September 29, 2013. 3:40-3:55 PM.
Read up a bit on copyright law.
Copyright, basically, is the idea that citizens are entitled to certain powers of distribution and sharing when it comes to their own ideas and creations--the "right to copy". It was first conceived with the growth of the printing press during the 17th and 18th centuries.
A creator is entitled to certain powers over their work, which expire 50-100 years after their death, depending on the country. At that point the work becomes public domain.
Pretty neat-o.
Source~
Monday, September 30, 2013
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Finished Adage Image
September 28, 2:21 PM.
All done with my image adage project.
The change is subtle but I think it makes a big difference. In class, I basically discovered that people couldn't tell what was in the x-ray, so I increased the contrast within the frame and decreased the opacity of the flowers to make it more clear. I think it makes a lot more sense this way.
Finished Spoof Ad
September 28, 2:05 PM.
I managed to finish two versions of my spoof ad in class on Wednesday.
I was pretty intimidated by this project at first because all I could think of were cliches. But I'm pretty happy with this. I basically thought it would be funny to imagine a model thinking of really deep, science-y stuff and ran with it. It turned into a thing about genetic engineering and designer babies, which is OK with me because Gattaca is one of my favorite movies.
I managed to finish two versions of my spoof ad in class on Wednesday.
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Brainstorming Ad Parodies
September 24, 9:20-9:41 PM.
Right now I'm searching around Google for ads and thinking of ways I could parody them.
I like the aesthetic of this ad, so I wonder what I could do with it.
I really don't know what's going on here, but I think it's an opportunity for humor.
This ad is actually interesting to me because I had the same exact one hanging on my bedroom wall for my entire high school life. I loved the balloons but I never got why the woman looked so bored. Maybe this should say, "FLYING! Meh."
Another vapid model. Or maybe she's not vapid. Actually I think it would be really neat to edit out the words and mascara and then type a big long paragraph detailing the model's thoughts on some deep scientific topic.
Right now I'm searching around Google for ads and thinking of ways I could parody them.
I like the aesthetic of this ad, so I wonder what I could do with it.
I really don't know what's going on here, but I think it's an opportunity for humor.
This ad is actually interesting to me because I had the same exact one hanging on my bedroom wall for my entire high school life. I loved the balloons but I never got why the woman looked so bored. Maybe this should say, "FLYING! Meh."
Another vapid model. Or maybe she's not vapid. Actually I think it would be really neat to edit out the words and mascara and then type a big long paragraph detailing the model's thoughts on some deep scientific topic.
Saturday, September 21, 2013
"Beauty is only skin deep"
September 21, 2013. 4-5:30 PM.
Today I finished my photoshop image that I had started in class.
I'm actually surprised at how nice it looks. At first I was befuddled, completely unsure of how to approach this assignment. Because my adage is "beauty is only skin deep", I at first wanted to find images of hilariously ugly people--the kind of people we laugh at in cartoons because they are so unrealistically strange looking. I wanted to juxtapose that against the x-ray full of flowers, to show how physical ugliness has nothing to do with the soul. But after I did that, it looked really cheesy. I wanted it to be more serious, so I googled "burn victims" and found a different face to place in the image. It looks a thousand times better!
And the fact that the person is a burn victim adds to the depth. Burned faces are often horrifying, being marred and unnatural. Realistically, it's hard for most people to find the beauty in that. We cannot really say that everyone is pretty because some people are just terrifying. They are hideous.
That's my problem with the new body acceptance movement: it assumes that everyone is gorgeous, no matter what. But the truth is beauty is completely subjective, and fades fast. So instead of focusing on outward beauty, which really means nothing in the end, why don't we start focusing on inner beauty, which is far more valuable and useful to society
Monday, September 16, 2013
Thinking
September 16, 10:38 AM.
Here are some aphorisms and adages that strike me:
"A fool and his money are soon parted." This is both painfully true and potentially hilarious.
"A friend in need is a friend indeed." I never understood this saying. Why should a person be in need for me to be friends with them? Did I take something from them? This is something I want to think more about.
"All we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history." Also painfully true.
