Final Portfolio Assignment :(

REFLECTION



So after looking at all the example pieces i would have to say that my favorite two pieces would have to be: http://www.hostway.com/bobscube/ and http://www.kinetic.com.sg/



1. http://www.hostway.com/bobscube/

i liked this piece because it's fun and interactive. You are exploring somebody's work station in an office. A lot of the things in this office space are interactive. You can look in the drawers where there is even more interactive things to do. When you click on the phone you can can dial numbers and listen to your messages. Its grabs the view by using curiosity. The colours aren't to distracting they work in the way that, they don't take away from the animations. This site looks professional because the images flow, and you can do things interactively, that an ameteur couldnt do.



2. http://www.kinetic.com.sg/

i liked this site also because of all the cute animations with one main idea (robot)...its a simple and fun idea yet it also easily shows off the creators work. The colours are very straight forward (red, black, teal, white) using little detail in the design as possible. This website also uses the element of curiosity because for every piece you click on you get to see a little animation so, people look at all his work to see what the robot does next. which is a really good idea. This site would be inbetween ametuer and professional. Its good but i could prob figure out how he did it. The colours stick with the theme, there simple adn not distracting and the animations are well done.


These's sites make me strive for a good professional looking portfolio, like there's. These sites have inspired me to think of my theme and these following


BRAINSTORMING
- tree branches - moving around into the next page

- city buildings all put together

using an interactive map that you click on the parts of town to get to my pieces of work.
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using lots of brushes to create texture and to add effect

- paint splatter

- fancy curves (and design)
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Colour scheme:

- Bright vibarent colours
- pastel light colours
- earth tones (the browns, and light greens, and beige )
- white or black to accent (for the brushes)
- fancy and different fonts (i might use piknic)


FINAL PIECE

over all i m really happy with the turnout of my project. Actually i m more surprised i actually go it done. lol. I like how i ended up using my map and using symbols, to link to my work. It was hard at first to actually work on stupid flash. lol But it wasn't so bad once you understood it again. I m also happy how simple it was to make my animation at the beginning, its simple but effective. i also like the city's silhouette on my animation, it took a while to make but it was worth it.
If i were to do this project again, i would take Ms. George's "6 days" seriously. If i had more time i would have made my link pages (EMILY"S MEDIA ARTS PORTFOLIO) more fancy, i would have found some nice brushes to use in my back ground. Its simple and nice but it could use more, that's probably my least favourite thing is my plan main page.

MORPH

BRAINSTORMING

here are some ideas to morph

a boat --> keelan

keyboard --> a banana

a egg --> a basket

a computer mouse --> a purse

I chose to morph a key board into a banana. ANd Here are my four frames.

Overall i think that my piece worked out good. i like my third slide i think that it turned out the best. I like how its half coloured and not fully, it makes it look like its morphing better. I also like how well the liquifiy tool worked on the key board morphing it into a banana. I think that it is well angled.

I m not the biggest fan of my second slide. I feel that you still cant tell its a banana. But being that it is the first morphing slide i feel like its supposed to not totally look liek the image that its morphing into. I like how i added the colour on the bottem so when you look at the third slide you know where the yellow came from.

If i were to do this project again i would probably work on my second slide a lil more morphing it a lil better so it can improve into the final morphing image. But overall with the time i had to do with this project i wouldnt change much just the lil things like slide 2.

WORLD FLAG

BRAINSTROMING

What symbols show global?
- the global
- world maps
- circles

what symbols show citizenship?
- hands together
- volunteering
- all races holding hands
- hand co-operating

What symbols show pride?
- making a parade
- cheer
-make banners
- time capsule
- statue
- monument

what symbol shows togetherness?
- wire
- internet
- airplanes
- boats
-cars
-buses
-water
-air
-life
- rope
-thread

this is my world flag :)

it was hard to think of an idea but once i got one it was good ...but it also tool some trail and error inorder to get this final piece.

i like how the world map appears to be "tattooed" on the hands, it shows that as a world we work together. i also like how each colour can rep. some of the different cultures/regions in the world. i really like the colours aswell, it brings some of the colours on world flags as well as a modern touch. Also like how the chains tye it all together. overall i m pretty happy with my final piece.

i dont like the chains, if i had more time i wpuld have found better looking chains to make it tye it in just a little more together. i also think that my flag is missing a border, if i were to do this project again i would add a thin black border just to make it look more liek a flag. if i had more time i would ahve maybe found a better image to put in the middle of my piece.

Cultural Symbols Assignment

BRAINSTORMING

culture

-the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.

-a particular form or stage of civilization, as that of a certain nation or period: Greek culture.

Symbol

-something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something, often something immaterial; emblem, token, or sign.

- a word, phrase, image, or the like having a complex of associated meanings and perceived as having inherent value separable from that which is symbolized, as being part of that which is symbolized, and as performing its normal function of standing for or representing that which is symbolized: usually conceived as deriving its meaning chiefly from the structure in which it appears, and generally distinguished from a sign.

This is the international symbol Starbucks coffee restaurants. The name comes from Herman's Melville's Moby Dick, the classic American novel.

Created by Coco Chanel. Specializing in luxury goods (haute couture, ready-to-wear, handbags, perfumery, and cosmetics among others), the Chanel label has become one of the most recognized names in luxury and haute couture fashion.

