GD III - BLOG 15

Blog 15: Due Wednesday, May 2^nd –

What part of this course will you take with you/helped you the most? Final thoughts.

GD III - BLOG 14

Blog 14: Due Wednesday, Apr 25^th – 

Post a link of a favorite website you like. Talk about the navigation of the site, the design of the site, and the color scheme. Why do you enjoy this site?

GD III - BLOG 13

Blog 13: Due Wednesday, Apr18th – 

Post a link to a website that uses typography is a strong way. Why does it work?

GD III - BLOG 12

Blog 12: Due Wednesday, Apr 11^th – 

Which color scheme do you prefer to use? A light or dark? Does the color impact the viewer in any way? How?

GD III - BLOG 11

Blog 11: Due Wednesday, Apr 4^th – 

Post a link to a site that uses a harmonious color scheme. Explain why it is successful.

GD III - BLOG 10

Blog 10: Due Wednesday, Mar 28^th – 

Is there value in designing for low commission to get your foot in the door with a major company? Do you think it may open doors or de-value your talent??

GD III - BLOG 9

Blog 9: Due Wednesday, Mar 21^st – 

Look at Linkin and Facebook (or any two social networking sites) and state which design works better. Does your choice beat out all competitors? Explain why.

GD III - BLOG

Blog 8: Due Wednesday, Mar 7^th – 

Post a link to a website that features an ad with great design. Explain why.

GD IV - BLOG 15

Blog 15: Due Wednesday, May 2^nd – 

Write a paragraph on what you are most nervous about in the interviewing process. 

1. What techniques help you to relax? 

2. How would you handle a question you didn’t know the answer to? 

3. What part of this course will you take with you/helped you the most?

GD IV - BLOG 14

Blog 14: Due Wednesday, Apr 25^th – 

1. Post a link of a favorite design/artwork. 

2. Write a paragraph about what it was designed for and what you like most about this piece? 

3. Who is the designer?

CURRENTLY, I LIKE THE CREATIVE DESIGNS OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS DONE BY FLORIAN NICOLLE BECAUSE IT HAS A WELL COMPOSED PAGE WITH LOOSE AND DYNAMIC WORK.

http://creoflick.net/creo/Creative-Design-Illustrations-by-Florian-Nicolle-990 

GD IV - BLOG 13

Blog 13: Due Wednesday, Apr18th – 

Post a link to a well designed business card. Write a paragraph about why your business card is unique from others?

http://www.businessknowhow.com/marketing/business-card-design.htm 

GD IV - BLOG 12

Blog 12: Due Wednesday, Apr 11^th – 

1. Write about your brand identity? Why is branding yourself so important? What does your branding say about you?

GD IV - BLOG 11

Blog 11: Due Wednesday, Apr 4^th – 

Post a link to a good artist bio and photo rough.

SIMPLE EXAMPLE: http://www.icaboston.org/exhibitions/exhibit/fairey/artist-bio/

GD IV - BLOG 10

Blog 10: Due Wednesday, Mar 28^th – 

Post a link of a good artist statement. What part did you enjoy?

TIPS ON WRITING AN ARTIST STATEMENT:

http://www.artbusiness.com/artstate.html 

GD IV - BLOG 9

Blog 9: Due Wednesday, Mar 21^st – 

Post a link to good designs you researched on logo’s, resumes, portfolios...

GD IV BLOG 8

Blog 8: Due Wednesday, Mar 7^th – 

Write a paragraph explaining your teams final design and your client interaction.

DIG PH - BLOG 15

Blog 15: Due Wednesday, May 4^th  – 

Final Blog. 

1. When you take a picture now, do you think you will notice things more or less within the frame of your viewfinder? 

2. Write about the most interesting thing you learned about photography.

If you have any photo's you would like to share, please feel free to post a link to them or send me the jpg to upload.

DIG PHOTO - BLOG 14

Blog 14: Due Wednesday, May 2^nd – 

Write 2 paragraphs about your favorite tool, filter, and effect when working in the Digital Darkroom.

DIG PH - BLOG 13

Blog 13: Due Wednesday, Apr 25^th – 

1. Which photo technique do you most enjoy (Collage, Montage, SuperImpose)? 

2. Why?

Notice how each tells a story or has a message? Storytelling or sending visual messages clearly is very difficult to do, but once you become aware of it, you will notice it more.

DIG PH - BLOG 12

Blog 12: Due Wednesday, Apr18th – 

Write a paragraph about why our photographic moment was worth documenting?

 *Just for thought: Notice that any moment, if photographed properly, can become visually intriguing. Observe the moment. How is light being captured? How are you framing the shot? These factors build up what will make or break your photo. I am pulled to this moment as Chase sits looking out the window. The high  brilliant/overexposed light on his face is in deep contrast with the form shadows along his profile...pulling me in...wanting me to see/think about what is going on in his mind. Notice how he is set back into the middleground of the photo? the blue lights give an imaginary line that brings the viewer's eye to Chase, as does the line of the chair. This photo could be set up better with the Golden Rectangle, but the mood is wonderful!

DIG PH - BLOG 11

Blog 11: Due Wednesday, Apr 11^th – 

1. Answer: What makes a photograph more than just a snapshot picture? 

2. Find a link to a photojournalist that shows a great example of photojournalism. 

3. Why did you enjoy it (if applicable - the trip to the Zoo)?

 Aaron Taylor goes Jackson Pollock on his canvas as he experiences the Abstract Expressionism technique of splattering paint. Pollock was innovative in the controlled dripping. "I wanted to do the same idea to feel what the artist felt during the creation process," says Taylor as he completes his painting located at the Kentucky Wesleyan College painting studio in Owensboro, KY.

