Module 5: Logo Design

1. Discuss what you thought about creating your logo.

I created this logo to represent my life. The multi-colored star represents how crazy my life can be, but then the arrow leads over to the flower which represents simplicity and how nice my life can be. Then the bottom arrow leads right back to the crazy star to represent how it's all one big circle. My life could be going to wonderful and everything is working in my favor, then the next thing I know I could be overwhelmed with money problems and school issues. But, once i take a day or two to figure everything out, I go right back to the flower where everything is going smoothly. Sometimes I'm more of the multi-colored star than the flower, and sometimes I'm more of the flower than the star, but it always balanced out in the end. 

2. Describe the process: creative thinking skills and ideas you used in the logo creation.

It took me a while to think of what I wanted my logo to be. I am not very creative at all or even good at drawing simple things so I did my best to create this logo. I think it is pretty creative in the meaning to it and how the colors play a role in it. 

3. What was the most important discovery you made in the creation of your logo?

I had to really think about myself and how I wanted to create something that represented me so I think the crazy. colored star and the simple pretty flower did pretty well in showing that my life can be nice and easy, or crazy and a mess. It made me think of all the good times I have had and the bad, and that's when I realized it somehow always balanced out and life manages to fix itself. 

4. What is the most important information you learned from watching the videos, power point, and reading material  for this project? What is your opinion of the videos?

 The videos taught me how to really think about my design and be creative. There could be many steps to making a good logo, and I saw that myself when trying to come up with mine. I started off with a completely different design than what I ended with. I was going for the same concept overall, but from the beginning to the end it changed drastically. I thought the videos were helpful and I am glad they were provided to us.

Sketches

Final product

Module 5: Museum Visit

Which artworks make an impact or impression on me? Why?

Self-Portrait with Monkey by Frida Kahlo made an impact on me because it's a painting I have heard about before but never actually seen. Its made out of oil on Masonite and is an amazing painting. I felt comfortable around this painting, it wasn't too unusual or too "weird" to say the least. It was an enjoyable piece to look at.

Soleil, Tour, Aeroplane (Sun, Tower, Airplane) by Robert Delaunay, oil on canvas, was definitely something different. All of the colors and shapes were out together so well. I made some notes in my notebook on how the painting looked like there was the Eiffel Tower in it, and it turns out that is what it is. I looked up background information on this piece and it is interesting on how he picked the tower and airplanes to be in his piece. 

Which artworks do I feel a connection with? Why?

I feel a connection with Andy Warhol's 100 Cans. This oil on canvas piece is one I've heard about and seen for years. It was the start of Pop art, and is of campbell's soups. It is very easy to look at the picture and know who designed it because Andy Warhol did a lot of paintings like this one. 

Another one I feel a connection with is Orange and Yellow by Mark Rothko, oil on canvas. It makes me think of the perfect sunset. I felt as if the painting made me feel warm and in a happy state of mind. 

Which artworks would I like to know more about? Why?

One I would like to know more about is the Kill Yourself painting b Nancy Dwyer. What is this painting suppose to represent? I know it isn't mean to be serious by the way its painted but just reading the painting startled me. I wasn't sure what to make of this painting.

Also, I would like to know more about the painting called La Jeune beonne (The Servant Girl) by Amedeo Modigliani. It's oil on canvas. The woman in the painting looks so sad, but why? I know the title says servant girl, but is being a servant all that bad? It must be for her considering her big sad eyes and facial expression. I would like to know the background story on this piece because it is so interesting but I can't figure out what the meaning to it is. 

100 Cans Andy Warhol

Kill Yourself Nancy Dwyer 

Orange and Yellow Mark Rothko

Self-Portrait with Monkey Frida Kahlo

Soleil, Tour, Aeroplane (Sun, Tower, Airplane) Robert Delauna

La Jeune beonne (The Servant Girl) Amedeo Modigliani

Color Wheel & Value Scale Project

1. Discuss what you thought about creating the Value Scale and Color Wheel.

I thought doing the color wheel and the value scale were a fun, simple project. The value scale took a lot more time than the color wheel, but turned out better than my color scale. 

2. Which media did you enjoy working with the best and why? 

I liked the value scale better because it was with one material, not all the colors like the color wheel. Plus, my colors didn't seem to match with the video's colors. My closest Hobby Lobby store with all the paint supplies type of 'cyan' wasn't as dark as the one in the video so my colors don't seem correct, but that was my outcome with cyan, magenta, and yellow. I enjoyed the value one because it was simple, but also time consuming and a bit hard at the same time. The concept was simple, but once I went to do the scale, I found myself struggling to make it perfect. 

3. What was the most important discovery in the creation of these studies?

I discovered that the scale and the wheel are harder to make than it looked, but very useful. 

4. What is the most important information you learned from watching the videos for this project? What is your opinion of the videos?

I liked the videos. They were short and to the point, but full of information. The most important thing I learned was that blue, red, and yellow are NOT primary colors, they are secondary. Since I am not an art major nor have ever taken an art class until now, I did not know this. I now know that cyan, magenta, and yellow are primary colors while blue, red, and yellow are secondary colors. 