Flower of Life, is a symbol most commonly associated with New Age permutations of Formerly Apple Computer, Inc., is an American multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing consumer electronics and software products.
Established in Cupertino, California on April 1, 1976 and incorporated January 3, 1977,[he company was called "Apple Computer, Inc." for its first 30 years, but dropped the word "Computer" on January 9, 2007.

yīn yáng - The concept lies at the heart of many branches of classical Chinese science and philosophy. The Yin yang is used to describe how seemingly opposing forces are bound together, intertwined, and interdependent in the natural world, giving rise to each other in turn.

In the modern times, the Star of David has become a premier Jewish symbol. This six-pointed star (hexagram), made of two interlocking triangles, can be found on mezuzahs, menorahs, tallis bags, and kipot.

WHAT THEY HAVE IN COMMON

-well there all symbols :)

-there all two or one dimensional

- there to a degree of simple

- most people know what most of them mean/stand for

WORDS THAT DESCRIBE MY CULTURE

-cheerleading & baseball

-having fun with the ones i love ♥

-music & movies

-tecnology

-work

-best friends ♥ & family

-God

a random bed room that is not mine ;)

ok so of this piece i am overall happy with it. how ever it would probably be my least favourite piece so far.

I like my picture of keelan and i, when you look at my picture your eyes go to it right away.

i m also happy with the duplicaes of my computer chair, it turned out really good.

The part that i dont like about my piece is how cluttered my dresser looks, and by duplicating opjects in it makes it look even more cluttered. I also dilike the carpet below my dresser it cutes out by the other duplicate of my dresser.

If i were to do this project again i would, be more prepared by having of pictued of myself in my room so i wouldnt have to get kaela to get it for me :) .i would also have more duplicates added if i had more time.

Art Reflection

eToy

1. In 1994 a Swiss corporation called Etoy was formed by a group of European artists. This corporation described its self as a "corporate sculpture" that "crosses and blurs the frontiers between art, identity, nations, fashion, politics,technology, social engineering music, power and business to create a massive impact on global markets and businesses." The raised funds for their projects and issued a stock on its share holders. (NP)

* In 1999 online merchant called Etoys had received a complaint for the profanity from a customer who accidentally went to the Etoy website. Etoys offered etoy $516 00 US to change there name when in reality Etoy had registered there site 2 years before Etoys, Etoy decined there offer. Etoy. Etoy was frusterated with Etoys for making the offer so they designed a "toy war" by using the internet as a battlefield by making a game to attack etoys, they also created chat rooms and anti Etoys websites. It all ended in jan 2000 Etoys dropped there law suit. This ended up being the most expensive performance in art history.

2. ART:
- the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.
- the class of objects subject to aesthetic criteria; works of art collectively, as paintings, sculptures, or drawings: a museum of art; an art collection.
- a field, genre, or category of art: Dance is an art.
- any field using the skills or techniques of art: advertising art; industrial art.
- illustrative or decorative material: Is there any art with the copy for this story

* I think that what these artists did was art because instead of conforming like all other businesses they did what they wanted and made people think about there sculptures. Art is apart of thinking out side the box and making people really think about your work and that's exactly what they did :)

3. I would have made the same decision as they did not take the money. Especially because it was there idea first / they were there first so really etoys should of just changed the name if it was that big of a deal.

4. In a way i think that what they did was immature. They should have channeled there anger in another way. But they did end up fighting and winning. so in a way i think what they did was wrong.

A-trees

1. An artist named Natalie Jeremijenko created a virus that you could download for your printer. This "virus" calculates how many pieces of paper a printer has used. When the printer has used the equivalent of one medium sized tree's worth of paper, it automatically prints out a image of the ring cross section of a tree trunk. Eventually a tree or stump can be reconstructed by stacking the paper tree rings. This piece of art investigates the realationship between technology and the natural world.

This artist also created A trees which was another tree growth. It went on the destop of your computer and it grows like a plant in soil. This tree is actually programed to grow gradually in height. THe trees growth rate is determined by the level of actual level of carbon dioxide in the air in the micro environment surrounding the computer, measured by a real carbon dixoide metre.

2. ART: - the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance. - the class of objects subject to aesthetic criteria; works of art collectively, as paintings, sculptures, or drawings: a museum of art; an art collection. - a field, genre, or category of art: Dance is an art. - any field using the skills or techniques of art: advertising art; industrial art. - illustrative or decorative material: Is there any art with the copy for this story

3. I would have to say that i like the A-trees better then the stump. I say this because i feel like stump is a waste of trees it self. Its an amazing idea just a waste at the same time. Where as A-trees is more of a vertual example which gives about the same impact as the print out of a tree ring.

4. Umm, i going to have to say that they arent actually a living thing, just a replica of a living tree, i think its cool how it is effected by the actual carbon dixoide in your air. (This is what really makes you ask your self if it really is a living thing. )

ANTI-SMOKING POSTER ♥

BRAINSTORMING





OK so for this poster found an image of lips and a cigarette


so i m going to use that and add more smoke to the side, and maybe add black and white images of women smoking... and the text "kiss me i m toxic "

Overall i m very happy with this poster :)

i really like how i extended the lip and added smoke surrounding the lips to add more of an affect. i also really like the smoking women in the back ground, i like how they are black and white so your eyes are drown to the lips and text. I m really happy with the way my text turned out. i like how the "kiss me" is in a fancy text and how the i m toxic is smudged like smoke.

If i had more time to fix my poster up i would make the top part of my picture which is white more of a gray tone. I would also fix my side lip (my add on) and lighten it so it isnt such a hot pink shade. I would also smudge the x a little more.

If i were to do this assinment again to fix it, i wouldnt change much just the little minor things but other than that i m really HAPPY with the out come :).