In today's class I got to see nine interesting covers for sketchbook, it was cool to see all of the different ways people conveyed the ideas of covering a book. The most interesting cover was Meghan's purse sketchbook. It was different from anyone else's in class and she used materials and techniques that no one else did so it was really interesting to see such a different approach to the assignment. I also like Cristi's idea of using a shoe to show a cover becuase of the many ways shoes cover, feet, ground, and time. Her idea of covering was my favorite.
Today I learned more about using photoshop. I have used it before but I do not know much at all about it, so it was great to learn how to use it to make a amalgamations. I also learned how to use pixolou to find more pictures for the amalgamation project, when I ran out of images on google. I think pixolou will come in handy often when google, and flicker do not have many.
The surface pattern Cristi used for the inside of her book and on the outside of her cover beneath the shoe gave me the idea that I would like to try to design something like that or uses some cool pattern in a future project. Using flicker was also helpful for giving me ideas for pictures and concepts to use in my amalgamation, its a great place to search for pictures and develop ideas.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Top Five Amalgamation Ideas
STOPLIGHT: the thing that I like about the stoplight idea is that the stop light will always show the red green and yellow in the same order because that is the universal way they are show. The edges maybe a little blurry because some are shaped differently, but the background will be completely different because they will all be set in different places, so it will be interesting to have it go from clear to a little blurry to very blurry.
WOMEN'S MAGAZINE COVERS: women's magazines will be interesting because there always a close up of a women on the cover. I don't know if I should stick to one magazine so the title stays the same and the women changes or use different women magzines so both the women and titles change. The women being more blurry than the titles.
WELCOME TO _____ SIGNS: This would be cool because the welcome to would remain pretty clear, but the town title would change, and the backgrounds would all change drastically.
BOSTON GLOBE: Im from Boston and my dad reads the paper everyday so I'm used to seeing it all of the time, I think it would be interesting to see the title stay the same as the stories around it change.
FAMOUS PEOPLE ON THE RED CARPET: I really like award shows like the Oscars and the Grammys and watching the red carpet as everyone arrives in their dresses, I thought it would be cool because the red carpet and the background would remain similar as the women and their dress change, with the ghost of a womanly figure remaining.
WOMEN'S MAGAZINE COVERS: women's magazines will be interesting because there always a close up of a women on the cover. I don't know if I should stick to one magazine so the title stays the same and the women changes or use different women magzines so both the women and titles change. The women being more blurry than the titles.
WELCOME TO _____ SIGNS: This would be cool because the welcome to would remain pretty clear, but the town title would change, and the backgrounds would all change drastically.
BOSTON GLOBE: Im from Boston and my dad reads the paper everyday so I'm used to seeing it all of the time, I think it would be interesting to see the title stay the same as the stories around it change.
FAMOUS PEOPLE ON THE RED CARPET: I really like award shows like the Oscars and the Grammys and watching the red carpet as everyone arrives in their dresses, I thought it would be cool because the red carpet and the background would remain similar as the women and their dress change, with the ghost of a womanly figure remaining.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Response to One and Three Chairs based on Plato
1. There are three chairs in Kosuth's artwork. These three chairs are just shown from different viewpoints. There is the chair in reality done by the maker of the chair. A chair is shown front on in an imitation of a chair that was in reality done by the maker of the chair. A chair is shown front on in an imitations of a chair that was in reality. Their third chair is a noun and an interpretation of a chair. All three pieces are chairs but the 3D chair is the only one seen in reality.
2. Plato would consider the middle wooden chair the real chair. He talks about beds and tables being in reality and those who paint them imitating the real chair and just making an appearance. Plato would consider the wooden chair to have been created and made. He would have said the photograph of the chair is done as an imitation of the wooden chair, ad i believe he would have said the definition was an interpretation of the "real" wooden chair.
2. Plato would consider the middle wooden chair the real chair. He talks about beds and tables being in reality and those who paint them imitating the real chair and just making an appearance. Plato would consider the wooden chair to have been created and made. He would have said the photograph of the chair is done as an imitation of the wooden chair, ad i believe he would have said the definition was an interpretation of the "real" wooden chair.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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