Visual Concepts

why is the sky blue?

2008-04-03T13:44:00.000-07:00

I always wondered why the sky is blue, i know the water is blue because of the sky, but i never new that it was because of the molecules in the air scattering blue light from the sun more than they scatter red light. When we look towards the sun at sunset, we see red and orange colours because the blue light has been scattered out and away from the line of sight.The white light from the sun is a mixture of all colours of the rainbow.

9 Compositions

2008-04-03T10:44:00.000-07:00

This project was the only one that i was confused on it took me a while to figure out exactly what was needed. But after i kind of got an idea. making the design to repeat on the squares was pretty fun, i think that was my favorite part and i like the fact that the design didn't have restrictions or it would have been a bore.
We had to use the color that was to our least pleasure which for me was blue so that part wasn't fun either, i think it all just looks like an optical illusion, and i love optical illusions so these are my kind of projects. I still don't feel like i got the main point of the assignment but i was satisfied how mine turned.

Color Interaction

2008-04-03T10:22:00.000-07:00

I think the color interaction assignment was fun, it was entertaining. especially the fact that we had to keep finding the color. i understood how colors interact with each other and also how colors work with each other and create optical illusion. it kind of got repedetive at the end when the assignment kind of felt similar. overall i give the assignment a 8 out of ten, because it was frutrating finding the right colors even though i thought it was right.

Chromatic Grey

2008-04-03T10:16:00.000-07:00

I think that the chromatic grey project was very interesting. the tests we did in class helped me to find many of the greys reflected of the ice cream scooper. i enjoyed the project it made me see thing i dont normally see in shadow, i always thought shadows are always grey but now i know that the reflect different shades depending on the object producing them. I think my piece was very successful and didnt have a hard time mixing the right colors.

MY OPINION

2008-02-21T13:41:00.000-08:00

In my opinion this assignment was cool. i loved the fact that it looked like a horizontal color wheel but i hated the fact that we had to use the color we liked the least. but as i used it and found how many appealing colors came out of it i actually started liking the color blue. i had trouble understanding the bottom row, called the analogous colors. but was able to figure it out, i think this project was a little more complicated than the color wheel so ill give it a 6 out of 10.

COLOR WHEEL

2008-02-21T13:26:00.000-08:00

the color wheel to me looks like an optical illusion. i like the way the colors fade into their complementary colors. i think the project was pretty exciting because i learned a lot about mixing colors and about primary, complementary and secondary colors. at first i thought it was going to be too meticulous and that i would be impatient, but the procedure was pretty simple and fun. i think the best part of it was taking the tape off the shapes, it looks all sloppy at first but then all neat and detailed. i give the project an 8 out out of 10.

Color of Candy

2008-02-21T09:44:00.001-08:00

color is a major part in presenting edible materials. People actually can kind of taste the food just by the color of the object. candy is one of the foods that actually attract a lot of peoples eyes due to bright contrasting colors like red, yellow, orange green, and white as you can see in the picture on the left. each color can also represent a different taste, for example the color red can suggest that that particular item is hot or spicy. the color blue can suggest cool items, the color yellow can represent a kind of lemony sour taste, the color green maybe a kind of minty taste. and orange can represent the taste of oranges. they tend to stay away from colors like brown or black.

as you see in this picture the Hershey's symbol is brown. to make up for the dullness of the logo they surround the image with a bright contrasting color which is orange. in my opinion i think it works very well and is very eye catching i think that box might be the brightest thing in that particular isle. in one way you can actually taste the peanut butter in the Reeses. due to the fact that your eye mixes the brown and the orange to give you the color of peanut butter.

logos reasearch

2007-11-08T10:16:00.000-08:00

MIRROR

2007-10-25T13:03:00.000-07:00

I think that the mirror event had the least effect in my life what so ever, to me it was pointless. the only thing i liked about the activity was that we got to go outside and play with the mirrors in the elevator. the event was so basic, all we had to do was hold the mirrors up in such a way that the partner and you can see each others faces, after that you walk away and make faces. it was pointless because there was nothing that i learned that i already knew. i guess the point of the activity was to loosen up, so i guess it helped somewhat.

DUCHAMP

2007-10-18T12:54:00.000-07:00

Duchamp's work is all in all very unique and vivid, its almost like he made up his own little world, and has his own theories to prove his points. One big problem that Duchamp has while working on his visions, is conveying the meaning of his logic to the audience or viewers. The fact that his art is so visual and complicated Duchamp had to publish an explanation to his eccentric designs, which are so long they could be made into a book, one piece of art work 4 page explanation, to me that sounds "boring". Even though he had explanations viewers seem to have their own interpretation and theories about his art work. To me his artwork is very geometrical, very straight lines, and also blocky, there are many objects that divert your attention there is tremendous amount of movement but no realistic perspective.
The only reason I support his art work because he has an explanation to his twisted theories even though I don't think they are true he seems to make a good attempt to convince me, I think that all in all Duchamp has very interesting logics. And that visual concepts has a lot to do with his art work, but I think a little more accuracy or detail in his art work would have been key, in convincing his audience.

PATTERN MAKING

2007-10-18T12:02:00.000-07:00

citation:http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/Images/heasarc/missions/coded_legri_pattern.gif

pattern is a form, template, or model which can be used to make or generate things or parts of a thing.
pattern making was pretty simple because you could make many different patterns with a simple foundation design. it was kind of frustrating to figure out ways to make he patterns look unique even though they were but in very simple ways. i had trouble aligning the foundation designs, but other than that it was fun and a good learning experience.

gestalt

2007-10-04T12:02:00.001-07:00

2007-09-13T16:44:00.000-07:00

2007-09-12T16:07:00.000-07:00

in the last class, our class engaged in an activity, where everyone was handed a ball string and was allowed to tangel the string around the whole classroom. well you know what you get when each student is handed string and are allowed to tangle the room up, a big mess. that wasnt the worst part, the worst part was when it was time to clean up. but an unfortunate couple of students wrapped themselves up withe string, the worse thing was my ball of string was tangled with thiers. it took us almost 1 and a half hour to untangel the whole room and the students. i was unfortunately the last one to cleanup. but i think the experience gave everybody a chance to get to know each other, it was also a great bonding experience. but the most important thing i think was that it gave everyone a visual perspective, of how your suppose to take something out the same way you put it in.

2007-09-06T11:41:00.001-07:00

1) I think that c is a line.
2) I think that a is a shape.
3) i think a line is something that has a starting
point and an end point
4) a shape is something that has a two
dimensional outline.

2007-09-05T16:22:00.000-07:00

a contrast of yellow and black, with different
shades of the two colors are used in this image. on the right hand side there seems to be a figure of a man, surrounded by bright light. next to him there is man with light falling on the left side of his body. he is smaller than the man infront of him. behind the second man. there seems to be a figure, doing some kind of chore,there is very little light on this figure. in this figure your eyes move from the left hand side to the right hand side.

this image suggests that the character that is the biggest, is the most important due to the surrounding light, and also that the second figure is some what scared. it gives some what of a dull mood due to the lack of light and clarity.
this image gives out a religious meaning because the big figure seems to look like jesus, and one of his desciples.

i think this picture looks interesting because, to see whats happening you would actually have to concentrate on the figures. i think it would be better if the used more colors, and i also think that the movement of your eyes from the left side to the right is impressive, even though the picture lacks balance.