Animation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxinum3zNDE

This was a video animation of me going to my friends house. But there was a catch I could only use pictures to make this animation and so I have  to take a shot every step I took. This project allowed me to think creatively and actually taught me a few lessons as well. While shooting this animation I realized that things do always go as planed and that you must be patient with what you are doing, by learning these lessons  I feel that I have become a better artist and it has allowed me to grow my creativity. Originally I had planned to take my pictures for the animation on my brother playing in the snow while it was snowing, he would then cause a pile of snow to fall on my drive way and my dad would come outside to get the mail but end up seeing my brother making the pile of snow fall. My dad would then make my brother shovel the drive way and  get the mail. I couldn't shoot this video because my father had left in the morning and had already shoveled all the snow on the drive way. 

Second Critique

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Title:  Burst Unity

Artist: Hannah Höch

Date: 1955

Written Response:  When I first saw this image it looked like a butterfly coming out of its cocoon. I see a dark black background transitioning into a lighter green color. In the center there are many wing like structures, each of a different color merging with each other. There are squares in the corner of the picture.  In this picture there are Organic lines around the wings and geometric lines around the edge of the picture.  The picture has value because it makes the image stand out by using a dark color on one side and a lighter contrasting color on the other side.

There is Organic and Geometric shapes in this picture, the wings are organic and the rectangles are geometric.  This picture also has color because of the wings, one of the wings has different shades of red ( a primary color) and another wing has yellow and orange (secondary and tertiary colors) there is also a green color towards the bottom of the picture (secondary color). This picture has a radial balance because it feels balanced and yet it’s totally unequal.  This picture gives Emphasis to the collection of wings because it’s the biggest object and is colored with bright and attractive shades that are visually appealing.  There is also Unity in this picture because even though things look unbalanced they feel unified and give you a peaceful feeling when you view the picture. The use of shading is what really grabs my attention when I see this piece of art. I feel that the artist wanted to show that when people look beyond differences like race, wealth, and interests and come together it can make something truly beautiful and inspiring. 

This was my second critique and I felt that writing this one was much more easier after I had a little experience under my belt. The picture by Hannah Hoch inspired me a lot because I could see the unity among many different colors, shapes and sizes. This picture taught me more about which colors would emphasize each other. 

"Almost" Music Video for Media Arts

By: Paul Yeh, and Samson Jeyakumar

Starring: Luckxan Baluyot, Amanda Hui, April and Cathleen Santos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXqeWP5_Qnc (Link for the Music Video)

I almost got drunk at school at 14
Where I almost made out with the Homecoming Queen
Who almost went on to be Miss Texas
But lost to a slut with much bigger breastes
I almost dropped out to move to LA
Where I was almost famous for almost a day

And I almost had you
But I guess that doesn't cut it
I almost loved you
I almost wished you would've loved me too

I almost held up a grocery store
Where I almost did five years and then seven more
Cause I almost got bopped for a fight with a thug
Cause he almost made off with a bunch of the drugs
That I almost got hooked on cause you ran away
And I wish I would have had the nerve to ask you to stay

And I almost had you
But I guess that doesn't cut it
almost had you
And I didn't even know it

And you kept me guessin'
And now I'm destined
To spend my time missing you
I almost wish you would a loved me too

Here I go thinkin' bout all the things I could have done
I'm gonna need a forklift cause all the baggage weighs a ton (baggage weighs a ton)
I know we had our problems, I can't remember one.

I almost forgot to say something else
And if I can't fit it in I'll keep it all to myself
I almost wrote a song about you today
But I tore it all up and then I threw it away

And I almost had you
But I guess that doesn't cut it
Almost had you
And I didn't even know it

You kept me guessin'
And now I'm destined
To spend my time missin' you
And I almost had you
(Almost had you)
Almost had you

I almost wished you would've loved me too
(wished you would've loved me too)

This was a music video for the song Almost. We chose the song Almost by Bowling for Soup because we felt that it wasn't very moody or too slow or fast paced. This allowed us to shoot with what we had planned prior to taking the video and gave us enough artistic freedom to mess around with the shots and still make sure that nothing was out of place. We felt that the song's lyrics contained simplicity and meaning. It allowed the feeling to be expressed which allowed us to make our own artistic rendering of what we felt that the song  portrayed.

Again Please give me your constructive criticism so that I can learn how to better my self.

Media Arts Poster

My artistic rendering of Media Arts. I felt that Media Arts is a program in which you can see yourself grow as you progress through the course, I also felt that the course teaches you many skills and allows you to push your self and see what you are capable of. Media Arts pushes your creativity, which is why I chose to do an abstract vector background for one panel and on the top panel I chose to add in some designs, and pain botches. This is a poster designed to advertise the Media Arts Course.

Sound Problems

 

My rough Copy and Ideas for this piece. This piece was created to show a different sound in each frame. Basically I used the rough copy to see how the image would look after it was placed on paper and to show me what would have to be edited/added to the image for the final copy.

This was the final colored version of this piece.

