Took this picture up north and I thought it would be fun to play around with the colors using some techniques learned in class! Everything about this picture draws me in. I love he cool colors in the sky and how clear the water looks in contrast with the dark trees! It really does something for me

This is the John Lennon wall in the Czech Republic. I thought it would really add to my blog because I've actually been here! Around this time last summer I was able to study abroad here, and this wall is art if I've ever seen it! The amount of people drawing and painting while I was there was really awesome to see! I cant wait to go back!

For this iMovie project my interests are more towards comedy! I don't have anything specific in mind for this project though!

The name of our animated short is Identity. The purpose of the animation is to show two people from completely different upbringings and backgrounds. The girl “Lady,” is from a wealthy family and pretty much has it all, and “Guy” has quite the opposite. The two shed their differences and become friends in the end. The techniques we used in class were extremely beneficial as we were able to watch our characters come to life! Creating the animation was difficult at times but it was worth it in the end!

                  Together, we thought it would be interesting to see the lifestyle of the different characters and to really stress not to judge a book by its cover. We meet all kinds of different people who live different lives than us. I think its important not to judge a book by its cover, doing so leads us to miss out on opportunities that could be great for us. In our film Guy is from a rough neighborhood and doesn’t really have a family, whereas Lady has a big house and her parents. However, Lady feels lonely in this big house and yearns for a new friend, Guy. Although different they both want the same thing.

First impressions also play into this animation. When we meet people we automatically come up with a story for the person we met. We have tons of assumptions and its safe to say that we can generally be wrong about people. That is why we purposely created the animation so that you see Guy’s house AFTER the two have already met. It goes to show that you can like a person for who they are and not what they have, so I think it was clever to place the scene after they talk and become friends rather having them meet at the bus stop and show them walking past his house first like we had previously planned on doing!

                  We created our animation using classic tween to create the smooth motion you see when the characters walk, additionally we used a frame by frame animation style on Lady. We used transition slides that help move the story along and give the audience a little insight as to what is happening. We added music to the entire thing as well as created “talking bubbles” to allow our characters to voice their opinions.

                  Overall we believe our animation was a success! We put a lot of hard work into it and collaborated our efforts to create an animation that the class will enjoy! Looking back there are a couple things we would have done differently. The timing of the entire short was difficult to workout as we found ourselves creating more time for the talking parts than we originally did. But, it is good to struggle at time because it made us learn so much over the past couple weeks. I forced us to get creative own our own and to really rely on what we learned as a whole!

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Different Types of Creativity:

I definitely think that my creativity has improved since taking this class already and I can only imagine how I'll feel after the course is completed!
I think I'm more of a personal creator. I have used insight to guide creativity in the past! I also think that I can be a brilliant creator, the person that sparks ideas and thoughts. It's interesting to see how people are different and create things in different ways.

Cat Soup Video:
1. The animation was very very interesting to say the least. I can honestly say I have no idea what this film was about. There were various scenes and concepts in the film and it seemed a little random to me.
2. I liked in one part that the screen kind of "fell" apart and the characters were running and ended up in a different scene. It was a really cool transition! I like that some of the shapes in the film turned into others things. We kind of learned how to reshape a circle in different ways and I saw that illustrated in the film. Lastly, it was interesting to me that they made the bizarre seem completely normal. Like how the fish had no body and only skeleton, yet he was ale to swim away perfectly fine. So I guess my third strategy would just be thinking outside the box!
3. Overall, I'm not sure how I feel about the film. It was kind of weird to be honest! I was pretty confused as to what the point of the film was because the different scenes didn't really go together. However, I will say that the imagery was pretty good! I also thought it was awesome that they showed disasters happening in reverse like they had been undone. I really liked that aspect of the film a lot.

Camel motion picture

Today we learned how to create motion picture images using key frames, classic tween and the bone tool to create one cohesive video.

5 ways to integrate: Marshall

Currently I don't use these techniques in my art making process. I think that these five strategies can be used in a powerful way and I think it would be beneficial to attempt to use them. Next time I want to create an image I will consider these practices and try to duplicate them to get a better understanding of the process a little better.

