Week 10: Final Digitally Produced Sketch

I made this entire image on Photoshop with the help of the images on the internet. My classmates had a problem with the first digitally produced sketch because it seemed that the people were leaving an older radio that seemed to be broken to attend a dance party. My classmates didn't like how the older radio was higher than the new radio and it seemed that the people were descending to a less important radio. Also they didn't like the fact that the new 88.3 radio was flat. First, I grabbed group one and positioned the new radio higher to look more important. I made the details of the radio stick out more by using bevel and emboss making the features on the radio more realistic. Then, I grabbed group two and brought the ordinary radio lower to look less important. Next, I recreated the bright red ladder to connect the new positioned radios together. Then, I recreated the music notes for the newer radio giving the notes more definition. I made smaller, flat music notes that are black and boring for the ordinary radio so that it didn't seem to be broken. I arranged things this way to make it seem like the stick people were leaving an ordinary radio and upgrading to an exciting new radio. I made the new radio look more realistic with features that stick out more. I am accomplishing the concept of the slogan  "The Escape of Ordinary Radio" better in this is final image by rearranging a few details. I am able to explain the slogan in this image better because it shows the people leaving an ordinary radio too escape to the exciting 88.3. I am controlling the viewer's eye using a bright red for the color of the ladder that is contrasting to the other colors. This is a digitally produced sketch of people escaping to 88.3 from ordinary radio. I am trying to say that you can understand a concept of a slogan through images instead of words.

Week 9: Digitally Produced Sketch

I made this entire image on Photoshop with the help of images on the internet. First, I opened a new layer and made the new radio using the rectangular marquee tool. After I decided on the color of the radio I began to add the details to the radio. Each individual detail was its own layer so that I could move each item where it fit best. For the dial and the speakers, I used the circular marquee and once I made the shape I wanted I duplicated the layer to have a set of matching dials and speakers. When I was satisfied with the radio, I moved all the layers into group one so that I could move the radio all together. Then, I began to work on the older radio using the rectangular and circular marquee tool to get the perfect shape. I began to add the details of the older radio on its own layer  so that I could move each individual item. I duplicated the speakers and the dials to get the exact same shape of each detail of the radio. When I was satisfied with the radio, I put all of the layers into group two. Next, I began to work on the ladder to connect each of the radios using the rectangular marquee tool. After making one step to fit inside the ladder, I duplicated the layer seven times to make seven matching steps. I put all of these layers into group three to be able to move the ladder as a whole. Then I began to create four different types of stick people: sitting down in two different ways, walking down the stairs, and dancing. I created these stick figures by using the circular marquee tool for theirs heads and the paintbrush for their bodies. Once I created one of each different bodies, I duplicated a few more to scatter them around the new radio and coming down the stairs. Last, I made the music notes by using the circular and rectangular marquee tool. Once I had the different shapes I was looking for I duplicated the layers and changed the colors. I arranged this image this way to accomplish the concept of the slogan "The Escape of Ordinary Radio." I arranged the stick people leaving the ordinary radio too escape to the exciting 88.3 radio. I am controlling the viewer's eye by using a bright red for the color of the ladder. This is a digitally produced sketch of people escaping to 88.3 from the ordinary radio. I am trying to say that you can understand a concept of a slogan through images instead of words.

Special Edition: Modern Art

This painting is an oil on canvas and is called the "Greyed Rainbow" by Jackson Pollock. He made this by using a blank canvas and black and white paint. Pollock did this by putting his canvas on the floor or on a wall. He did a network of dripping, splattering, and painted lines with black and white paint. He used sticks, knives, and trowels instead of brushes to complete the process called action painting.  