This is was my next piece. What I had to do was to create another picture which visualized sound. I chose to create my image based off of a dream and how music can be infectious. It showed sound by adding sound waves, the volume bars on the bottom, and the ear and the fist represents the power of music. I used colors that would go well together to create the effect to show the volume bars, green being low and orange being high.

No Love Photomontage

When I was told we had to do our photo montage based off of a song that had a social issue in it I had a tough time trying to find a good song that would allow me to express my thoughts. Then I thought about a song by Eminem because his songs usually have some sort of message behind them, I went through my song list and found No Love by Eminem ft. Lil Wayne. I felt that the song had a strong message behind it because it dealt with bullying and because I felt that bullying was a serious social issue. I thought about the lyrics and an idea of showing a little boy in his room being bullied popped into my head. Then I thought about how I could show a boy could be bullied in his house, in his own room nun the less. I then realized I could show this through technology and so I put in a laptop and an MSN hate conversation and an image of the bully who is shown as a tangible character to represent the strong feeling of fear. Three things I felt made this picture really good were the gloomy background because it set the mood of the Image. I felt that it allows you to feel the sorrow that the boy is going through because he does not know how to solve his problem. The second thing that I felt made this picture more original was the teddy bear because it shows how the boy feels that he has no one who he can turn to and so he turns to something he feels will comfort him, protect him.  The final thing I feel made this picture authentic was the laptop with the MSN conversation because it shows you how bullying can reach you in places that you think you would normally be safe in. I felt that showing bullying in one’s most private place your bedroom would show the reality of bullying. It shows you that you have no safety zone anymore.

Young money

Throw dirt on me, and grow a wild flower,
But it's **** the world, get a child out her,
yeah my life a *****, but u know nothing bout her,
Been to hell and back, I can show you vouchers,
I'm rollin' sweets, I'm smoking sour,
Married to the game, but she broke her vows,
Thats why my bars, are full of broken bottles,
And my night stands are full of open bibles,
Ugh I think about more then I forget,
But I dont go around fire expectin' not to sweat,
And these ****** know I lay em down make your bed,
  ******* try to kick me, while im down I break your leg,
Money out weighin' problems on the triple-beam,
I'm sticking to the script, you ****** skipping scenes,
Ugh be good or be good at it, ****** right I got my gun semi carter-matic.

Yeah put they **** in they mouth, so I guess its **** with they say,
I'm high as a *****, up up and away, man I come down in a couple of days,
Okay you want me up in the cage, then I'll come out in beast mode,
I got this world stuck in a safe, cominbation is the G code,
Its weezy motha ***** blood gang and im in bleed mode, all about my do' but I dont even check the peep hole,
so you can keep knocking, but wont knock me down, no love lost, no love found.


Its a little to late to say that your sorry now, you kicked me when I was down, but what you say just dont hurt me (Thats right, and I dont need you, dont wanan see you, ***** you get no love)
You showed me nothing but hate, you ran me into the ground but what comes around goes around, and you don't hurt me (that's right, and I don't need you, don't wanna see you, ***** you get no love)

  ***** you get no love.

No love x 7

I'm live again, more alive then I've been in my whole entire life,
I can see these people ears perk up as I begin, a spaz with a pin I'm a little bit sicker then most,
  ***** gonna get thick again, they say the competition is stiff but I get a hard **** from this shit now stick it in, I aint ever given in again, caution to the win complete freedom look at these rappers how I treat them so why the **** would I join them, when I beat them,
They call me a freak cuz I like to spit on these *****'s before I eat them, man get these whack **** suckers stage where the **** is Kanye when you need him,

Snatch the mic from them ***** ima let you finish in a minute yeah the rap was tight but ummm, Ruckus got the greatest verse of all time so you might wanna go back to the lab tonight,
And um scribble out them rhymes you was gonna spit an start over from scratch and write new ones, but im afraid it aint gonna make no difference when i rip the shades and tear it in half tonight,
Its an adrenaline rush you feel the bass thump all the way to the parking lot fellow, set fire to the mic and ignite the crowd you can see the sparks from hot metal,
Cold hearted from the day I bogaurded the game I soul started, a rock fellow and I'm not even in my harshest you can see can get roasted, cuz marshal not mellow,
So on top, fill it from the top, I'm not gonna stop em, standing on my monopoly board, that's means I'm on top of my game, and it don't stop, till my hip don't hop anymore,
When you so good, that you cant say it cuz it aint even cool for you to sound cocky anymore,
People just get sick cuz you spit these fools drool & dribble a drop anymore, and you cant ever break my stride, you never slowed the momentum and at any minute im about to blow you never take my pride,
im killing the flow slow and venom, pwn *******, no mercy mark my words, and let enough relentless I smell blood, I don't give a **** keep given them hell, where was you when I fell and needed help up, you get no love,

Its a little to late to say that your sorry now, you kicked me when I was down, but what you say just don't hurt me (That's right, and I don't need you, don't wanna see you, ***** you get no love)
You showed me nothing but hate, you ran me into the ground but what comes around goes around, and you don't hurt me (That's right, and I don't need you, don't wanna see you, ***** you get no love)

  ***** you get no love.

No love x 7

Lyrics From : http://www.elyricsworld.com/no_love_lyrics_eminem.html

Song by: Eminem  ft. Lil Wayne (Recovery)

Media Art's Title Page

This is my title for Media Arts. The intent of this is to show that Art is everywhere and I chose an Anime to show that art is seen in many different aspects of media one example being Manga and Anime as well as Film. (which is why i have a film strip as well.) The vector art represents that Art can be anything and it is connected with everything around us which is why everything is interconnected.

