Concept Evaluation

Stormie Mills

Illustrations/street art

Stormie Mills characters have a deep, dark personality as if they are stuck in a nightmare.Contrasting their dark outer is the "silver lining on the cloud. Mills paints with a grey tone palatte, black, grey and white. But Mills adds he's own touch to the dark palatte, silver. It represents dreams, and to always remember to follow them.

*Notes from AGIdeas

"Stormie Mills has established a strong following for his unique statements on life, his imagery highlights the strength needed to continue onward in the face of adversity shining the spotlight on the superhero in all of us."

http://stormiemills.com/

Trends & Designers

Dana Arnett

Street Art/Grunge style

Working with Converse, Arnett created a design for the classic shoe through bringing its most famous era through, the 90s. At the time where the fashion was trash, everything was done simple and to the point, even the music. 

The handwritten font, the recycled looking paper, mixed media and monochromatic colour palatte all reflect the classic era where it all began.

The crisp, clean edges and photo of the modern metro sexual man represents where Converse invision to go. While they like to keep their classic grunge feel, Arnett shows their versatility towards todays market and style. By doing this Arnett has successfully demonstrated to the audience that even with todays fashion that the classic style shoe will appropriate with your outfit.

 http://ker-fuff-le.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/agideas-20012-day-1.html

 

My Team Logo

Source 3 images from a stock library.

Archery

http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-17494611-target.php?st=545ba05

Cost: 15 credits

Polo shirt

http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-illustration-17794102-men-s-polo-shirt-design-template.php?st=1418862

Cost: 12 credits

Drink bottle

http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-flash-9547848-flash-animation-bottle-of-water-with-bubbles.php?st=7c8cfe7 

Cost: 2 credits

Credits: Credits are bought with money and depending on the size or image you want will depend on how many credits the image will cost.

Terms: If you are threatened istockphoto will defend you as long as you are within your terms, they will cover for damages up to $10,000 and $250,000 if you have the extended.

You can use the images for web use and 499,999 impressions but may not use it for resale use such as t-shirts. 

Source the font.

Gloucester Bold Extra Condensed

linotype.com

$44.60 

I couldn't find the terms and conditions of the font usage, I did however read the legal section on the website and it didn't make much sense to me.

Aboriginal Motifs

Functions and Philosophies
Confidentiality
The person doing the art form must discuss any restrictions with the group before starting. Some people may not want their name written and that must be respected. No names or photographs of deceased Indigenous people are allowed to be on show, the family members are to be notified if you would like permission to use either a name or a photograph. If sacred or secret material is used you are in breech of the Indigenous law.   


Consent
Consent is needed before reproducing any Indigenous artwork or designs.
It is most effective when both groups are aware of how each culture views issues, the difference between cultures, can smooth out cultural misunderstandings and if they find the right people to consult with. Time must be given for consultation and can sometimes take several meetings, if the outcome is "no" then it shouldn't be taken personally as other factors have been considered to make that decision.


Moral rights and Issues
All artwork must be original indigenous works, produced by Indigenous people as to them it is important and respectful. 

Native American Motifs

Washington Redskins

The Redskins are an American football team that begun in 1932. 

Logo timeline http://www.sportslogos.net/team.php?id=168

Logo

The logo is a Red Indian's head, side profile with long black hair, dark skin and feathers centred in a yellow circle. Larger feathers are on the outside of the logo on the left. The logo is clean and crisp. It looks almost like a screen print because of its simplicity. The circle sets a focus on the face, but the larger scale feathers balance out the emphasis.

Logo Concept

Since 1932 the Redskins logo has changed 8 times but the general idea and style has remained the same. The original logo looked embroided and has the Indian face with the yellow circle around it. In 1983 they changed their logo back to the same logo from 1972 and it has remained the same ever since.

The logo is controversial due to the Red Indian being on the logo being labelled as "racist".

The Redskins logo is intended to show the strength and wisdom of the Indians, I think the design does show the Indians in a positive light and they have achieved their intentions.

Clash of the Titans

1. Who are the Titans?
Male- Oceanus, Hyperion, Coeus, Crius, Lapetus, Cronus.
Female- Mnemosyne, Tethys, Theia, Phoebe, Rhea, Themis.
They are god like giants, descendants of Gaia and Uranus.

Second generation, Leto, Eos, Helios, Asteria, Atlas, Prometheus, Empiethius, Menoetius, Metis, Astraeus, Pallas, Perses.

2. Motifs
Lightening - Shows power and authority, created by Zeus to show he's fury.
Black Smoke - Wherever Hades appeared the smog would appear. This shows he's dark personality.

