Monday, December 15, 2008

"best" photo


i guess this is one of my "best" photos i took. i really like the gradual progression of the trees as they get closer to the camera. i also thought it was an interesting point of view because the trees move from the bottom left to the right top corner.

This picture of the school shows the rule of thirds and in an odd color
This is a good picture because there is earth art
made out of sticks which creates texture for it.
This earth art actually creates a picture as well
it reminds you of Pac-Man. Plus the colors
contrast well with the greyish color sticks with
the flat green grass.

"Best" Photo


This is what I guess to be my 'best' photo. I took this without actually looking, for I was too lazy to kneel down and take a picture (due to wet ground, grass, and of course the oh so wonderful multi-pigmented presents by the beasts that inhabit the field . .). I actually just set the camera without looking at the preview cam screen and just took it. I think it turned out nicely, making it look as if the area were some sort of swamp or something, with the sand beachy area at the end and grass all around.

Favorite Picture

This is a picture I took on a vaction in Hilton Head, SC. Its taken from the outside hallways of the hotel through a large opening. I like it because of the way the winidow frames the sunset behind the dark trees

this is my best work because it was taken on a great camera and the way this picture was taken was really good. i like this picture alot because of the way the berries look

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I think this "earth art" is a good picture because the pink and red colors of the leaves create a good contrast against the brown color of the earth. The shape of the heart is also nice.

Friday, December 12, 2008


I think that the interesting idea behind this picture is that it was a bright sunny day when i took it, and the building looks white in any other picture i took.

Friday, November 14, 2008

Design Problem 4 Intro/Story Necessities Notes

Graphic Design
Design Problem 4 Intro Notes

- Combined pictures and texts = created story
- Dramatic scene – adds to the climax ‘action’
- Static, 1st or 3rd frame

- Rhythm-Timing
- Pacing: not too fast or too slow
- Too fast: not build up suspense
- Too slow: not enough room for main story

- Humans have natural ability to connect/draw conclusions
- Transition (link different frames)
- Closure (connect)

- The visual techniques like how dramatic, detailed, emotional etc. The characters can communicate the majority of the message.
- Gag structure, punch line, expectations, and exaggeration, extreme.

- Not only humor. Tell story, be serious; narration, adventurous.
- Comics: consecutive panels
- Suspense

- Composition of art re-enforces commentary.
- Demonstrates narrative economy + evocative art.
- Gets attention
- Narrative economy? Portraying + poking fun at realistic as well as bizarreness.

-Connection between writing + drawing
- Importance of thumbnail sketches
- Layouts: superhero type thumbnails
- Thumbnails: quick rough drawing
- Thumbnail is the first essential step for making comics.


Story Necessities
- Details
- Plot
- Background
- Characters
- Setting
- Dialogue
- Author
- Climax
- Development
- Text/Illustration
- Inspiration/Brainstorming

Your welcome.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Rayograph

http://flickr.com/search/?s=int&q=rayograph&m=tags

PHOTOGRAMZ

www.brendajamrus.com/photograms/photograms.html

yeahhhh

man ray

click here for photograms!

Man Ray

http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2006/dada/artwork/manray.shtm

here are some interesting works by Man Ray

Link - photogram

http://www.amandaguthrie.com/Web%20Pages/Photography.html

Rayograph

http://flickr.com/photos/aegishjalmur/2376540155/

Ray Man

I found some interesting Rayographs and Photograms that were created either by Ray Man or by others copying his design. These are the websites that they are linked to.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1043/868797111_f70605f421.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Lemons_photogram.jpg

http://www.geh.org/amico2000/htmlsrc/m197900950004_ful.html#topofimage

rayograph

here is a site with some man ray rayographs

http://www.geh.org/amico2000/htmlsrc/index.html

photograms

Website for photograms:
http://www.photograms.org/portfolio.html

photogram website

http://www.photogram.org/frame.html

this is a very interesting website. it shows alot of artists that use photograms



http://www.photograms.org/chapter01.html

this website shows the history of photograms and its very intresting