This painting is an oil on canvas and is called the "Volunteer" by James Rosenquist. This painting is of various images that highlight different aspects of American life.  He arranges these different images this way showing the importance of these symbols of progress during that particular time period. Rosenquist used bright contrasting colors to depict each image from each other. Also, he puts images overlapping each other showing  which one was more important in that American society at the time. He is controlling the viewer's eye by making the hand print larger which is dominating the rest of the images. Rosenguist traced his own hand to represent "the hand that volunteers."

This painting is an oil on canvas and is called "The Death of the Poet Walter Rheimer" by Conrad Felixmuller. This is Walter Rheimer who admitted to be addicted to cocaine and was sent off to war. His depression worsened and his life flipped upside down when his wife left him, he lost his artistic creativity, and became poor. When Rheimer came back from World War I, he found himself not able to keep up with the fast changing modern world. This painting shows Rheimer who appears to very elegant and satisfied about to jump out the window and take his own life. The expression on his face represents that this could be anyone in his shoes of suicide. Rheimer is trying to say that it is possible to capture a moment in a persons life and remembering the event in a positive way to learn from it.

Special Edition: Classical Art

This art piece is called the "Portrait of Philippe Coypel and His Wife" by Charles-Antoine Coypel. This piece is made of pastel colors and blue laid paper. First, Coypel created the two outsides frames on the border of the paper. He drew Philippe Coypel and then his wife in front of him to his right. Coypel made the lace of the women's sleeve very detailed to look almost real. Her lace and fan lay outside of the two outer frames. Once he was done with his artwork, this piece was placed together, laid down on a canvas and then stretched on a wood stretcher.

This painting is an oil piece on panel called "Life with a Flower Garland and a Curtain" by Adriaen van der Spelt and Frans van Mieris. Van der Spelt painted the flowers and Mieris completed the painting with the blue shimmering curtain. This painting is arranged this way to show that the painting is exquisite by having the curtain protecting it's beauty. Dutch collectors would use curtains to protect an exquisite painting which is what Mieris was trying to show. Mieris is controlling the viewer's eyes by painting this bright blue shimmering curtain over these dull flowers. He used his ability to fool the viewers eye to his own advantage.   

These six panels of a series of paintings are called "The Capture of the Bandit El Maragato" by Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes. These are the six events in chronological order of how Pedro de Zaldivia, the humble monk, caught the Spanish bandit, El Maragato. First, El Maragato threatens Friar Pedro de Zaldivia with his gun. Then, Friar Pedro offers shoes to the bandit and begins to push the gun away. Next, the friar hits El Maragato with the end of the gun. Then, shoots the bandit and finally ties the bandit with a rope. This means to never underestimate anyone's ability, even a monk! Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes is trying to say that it is possible to capture human experiences and paint them in chronological order in a series of paintings. 

Week 8: Final Sketches

I made these three sketches with a pencil, black pen, eraser, and five sheets of blank computer paper. First I drew all three sketches in pencil and retraced the images in pen. I erased all of the pencil markings to make the sketches clean and look sharp. The first sketch, I drew 96.3's ordinary music lines and 88.3's curvy music lines that has various notes and people listening to the station. I also drew a ladder that connects the two radio stations too represent the people escaping the ordinary radio to listen to 88.3. The second sketch, I drew 96.3's radio tower with very little signal in the distance and 88.3's large radio tower with a lot of signal. I drew a handful of people leaving the ordinary 88.3's radio station and heading to their escape of 88.3. The third sketch, I drew an ordinary ipod and a radio playing 88.3's radio station with music notes coming out of the speakers. I drew a ladder connecting these to items where people are escaping to 88.3's radio station. I arranged these sketches this way to show that people are escaping ordinary radio and going to the exciting 88.3 radio station. I am controlling the viewer's eye by making the people and music notes stick out more. I filled in the circles of the heads of the people and the music notes making these items very bold. These sketches are accomplishing the 88.3 slogan, "The escape from Ordinary Radio." These three sketches that show people leaving the ordinary radio behind and going to their escape, the 88.3 radio station. I am trying to say that you can explain a concept through images instead of words.