Module #5

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#1. I didn't really put too much thought into it, I thought about what was always an important saying I  go by or like the best and it is Stay Positive. The sunflower to me represents happiness and gives off many good vibes.

#2. I first knew I wanted to write Stay Positive but added a little design into it to make it stand out more, and writing the T's in Stay Positive I made them red to catch a viewer's eye. I wanted to put a sunflower into the logo so I used it as the 'O'. I wanted more color so on the edges of the paper I did something like tie-dye.

#3. I learned that making a logo for myself was very easy, I just thought about the things that I live by. I also realized I like a lot of different colors or else I think it looks too boring.

#4. Watching the videos and going through the power points I learned that an effective logo should be simple but stand out so it makes and impression on the viewer. The videos explained ways to begin a logo, to thinking of ideas then getting the logo into the public.

Module #4

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#1. I thought it was interesting to create the color wheel and value scale because I have not done either one of them since elementary school. I found it somewhat relaxing.

#2. I enjoyed working with the acrylic paint since I have not painted in awhile. Plus mixing the colors together was interesting to watch the color change.

#3. How much the amount of paint can effect the outcome of the entire color wheel, or even too little of paint can make it very dull.

#4. The most important thing I learned was the actual names of the colors we were taught to be primary in elementary school and how mixing different colors will result in many different shades. 

Project #1

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The elements and principles of art are evident in all aspects of life. As I went through photos I had taken over the summer on my vacations, it was impossible to not be able to instantly identify at least one element or principle. Like the texture of my friend's puppy, almost as if you know what his fur feels like. Also like the movement of the orca jumping out of the water. Others were not so easy to identify such as, balance. Balance was shown through the landscape being divided between the water and the trees. The element of value was my favorite picture in the slideshow because it dramatically showed to difference between light and dark.

Module #3

  

#1) Specific colors can have cultural or individual associations. These colors are symbolically or to set a mood. For example red can symbolize danger and anger while some see it as passion or love. The My Art Studio website had a cool slideshow about how we all associate certain colors with certain objects. Such as a red stop sign or a green light that means go. If we switched their meanings people wouldn’t know what to do while driving and it would disrupt our way of life.

#2) I found color schemes as being the aspect of color that fascinates me most. As a fashion major, design has a lot to do with how while the colors go together and complement each other. Monochromatic color schemes can have a unifying effect while analogous colors are next to each other on the color wheel and create harmony. By selecting two colors on opposite sides of the color wheel, a complementary color scheme is created. If these “rules” are not followed the garment would not be atheistically pleasing and people wouldn’t want to wear it.

#3) Color brings out visual emotion and physiological emotion. It only takes the use of one color to get the artists point across and make their emotions known. I found the paintings of Mark Rothko and is idea of how color is such a powerful medium that it can make everyone that is around it feel intense emotions towards it. His paintings were meant to decorate the Four Seasons restaurant in New York. Rothko hated the place and made paintings that would “ruin the appetite” of everyone that ate there. He hoped his intense reds and maroons would make the diners feel trapped in the room. It is crazy to think a painting of a single color could evoke all these emotions and subconsciously make people not want to eat at a restaurant.

#4) Goya paints portraits of disaster, despair, and violence. He believed you couldn’t have equality, brotherhood, or freedom without these monsters. His use of dark, dull colors gives the observer an uneasy feeling. He seems to see the negative in situations to give a painting a new vibe from the original intent.  

Module #2

#1. Key Concepts

       A) Aesthetics: Philosophy of the Arts
            Over time theories about aesthetics has differed between each philosopher. Dating back to fifth century Athens, Plato believed "There is a beauty by which all things are beautiful." He could tell the difference between reality, illusion, and what is fake and real. The first modern theory of aesthetics came in the 18th century England and the idea was that the sense of beauty is innate and spontaneous. This is the complete opposite of Plato who believed in reason. Other theories like Dewey, Kant, and Danto show that aesthetics is always evolving to appeal to the time period, artists, artwork, and audience. We all have different view points on what makes something beautiful but in some way they are all intertwined.

       B) Carta
            Ramachandran and Changeux explain the psychological aspect of art and how it evolves from the brain. When we look at artwork we are using the conscious and unconscious parts of the brain. This effects our emotions and how we perceive the art. This relates to chapter 1 that talks about the brain in relation to people who are considered creative.

       C) CNN Article
            Our brains can easily see lines, colors, and patterns and make sense of them because they are familiar to us. Artists create illusions such as depth and brightness that are actually there but make the art more realistic. The brain responds well to familiarity and nature. Lines, emotions, color, and symmetry all affect our senses and our brains use these elements to make sense of the art and make it appealing.

#2. In 1936 German philosopher, Walter Benjamin's concept that art has been radically altered by technological advances that allows for unlimited reproduction of works of art was most important to me. Movies, artwork, and television shows can easily be repeated and shown to everyone simultaneously. This makes them no longer unique and aesthetics now need to change and adapt to these advances. Aesthetics now involves to observer in the creation of the art being produced. With new technology comes a demand from the observer to want to watch what they believe is aesthetically pleasing and the artist has less control over their own craft and work.

#3. Ramachandran and Changeux's scientific view of aesthetics and art explained the scientific aspect of aesthetics very well but as someone who does not know much about art and science I felt it cognitive aspects. Changeux had pictures of the brain when it is experiencing different emotions and feelings such as the feeling of surprised with I thought was cool to see how the brain changes during these times. Ramachandran had a great theory on natural selection by using the birds as an example. The female birds go for the aesthetically pleasing or attractive male birds which is also true about humans. We want the handsome, strong male to mate with like birds.

#4. The articles and the videos relate to the topics of aesthetics, how the brain interprets art, how we perceive elements of design like line and color, and cultural differences through art.

#5. I thought the aesthetics video was interesting and easy to understand and allowed me to understand the evolution of aesthetics through many viewpoints. Such as philosophy, science, reason, and emotion. The other Carta video was hard to follow, quite boring and I did not take much away from it as I did from the first video. The article I felt was very interesting and showed how the brain works towards multiple elements of design and had information that I could actually relate to. For example using symbols on a keyboard to make faces or emotions through texting, like a smiley face. It may not look like a smiley face to some but our brains associate those symbols put together as a symbol for happy.