My Monochromatic Image
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
Chapter 11 Balance
Chapter 11 Balance
Balance as it applies to design is how each element of the design compare to the other elements of the design. Balance in a design is about being able to equally fill the design with elements. The point of focus in a design is the place that grabs your attention, all the other elements will be around this one element of the design. Good designs will have implied lines directing your eyes to the point of focus in the design. The rule of thirds is when you divide your design into thirds and place your object of interest or your point of focus into one of the thirds you divided, and giving them each an equal amount of balance. The golden spiral is a form of composition that is rooted in the rule of thirds, but then each third is divided into thirds, and then that third is divided into thirds until there is nothing left to divide, and if a line were drawn to connect all the rectangles that have been formed than it would create a spiral throughout the image. Radial balance is when an image "radiates" from a central point out, and crystallographic balance is when you use a uniform pattern throughout the design creating balance. When using color an element can be given more visual weight by picking colors that stand out in the composition, or by distributing them equally throughout the design. Darker colors will have a heavier visual weight if the other colors are light, but if all the other colors are dark they will visually have the same weight as the other colors, but if you put lighter colors with the dark colors the lighter colors will Carry more visual weight. Implied motion affects balance because in most images if one side is empty it will appear as though one side of the image is heavier, but with implied motion the figure that has the implied movement adds weight into the area that it is "going into".
Balance as it applies to design is how each element of the design compare to the other elements of the design. Balance in a design is about being able to equally fill the design with elements. The point of focus in a design is the place that grabs your attention, all the other elements will be around this one element of the design. Good designs will have implied lines directing your eyes to the point of focus in the design. The rule of thirds is when you divide your design into thirds and place your object of interest or your point of focus into one of the thirds you divided, and giving them each an equal amount of balance. The golden spiral is a form of composition that is rooted in the rule of thirds, but then each third is divided into thirds, and then that third is divided into thirds until there is nothing left to divide, and if a line were drawn to connect all the rectangles that have been formed than it would create a spiral throughout the image. Radial balance is when an image "radiates" from a central point out, and crystallographic balance is when you use a uniform pattern throughout the design creating balance. When using color an element can be given more visual weight by picking colors that stand out in the composition, or by distributing them equally throughout the design. Darker colors will have a heavier visual weight if the other colors are light, but if all the other colors are dark they will visually have the same weight as the other colors, but if you put lighter colors with the dark colors the lighter colors will Carry more visual weight. Implied motion affects balance because in most images if one side is empty it will appear as though one side of the image is heavier, but with implied motion the figure that has the implied movement adds weight into the area that it is "going into".
Chapter 10 Composition and Layout
Chapter 10 Composition and Layout
Composition in design in the ability to make all the "pieces of the puzzle fit" to make the bigger picture. If the composition in a design is not well thought out and put together then they are simply pieces that have been forced together to make something that may not even make sense. Unity as it applies to design is a part of composition, unity would be the parts of the puzzle that fit together, they lock the pieces, and make the bigger picture. Other elements like color can be used to create unity in a design by using colors of similar hues to seperate the elements of the piece, or by using different tints, shades, or intensities of the same color.The layout of a design is where things get placed in the space of the design, so that would be the smaller pictures in a puzzle that make the big picture therefore, composition, unity, and layout all are pieces of the puzzle of the design, and must all fit together perfectly to be a piece of art. The grid can be used in a design as a layout tool to place contents neatly in the work area, the grid can also be used to align elements in the design. Grid and non grid layouts differ because a design made with a grid will most likely be neat and organized, while a nongrid design will lok more free hand instead of being derived of page layout. An example of a metaphor in a nongrid layout is when you play Eyepet and you give your little monkey a bath and dry his hair with a hairdryer. This is a metaphor because you know what these tools are used for in real life, therefore when you see them on a game you will know what they do if you push them in your game or layout.