"Beauty is only skin deep." This is extremely important because with the recent body acceptance movement, people are actually forgetting this saying. It's great to feel beautiful and love your body, but beauty is a temporal thing and shouldn't be such a big deal to us.
A similar, more Biblical quote: "I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God." 1 Timothy 2:9-10.
Here are some aphorisms and adages that strike me:
"A fool and his money are soon parted." This is both painfully true and potentially hilarious.
Maybe this guy spent too much on shoes. I don't know.
"A friend in need is a friend indeed." I never understood this saying. Why should a person be in need for me to be friends with them? Did I take something from them? This is something I want to think more about.
"Hey friend, need a hug?"
"All we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history." Also painfully true.
He probably knows something about history. Or nothing. Which is something.
"Beauty is only skin deep." This is extremely important because with the recent body acceptance movement, people are actually forgetting this saying. It's great to feel beautiful and love your body, but beauty is a temporal thing and shouldn't be such a big deal to us.
Beneath it all we're just a bunch of skeletons.
This is what a soul should look like.
A similar, more Biblical quote: "I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God." 1 Timothy 2:9-10.
Sunday, September 15, 2013
John Baldessari
September 15, 2013, 10:43 PM.
For my research homework, I chose John Baldessari.
Baldessari is an interesting guy. I like that his work breaks the "fourth wall" and makes you think about the formulaic nature of some art--his work encourages artists to break rules and create new and different things. He is by no means my favorite artist. His paintings are a little too bold for my tastes, and lacking in detail; Yet the driving ideas behind his work are admirable.
For my research homework, I chose John Baldessari.
Baldessari is an interesting guy. I like that his work breaks the "fourth wall" and makes you think about the formulaic nature of some art--his work encourages artists to break rules and create new and different things. He is by no means my favorite artist. His paintings are a little too bold for my tastes, and lacking in detail; Yet the driving ideas behind his work are admirable.
Fonts and Images
September 15, 2013, 10:29 PM.
First I want to talk about Wednesday's class, when we analyzed images and words and then played around with fonts.
I liked to see everyone's individual interpretations of words like "explosive" or "beauty". The way we grow up and learn to understand these words can make our choice of fonts very similar or very different. It reminds me of the fact that we will never be able to fully understand each other simply because the meaning behind a word can be completely different depending on who is hearing it.
Now about the image and word pairs that I put together: those required a bit of thought, too.
Choosing words for my muffin picture was a little tough. I confess I did not think hard about the image before I chose it, opting to challenge myself to come up with fitting words. Some were alright, while others don't make total sense. Overall, I don't think these combinations are amazing. But I did my best.
As for finding pictures to fit the word "breathe", I had a lot of fun! The pictures are so different in intent and mood that put together, they create a dark and humorous contrast. I'm not sure exactly what my method was... I basically Googled "breathe" and similar words, looking for interesting meanings. I'm happy with them.
First I want to talk about Wednesday's class, when we analyzed images and words and then played around with fonts.
I liked to see everyone's individual interpretations of words like "explosive" or "beauty". The way we grow up and learn to understand these words can make our choice of fonts very similar or very different. It reminds me of the fact that we will never be able to fully understand each other simply because the meaning behind a word can be completely different depending on who is hearing it.
Now about the image and word pairs that I put together: those required a bit of thought, too.
Choosing words for my muffin picture was a little tough. I confess I did not think hard about the image before I chose it, opting to challenge myself to come up with fitting words. Some were alright, while others don't make total sense. Overall, I don't think these combinations are amazing. But I did my best.
As for finding pictures to fit the word "breathe", I had a lot of fun! The pictures are so different in intent and mood that put together, they create a dark and humorous contrast. I'm not sure exactly what my method was... I basically Googled "breathe" and similar words, looking for interesting meanings. I'm happy with them.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Words and Images
September 10, 2013, 10:26 AM.
I just picked out my image and listed as many words as possible that could be associated with it. It was harder than I thought!
My picture is of muffins in a pan, so it was interesting coming up with words. I wrote a long list ranging from "breakfast" to my childhood pet, a chicken named Muffin. In the end I narrowed it down to "cupcake", "muffin man" and "muffin top". I think these are equally interesting and different words. Woo!
