out how to include my letter in a logo. I didn’t have any ideas come to me because I have a pretty difficult letter, but once I figured out that I was doing the superman logo, it was pretty simple from there. 

I am satisfied with my project because I worked hard by drawing, by brainstorming, and I am satisfied with the overall product. I never think I am good at art, but this project made me look good. 

If I could change anything, i would change the color scheme because I could've included complimentary colors to make it a little better.