What's Trending?! 2

     On this week's segment of What's Trending?!, I wanted to talk about the conclusion of the Apple Event "Hey Siri". So the rumors were true, iPhone 6S was announced with a great new feature called "Live Photos", which allows for photos to be made into quick GIFs. Also, the new 3D touch feature is really appealing and a cool now way to interact with the iPhone. I personally won't be upgrading my iPhone until the iPhone 7 is announced so I will have to wait a whole year for hands on interaction with this feature. The iPad Pro with it's bigger screen looks amazing. With the ability to multitask now with the new iOS 9 update, one can be almost as productive on a iPad as they can be on a computer.
     Things I did not expect but was nice that Apple announced was the new Apple TV. It is Apple's 4th generation of the device but they way they presented it at the keynote really has sparked my interest in the device. As a part time student and almost a full time worker, I personally don't have much time to sit around and watch anything on TV. However, when I do, I usually just watch it on a Wii U, which is a little bit more expensive then the Apple TV and does a lot more. The remote for the Apple TV is really cleaver and may appeal to future consumers.

Chapter 3 Part 3

Back when I was taking a different art class at Columbia Basin College, I made some sort of pyramid using triangles and the very center of said pyramid, I made a triangle black. My teacher called that a focal point. It made anyone looking at the pyramid, “Hey, why is the center black when everything else is colored?” Focal point is once again seen in the book and it can be more abstract than a actual object. A person’s eyes or someone just pointing in a direction can lead us to a focal point in a painting or work of art.

Chapter 3 Part 2

Also in Chatper 3, Repetition is talked about. Repetition means a little bit differently in the book then the normal everyday use. “Repetition occurs when we use the same visual element or effect over and over.” (70) A good example of repetition being used in art is Frank Stella’s Lac Laronge IV, 1969 where he makes that “hook” shape within his circle over and over. It may be different colors but the shape is used over and over again to complete the art.

Chapter 3 Part 1

In Chapter 3 of Learning the Imagination by Mary Stewart, she talks about Two-Dimensional Design. Right off the bat, she talks about composition and how it can be defined as the combination of multiple parts into a unified whole. (66) She goes on to talk about in a well-composed design, line, shape, texture, value, and color work together, as a team. As a non-artist, it is good to know everything that goes into a composition and what exactly a composition is.

Chapter 2 Part 2

Chapter 2 also talks about color schemes. Color schemes is very important in a early DTC major learning how to use color efficiently for their projects in classes. “Complementary colors are opposites on the traditional color wheel” (50). For example, red is the opposite of green. Red and green obviously refers to Christmas colors. The red brings out the green and the green brings out the red. It is pleasing for the eyes to see those colors together.

Chapter 2 Part 1

In Chapter 2 of Learning the Imagination by Mary Stewart, we learn the element of color. Stewart uses some lines from Johanne’s book, The Art of Color when talking about how different fields use color theory. “Like the physicist, the artist uses color wavelengths to create visual effects” (39). The quote goes on about chemists, physiologists, and psychologists and how all of them approach color theory in a different way. I find that all interesting and relatable because I have to use color theory at work as well. I work at Van’s Jewelry, and diamonds is graded by color. There is 4 different classifications that a diamond’s color can fall in. Colorless, near colorless, very light, and light. All of these classifications use a letter grading system using the letter D as best while using the letter Z for worst. In order for the diamond to be considered Colorless, it would have to fall under D, E or F. To the untrained, naked eye it is impossible to tell the difference of colors between D, E or F. With the right equipment or a trained eye, it is possible to tell the color difference in diamonds.

Digital Self-Portrait Exercise (Raster)

So this is my Self-Portrait. As the center of the image is me graduating from WSU Pullman as the class of 2013. The border around my image is a blank Hearthstone card, which is a digital card game that I play a lot. All cards have "text" usually so I decided to add Marvel's logo as I love Marvel and all of their universes they made. Now for my dominant background I decided to use a cool Dragon Ball Z picture I found as I love the Dragon Ball series. Now finally the last piece of this self-portrait is a banner for Attack on Titan, another anime that I like to watch. This self-portrait best describes who I am as a person.

What's Trending?! 1

On this week's segment of What's Trending?!, I wanted to talk about the upcoming Apple event "Hey Siri" that Apple is rumored to announce the iPhone 6S. I am a huge Apple fan, and I have been using the iPhone since the original. I currently have the iPhone 6 so I am not going to upgrade my iPhone just yet but I am more excited on the other rumored items to be announced like the "iPad Pro." The iPad Pro will be a higher performing, and bigger screen from the current iPad, the iPad Air 2. I currently have the 3rd generation iPad (I believe the generation before the very first iPad) so it will be nice to get a new upgrade for apps, movies, and pretty soon books that I been wanting to buy but couldn't because of no space on my current iPad. This event is a very big event for Apple as they are completing with their rival, Samsung, and their just released Edge phone.

Chapter 1 Part 2

The next part of the the chapter talks about shapes. I never knew that shading can also be called gradation. Also, it surprises me that with shading, a 2-D picture can be made into a 3-D picture with the use of lighter colors and extra lines drawn in. On page 12, Stewart defines that “a shape that is distinguished from the background is called a positive shape, or figure. The surrounding is called the negative shape, or ground.” It is interesting learning all these new art terms. I still think of the terms, positive and negative as either math or business terms.

Chapter 1 Part 1

In Chapter 1 of Launching the Imagination by Mary Stewart, we learn the basic elements of lines. On page 2, Stewart says that “Diagonal lines and curving lines are generally the most dynamic. Changed with energy, they suggest action and movement. Horizontal lines are typically the most stable, or static. Vertical lines imply potential change. When verticals adhere to the edge of the design they become tethered and thus lose mobility. Free-floating verticals on the other hand, seem ready to topple at any moment.” For a paragraph, it is amazing how true this is when it comes to most if not all art in general. For someone with no background in art, whatsoever, it really helps me understand the foundation of art. Now that I have read the chapter and done the first project, it is interesting to look for “lines” outside and see how “stable” or or they can have “potential” change.

Preface & Intro Blog

In the Preface & Intro of Launching the Imagination by Mary Stewart, she talks about "how artists and designers explore a wide range of solutions to every problem then choose the most promising option for further development. (XIX) This gives the sense of idea that artists and designers are like mechanics, but instead of cars, it is with anything that they see as a "problem". I never really taught about artists as someone who finds solutions to problems but since in my opinion, all designers are artists then yeah it makes sense. Designers uses art to create solutions to the problems at hand. They create a rough sketch and can immediately see whether the idea has potential or not.