Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Synopsis
Write a synopsis
Write about your vision of the future. Answer the questions
How will we live?
We need to live more environmentally friendly. Advancement in technology will always surge forward, some things get bigger and some things get smaller. For example, televisions have gotten bigger in screen size but the overall size of the item is much smaller. Laptops come in large and small sizes but are becoming lighter for ease of portability.
Some people will live in space colonies that orbit the earth. Some will even travel through space on large ships able to sustain life for a very long time until they reach another planet.
What conditions are inside and outside?
Inside is very clean and orderly. Lots of colored lights and computers.
Outside the environment must be taken better care of. Less waste of our resources such as water, wood and metals. Rainforests, rivers and lakes should be preserved as is to protect the habitat of animals.
What is in our homes?
Automated functions for cleaning your home. Such as a robot that can vacuum or sweep the floor. Telephones will be replaced by video phones. Personal computers will be smaller and more compact.
What is outside?
In the cities and towns, many gardens and outdoor spaces for people to walk. People don't need to drive so much on roads and can instead fly to many more places. Some people will live in space in floating space stations.
What are the weather conditions?
Much the same as now, perhaps a few degrees warmer due to global warming.
In space there is not much in the way of weather. Some people may be born on the space colonies and be completely surprised by rain or snow when they visit earth for the first time.
What is everything made of?
Recyclable materials. Metals. Bricks. Plastics.
What events have had an impact on our surroundings?
Alien invasions, ill nino weather effect, war, genetically engineered creatures
What events have had an impact on how people think, behave, exist?
Contact with aliens. War. The drying up of earths resources.
What is growing? What machinery/gadgetry is used?
Small plants will grow around the homes with fruit and vegetables. Especially in the space colonies.
A mobile phone can look like a headset for hands free use.
A mini computer can be carried on your wrist like a watch.
What do buildings look like?
Some round buildings, some square buildings. More skyscrapers like in the capital cities of the world.
Space ships are very rounded. The colonies are large connected rings.
Write a paragraph of text for each poster: One for the inside space and one for
the outside space.
Inside Poster
This will be the view from inside a space station or space ship. It will show some modern looking furniture in the room. Might have a computer console or tv screen.
Outside Poster
Will be a view of space, a planet and a space station orbiting by. May have some other space ships in the sky as well.
Write about your vision of the future. Answer the questions
How will we live?
We need to live more environmentally friendly. Advancement in technology will always surge forward, some things get bigger and some things get smaller. For example, televisions have gotten bigger in screen size but the overall size of the item is much smaller. Laptops come in large and small sizes but are becoming lighter for ease of portability.
Some people will live in space colonies that orbit the earth. Some will even travel through space on large ships able to sustain life for a very long time until they reach another planet.
What conditions are inside and outside?
Inside is very clean and orderly. Lots of colored lights and computers.
Outside the environment must be taken better care of. Less waste of our resources such as water, wood and metals. Rainforests, rivers and lakes should be preserved as is to protect the habitat of animals.
What is in our homes?
Automated functions for cleaning your home. Such as a robot that can vacuum or sweep the floor. Telephones will be replaced by video phones. Personal computers will be smaller and more compact.
What is outside?
In the cities and towns, many gardens and outdoor spaces for people to walk. People don't need to drive so much on roads and can instead fly to many more places. Some people will live in space in floating space stations.
What are the weather conditions?
Much the same as now, perhaps a few degrees warmer due to global warming.
In space there is not much in the way of weather. Some people may be born on the space colonies and be completely surprised by rain or snow when they visit earth for the first time.
What is everything made of?
Recyclable materials. Metals. Bricks. Plastics.
What events have had an impact on our surroundings?
Alien invasions, ill nino weather effect, war, genetically engineered creatures
What events have had an impact on how people think, behave, exist?
Contact with aliens. War. The drying up of earths resources.
What is growing? What machinery/gadgetry is used?
Small plants will grow around the homes with fruit and vegetables. Especially in the space colonies.
A mobile phone can look like a headset for hands free use.
A mini computer can be carried on your wrist like a watch.
What do buildings look like?
Some round buildings, some square buildings. More skyscrapers like in the capital cities of the world.
Space ships are very rounded. The colonies are large connected rings.