 Color Wheel

Value Scale 

Reflection on Module 3 Project 1

Photo Bucket Album 
http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/spoorhm01/library/Art%20Project%201

This project brought out my creative photography skills. I had to think of every element and principle separately and take the time to find the perfect pictures. I went all around my local parks to get the basic elements out of the way like space and shapes. The ones I struggled with a bit were actually the ones I thought were going to be the easiest, like movement and pattern. I loved this project because I love to take pictures. Even though it was almost zero degrees the days I took these pictures in the parks, it was still worth it because I love the pictures that I took. I feel as if they grasp the concept of each element or principle they represent.

Module 2

1. Describe Color and it's effects on emotions. Use the appropriate vocabulary of color in your posting.

Colors is the way we see light reflecting or passing through certain objects. We can see many colors like blues, greens, oranges, reds, and a lot more. Colors can effect human's emotions just as much as anything else. When people see blues, they often think of serenity and coolness. For red, it can be interpreted as love, or on the opposite hand, aggression. All different colors have many different effects on people's emotions, some good, and others not so good. But, every color has a way of influencing a person's feelings. 

2. What is a theoretical aspect of color that most intrigues/fascinates you? Why?

The way we see color as signs fascinates me the most. While reading the article, it was completely true that it threw me off when seeing a red stop sign and a green go sign switch colors. I realized how much I depend on colors and how I see them. If I saw a green stop sign I would not know what to do. In our world, green typically stands for GO and red for STOP or BAD. And when talking about love, or relationships, all I see in my head are the colors of red, purple, and pink. The way color influences my life is amazing and I never realized how much I depend on colors until this module. 

3. In the Color video, what made the biggest impact on you in regards to color and it's effects on emotions?

The way June painted her painting and how hard it was for her to even like the artwork made such a big impact on me. It made me realize how hard it is for her to express the feelings in her painting through colors. She would paint for hours and still be upset with the outcome so she would restart on the canvas. It looked extremely hard but it took a lot of hard work. Eventually the right colors will be found to express the feeling you want others to notice, and it will turn out amazingly. The blues and reds/oranges did seem to portray her painting perfectly and the way she wanted it to be. Once she added the lighter blues, it turned out to look even better over the dark blues and reds. 

4. In the Feelings video, what made the biggest impact on you in regards to color and it's effects on emotions?

The biggest impact on me in this video was David's paintings. He used his paintings to get people to feel their emotions such as things like being patriotic, sacrificing themselves for society, and to show that the good must be fought for. David creates works of art that are violent and action, not for pleasure. He makes his art work give off feelings of certain characters in the art, like deep dark feelings. David's artwork gives us sorts of feelings to be good, and to fight for what's good. Not to let the bad tempt us into things because it's easier. His artwork gives off emotions that can be shown through his art work. 

Video Review

1. For each video and article list/discuss the key concepts you learned.

Key concepts from Aesthetics: Philosophy of the Arts: 

Aesthetics is the philosophical study of beauty and art

 Three Unities 

Aristotle's Poetics

The origin of beauty and good is God 

Hutcheson

Beauty should be based on feelings, no exact science on beauty

Kant 

Art makes us more human, nature sets rules to guide art

Schiller

Romanticism 

Hegel 

Leo Tolstoy- Expression Theory & R.G. Collingwood

Morris Weitz- Role of Theory in Aesthetics 

Key Points on CARTA:

Discovery of Symmetry- Homo erectus 1.5 million years (my) ago

Discovery of Symbolism- Homo heidelbergensis 300,000 years ago

Human brain evolving

Processing images

Conscious reading vs. non conscious readings

Novelty

Consensus partium

Symmetry vs aesthetics 

Empathy

Neuro Statics 

Eight Laws of Art

2. Which philosopher's theroy on aesthetics do you feel is most important? Be sure to mention the philosphers name, era (time in history), and contribution to the aesthetic theory in your response. 

I think Leo Tolstoy's and R.G. Collingwood's Expression Theory in 1938 is the most important. The Expression Theory states that art is the expression of emotion, with expression and emotion defined in ways that are particular to the theory. (20th century) This makes the most sense because art now is mainly about expression and emotions. Artists want you to feel something when looking at their work. 

3. What do you think about Changeux and Ramachandran scientific view of aesthetics and art? What was the most interesting fact you discovered from each speakers lecture? 

I thought this video was hard to understand but had good information. I thought the most interesting part was how Ramachandran said art starts in the brain and how the brain responds to art. I also believe this to be true because that's where creativity begins. Our brains can interpret art work differently than other brains. This video was more interesting than the first, and it had a lot of example within it of aesthetics and the laws of art. 

4. How do the videos and article relate to the readings in the text? 

The videos and article relate to the readings in the text by talking about topics that were in the book in more depth, like aesthetics. Aesthetics were a main topic in the first chapters of the book. Aesthetics is the study of beauty and art. The videos along with the textbook give many examples of this type of art and theories on aesthetics.  

5. What is your opinion of the films and article? How do they add depth to understanding of the topics in your reading in the text?

The films were pretty slow, and uninteresting. The CARTA video was very hard for me to understand even with the captions being on. The article was the most interesting part of this weeks assignments. But, they give a lot more examples than the text does so it helps to have more examples of artists and images to relate to certain words or types of arts.