Black Square Designs

The intent of this piece of art work was to show six characteristics. (Tension, Playful, Order, Increase, Congested, Bold.) This was my first piece in Media Arts and in this period of the course I learned to use Adobe Illustrator.

Less Is More

I'm sorry for the bad picture quality of the first image, I had to take that shot with my video camera. The intent of this piece was to show how a kiwi would look when you saw it as a whole, then as a zoomed in image, a zoomed in inverted image, a zoomed in image with one color and finally a zoomed in image with full color. One of the reasons that I drew this piece was to prove to my self that I could still draw with a split knuckle, after dropping a bowling ball on my hand I felt that I wouldn't be able to draw like I could before but I was able to prove my self wrong a few days later.

My First Critique

Title: I’m Set Free

Photographer: Nayland Blake

Date: 2010

Written Response:

When I saw this photograph I realized that life can be seen everywhere, and can grow out of any place that we have built things on or around. I saw that the plant was trapped behind plywood and still it found a hole that allowed it to break free from what held it back. It allows me to feel confident because it shows that no matter what holds you back you can find a way around it. I see a plants branches extending through a gap in a crisp blue plywood wall. I see some white silhouettes to the right of the picture

showing me that something or someone was positioned near the plywood wall. In this picture I see organic lines in the plants branches and I see some geometric lines in the plywood. I also see value, which enhances the plants colour and creates the illusion of a huge space from which the plant had developed. The value creates contrast between the green branches and yellow buds to the blue plywood and causes the silhouettes to the right. I see geometric shape in the square sheet of plywood that creates the doors. I also see colour in the picture, primary colours in this picture are blue as seen in the plywood and yellow seen in the plants buds, the secondary colour that I see in this picture is green. The primary colours create a contrast and seem to compliment the bright green coloured plant well and that makes the picture visually attractive. The picture shows illusory texture and allows us to imagine feeling the plants smooth leaves, partially hard stem and soft buds and it also allows us to imagine running our hands over the rough plywood. Space is created between the focal point being the tip of the plants branches and the point at which the plan seems to spring into freedom.  Form is seen in the plant because of the lighting and how it seems to make the plant seem 3 dimensional; the contrast allows us to feel like we can see the full plant. The reason behind the lighting making the plant seem 3 dimensional is because the light seems to highlight the plant and yet does not reach the part of the plant that is covered by the wall of plywood making the plant seem as if it was fully shown. There is an asymmetrical balance in this picture because of the plants branches reaching out towards the right as well as the silhouettes on the right side of the plywood where as there is nothing to the left side and yet the picture still appears balanced. This is caused by the photographer’s focal point; however the silhouettes will still cause the unequal ambience to the picture. In this picture there is dominance/emphasis because the artist has taken the picture in a way where the plant is in the centre and has a complimenting colour to the background colour (Blue Plywood). I also see the lines on the plywood and the plant being the only part with no geometric lines in the picture it enhances the plants appearance and increases authentic atmosphere. I find that there is a contrast in this picture because of the cooler blue from the background and the warmer yellow from the plants bud. I also see that the plywood is much larger compared to the plant and that causes a contrast. All these elements in the photograph give it a unified aura and make the image look and seem more harmonious. In my own opinion I think that this picture symbolize freedom from things that trap you, it shows you that you can do anything you want no matter what blocks your path.  The picture allows you to see the beauty of life and that everything can be free. The picture shows happiness with its contrasting colours and it shows the photographers wanted to express joy. I think the artists view of the world is to show that you can do whatever you want as long as you have a drive to keep you going towards your goal. The fact that the light only reaches the part of the plant that is beyond the plywood made me realize that hard work pays off and that when you strive for greatness you will eventually be rewarded as seen when the plant streaches its branches out from the shadows to bask in the light of the sun’s rays. Nayland Blake aside from being an artist is an educator and writer. He currently resides in Brooklyn and has shared the past 3 years of his life with a dog named lehigh. What I thought about the picture after was how Nayland Blake would have felt when he saw the plant, when I think of it and put the picture with the title I feel as if he took the picture imagining himself as the plant and forgetting all the responsibilities that he had, any word that he had to do or anything that made him feel like he was busy all the time or that stressed him out. He could have also thought about the plants simplicity and ability to just exist and have so much meaning to someone else and he could have thought about trying to imagine what he would have been going through if he was the plant. Then again Mr. Blake could have just wanted to show the beauty of nature and how everything was created with a purpose and ability to attain whatever they want.  


By critiquing work by Nayland Blake I was able to learn to critique my own work and this was a skill that came in very handy through out the course because it allowed me to find the flaws in my work and correct them by asking my self what the significance of each object was and if it took away from my art or if it contributed. At this point in the course this skill was a great thing to learn because it contributed to bettering my art.