ART211 Blog #10 Flip-Book/Stop-Motion

Well here it is. My final product of Pac-Man in my flip-book & Stop Motion. I used my iPhone to take all 400 pictures and used iMovie to fuse them all together, including the music. The Autograph by J. Cole. This is one of my favorite songs by him, and there was no particular reason this exact song was included.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWLqE9WFi0k&feature=youtu.be

ART211 Blog #9

Today in class we discussed our flip books that are due on thursday (next class). I decided that I am either going to use index cards or an old book to make mine. I am still on the fence between pacman, a castle, or maybe a road. Something with straight but unique line structures. We also have to upload a video using Youtube of the flip book on this blog. The video I believe will be the easiest part of the project and the hardest part will be physically making the book flip correctly and fluidly throughout the 400 pages.

Today I am going to buy the index cards and caught them to shape. Then I am going to try to draw all of the outlines, then fill them all in with color before finally assembling the whole book.

ART211 Blog #8 Sandy Skoglund

Since the start of our class, I believe Sandy Skoglund has been the most fascinating artist we've covered. The fact that we somewhat attempted to mimic her work with our last grid project, excites me but also gives her a whole new respect of her craft.. Here is some of my favorite work by her. The last picture is the exact grid I was attempting to create with my project. Also I love the 2nd photo of the cats not only cause I have three unbelievable cats but the way the cats are uniquely set up around the room give a different ora.

ART211 Blog #7 Electronics in the audiovisual world

Last class, we spent most of the time watching different types of live performance art, such as stop action films, and time lapse videos. The most important thing I took away from these videos was that it truly was art. Before having any knowledge of these art forms, I assumed these were just your average videos and needed only a small amount of knowledge to perform. I now have a much higher respect for these types of artists, seeing how many frames these people used in their videos, meant numerous days of footage as well as editing to create the exact mood/feeling of the video.

I truly enjoyed the stop-action video we watched in class of the buildings in the city. The way the artist was able to convey the scenery and make the 5 minute video so fluid is amazing. One couldn't blatantly  tell that it must have taken years and years if practice and experience to perform/create such a unique masterpiece.

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ART211 Blog #6

Our flip-book project is due this thursday. I have been doing some brainstorming and researching on this topic, and have decided to base my project on something fundamental with multiple line structures. I have narrowed it down between making a Pacman game, a castle, or a illustration of the horizon.

All three of these ideas interest me, and I Believe any of these ideas on pursue will turn into a successful flip book. Here are some of ideas that inspired me. I am truly excited to see what my own flip-book will end up like.

ART211 Blog #5 GRID PROJECT

Today our grid project was due in class. For my project, I originally was going to sketch the picnic tables located near the river on the edge of class, but the paper I used turned out to be too thick to sketch. Therefore I decided to draw every straight line by hand (ruler). I then colored in each line either with Red or Black marker before gluing the strays on the intersecting lines.

To be honest, I do not consider myself to be the most artistic individual by any measure, but knew I had the capability to create my own and original project, using grids and different techniques we learned in class. Overall I am truly pleased to what my grid project became and surprisingly found this assignment not only fun but also eye-opening as well. Here is the final product.

ART211 Blog #4

Today in class we talked about Professors and there "trigger" teaching. It is any topic that can possibly trigger someones true emotion such as anxiety or a panic attack. I personally don't really believe and agree with this type of stuff. Maybe because (thankfully) I have never been through anything traumatic. I also do believe society these days, are way to over sensitive.

Today I also discovered the Bed & Breakfast app, like we discussed today in class. I am truly not a huge fan of the idea, and would still 100% prefer a hotel, maybe because I have also loved hotels ever since I was little, or maybe the fact that your staying in a random persons home is just unattractive to me. 

Our Grid project is due next class. I have been researching and discovering a lot of ideas of what I'm going to do for this project, and am excited to see what the final product turns out to be.