Digital Surrealism Artwork

Digital Surrealism Artwork 

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Digital Surrealism Analysis: My artwork focuses on social media and how it can affect us. Since media has influence our self esteem, like how we look, act, or how talented we are. I added some symbols to show how media can have a huge impact on teenagers around my age. The images I used were a dress, because most of the time people see dresses as something pretty and “girly”. The main character is seen holding a withering rose, because the love she’s getting is different/fake; the people who are supporting her don’t know how she really is in reality. The floor is made up with media icons, because I wanted the girl to feel like she can be happy when she uses media (and get likes and nice comments). A cracked screen with a smile face, because you may think that she is happy but there are things in media, like mean comment or dislikes that can make her feel hated or sad. When I started my surrealism assignment I had many ideas, but there weren’t a lot on human issues. At first, I wanted to create something surrounding the topic of “you are drawing your life” which means how you decide on something throughout your time alive, but it wasn’t related to others and it wasn’t serious enough. However, I thought about bullying, but it was too easy and simple for me. Next, I thought about people who hid their personality or lie. Finally, I thought what is something that a lot of people use and can be effective, and that’s when I thought about (social) media. I made a rough blueprint of what I was going to do and brainstormed what people do to fit in.  While I was completing my project I learned a lot about Photoshop, like Mask, Refine Edge, Exposure, and Quick Selection Tool. In Photoshop I used Curves and Levels to change the lighting of my background, Free Transform to move and change the size of the picture, and Quick Selection Tool to select parts of the photo in order to use Refine Edge, which is needed to make a Mask or smooth the edges. I used Exposure to lighten and darken the photo, but when I needed to change the lightness on one area I inverted the Exposure so that I could colour in the areas that I wanted to lighten or darken. I’m pretty satisfied, because it went really well, because there weren’t any problems that were serious and I think that my artwork really told the issue I wanted to show people.  

Amazing Week 4

Moon Climbing

By: Los Tomatos

Spanish Surrealist Joan Miró

Amazing Art Week 3

By: Riel Benn

Amazing Week 2

Old Street

By: Yuriy Shevchuk

Rideau Hall Ceremony 2015 - Inuit Throat Singers

Samantha Metcalfe and Cailyn Degrandpre of Ottawa both 11 years old throat sing:

 
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   It's amazing to see that government is changing the relationship with indigenous people and it's a honor to perform in front of the prime minister, Justin Trudeau and many important people.

Amazing Week 1

Paper Cut Collages 

By: Anastassia Elias

Scavenge Hunt Photos

Photos:

Rule of Thirds

To divide the picture into 3x3 squares and separating parts of the picture.

When this picture is divided you can see that the girls are separated.

We used crop tool and curves for this photo.

Leading Lines

Leading Lines is used to guide everyone to a object/person using lines.

The fence is guiding the eye to a person in the distance.

We used crop tool and curves your this image.

Form

A photo that shows the outline of a object and the details.

This photo shows a foot of a mannequin. The shadows and darkened areas make the foot look 3D.

We used crop tool and levels for this photo.

Breaking Pattern

When a repeated object is ruined by something, it creates a breaking pattern .

This photo is a breaking pattern picture, because one of the books are sticking out and some are standing out more, which is breaking the feeling made by the other books.

We used crop tool and levels for this photo.

Depth Overlapping

A photo that has objects covering(/overlapping) other objects that create distance. 

The lockers with locks overlap each other and create a sense of distance.

We didn't change anything on the photo. 

Depth Linear Perspective

When the photo is showing a lines perspective(view).

This photo is showing a line's view on the floor.

We used levels and crop tool for this image.

Selective Focus

To chose what you want to focus on.  

For this photo we decided to focus on the first lock in front for the camera.

We used crop tool and levels for this photo.

Framing

Framing is when you surround a object with something natural/man-made, this technique can be used for guiding everyone to where you want them to look.  

The glasses's frame in the photo is making the girl stand out, since its surrounding the girl.

We just used crop tool, since the lighting was good. 

Balance
(Asymmetrical)

When a photo is equal in color, balanced in objects and have simpler parts, the photo is symmetrical. When the the photo isn't equal then it's asymmetrical.  

This hallway is unbalanced, because the bulletin board is making the photo uneven, even though the lighting is the same on each side the photo.

We used crop tool and levels for this picture.

Intentional Blur

When the photo has something that looks like it's moving purposely.

This photo shows a girl spinning, we made this effect by making the background steady and the girl unbalanced and blurry.

We used crop tool and levels for this image.

Aboriginal Art Analysis

Enchanted Owl

By: Kenojuak Ashevak

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        ''Enchanted Owl" by Kenojuak Ashevak is a picture of an owl with orange and black long feathers and big claws was made in 1960.The artist used a stone cut and stencil technique to achieve this look. The types of lines that the artist used in her artwork is thick, thin, straight, curved, and messy lines, which are on the feathers mostly. The shapes I see are circles which are used for the eyes. Some of texture that are used are dull, smooth, hard, and bold. the colours I see are orange, black and white colours. 

        The first thing I see is the eyes of the owl, because the eyes are bolder and in the centre of the artwork, normally when look at something you tend to look at the centre. The artwork is asymmetrical, because the owl is on the side which puts the head more on the right also the feathers have different lines/colors on each side. On the left the artwork is orange which makes it more brighter and the on the right the artwork is black which makes it more darker. When you look at the owl you can see that the owl looks like it's on the side and staring. The small dots on the body of the owl is repeated and the the curved/straight feathers are repeated, but have different lengths and thickness. 

