My Logo

1. Discuss what you thought about creating your logo----When I first started to think about what I wanted to create I was very nervous because I know that Im not an artist. But when I started to think more about what made me happy and what I loved it was easy, all I had to do was put all the elements together to make it something meaningful to me, at least.

2. Describe the process: creative thinking skills and ideas you used in the logo creation----I thought about the things that meant the most to me in life and it all came together. I loved sports since the day I was born, family means the most to mean, and im trying to make my education the best it can be. When thinking about all that I realized that this was all at my reach and up to me, and then the hand popped into my head. Even though it wasn't the best hand out there, im sure that most would understand the concept.

3. What was the most important discovery you made in the creation of your logo?---- When making the logo I realized that the main values in my life were those three things that I listed; family, sports, and my education. There are plenty more that I care a lot about as well, my friends and significant others, but when thinking more those three seemed to pop into my head first.

4. What is the most important information you learned from watching the videos, PowerPoint, and reading material  for this project? I really liked to reading material that was listed because it wasn't dry and led us right to the point about making a logo that meant something. The PowerPoint was very informational which was a good thing, it harped on the main points that we should be focusing on.

Art Gallery

There were 6 pictures that I thought were the best and stood out to me the most.
This first one that I thought made a great impression on me wasn't necessarily in a frame it was already drawn on the wall and caught my eye the most. It was a piece done by Sol LeWitt titled Wall Drawing. When walking up the stairs to the 2nd level I almost fell over because I was looking at every wall, and not paying attention because I was in aw by what surrounded me. Another one was done by Tadasuke Kuwayama which was untitled This one just had so much color and effect to it that I didn't want to look away, or thought that there was something deeper in it so I tried looking for more and just caught myself being very intrigued. Andy Warhol has always been one of my favorites since I was in high school. There was one that was in a hallway leading to another corridor and as soon as I saw it I knew that this was one that I felt a connection with because it brought me back to another time. When walking through there was another one that I thought was great and I wasn't sure why, but the painting just caught my eye and made me want to learn more. There were so many lines and colors that were very distinctive that I knew this was a great piece to bring up dealing with the elements and principles we discussed in the previous chapters. The last two that I took picture of was called the Triumph of the French Painting which was in the same hallway as the Andy Warhol painting. This one just looked liked there was so much emotion and a story behind it, that I would actually like to know more about. The last one that I looked at was actually in the front of the gallery, it was by Jason Pollock titled Convergence. This one just looked like there was no thought behind it the artist just threw paint around and called it a day. This one I would actually like to know if there is a meaning behind it.
Overall there are many picuters, painting, and pieces of work that made me want to see more, as well as know more about the reason that they were created.

Color Wheel

 When I was creating the value scale I realized it would be a lot more difficult than I originally anticipated! There are 10 different shades that all have to look different in one way or another in order to know that they are truly different. When I was doing the color wheel on the other had I had a lot more fun with that because I was able to explore with the colors more than what was required.
I really enjoyed the color wheel the most because even though it was a short video I learned the true primary colors and realized what I have been taught is completely wrong. There are so many things you can do when working with different colors. I liked be able to mix them and see what was going to come of it.  The most important to me was learning about the primary colors, and that teachers are teaching us the wrong things so early. I'm not saying that this ruined everything I knew or learned about art, it just shows that you can learn something new everyday.  I actually really enjoyed the videos for the fact that they were short and sweet and to the point. Having a video that 30 minutes long describing how to make these things is unnecessary, and gets the same point across as the ones we saw that were less than 5 minutes, which I'm sure everyone who did the assignment enjoyed!

 

Elements and Principles

When doing this project I was really nervous that I wasn't going to find the pictures that I wanted or that I wasn't going to understand most of the elements and principles in order to put them with a picture. Once I did one picture it seemed easy after that. There were many were I was outside which helped with a lot of the principles, and one element was working with another in order to make the picture better. I love taking photos of scenery and the outside because you can capture so much and not even realize. When I took the contrast picture I was really looking to just get the bushes with the sky in the background, but when I went back and looked at it you could really see that it was a windy day when looking at the water and seeing the waves so choppy, and pretty much in motion. Other pictures were more difficult to put into place,  but all I really had to do was read the definition again and look at some examples and I knew what I needed.  This was a great project and I would love to do something like this again!!!

Email and IM
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Slide Show
http://s808.photobucket.com/user/Jcunningham1355/slideshow/

Color and Emotions

 In the beginning of the video June talks about when light hits a color its fascinating, because it just makes the color pop and come out at you so much more.  She uses "preliminary" paintings to capture the colors so that she can make a finished product at home. The brick work on the buildings, the boat and the walk ways are constantly changing when the light hits it at a particular spot. The waters reflection makes things more silkily, shows off different shades.  In the color video I like when June made a rough sketch of a painting that she would later create at home. But in that rough sketch she tries to capture as many colors as she can with the many different ways the sun is hitting it.  Knowing that this is what some artists do is actually very interesting and seems like a great idea. Rather than rushing to get something done take your time and gather as many colors as possible to make the final piece that much better. In the beginning of the video they talked about religion and what "gods" view on art is. I liked in the one picture he described how Crist was in the center and the good and they bad were around him alone with many other aspects that people dealt with or believed in then. When looking at the pictures that were created about "Religion" or aspects with it there were many colors that were the same or at least resembled the same shade. I liked all the pieces that were shown in the video as well as some of the meaning or understandings behind them.

Video and Article Response

“What the brain draws from: Art and neuroscience”

Aesthetics: Philosophy of the Arts

CARTA: Neurobiology Neurology and Art and Aesthetics

There were several key points that were discussed, mainly pertaining to the philosophers and their view on aesthetics.
Plato- who was a Greek philosopher born  429 B.C.  and the later passed away on 347 B.C. He said that he distrusted poets and the way they work.
Aristotle- was another great philosopher born 384 and then died 322 B.C. In the video they talked about what he studied, and how in depth he went. He studied tragedy and said that acting should represent a specification of something, the time of it shouldn't exceed 24 hours.
The last philosopher that I thought was interesting was Francis Hutcheness and he said that the human mediated to external senses to internal that registers the phenomenon of beauty. I thought that Francis had a great theory. When I read it I thought that it mean that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, what one person might think is beautiful someone might think is the worst thing that they have ever seen. For example I think the Van Gogh's "Starry Night" is beautiful and one of my favorite pieces of art, but someone else might think that its just a bunch or colors mixed into a blob.

This was a very long and somewhat confusing video to understand. There were a few key points that I got out of this. When Jean Pierre Changeux talked about the bottom up processing, I really enjoyed it and thought that it was interesting. Another point was when he was talking about the science of art, and said that images can produce pleasing affects of the brain, which is the brain responding to art.

I thought that they videos were somewhat dry, I liked them but I fell like I could have got a lot more out of them if I was able to understand the speakers more clearly. They made a lot of valid and interesting points, but when they got going on starting talking fast I had to re-watch segments multiple times. They were very informational and educational though. When they brought up a topic they went into grave detail and explained their feelings and personal thoughts about a subject.