FA 332 Project 3 redesign Change

For my project 3 redesign, I changed my idea from doing the Avengers cards, to the Butterfinger candy because I felt that the Avengers idea was way to challenging. So with my new idea, I decided to create a satire of the original Butterfinger candy. The first thing that I did was change the color of name "Butter" and make the color look like butter since the original has the name all blue. I then changed the color of the word "finger" and made it look like the color of skin, specifically more like a brown skin to resemble the chocolate. Next, I erased the chocolate pieces that were originally there, and put a scan of my own finger, because the assignment required us to either put a scan or photograph that we have taken and implement it into the piece. After that, I decided to change the original box color of Butterfinger, which is actually a yellow color to a red color because I wanted it to resemble blood because of how the fingers are of human and the color just creates this box of bloody "Butterfinger" candy. Next, I created the "New" text to also create a satire. I also did many other changes to it, but I still wanted the product to resemble Butterfinger, and not make an entirely new, unrecognizable product. Take a look to see more of the changes that I created.

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Art of the Digital Age Ch 1-2

On page 8, Bruce Wands discusses the capabilities of digital art, like its versatility to be seen anywhere with an Internet connection,  which is why I am so drawn to it, and as technology improves, new ways of creating art also accompanies it. Wands also mentions that the beauty of digital art is that sometimes pieces need participation from the audience, which I think is awesome because whenever I go into a gallery, I am always tempted to touch the art pieces, but sometimes this is not allowed for obvious reasons like vandalism (10). I like how he breaks down digital art into four levels called "sensory, emotional, mental and spiritual," because to me, digital art is hard to define because of the wide range of art that falls under this kind of art, but Wands definition of four levels help to narrow it down (10). The piece called Condottiere by Sherban Epure, is a great example of art that I find very appealing because how Epure uses mathematical algorithms, and this is also a great form of digital art (Epure 10). On page 34, Bruce Wands discusses the commonly used things needed for digital art, and that is very important for people who want to create digital art. I am drawn to 3-d based programs like Maya and Blender because I am very fascinated by the creation and animation aspect that these programs allow.      

FA 333 Project 2: Sound

For my FA 333 class we had to find a non-copyrighted photograph on wiki commons. Once we found a photograph, we had to then create the sounds that the image would have using mostly sounds that we create ourselves. Also, the image that we found had to be of a place that we had no first hand experience to what that place sounds like. I looked through many photographs to locate an image that I wasn't familiar with, once I narrowed it down, I decided to go with an airport terminal image that I found since I have never been to one before. Once I had the image that I wanted to use, the tricky part was coming up with the audio that I wanted to record, I was thinking about either recording sounds or even a dialogue between two people, and this was the route that I decided to go. After several outtakes, and my brother and I being the voice actors, we eventually came up with some good stuff that matched the image of the airport terminal. I used the dialogue that my brother and I had worked on and also some of the preset sounds on Final Cut Pro to create a finish product that won the vote for having the best project, which was pretty awesome. Click here if you want to hear it http://youtu.be/KgbkFEychLM

New Media in Art Ch 4

The piece that really caught my attention was a piece called A Sudden Gust of Wind by Jeff Wall, and that is because this piece used digitally technology effectively, and is done very well (Rush 190). Book author Michael Rush, doesn't do a good job of describing how Wall used digital technology, so I did some research because to me it looks like just a single photograph that doesn't appear to be tampered with, but I then find out after some research, that Wall's A Sudden Gust of Wind took about a year to compile the 100 photographs needed for the montage, which is very astounding. I am really impressed with the capabilities of digital technology, and this is something that I would like to be involved with in my future career, particularly with video or even animation. Also on page 202 and 203, Rush discuses digital artist Paul Pfeiffer, and his works like JOHN 3:16 and Fragment Of A Crucifixion, and I was blown away by what he did on JOHN 3:16; Rush says that Pfeiffer worked on 5,000 individual frames to focus specifically on the ball, now that is a lot of work! (202-03). Also Pfeiffer's piece called Fragment Of A Crucifixion, and find it interesting how he edited everything out except for one player, I can't imagine how much time it must of took edit each individual frame, but to me, that looks like it would have been fun, since I do like to play around with video editing and photo editing (Rush 202-203).

FA 332 Project 3

For my FA 332 class, we are supposed to re purpose an item that is found in a box and alter it somehow. I really want to take a satirical approach to altering the piece this box. The box is for a deck of playing cards, like the ones used for poker, and I was thinking of maybe changing the color of each character, or even changing the Logo to "Avenger's Dissemble." I also was even thinking about just leaving the outline of each character so it looks like they have disappeared. This project allows for a lot of creativity on my part, and even for extra credit we can shop-drop our piece. In class we saw an artist shop-drop a picture frame with a picture of Mussolini, which I though was very funny. I will probably do some adjustment on Adobe Illustrator and do some experimenting if I really do decide I want to go this route. 

New Media in Art 3

On page 152, Rush discusses video artist Bill Viola and it's interesting to read that Viola "describes his videos as visual poems in which he grapples with issues of identity and spiritual significance in the modern world." Similarly to Viola's statement, this is how I feel about the art pieces that I create, and that it is a way of expression, as Viola describes as "visual poems," and I agree with him, but the visual poems can also pertain to any medium as well. I was really drawn to Viola's piece entitled The Crossing, which is seen on page 154, which is presented on a screen showing a man on fire, and the reason why I like the piece is because to me, flames show intensity, which Viola could have wanted to personify. I also like how on page 156, Rush also discusses another piece from Viola, which I thought was pretty interesting, is called Room for St John on the Cross, and I felt a connection to it because the piece has a man speaking in Spanish, and this very much pertains to my Spanish Heritage, and is something I would like to keep in mind as an artist. Whenever I have the opportunity to create an art piece that pertains to who I am, the piece to me allows for me to express myself in ways that would be difficult to do in words.