         When I look at the artwork I see that the staring owl is changing to black-orange. I feel like the artist is trying to say something about being brave. I'm not sure if the artist is concerned with imitating nature, expressing feeling, lines, colour, texture, and design, because the artwork is very simple and mysterious. The title of the artwork doesn't really show the meaning of it.

          I would describe the artwork as mysterious, because the artwork had a feeling that I never felt before even though I see that the artwork is simple. I like the ''Enchanted Owl'' by Kenojuak Ashevak, I don't know why but I have this weird and strange feeling when I look at the artwork. Also  I like how the black changes to orange.

Honesty - 7 Grandfather Teachings Art

For 2 weeks my art teacher assigned me and my partner a art project for our aboriginal studies. The one we got was Honesty, which was one of the 7 grandfather teaching.

Honesty

Picture of Kitch-Sabe and the Raven 

Drawing - Ice Cream

ICE CREAM

Logo Assignment

         This week I was assigned to make a logo for my own company. I had to make 3 different types of logos; combination, typographic, and pictorial. The combination logo had to have a colour and black & white copy, the typographic logo had to have a black & white and colour copy, and the pictorial logo had to have a black & white, colour, and grayscale copy.
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Analysis
         

          My company’s name is called Animanic; my company makes music for anime TV shows and movies that are for young girl teenagers mostly. My style is simple, cute, and creative. I am a simple, neat, and nice person. The animal I did was the giant panda. The panda is a relaxed, peaceful and simple like me. Pandas are black and white bears; they have black fur on the ears, shoulder, muzzle, legs, and around the eyes. The rest of the panda is white. I did the panda second, because the first one which was a girl wearing earphones wasn’t really cute; also I felt that the girl was good but I though I could make another one even better in my option.  

          The logo I did was a panda with a crown. I used a cursive/hand writing font and I put a line at the bottom of the writing to make it a little fancy for the typographic/combination logo. I think that the pictorial color works the best, because you can see the crown’s/blush’s color and the logo is cuter without the writing. By knowing the colors, it compliments the black and white pretty well. I used bright colors (pink/yellow), because I didn’t want the panda to be plain I wanted it to be cute and balanced in color. My second logo was a girl wearing earphones. I used a cursive/handwriting font and I put two lines, one on the top and one on the bottom of the writing to make it a little fancy. I think the combination black & white logo works the best, because it feels really calm since the hair was blowing in the wind and the name blended in the picture. 

          When I look at this panda I feel warm and relaxed. I put the panda in my logo, because when you’re listening to music you usually feel relaxed and peaceful. And anime was created in Japan, so I picked an asian animal. By using black and white for the panda it makes the yellow and pink feel bright and warm, which creates a peaceful and relax feeling. Watching TV shows and movies makes a lot of people feel excited and comfortable, because everyone can relax, have some alone time or have fun with family/friends. I am aiming to get the same feeling in my logo. When I looked at the girl I felt that it had a little bit of a lonely and sad feeling, because the girl looked lonely. 

          In conclusion, I think that the pictorial color logo works the best, because when you change the size you can still see it. When you change it into a gray scale or black & white version it still steads out and looks good still. When it’s just the name it’s still steads out and still attractive. Same for the girl logo it still steads out when you take away the name or picture. I wished that I could change the name of my company, because it doesn’t really suit the logo as much as I thought. I decided to choose the panda logo, because the girl with earphones wasn’t really cute as much as the panda and it felt little lonely when I looked at it for a long time.

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Template

Panda:

Girl:

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Results For The Panda

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Combination Colour Logo Good Copy

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Combination Colour Logo Rough Copy

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Pictorial Colour Logo Good Copy

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Pictorial Colour Logo Good Copy

Typographic Colour Logo Good Copy^^^

Typographic Colour Logo Good Copy^^^

Aboriginal Artwork

Haida Grizzly Bear - Xhuwaji

By: Bill Reid

Line and Design - Repetition and Rhythm Assignment

     During my week I was assigned to make two different versions of rhythm, steady and dynamic. Both 8x8 with a 2 pt blackborder.
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Steady: One where the lines are the same direction and quality, but vary only thickness and distance of the lines.

Dynamic: One where you can vary the direction, quality, type and and position of the lines.

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Here is the results:

Steady Good Copy

Dynamic Good Copy

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My Art Work

    The first rhythm I did was steady and then dynamic. When I though of steady I though lines that were straight and calm. When I though of dynamic I though of different types of layers that have different patterns. The steady rhythm is simple and calmer then the dynamic because the dynamic has more lines and different type lines. I think it fits the rhythm good because the steady have lines that are the same directions and quality, also the dynamic has different directions, quality, type and positions of lines. The steady is greater because it fits the rhythm more. They are pleasing to the eye and I think they aren't discordant than the other. The steady makes me think of a calm ocean and dynamic makes me feel confused.

     

  

My First Post 

“The artist never entirely knows  — We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark” ~Agnes de Mille

“Creativity is discontent translated into arts.”-Eric Hoffer

“You don’t make art out of good intentions.” ~Gustave Flaubert

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” ~Pablo Picasso

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