3. Is your Greek character in the movie?
No.

4. Are there characters in the movie related to each other?
Yes. Perseus is the son of Zeus.
Zeus disguised as the King impregnated the Queen, creating half god half mortal Perseus.

5. Is there a constellation named after your Greek character?
Yes. Centaurus and Sagittarius.

6. How is Medusa killed?
Perseus sees her reflection in he's shield to know when its safe to turn around and decapitates her.

7. Does your character have a weakness?
Centaurs have a weakness for wine. They are aggressive drunks so they would only die as a result of actions made whilst under the influence.

8. Sketches.

Melbourne Sports Museum Critiques

The Olympic Rings

Date: 1913
Artist: Pierre De Coubertin
Medium: Cotton and thread

The design displays 5 rings, blue, red, black, yellow and green. These 5 colours are to represent the unity of the world as at least one of the colours are in each nationalities flag.
The design is completely centred against a white background achieving a strong use of figure and ground. The linking of the rings creates unity and makes the message solid.
The centre ring is black which makes the other colours more striking, this makes it more balanced as a whole. The Olympic rings was designed during the Expressionism era in art, it does relate to this period in the way of its expressive use of colour but to me it has more of a minimalism appeal to it because it has no heavy textures, just kept simple with a lot of white space.
Link: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.238247699542593.66932.100000720933754&type=3


Michael Klim Swimsuit

Date: 2000
Artist: Speedo
Medium: Swimsuit material

The bathing suit worn by Michael Klim at the 2000 Sydney Olympic games was designed by Speedo. The swim suit is navy blue with bright green stitching. On the side on the hip it has “Aus” with little stars, the Speedo logo and the Olympic flag symbol. The navy blue reflects the navy blue on the Australian flag the white logos are emphasized against it. The green stitching creates definition and keeps the suit looking balanced. My opinion is that the suit is bland, but when its for a professional race less is more therefore the green stitching it what gives it its that tiny bit of emphasis needed.
Link: http://s8.thisnext.com/media/largest_dimension/48CBF852.jpg
(closest i could find)

Cruitiqing Tools

Art Vocabulary List

Foreground- The part of the image that looks closer to the viewer, or closest in perspective is the foreground. The images in the foreground are larger and then get smaller as they move into the middle and background.

Palette- the range of colours used in an artwork.

Cross hatching- using horizontal and vertical lines to create tone, definition and texture in an illustration.

Hierarchy- creating an emphasis in a certain point in the art work and lessening it throughout, creating a hierarchy pyramid.

Symmetry- when both halves of the artwork are the same, creating perfect balance.

Adjectives’

Colour.

Tint- A tint is a colour with white added into it to make it lighter.

Shade- A shade is when a colour is mixed with black to make it darker.

Hue- A hue is a pure colour.

Monochromatic- Using only one colour but using all its values of tints and shades.

Contrast- contrast in colour happens when you use two complimentary in comparison with each other.

Elements and principles.

Colour- refers to the use of hue, tints and shades in design and how they are used in combination with the artwork.

Shape – The use of two-dimensional space. Shapes can be geometric or organic.

Line- A mark that creates the outline of an image. Different strokes can also be used to create the form and shading.

Texture- Refers to the surface of any artwork. Texture can be created by line and shading.

Form- transforms a 2D object into 3D. This can be done by toning and shading. The difference between form and shape is that form creates the weight and life like form of the shape.

Dynamic- When the elements are placed in a way to portray movement though out an image.

Stability- Stability or balance is when everything within the frame is symmetrical or visually weighs the same.

Rhythm- Rhythm or pattern is a repetitive concept throughout a concept.

Scale- Either when an element is made large in comparison or smaller in comparison to the figure and ground.

Style Time Line

Romanticism, 1780–1850

Artists: Casper David Friedrich and William Blake.

Style: Romanticism portrays nature, emotion, personality, heroes and inner struggle. They portrayed this mainly with oil on canvas, some with water colour.

Image Link: http://www.artfortune.com/images/pages/romanticism_.jpg

Impressionism, 1870's - 1890's

Artists: Claude Monet and Edgar Degas.

Style: The artist defined this movement by using small thin yet visible strokes with their paintbrush. They emphasized the use of light with these strokes and the passing of time.

Image Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Edgar_Germain_Hilaire_Degas_032.jpg

Realism, 1848–1900

Artists: Jean- François Millet and Gustave Courbet

Style: Realism was artists painting real life. They didn’t draw from fantasy but from people they were observing in their day to day lives. Majority of artists kept paintings smooth in texture as they were trying to paint as though taking a photograph.

