The designer as author is the article i choose to read and understand.
The word "Authorship" is mentioned to be used as a popular term that artists are using to establish that they are the author of what they draw but it is not necessarily true in terms of the inspirations that had an effect on the artist whilst drawing, although the artist drew it themselves with skills hes learnt from previous drawings could it possibly be claimed that its his drawing of improvement from his previous drawing. In conclusion is there a true author for art and design? same goes for an author of a book using words that could have been inspired by many others which questions is their an original idea for anything or are we just always being inspired.
In connection to the word "Author" it is defined as someone bringing something into existence which has not previously existed. This implies to define as making an original idea which is rare to see in our life time because everyone is either being influence or copying things that already exist. To add to this we can say that everyone is an author of the hard work they have done but not the true author of the idea because these ideas already exist as said in the article, this concludes that we can become close to being the author because of the effort we put into making this drawing in terms of arts and design, but we cannot be the true author of the idea we used in order to create this drawing.
I've gone over the 250 word limit but I've explained a few key points that I've tried to understand in the article i read and hopefully questioned what a "author" means in terms of art and design. although i only used the first few quotes that were definitions that did not have any reference to any book or website meaning i could not Harvard reference these quotes, although they are from the article written above.
Thursday, 29 October 2015
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
CoP types
The history of Type
The importance of chronologies
why do we work the way we do? Its so that can develop our own practices, learning from the past helps a lot in order to gain new ideas and develop them.
we all as artist have to have an opinion which allows us to think about ways to change or improve something.
typography is far more than just a subject, and comes in many forms in our day and age, even before the modern era we live in.
modernists think of rules and principles for typography, its all about "getting things right"
type can be visual not just spoken, this is shown on posters, animations and webdesign and many more formats. most of typography is about the visuals of the fonts used which gives you an idea of what the product we are viewing is going to be like.
type is based of language, many characters/symbols could mean anything.
the letters are just symbols (which are sounds) and each letter came from images, these all happened over 2000 years which made the alphabet.
Many years ago, back in the stone age it used to be just spoken word which then people started to document these stories.
There is a while range of ways to visually change a letter from an aural sound, taking written form and then making it a visual understanding. by 1450 we went from images to writing letters.
Europe was getting fixed language at the time, Gutenberg was a man who made the move to printable format.
Their are classifications of what the type looks like.
1870 William Foster introduced the Education act which had influence many to start to educate them self to learn how to read and try to start working on producing some form of writing.
1919 Walter Gropicus introduced form which is visual aspect and function which was print format, form was traditional written letters which was like Romain fancy writing and function as the print was standard lettering .
Designing something for mass production all started with Bauhaus, we would of not had anything like print if art did not connect with industry.
Halvetica was made mainstream because it was clear and easy to read. type focuses to display eg logos. type is used in many ways
Microsoft produced a similar if not copied Helvatica with Arial.
1990 Steve Jobs made the first computer called Macintosh which had a keyboard and mouse,
type started to get made into type design because you could produce curves using vectors, so now we can do this what can we form form type.
Type maybe visual but we go back to what we want to say using spoken word. so we have to control what we are saying.
1994 Viocent Camare Made our wonderful most really simple but boring looking comic sans. apparently its for people with reading disability but is not scientifically proven.
we as artist have to have a certain way of thinking which we need to stick to and keep on adding ideas to help us make our own way of thinking. design is a tool which can change the world.
The importance of chronologies
why do we work the way we do? Its so that can develop our own practices, learning from the past helps a lot in order to gain new ideas and develop them.
we all as artist have to have an opinion which allows us to think about ways to change or improve something.
typography is far more than just a subject, and comes in many forms in our day and age, even before the modern era we live in.
modernists think of rules and principles for typography, its all about "getting things right"
type can be visual not just spoken, this is shown on posters, animations and webdesign and many more formats. most of typography is about the visuals of the fonts used which gives you an idea of what the product we are viewing is going to be like.
type is based of language, many characters/symbols could mean anything.
the letters are just symbols (which are sounds) and each letter came from images, these all happened over 2000 years which made the alphabet.
Many years ago, back in the stone age it used to be just spoken word which then people started to document these stories.
There is a while range of ways to visually change a letter from an aural sound, taking written form and then making it a visual understanding. by 1450 we went from images to writing letters.
Europe was getting fixed language at the time, Gutenberg was a man who made the move to printable format.
Their are classifications of what the type looks like.
1870 William Foster introduced the Education act which had influence many to start to educate them self to learn how to read and try to start working on producing some form of writing.
1919 Walter Gropicus introduced form which is visual aspect and function which was print format, form was traditional written letters which was like Romain fancy writing and function as the print was standard lettering .
Designing something for mass production all started with Bauhaus, we would of not had anything like print if art did not connect with industry.
Halvetica was made mainstream because it was clear and easy to read. type focuses to display eg logos. type is used in many ways
Microsoft produced a similar if not copied Helvatica with Arial.
1990 Steve Jobs made the first computer called Macintosh which had a keyboard and mouse,
type started to get made into type design because you could produce curves using vectors, so now we can do this what can we form form type.
Type maybe visual but we go back to what we want to say using spoken word. so we have to control what we are saying.
1994 Viocent Camare Made our wonderful most really simple but boring looking comic sans. apparently its for people with reading disability but is not scientifically proven.
we as artist have to have a certain way of thinking which we need to stick to and keep on adding ideas to help us make our own way of thinking. design is a tool which can change the world.
Thursday, 22 October 2015
study task 1 Animation analyse
I will be talking about the Duck amuck and Fresh laid plans animated sequences.
