Thursday, December 26, 2013

Sidekick

Silencia
Silencia, the sidekick of The Outcry, the last of her kind. Her home planet had  been overtaken by those who have brought destruction to her land. What was once a glorious, fruitful kingdom turned to rubble and debris. Silencia has traveled to Earth, in hopes of not letting the same thing happen to our home. She joined forces with The Outcry who she believes can save Earth. Silencia had brought along the remaining weaponry from her home planet. Together, they are unstopppable.

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Social Issue Superheroes



A superhero is someone who is willing to stand out from the crowd. Willing to fight for the needs of others. They are supernatural. Courageous. Confident. Intelligent. Dedicated.

Batman needs no glory, he is silent in the dead of night and will fight crime without your praise.

Iron man seems all over the place and lives by his own rules, but at the end of the day he demolishes crime with his charisma and intellectual abilities.

Getting angry may seem like a fault, but the Hulk uses it to his advantage and defeats evil.

Real Life Heroes:
Martin Luther King Jr., he saw the cause and went for it. His dream was for equality and he fought for that up until his final breath on this earth.
My mom, it was just me and her in the beginning, she provided for me, for my happiness and looks to the needs of others around her. She is selfless.
I had not known him well, however, I know he was a great man. My uncle Bert, it seemed he would live a life full of worldly things but there was a change in his heart. After his life was changed he started travelling around the world and speaking to others for them to change. He followed the Great Commission.

Social Issues of Today:
-Poverty. More and more people are living a life where there is no happy ending at the end of the road. Everyday they do not know if they will be fed, if they can even live to see the next day.
-Depression. Some may think there is no way out of this life. Nothing is going the way they had hoped for. That life is no longer worth living.
-Alcoholism. Large quantities of alcohol may ruin a person. One of the biggest reasons for homelessness is the fact that all that person wanted to do was to indulge themselves in drinks. Drinking does not get you anywhere in life, just loss of consciousness.

 The Outcry is the voice of the people who cannot speak up for themselves. He fights for the provisions of poverty-stricken others. The hammer represents him building back up a fallen community. He travels around the world with his sidekick, Silencia. Together, they rebuild lives.





Monday, December 2, 2013

David Meanix

The Works



I enjoy these three art pieces because they are unique. Instead of taking a normal photo of just a woman, you plaster a man's face but in ripped pieces. Another is just of a mask, not even with the rest of a body JUST the face, nothing else. The camera reminds me of a vintage-like piece.

I like David Meanix's work, but at the same time I don't. I like it's different than what you can "normally" see, in a way, I think it is edgy. Although, some of his pictures are a bit 'out there' that i would not feel comfortable showing others.

Fears of Mine:
-Exotic insects
-Disappointing others
-Sharks
-Failure
-Scary movies

Monday, November 18, 2013

New Meets Old


Old Meets New


Vintage and Modern Magazine Covers

Vintage Cover

 Modern Cover

Magazine Cover Comparison

The modern magazine cover has a mixture of both drawn work and photography as one, whereas the old-fashioned one is all drawn. You can even see from the way it is drawn the old-fashioned cover was to make it as realistic as possible, the modern has more of a cartoon, comic-like feel. The modern also has more of a brighter, eye-catching visual and the old-fashioned has that feel as well, although the chosen colors are more sophisticated or toned down.

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Custom Tool Typography


Text Pun

Sleepy

Motivational Poster

Set A Fire

Typography

Typography
Typography are different styles and concepts on how to write matter, mostly letters. The arrangement of text and how it is used in a piece. Different texts create a different purpose for typography. This type of art ranges from essays for a school assignment to an artistic movement using only texts. Basically, typography is a collaboration of font, color, spacing, and size.



Serif font defined on simple terms is the curly or small lines on the ends of a letter.

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Roy Lichtenstein

 Roy Lichtenstein
  • Born in New York City on October 27,1923
  • Passionate towards science and comic books
  • He was drafted and sent to Europe for World War II during his college studies in 1943
  • After wartime service, in 1946, he finished his undergraduate and master's degree
  • Taught at Rutgers University
                                    Some of Lichtenstein's Work






"Ben-Day" Dots
A printing process that combines two or more different, small, colored to create a third color. Dots may be proximal or overlapping. So, Lichtenstein takes objects or scenes and enlarges/exaggerates it with ben-day dots. Which creates a commercial art and popular illustration in his work.


Differences between Artists
Although, both Lichtenstein and Warhol used pop-art, they had different takes in their works. Lichtenstein focused more on cartoon pictures, whereas Warhol was influenced by famous celebrities of that time.Lichtenstein worked with paints on canvas, adding ben-day dots and different layering styles that showed to be commercial screen prints. Warhol used silk screen prints and used one subject and printed it multiple times but in different vibrant colors.


My Ben-Day Piece