Image Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gustave_Courbet_auto-retrato.jpg

Post Impressionism,1880 - 1900

Artists: Paul Signac and Odilon Redon

Style: The artists used thick amounts of paint in vibrant colours on the canvas. Using distinctive brush strokes they emphasized geometric forms and painted “real life”.

Image Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Signac.jpg

Expressionism, 1900 - 1920

Artists: Edvard Munch and Wassily Kandinsky

Style: Artists aimed to expressed their moods and emotions to gain reaction from the viewer. They did this by created abstract forms, these forms varied from clean straight edges to messy flowing and scratchy looking markings. 

Image Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Scream.jpg

Fauvism, 1900 - 1920

Artists: Henri Matisse and Kees van Dongen

Style: They used textured brush work in bold colours. The subject matter lacked a lot of detail therefore formed in an abstract way.

Image Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dongen-Hat.jpg

Cubism, 1907 - 1914

Artists: Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque

Style:  Simple geometric paintings either with a monochromatic or vibrant colour palate. The artists fascination was trying to depict a whole three dimensional form on one flat surface. This made the paintings extremely abstract.

Image Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Violin_and_Candlestick.jpg

Futurism, 1909-1914

Artists: Filipo Tommaso Marinetti and Umberto Boccioni

Style: Artist were glorifying concepts of the future. They used strong line work and colours to create direction. Images looked broken up and scattered.

Image Link: http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1wtt0lOl21qbhw1bo1_400.jpg

Surrealism, 1920s - 1940's

Artists: Salvador Dali and Max Ernst

Style:  The artist would juxtapose different objects together to create excitement and surprise their audience. Even though these were abstract forms they were depicted in a realistic way as if they actually existed.

Image Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:L%27Ange_du_Foyeur.jpg

Abstract Expressionism, 1945 - 1960

Artists: Jackson Pollock and Jane Frank

Style: Abstract at its finest. The pieces look like someone has thrown paint in all directions over a canvas. It’s heavily textured and layered and it looks like a massive pile of frustration being released.

Image Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:No._5,_1948.jpg

Minimalism,1960-1975

Artists: Frank Stella and Barnett Newman.

Style: Minimalism strips art down to the only necessary elements. The work is simple yet bold and eye catching.

Image Link: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_68.178.jpg

Greek Mythology-Centaurs

Centaurs

History

Centaurs were descendants of Centaurus. Their behavior is uncouth, small amount of wine makes them aggressive and wild. All were followers of Dionysus except for the wise Chirion. Their creation was determined when Ixion fell in love with Hera. Zeus grew jealous and created a look a like out of cloud called Nephele. Ixion mated with Nephele thinking it was Hera, this resulted in a son that was called Centaurus. In later years Centaurus mated with the mares of Thessaly as a result Centaurs where created.

Adventures

Chirion- He was the only immortal Centaur. He was known for he’s kindness and wisdom. He tutored great heros such as Archillies, Asclepius and Actaeon. He taught music, medicine and hunting skills to them.
Although Chirion was immortal, he was doomed to die. Hercules persuaded Pholus to open a jar of wine. When the jar was opened other Centaurs gathered as they could smell the wine. A fight broke out between Hercules and the Centaurs in which Chirion took no part, Hercules wounded Chirion. As he was immortal he didn’t die but lived a life of pain.

He traded he’s life for the freedom of Prometheus.

Relationships

Centaurs being violent and ruthless, did not obtain relationships. Instead they raped women and battled with men.

Appearance

Centaurs are a mythological creature that is half horse and half human. They have the body of a horse and where the neck would normally be sits a human torso. They often are holding a bow and arrow.

Symbols

An arrow with a line through the stem, this is also the symbol for Sagittarius.
Centaurs symbolize violence, lust, adultery, brutality and the devil.

Evolution through history To this day Centaurs are still recognized in modern times. They are the symbol used for the zodiac sign Sagittarius and there is a Canadian sporting contractor called Centaur that creates all sporting equipment, sporting grounds, scoreboards and much more. Their logo is a line drawing of a centaur.

3 Sports associated

Archery
Polo

Hunting 

Bibliography

http://www.gods-heros-myth.com/godpages/centaur.html

http://www.pantheon.org/articles/chirion.html

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/scaffold/gg/centaur.html

www.centaurproducts.com

My Goals 2012

I want to work to the best of my ability at Tafe this year  

I aim to find my own style 

Gain confidence in what I do

and most of all...

HAVE FUN!

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