I just picked out my image and listed as many words as possible that could be associated with it. It was harder than I thought!
My picture is of muffins in a pan, so it was interesting coming up with words. I wrote a long list ranging from "breakfast" to my childhood pet, a chicken named Muffin. In the end I narrowed it down to "cupcake", "muffin man" and "muffin top". I think these are equally interesting and different words. Woo!
Failure
September 10, 2013. 9:53 PM.
In class yesterday we talked about failure--that is, failure to meet conventional rules. We talked about how inevitable failure becomes in a world that is constantly changing.
I really liked the video game analogy that was brought up. I love video games, but they can be tough. There's always a puzzle I get stuck on or a boss I can't quite beat. But I rarely give up on a game because of that. I keep trying, for some reason. I fail and fail and fail and punch the couch and fail and fail and yell at the wall and then, finally, by some miracle, I get through. The boss is beaten and the day is saved. And because I failed so much before succeeding, it feels even better. Games take work and a lot of failure, but they are worth it.
Life should be like that. We shouldn't be so afraid to fail. We should accept our failures as educational experiences, and then keep trying. Nothing is really impossible.
In class yesterday we talked about failure--that is, failure to meet conventional rules. We talked about how inevitable failure becomes in a world that is constantly changing.
I really liked the video game analogy that was brought up. I love video games, but they can be tough. There's always a puzzle I get stuck on or a boss I can't quite beat. But I rarely give up on a game because of that. I keep trying, for some reason. I fail and fail and fail and punch the couch and fail and fail and yell at the wall and then, finally, by some miracle, I get through. The boss is beaten and the day is saved. And because I failed so much before succeeding, it feels even better. Games take work and a lot of failure, but they are worth it.
Life should be like that. We shouldn't be so afraid to fail. We should accept our failures as educational experiences, and then keep trying. Nothing is really impossible.
Saturday, September 7, 2013
EZ Does It
September 6, 2013, 12:30 - 12:50 PM.
Just read the article about R.F.I.D. technology and answered the corresponding homework questions.
The article was interesting, because it's hard to believe that technology is becoming so advanced. However, it's also kind of terrifying because there are so many ways it could be used to violate privacy. Sometimes I wish we could just be happy with what we have instead of trying to make everything super extra crazy efficient. Convenience seems nice, but everything has to come with a cost.
Just read the article about R.F.I.D. technology and answered the corresponding homework questions.
The article was interesting, because it's hard to believe that technology is becoming so advanced. However, it's also kind of terrifying because there are so many ways it could be used to violate privacy. Sometimes I wish we could just be happy with what we have instead of trying to make everything super extra crazy efficient. Convenience seems nice, but everything has to come with a cost.
Complex Image Combinations
September 6, 2013. 10:30 - 12:25 AM.
My complex image combinations were a little easier to do than the image pairs. It took about an hour and a half to find the right pictures, and then maybe half an hour to cut it all out.
I aimed to use the same method as before, tearing out whatever images seemed pretty to me. However I couldn't help put prefer pictures that had to do with flowers and the change of the seasons, which is apparent in my final product. There are tons of flowers and leaves! I like it.
My complex image combinations were a little easier to do than the image pairs. It took about an hour and a half to find the right pictures, and then maybe half an hour to cut it all out.
I aimed to use the same method as before, tearing out whatever images seemed pretty to me. However I couldn't help put prefer pictures that had to do with flowers and the change of the seasons, which is apparent in my final product. There are tons of flowers and leaves! I like it.
September 3 Class
September 3, 2013. 8:30 - 11:10 AM.
Today in class, we talked about and examined our image pairs.
It was neat to see all the pictures up on the wall. A few were flawed, but overall each one was deep and interesting. Our conversation brought up things I hadn't considered in other's work as well as my own. I think discussion adds to beauty because it helps me see things better.
Today in class, we talked about and examined our image pairs.
It was neat to see all the pictures up on the wall. A few were flawed, but overall each one was deep and interesting. Our conversation brought up things I hadn't considered in other's work as well as my own. I think discussion adds to beauty because it helps me see things better.
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