Blog Entry #2

Negar Nahidian

This image has a brown over tone almost as if it was black and white. It looks as if it was just a regular photo of a girl from a foreign country. As you look deeper you see there are two different sides to the women in the center. One thing that deters from this image is that it is hard to make out the writing in the background and I feel that would make the whole composition more interesting if you could really read the text. Although, the abstract shapes in the foreground and background make up for it.

Showing the woman in the center from two different angles and inverting the colors makes me think that the identity is about how country’s can be so two faced. Every one seems to be very nice and polite on side, but behind closed doors some people act completely different. It has to be a different country because the girl is some sort of bandana, and her hair seems to be styled with some kind of jewelry.

I like the image because it reminds of dream but yet it is very real. Some the aspect displayed in the image are confusing. But it makes for an interesting image and adds to dream like feel through out the image. Even though this was not best image it was the one I was attracted to the most.

Blog Entry #2

William DeKooning

This piece is composed of thick, bold, aggressive brush strokes, with very earthy tones. The earthy tones contrast well with the lady who is abstractly depicted in the center of the image. The artist did a great job of catching his emotion at the time he was creating the painting; it is very evident that he was angry.

The identity is some what skewed by the bold brush strokes, but it depicts the crazy/monstrous side that women posses. If I had to guess I would say that he was breaking up with a girl when he created this work of art. The earthy tones normally suggest calm and maternal feeling. Which leads me to believe that image is about woman.

The face on the figure in what attracted to me this image. It reminds me of monkey, but then I noticed that it was on a woman’s body. Also I like this image because of the uses of the womanly earthy tones and contrasts it with a monstrous image. Earthy tones normally catch my eye simply because they are so versatile, you can make a dark image or happy image. Or like this image some were in the middle.

Blog Entry #2

David Ho

This image is very intriguing. The image has very strong lighting from the top left corner, and all the shadowing helps support it. The fruit has a vibrant glow that really helps capture your eye. Overall the image is composed very well and everything is spaced out in a way that keeps you interested in the image.

The Identity of this piece in somewhat mysterious. Its seems like its saying that the apple does not fall from the tree. But at the same the shaded creature in the bottom right hand corner makes me think that it is saying that everyone has a secret, or something to hide.

I relate to this image because it is dark and eerie, and isn’t that easy to distinguish the true identity of it. This is not one of those images that you take one look and understand it in its entirety. You really need to stop look and analyze this image to fully appreciate it. Which draws me in and makes me like the more and more I look at it.

Blog #1

There are many reason as to why some one would want to study digital arts.  To me art is field of work that will always be here.  People will always new designs, and new people with different artistic abilities.  The art field has a wide variety of jobs available.  Although I am a graphic design major I am interested in all different types of medias but, I do not really know exactly which one I would like to pursue.  My goals that i would like accomplish here at BGSU is to graduate in a timely manor and have a degree in some artistic major. 

Blog Entry #4

1.       How has this work contributed a new or different understanding of color to the world?

HISTORY OF ART

This work laid down the foundation for all color schemes to come.  It is why we have some of the color schemes we do today.

FASHION DESIGN

Designing helps us understand color because with clothes you can mix and match colors that you never thought would match.  Also it helps people create new and trendy color schemes.

VISUAL CULTURE

Visual culture images help people see the more urban color schemes.  Most people just see them as regular colors but when you arrange them in different orders you can get new and different colors.

 

2.       What visual phenomenon or color principles make it stand out among works in the same medium or genre?

HISTORY OF ART

With historical arts you can really point them out easily because of the horizontal and vertical line use.  Also, the perspective in which they paint it from is very commonly seen.

FASHION DESIGN

In design art they can use patters such as plaid, to mix and match colors. Thus, making them stand out more.

VISUAL CULTURE

The medium used in visual culture art is really what makes it stand out.  Once you see a visual culture piece you know that’s what you’re looking at.

 

4.       How have they used dominance to organize or structure their work?

HISTORY OF ART

The bigger images are in the foreground of the picture making them the more dominate image.

FASHION DESIGN

In fashion design they establish dominance by using more of a certain color.

VISUAL CULTURE

Cultural pieces tend to over dramatize the dominate structure in their image.

 

5.      How do they address the human form (in the picture or in relation to it)?

HISTORY OF ART

In historical art the human body is represented in a very formal way.  From time to time you will see a nude person but they are displayed very elegantly.

FASHION DESIGN

Mainly people are portrayed as fake because they are trying to create clothes.  They are not worried about how realistic the person looks.

VISUAL CULTURE

The human body is either seen in its actual form or is a picture.  Overall the human body is rendered very realistically.

 

6.       In what ways have you been influenced after seeing this work?

HISTORY OF ART

Create new compositors that are realistic.

FASHION DESIGN

Try to test out new color schemes

VISUAL CULTURE

Not be afraid to try new things.

Image Essay #10

The black and white media used to create this image is gives the picture a lot more emotion and makes that clear to viewer. Also, the way she is positioned on the chair, with her head down, helps convey the depressing emotion the artist is trying to get across. There is a nice use of tenebrism as you can see there is a strong directional lighting, moving from right to left. You can see excellent use of chiaroscuro that is used to define the figures body, creating definition in the person’s body structure. The hair is rendered very well, you almost can see the blondness in here hair, even though the picture is in black and white. Although this image is a little boring you can tell that the artist took there time. Over all this is a well composed composition with crisp lines and a good use of shading.

Image Essay #9

This painting possesses many of the color properties. There are four main color properties over all, dominance, temperature, color symbolism, emotion and this image has them all. The dominate color is obvious in this image, the black trees, they seem swamp like. The trees get smaller as they go back. Creating the illusion of space, making the trees appear as if they are far away to the audience. At first this image looks to be a cold and musty picture. Then you see the faint red be hind the trees and notice that they may look like they are on fire instituting a hot temperature because red is known to be a hot color. The color symbolism would be evil, creepy, and eerie, which is evident right away. Emotion was defiantly a big reason behind the creation of this image. There is an angry emotion that goes with this painting, giving it great pop making it such an amazing image.