Composition in design in the ability to make all the "pieces of the puzzle fit" to make the bigger picture. If the composition in a design is not well thought out and put together then they are simply pieces that have been forced together to make something that may not even make sense. Unity as it applies to design is a part of composition, unity would be the parts of the puzzle that fit together, they lock the pieces, and make the bigger picture. Other elements like color can be used to create unity in a design by using colors of similar hues to seperate the elements of the piece, or by using different tints, shades, or intensities of the same color.The layout of a design is where things get placed in the space of the design, so that would be the smaller pictures in a puzzle that make the big picture therefore, composition, unity, and layout all are pieces of the puzzle of the design, and must all fit together perfectly to be a piece of art. The grid can be used in a design as a layout tool to place contents neatly in the work area, the grid can also be used to align elements in the design. Grid and non grid layouts differ because a design made with a grid will most likely be neat and organized, while a nongrid design will lok more free hand instead of being derived of page layout. An example of a metaphor in a nongrid layout is when you play Eyepet and you give your little monkey a bath and dry his hair with a hairdryer. This is a metaphor because you know what these tools are used for in real life, therefore when you see them on a game you will know what they do if you push them in your game or layout.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Combining Color Scavenger Hunt
Alternate Analogous
Anaologous
Monocramatic
Split Compliment
Triad
Value VariationWednesday, October 19, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Chapter Eight Color and Chapter Nine Using Color
The color method most used in new media is called RGB colors, which are your prime colors, and is a system that mixes the colors needed. Tint is a term that is used when there is more white to a hue then the actual hue, lightening it significantly, and the term shade is used when black is mixed with a hue to to darken it.
Complementary colors are colors that are across each other on the color wheel using complementary colors together will make them seem more bright and lively. The three main hues that are considered cool are; blues, violets, and greens. The three main colors that are considered warm are; reds, yellows, and oranges.
Complementary colors are colors that are across each other on the color wheel using complementary colors together will make them seem more bright and lively. The three main hues that are considered cool are; blues, violets, and greens. The three main colors that are considered warm are; reds, yellows, and oranges.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
140 Conference
I watched the "Taking your Relationships Offline" video, the speakers were Kate Canterbury and Scot Wendling. They talked about how they set up a Social Media Club in their town. They had alot of help from other people online. They asked local businesses to donate food or drinks and this has become a huge hit. The video was about how you should take your online contacts offline and get together hang out, and get to know each other. By the way Kates shoes wee to small, and Scot really wanted to jump on the couch.
Emmet Gowin Essay
Emmet Gowin’s story begins in a southern part of Virgina called Danville in 1941 where he was born and raised. Gowin’s photography began in 1961, but in 1964 Gowin married a woman named Edith Morris. Gowins first photographs were black and white of his wife and family. It was the intimate pictures of Edith that first gained Gowin attention. They had two sons, Elijah and Isaac. Gowin was a family man who was deeply religious, in fact it is said that his picture’s also have a deeply religious meaning behind them. I believe his pictures weren’t so religious as they were an emotional attachment to this new family he had found, he was awed by them in a way he had never before felt. The photography of them was a way to express his emotions to these people who he loved as his own. He himself states,
“Through my marriage to Edith Morris, in 1964, I entered into a family freshly different from my own. I admired their simplicity and generosity, and thought of the pictures I made as agreements. I wanted to pay attention to the body and personality that had agreed out of love to reveal itself. My attention was a natural duty which could honor that love. Through the lives of new relatives, my more whole family, I returned to the mood that finds solemnity in daily life. As a child, one has the time for such pastimes as sunlight on the water or the weave of the parch screen and the openings and closings of those doors. I wish never to outgrow that leisure."It was a trip to Washington after the eruption of Mount Saint Helen's in 1980 that Gowin began to take aerial pictures of natural disasters and large agricultural projects. Some of the things he photographed were; strip mines, nuclear testing sites, large scale agricultural fields, and other “scars in the natural landscapes.” He took these pictures for almost 20 years.
He attended Richmond Professional Institute and graduated in 1965, he continued his education at Rhode Island School of Design and graduated from there in 1967. Gowin studied under Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskird. Other photographers that influenced him were; Eugene Atget, Bill Brandt, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Alfred Stieglitz, and Frederick Sommer. He dominantly used a large format 8x10 camera, sometimes he would use a 4x5 lens to get a very dramatic vingette, and most of his pictures were taken with a tripod. Gowin has recieved; the Guggerheim Fellowship (1977), two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships (1977 and 1979), a Friends of Photography Peer Award (1992), and the Pew Fellowship in the Arts (1994). Gowin retired from Princeton University in 2009, and resides with his wife in Pennsylvania. Emmet Gowin has wrote four books; Photographs (1976), Emmet Gowin Photographs (1966-1983), Petra (1986), and Emmet Gowin: Aerial Photographs (1997). Here are two photographs that I took in the style of Emmet Gowin
The first is a photograph in black and white of my husband in the doorway of our bedroom. The second is my cousin Morgan staring into the distance.I really wanted to imitate Gowins vignette, which was one that I really wanted to attempt, but they wouldn’t come out right. I also made the attempt to take aerial pictures, but the guy never got back in touch. Online Works Cited
Artsor
Wikipedia
Masters of Photography
Friday, October 7, 2011
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