Duck amuck's genre of animation is deconstruction and comedic, throughout this animation you witness Daffy Duck have a conversation with the audience which is explained as direct address. what this indicates is that we as the audience are apart of this scene, therefore it feels like hes talking directly toward us. In Fresh laid plans there;s seems to be a lack of direct address and more of a narrative which the audience follow, what happens is we follow a character who wants to help to make life better for the local people, but then this ends up in a lot of problems which he cant deal with, both of these animation show some content where the main characters are not getting what they receive in the end. The way both are composed are similar because both take a similar approach by using flat staging meaning that the camera can only move left or right through the various scenes, and both show case this for example in Duck amuck we get introduced to daffy duck by the camera panning to the right as we see him in a knight suit on the flat stage and stays like this throughout, which is similar to Fresh laid plans where throughout the animation we see the main character moving through the flat stage only going left or right. This showcases that both animations are very similar because they were likely made in the same time period and this may be the reason why they are similar but appeals to the audience in different ways because duck amuck is directed to the audience where as fresh laid plan showcases a story which the audience follows through and leans from.
Duck amuck's genre of animation is deconstruction and comedic, throughout this animation you witness Daffy Duck have a conversation with the audience which is explained as direct address. what this indicates is that we as the audience are apart of this scene, therefore it feels like hes talking directly toward us. In Fresh laid plans there;s seems to be a lack of direct address and more of a narrative which the audience follow, what happens is we follow a character who wants to help to make life better for the local people, but then this ends up in a lot of problems which he cant deal with, both of these animation show some content where the main characters are not getting what they receive in the end. The way both are composed are similar because both take a similar approach by using flat staging meaning that the camera can only move left or right through the various scenes, and both show case this for example in Duck amuck we get introduced to daffy duck by the camera panning to the right as we see him in a knight suit on the flat stage and stays like this throughout, which is similar to Fresh laid plans where throughout the animation we see the main character moving through the flat stage only going left or right. This showcases that both animations are very similar because they were likely made in the same time period and this may be the reason why they are similar but appeals to the audience in different ways because duck amuck is directed to the audience where as fresh laid plan showcases a story which the audience follows through and leans from.
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
CoP2
History of image
this lecture there were many paintings which changed the way of seeing something throughout the history of time which also changes the way we see the paintings done at that time, for example "red earth circles" done by Georges Pompidou Roris changed the way we see a painting, one of his pieces is this picture:
using the elements such as sand and earth, he tried to portray the hidden messages of the elements and tried to showcase the amazing way they work together to form something.
Another artist was Marcel Duchamp, he was trying to showcase a political statement by using a postcard print of the Mona Lisa in his own way and trying to show that this image you preserve is nothing so big
this lecture there were many paintings which changed the way of seeing something throughout the history of time which also changes the way we see the paintings done at that time, for example "red earth circles" done by Georges Pompidou Roris changed the way we see a painting, one of his pieces is this picture:
using the elements such as sand and earth, he tried to portray the hidden messages of the elements and tried to showcase the amazing way they work together to form something.
Another artist was Marcel Duchamp, he was trying to showcase a political statement by using a postcard print of the Mona Lisa in his own way and trying to show that this image you preserve is nothing so big
another similar political stance using the Mona lisa again is from Banksy,
this is quite a big statement showcasing todays situation, in order to catch the attention of the viewer he has Miss Mona lisa and then as a political statement she is holding a grenade launcher, it also seems like that headset is some kind of communication between army or a spy organisation, but clearly this changes the way we see The Mona Lisa.
The artist who did the first hope poster for president Obama also did this as a political statement to show that we don't know if Obama is on our side (Americas side since we are in the uk) its quite interesting and yet again hes change the way we see the true side of Obama.
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
CoP1
Visual literacy
There are many things about visual literacy we can approach and this allows us to solve problems that occur, visually communicating something is can be understood differently to many people and sometimes its hard to get the point across, which is why we as visual creators should stick to simple straight to the point ideas which can be easily understood.
-concept, there is a meaning which is sent to the person and has been understood. the images need to be clear and simple enough for the viewer.
-visual syntax, is a clear meaning from the visual content. we can control how people interpret the image
-visual semantics, culture and social understanding of the image. for example some images are understand only in the uk.
-semiotics, are the signs and symbols the individual sees to understand the image being viewed.
-visual synecdoche, is explained as seeing something such as the statue of liberty we instantly think of New York. which is like linking an object to another object, for example material design you can which is associated with web design.
-work the metaphor, everything has something about it for example its appearance but rather then thinking about what it looks like working on putting a meaning changes the way we look at it.
learned a lot for a first lecture.
There are many things about visual literacy we can approach and this allows us to solve problems that occur, visually communicating something is can be understood differently to many people and sometimes its hard to get the point across, which is why we as visual creators should stick to simple straight to the point ideas which can be easily understood.
-concept, there is a meaning which is sent to the person and has been understood. the images need to be clear and simple enough for the viewer.
-visual syntax, is a clear meaning from the visual content. we can control how people interpret the image
-visual semantics, culture and social understanding of the image. for example some images are understand only in the uk.
-semiotics, are the signs and symbols the individual sees to understand the image being viewed.
-visual synecdoche, is explained as seeing something such as the statue of liberty we instantly think of New York. which is like linking an object to another object, for example material design you can which is associated with web design.
-work the metaphor, everything has something about it for example its appearance but rather then thinking about what it looks like working on putting a meaning changes the way we look at it.
learned a lot for a first lecture.
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