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And as we continued through the art gallery, to the next floor in the modern wing. The next photo to grab my attention was that of Pablo Picasso and his imaginative piece, the old guitarist. This photo also was craftily made with the use of oil on the panel. This painting was produced by Picasso when a close friend of his committed suicide, coinciding with his "Blue Period". What intrigued me the most about this photo was actually not the photo at all; nothing about its composition and color scheme. But the fact that there is a scrapped photo underneath. It is said to maybe have been a woman in a disturbed or worried position. This is interesting because paintings can change depending on the mood of the artist and the time period. Overall, the art museum was an eye opening experience that left me with a greater appreciation for the various styles and artworks artists create. And the guidance of Mr. Peck helped greatly as he narrated the pieces in both the contemporary section and the more modern section of the art museum.

Week 15

Craft:

The craft changed in a way that I used the side rulers to clean up the boxes and make sure there was a consitancy between all three. Also, the use of the text box to add the necessary data.

Concept:

To invite or to inform the public about Red Horse Goodbye's upcomming events. There is the almighty Warped Tour Concert, a sweepstakes, and a CD release.

Composition:

The layout remained fairly similar, except that I took the advice and moved the Red Horse Goodbye name in the concert poster more to the right in order to leave some visual room. Also the color of the name seems to match the boxes and the background more closely.

Style:

The fonts remain the same for the information section as well as the name for Red Horse Goodbye. The diameter of the boxes themselves all remained continous, as well as having a stroke around each one. The pictures added have consistancy and variation as they are all members of the group but different ones. The information section written not only contains the same font, but also is written in white with a black stroke for visabitly.

Special Edition Blog 1

My friend Patti and I arrived to the museum an hour before the tour began. We walked up the marble stairs and took our first picture, turned out great because of the lighting from the multiple windows! Well, we wondered a bit, getting a feel for the museum before Mr. Peck gave the tour. Finally, the actual tour began. We began on the second floor, with images depicting Christ and spiritual characters. Interesting to see, but almost seemed redundant. The painting that caught my eye was one done by Francesco Buoneri, called known as Cecco del Caravaggio. This photo was the Resurrection made in 1619, with oil paints. The painting itself is extremely large, and that is what drew me in. His style characteristics are that consisting of contrast betweenn light and dark, along with intricate droopy folds, a bold outline and human expression. The reason behind the paintings size is that Buoneri preferred to draw life sized figures. This painting follows the gospels version of the resurrection fairly closely as it shows Christ rising from the dead on the third day. His use of intricate detailing is seen here on the photo to the right, as even the toe jam under his nails is painted and documented. He plays with color in this painting by using red in a sleeve, a pop of turquoise and and a pinch of purple in the flag.

week 14

Craft:

I used the same tools as before, the paint bucket and textual box. Nothing changed in craft according to my previous posters.

Concept:

One poster announcing that my band, Redhorse Goodbye is playing in the Vans Warped Tour. The second one announcing that their new CD will be released in all stores soon. And the final is to win a trip with one of the band members.

Composition:

The change in the second and third poster, CD and trip, the first line needed to be changed in order to fit in the box, in a visually appealing manner. All the posters needed to be tweaked a little more in order to accommodate all the information (who, what, where).

Style:

Lines running on the 1in marker and the 15 in marker horizontally, and a third line running at the 3 inch mark vertically. The font for the title and the information remains the same, while the band name has a different font, as if to be branded. The variation in these three posters is that of color and the band member present.

Week 13

Craft:

First, I chose a background, a dark navy blue color. Next, I used the paint tool to paint a horizontal and vertical black line. Than, I added photos of a fan and a drum-set.

Concept:

Three posters containing the made up band RedhorsE GoodbyE for their concert, sweepstake, and CD signing.

Composition:

The text that stay the same are the title and the where and why. The black lines run around either the upper left hand corner or the lower right hand corner.

Style:

The fonts used consistently through are comic sams and Carta. The lines are always black, and the background in the first one is a off teal color. The title is always in a outline red color. All my models used in these photos are the band members, or my friends.

week 12

Craft:

Posting our pictures in the are gallery downstairs. Than with pen or pencil, write our thoughts.

Concept:

In order to determine what our projects are trying to say.

Composition:

Placing each photo next to one another, and than pinning sheets of paper underneath them.

Reaction:

The closest reactions were the ones saying either "restaurant in the sky" or "fantasy land". But the person that said, "Inspired by the movie Up" was extremely correct. The person that said, "Opposite, spongebob above water" was the most interesting reaction that I had received because i never thought of it in that perspective. Almost everyone understood what I was trying to communicate, the farthest response was a "floating house".

week 11

Craft:

For the final photo, my background was lighter than my foreground. To fix this, I used the hue/saturation and brightness/contrast tools to help fix the lighting to make it seem more believable.

Concept:

A restaurant in the air supported by balloons.

Composition:

The main thing i chnaged was the background to a more clear setting of clouds. To make the picture more real, firstly I added more balloons to each object, to support the intial wieght. Than i added a scene from a McDonalds that I shot to place inside the Krusty Krab to make it seem as a real restaurant. Lastly I placed a picture of a seagull, the same one twice, in the background to show that it was high in the air.