Cave Paintings| 35,000 years ago

1. What are cave paintings? A way of communicating in prehistoric times.


2. Name several common themes found in cave paintings. Large animals (bison, horses, etc.) , tracings of human hands and abstract patterns.


3. How were these paintings created (tools, pigments)? Paints were water, plant juice, animal blood, soil, charcoal, and hematite. Brushes were made of sticks, small stones, leaves, and human hair put together.


4. What is the most famous cave painting site? When was it discovered and by whom? Post example. Lascaux, discovered in 1940 by four teenage boys.

5. Why did this cave have to be closed? What was done to satisfy public curiosity? It was closed because the paintings were being damaged by the carbon dioxide emitted from the tourists. The French government created Lascaux II, a man made replica next to the original.


6. Post a cave painting from Altamira. In Altamira cave, why do most of the paintings have a red hue? The red hue is caused by the red clay in the soil they used.


7. Who discovered this site? How old are the paintings? Discovered by Marceline Sanz de Sautuola and his daughter Maria. About 19,000 years old.


8. What is the oldest known cave painting site? When and who discovered it? Post picture of work. Chauvet-Pont Arc, discovered in 1994 by three speleologists.

9. What was different about the painting techniques? Had a 3D effect and the wall was wiped clear of debris.


10. What is "speleology"? The study and exploration of caves.


11. What three reasons do archeologists and historians believe prehistoric man created cave paintings? To tell a story or recount an event that already happened, instructional visual aid to help teach about hunting techniques, or they were created for magical or religious reasons, as if the painting might come true.

Research and Inspiration

RESEARCH

1. Exquisite corpse is a method by which a collection of words or images is collectively assembled. Each collaborator adds to a composition in sequence, either by following a rule or by being allowed to see the end of what the previous person contributed - Wikipedia
2. Used to be played as a parlor game with words.
3. Originated in the late 1920's.
4. Used most often by surrealists.
5. Surrealism is an art form where artists drew from ideas rather than real objects.

BRAINSTORM

1. Silly, not so traditional.
2. Communicating surrealism, fun.
3. Audience is myself, I surprise myself and have a little fun looking at it.
4. Audience would enjoy vibrant colors and non-traditional styles

INSPIRATION


This image stands out to me because I like how each part of the image has something quirky within it. Rather than just creating normal parts, they added interesting things such as the oversize moustache, the clothing, and the little, weird characters at the bottom.

I like this image because of the colors and the interesting sections that you would never imagine to go together. Like the bunny head and some sort of cyborg torso, and green legs. FUN!

The Creative Process

*A series of steps repeated every time you design something is the creative process.

*Why do we need this process? 

1) To improve consistency.

2) Ability to time and plan your work.

3) Raise the quality of your work.

4) Communicate more effectively and in a little professional manner.

THE CREATIVE PROCESS

1. Research: The more you know, the easier the project will be! Get online, look at magazines, and any other research you can think of.
2. Brainstorm/ Inspiration: Striving to be unique and innovative while still following the current trends, ensuring a fresh and creative look. Is it going to be classy, retro, or modern? Are you going to use an artist's work?
3. Sketch: Create thumbnails to quickly record thoughts and ideas-placement, colors, typefaces, images.
4. Execute: Combine type and imagery into a well developed composition. Use design principles, visual organization, guidelines, different techniques and options. Don't try to force an idea.
5. Critique & Revise: Take a step back and look at the design, then have someone else look at it. Tweak the design if its not quite right. The design has to be agreeable to the audience, so use your friends' opinions!

Photo Composition

*What is the difference between a snapshot and a photograph?

A snapshot is a quick shot, often spontaneous, taken to record a moment in time. 

A photograph is am image taken with care and thought, planned out.

RULES OF COMPOSITION

     1) Rule of Thirds: place the important subject, or important elements, of your composition where some of the imaginary lines (dividing the frame of your camera into thirds, both horizontally and vertically). Place a horizon line at the top or bottom horizontal divider. Also, fill up the entire frame with the subject for a close up image to add emphasis. 

     2) Leading Lines: use the lines created within the foreground or background of the composition to lead the viewer's eye through the picture. Lines can draw attention to one or more intended subjects or a single focal point. 

     3) Point of View: change the way your subject is perceived by changing the camera position. Changing levels or angles. If you are photographing something tall, compose it so the camera shots it looking upwards, and vice versa for something small.

     4) Simplicity: keep the background simple and clear of clutter. The mood and effectiveness of a photo can be altered by what is in the background. A chaotic composition will cause the viewer to look away.

Semester Reflection

This semester I have learned a lot in this class. I have learned how to:

1. Use Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
2. Make icons
3. Make graphics using the pen tool and other shapes
4. Make textures 
5. Combine different pictures together to make one piece
6. Make pop art similar to Andy Warhol's
7. Make colleagues and make it into one image
8. Blend myself in to another picture
9. Typography
10. And of course, make this blog :)

But after all of this and more, I still feel some changes would be nice. After all of this, I still want to make a large graphic of my own, not someone else's. Also, I feel my teacher shows us what to do for 5 minutes and sends us on our merry way to do a project that may not be as good as it should. Just saying....

Review Week Seventeen

Serifs were formed back from when people wrote on stone, just add a little flare on the ends and you have the first serif. There are many kinds but the two main ones are Adnate Serif and Abrupt Serif. Adnate is more organic, joining the stems with a bit of a curve. Abrupt is more.....abrupt, the serifs are more rigid and does not flow.

Review Week Sixteen

*Of the seven classifications, which would work best as body type? Why?
Modern typeface because it is one of the most standard type face and is readable.


* Identify the lowercase characters that have ascenders.
b, l, k, t, d, f, h

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

Old Style

Script

Decorative

Sans Serif

Decorative

Old style

Old style