PROBLEM SOLVING AND INTEGRATION OF CREATIVITY

With this image I really put a lot of focus on what I think is occurring on the inside of the church and let that be reflected by what you see on the outside. My goal by making this very familiar place into something unfamiliar was to simply add the pink/purple sky to the background. Like mentioned above I used this technique to give a visual on what takes place inside the church. Church is a symbol of worship and praise, and the color is supposed to capture this exclamation of faith, that “hallejuah” moment so to speak. While I know some people aren’t religious, we all believe in something. So my motive is to showcase that moment of “insight” in one’s life, that moment of self-actualization occurs. Therefore, my question is, how is church typically defined to those who go, and to those who don’t? Could a different color (possibly a gloomier color) be used in the background to relate to those who may feel differently about church than others?

We all know trees as a symbol of life; it represents wisdom, beauty and strength. By duplicating the image and creating one big visual, it gives the image power. I chose to make blue a dominant color in this photo as it also represents wisdom as well as loyalty, confidence and intelligence. Trees stand tall with confidence and can weather any storm or condition which makes it the perfect muse for this theme of life I aim to depict. Additionally, I love that there are two visible suns in the photo. We cannot exist without trees and subsequently the trees cannot exist without the sun, therefore this piece is meant to illustrates the balance of life in a way that’s calming yet visually appealing.

I would have to say that is image is one of the more interesting ones I have completed. I’m sure we have all heard the term “when pigs fly.” I attempted to make this strange phenomenon familiar by placing these pigs at a local park. When we were children at one point or another we were all taken to the park to run around and enjoy our innocence. The familiarity of this piece comes from just that, we all remember what it was like to be a carefree kid, it’s a feeling that resonates with us. I decided to make this familiar place unfamiliar/strange by adding the flying pigs in the background to show something that we would never actually see. I used purple as my secondary color for the pigs and I think the combination of this and the park offer some cohesiveness. Both represent innocence in some way. The park as well as the pigs and the accompanying terms are both very familiar to us yet strange because it not something we would actually see which is what makes this image interesting and imaginative.

            

In the repetition piece I created I used the theme of life to inspire me, and this piece is no different. Snow is one of the most interesting concepts in my opinion. From the ways it falls in the form of snowflake and how no one individual snowflake is the same, to the way it completely transforms an area and then eventually melts. In my opinion it tells the story of life. We are all very different individuals that were put on this Earth, and just like snow, we are here for a certain amount of time and eventually we melt. My goal was to capture the obvious bright white snow at the top which is gradually melting into nothingness. The text reads, “Life is too short. Live it.” Visually attempting to display how fast life “melts” and to seize every moment.   

SUMMARY

When creating these images, I used the techniques of the artist that we talked about in class to come up with one main theme about life and its various stages. How do we become the people we are, how important are our surroundings and how to they affect us as people?
 For the first postcard, I was definitely inspired by Rene Magritte’s art making strategies and his mission to question the perceptions of reality. This is what I attempted to achieve in the first image. The familiar scene of the church juxtaposed with the bright purple background is something we would not normally see on a day-to-day basis. However, a bright and colorful sky isn’t something that is completely out of the ordinary, which I feel as though I really nailed the concept. I wanted to create this blur between imagination and reality so it leaves one questioning is this real?

 Postcard #2 focuses on Bamberger and his technique of repetition. When constructing this image, I kept his concepts in mind and his idea of convincingly extending a horizon line. This idea motivated me to duplicate the image of the trees and even though I took the image, it left me wondering what the rest of the of horizon was like! Again, creating this blur between the digital image and the actual existence of the landscape.

The 3^rd postcard demonstrates a transformation of the image, making the strange familiar. Sandy Skoglund wanted to exemplify how transformation can alter reality. My objective was to play with the line between fantasy and reality. As discussed above, we are familiar with the term when pigs fly. I heard this term a lot as kid, as well as hearing fictional stories about animals such as the three little pigs. Hence, pairing the pigs with the park offers an all-encompassing childlike theme, which proves to be effective in my opinion.

Lastly, the 4^th postcard demonstrates the conceptual strategy of concealment and revealing. My theme is life in this postcard and using the hidden message I was able to illustrate this theme in a way that is cohesive and extremely relatable to our lives. Using all of these art making process has truly opened my eyes to world around me and has inspired me to think outside the box with my art, in ways that grab the attention of those around me. 

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