CAVE PAINTINGS

What are cave paintings?
-Beautiful colorful representations found on the insides of cave ceilings or walls

Name several common themes found in cave paintings?
-Large animals, tracings of human hands, and abstract patterns

How were these paintings created (tools, pigments)?
-water, plant juice, animal blood, sol charcoal, and hematite, sticks, small stones, leaves, and animal hair

What is the most famous cave painting site? When was it discovered and by whom?-Lascaux, France; discovered in 1940 by four teenage boys

Post an example of cave painting(s) from this cave.


















Why did this cave have to be closed? What was done to satisfy public curiosity?
-The carbon dioxide released by the tourists damaged the paintings

Post an example of cave painting(s) from Altamira cave.


In Altamira cave, why do most of the paintings have a red hue?
-It is caused by the red clay in the soil

Who discovered this site? How old are the paintings confirmed to be?
-Marceline Sanz De Sautuola and his daughter Maria; 19,000 years ago

What is the oldest known cave painting site? When was it discovered and by whom?-Chauvet-Pont Arc; Eliete Brunel Deschamps, Christian Hillaire, and Jean-Marie Chauvet


Post an example of cave painting(s) from this cave.














What was different about the painting techniques at this site?
-3D effect was created by etching around the edges

What is "speleology"?
the scientific study of caves and other karst features

What three reasons do archeologists and historians believe prehistoric man created cave paintings?
- To tell a story
-Visual aid to help hunting
-Magical or religious reasons

Assignment 13 Research and Inspiration

Exquisite corpse (also known as exquisite cadaver or rotating corpse) is a method by which a collection of words or images is collectively assembled (found at google definitions).


Made in France 1920's


Invented by Surrealists


Brainstorm
funky, modern, cartoon, funny 
                                                         


 This is very random and funny

     

This is funny because of the small head, big torso, and many legs






























Who is the audience? Us What colors to use? What style to use?

The Creative Process

The Creative Process is a series of steps you repeat every time you need to design something.

Why is this process important?
-Improves consistency
-Ability to plan and time your work
- Raises the quality of your work
-Communicate more effectively & in a more professional way

Steps of the Creative Process
1. Research -The more you know, the easier the project will be. Pay attention to the world around you and get inspired.

2. Brainstorm/Inspiration -Striving to be unique and innovative while still following the current trends, ensures a fresh and creative approach. Ask your self: Who is my audience?, What message am I trying to communicate, What am you trying to tell my audience?, What kind of color/style will work for the audience?

3. Sketching- Thumbnails, thumbnails, and more thumbnails. Sketch to get your thoughts out and to work through ideas.

4. Execute- Implement your ideas. Combine type and imagery,  into a well developed composition. If the piece doesn't look how you imagined it, and it is't working try another idea. Forcing an idea won't result in a good design

4. Critique and Revise- Take a step back,  (literally) and look at your design with an objective eye. Make sure the design effectively conveys the message to the intended audience.

Semester Reflection

This semester I learned a lot from this class. I had almost no idea what Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop were until I entered this class. I've become much more comfortable with working with the programs. In class, in Illustrator, I learned how to use the pen tool, black arrow tool, white arrow tool, shape tool, color palettes, layers palette, type, and lines palette. In Photoshop, I learned about the best way to add paper textures, magic wand tool, uses of threshold, and that you can do virtually anything with photoshop. I'd like to learn how to take photographs and distort them and blend them together so that they look the same. I'd also like to learn how to create things without tracing.

Review Week 17

I learned way to understand serifs in typography. I learned what an acender was and how to use it. He helped me understand more clearly the different between all the parts and that serifs are not always curly writing. I learned that "serif" can be tracked to ancient Rome where painters are left with slightly wider sections at the ends of the brush strokes when painting letters.

Photo Composition

Snapshot- is a quick shot, often spontaneous, taken to record a moment in time

Photograph- an image taken with care and thought

Rule of Thirds- imagery lines drawn dividing the frame of your camera into thirds
                        ~ Place important object where lines intersect
                        ~ Place horizon line at the top or bottom horizontal divider
                        ~ Subject can fill up entire frame for close-up image

Leading Lines- use lines created within the foreground or background of the composition to lead the viewer's eye through the photo
                         ~lines can draw attention to one or more intended subjects or a single focal point

Point of View- change the way your subject is perceived by changing the camera position
                         ~ If you want a subject to seem tall, take the picture so that the camera is looking up
                         ~ Vice Versa

Simplicity- keep your background simple and clear of clutter
                ~ the mood and effectiveness of the photo can be altered by what is in the background
                ~ a chaotic composition will cause the viewer to look away

Review Week 16

How many points are in an inch? 72

How many points are in a pica? 12

Of the seven classifications, which classification(s) would best work as body type? Why?
The first, fourth, fifth, and the last because they are the ones that are the most readable
Identify the lowercase characters that have ascenders? b, d, f, h, k, l, t

Identify the lowercase characters that have descenders? p, g, j, q, y

Old style 

                                                                                         

Serifs

Decorative

Sans SerifDecorativeOld styleOld style