DIG PH - BLOG 10

Blog 10: Due Wednesday, Apr 4^th –

1. Write a paragraph about your weakness and your strength in photography? 

2. What could improve the weakness to become strength?

3. Which of these compositions work better? Why or why not?

DIG PH - BLOG 9

Blog 9: Due Wednesday, Mar 28^th – 

Write a paragraph about the process of shooting people. What is difficult about shooting people as opposed to shooting Object, Still Life, and Nature? What do you consider to be hard about it? What makes it easy?

Does lighting people at different angles create mood?

DIG PH - BLOG 8

Blog 8: Due Wednesday, Mar 21^st – 

Answer: 1. What suggestion would you offer someone trying to take a macro shot? 

2. Define how mood and movement help create atmospheric perspective at the horizon? 

3. Define natural light.

2D Blog 10

FINAL BLOG

Blog 10: Due Thursday, May 3^rd  – What is one thing you can take away from this class or learned that will help you in your discipline major?

2D Blog 9

Blog 9: Due Tuesday, Apr 24^th  –  Post a link to an illustration or Poster that may influenced your Final Project.

2D Blog 8

 Blog 8
Due: Apr. 12th

What is your favorite Element of Art to work with? Post a picture showing that element as the most dominant in the piece.

GDIV Brochures

 Mallory Hays - Inside brochure

 Sara Ford, Logan Abrams, Adam Austin - Inside Brochure (above), Cover Brochure (below)

 Luis Mila, Cahz Simpson - Inside Brochure (above), Cover Brochure (below)

Ashlee Kent - Inside Brochure (above), Cover (below)

GD III Ashlee Kent

Awesome Site Mapping, Ashlee! It is organized and visually clear!

GDIV Blog 7

Blog 7: Due Wednesday, Feb.29^th –  Write a paragraph on your new challenge. 

1. What is your role in the team? 

2. Explain the concept idea.

3. Do you prefer working individually or on teams? What is the benefit of both?

2D Design Blog 7

Blog 7: Due Tuesday, Apr 3^rd  – 

1. Find an example of real texture and implied texture. Post a link to the images. 

(*Actual/Real texture is texture that you can feel. Visual/implied texture is when something "looks like it has a texture it does not".  IE: a painting could have a smooth surface, but the content (the subject within the painting) might appear to be a rough and bumpy tree with dried leaves.)

**Durer's Rhino is implied because it is a 2D artwork that displays the texture of the animal's outer skeleton. 

 

2. Answer: How does an artist create form in a painting?

2D Design Blog 6

Blog 6: Due Thursday, Mar 22^nd  – Post a link to what you consider to be a successful collage. Explain why you enjoy the collage using the Elements of Art terms.

2D Design Blog 5

Blog 5: Due Thursday, Mar 8^th  – 

1. In redesigning your cards, why did you pick the design elements that you used? 

2. What influenced you to chose those design elements?

http://designmodo.com/creative-playing-cards-designs/

Dig Photo - Cassie Rzpeka

Congrats to Cassie Rzpeka for two of her photo entries being accepted into a professional show! The KWC Art Department is very proud of you! You have amazing talent!

GD III Blog 7

Blog 7: Due Wednesday, Feb.29^th – 

1. What is your favorite part of designing a website? Why?

2. Which Website do you think is visual pleasing and why? Does contrast have a play?

Web1:

 Web 2:

Dig Photo Blog 7

Blog 7: Due Wednesday, Mar 7^th –

1. Write a paragraph stating about which category of the Nature Series interest you most and what you liked most about shooting it. 

2. Which of these shots interest you the most and what would make the photo stronger?

A.

B.

Dig Photo Blog 6

Blog 6: Due Wednesday, Feb.29^th – Write a paragraph describing how the eye is lead around your Still Life composition. Is it diagonal? Triangular? Squared? Zig-Zagged? Radial?

Dig Photo Blog 5

Blog 5: Due Wednesday, Feb. 22^nd – Write 2 paragraphs on your conceptual idea of your Still Life shot. 

1. What are some potential setups? 

2. Define subject, focal point, foreground, and background.

Photo's by Jason Peek

Dig Photo Blog 4

Blog 4: Due Wednesday, Feb. 15^th –Write 2 paragraphs about the Digital Darkroom process. 

1. How did you manipulate or edit your Egg Photo? 

2. Define your Light Source, contrast, and value.

GD III Blog 6

Blog 6: Due Wednesday, Feb. 22^nd – Post a link to a site that displays a product. Did the designer get the message across visually? Who is the target audience? What is the aim for this site?

GD III Blog 5

Blog 5: Due Wednesday, Feb. 15^th –Find a popular, well known company and post a link to it’s homepage. How would you redesign the site to improve or make it stronger?

GD III Blog 4

Blog 4: Due Wednesday, Feb. 8^th – Post a link to a website and give 3 suggestions to make the page stronger.

GDIV Blog 6

Blog 6: Due Wednesday, Feb. 22^nd – Write a paragraph on your mock up and the process of your teams design. Which of your classmates brochures inspires you most or what design elements did you feel were successful?

GDIV Blog 5

Blog 5: Due Wednesday, Feb. 15^th –Do you work well with your teammates? What is the hardest thing about working in teams? What is the easiest factor about teamwork?