Write a paragraph of text for each poster: One for the inside space and one for
the outside space.
Inside Poster
This will be the view from inside a space station or space ship. It will show some modern looking furniture in the room. Might have a computer console or tv screen.
Outside Poster
Will be a view of space, a planet and a space station orbiting by. May have some other space ships in the sky as well.
Research on houses for the future
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/research/4332114.html?nav=RSS20&src=syn&dom=yah_buzz&mag=pop
Article on solar powered homes
http://www.trendir.com/house-design/futuristic/
blog of modern homes
http://www.trendir.com/house-design/eco-home-design-by-european-architecture-firm.html#more
Eco house
http://www.trendir.com/house-design/modern-australian-architecture-leaf-house-mimics-terrain.html#more
Australian leaf house - design inspired by nature
Futuristic Video Games
MOVIES
Article on solar powered homes
http://www.trendir.com/house-design/futuristic/
blog of modern homes
http://www.trendir.com/house-design/eco-home-design-by-european-architecture-firm.html#more
Eco house
http://www.trendir.com/house-design/modern-australian-architecture-leaf-house-mimics-terrain.html#more
Australian leaf house - design inspired by nature
Futuristic Video Games
Phantasy Star Online ( Sega - Dreamcast/Gamecube/PC )
Phantasy Star Portable ( Sega - Sony PSP )
Space Channel Five (Sega - Dreamcast/Playstation2)
FURNITURE
MOVIES
The Fifth Element
Monday, September 28, 2009
Higashi no Eden (Eden of the East) opening song
This opening sequence for the anime series Eden of the East has all this awesome typography floating around. I love it.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Truisms poster 3 - WIP
Taking a stab at the Art Neuveau style this time around.
My original concept sketch
Work in progress. I reworked the hair to be more curly and fixed the position of her arms to be holding the scarf. Her body is a bit fuller and the dress flowing in the same direction as her hair.
Border design concepts
My original concept sketch
Work in progress. I reworked the hair to be more curly and fixed the position of her arms to be holding the scarf. Her body is a bit fuller and the dress flowing in the same direction as her hair.
Border design concepts
Friday, September 18, 2009
Art styles Research - Art New
Art Neuveux
-writhing vines, leaves, plants
-pastel colors
-feminine
-opposition to history
-hand written text
Alphonse Mucha
Born 1860 in the Czech Republic. He had a mixture of successes and failures. His "new art" debuted in 1895 when he created a poster for Sarah Bernhardt's play, Gismonda. After this poster (pictured below) he became very well known.
Stars: The Moon 1902
William Bradley
His career was linked closely with American publishing and he was the son of a cartoonist. His first job was at the age of 11!!! His posters, like the one pictured below were among the first to introduce the Art Nouveau style to America.
William H. Bradley, American, 1868 - 1962
Thanksgiving No. from "The Chap-Book," 1895
color lithograph
50.8 x 33.7 (20 x 13 1/4)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was born in 1864 in southern France to an aristocratic family that dated back 1000 years. As a child he was sickly and began to draw and paint. He was a short man due to breaking his legs as a kid and thus became more dedicated to his art as he was unable to partake in other physical activities. As a teenager he become a student of the artist Fernand Cormon, whose studio was located on the hill above Paris, Montmartre. He hung around cabarets, racetracks, and brothels constantly sketching. However because of his unusual appearance, people made fun of him and he turned to alcohol. This was to be his death as he died at age 36.
Ambassadeurs: Aristide Bruant
1892; Lithograph in six colors (poster), 141 x 98 cm
Leonetto Cappiello
Leonetto Cappiello was born in Livourne in 1875. In 1892 he moves to Paris and becomes well known for his newspaper charictures. In 1905 he gives this up and dedicates himself entirely to making posters.
Helene Chauvin
http://www.lautrec.info/biography.html
-writhing vines, leaves, plants
-pastel colors
-feminine
-opposition to history
-hand written text
Alphonse Mucha
Born 1860 in the Czech Republic. He had a mixture of successes and failures. His "new art" debuted in 1895 when he created a poster for Sarah Bernhardt's play, Gismonda. After this poster (pictured below) he became very well known.
Stars: The Moon 1902
William Bradley
His career was linked closely with American publishing and he was the son of a cartoonist. His first job was at the age of 11!!! His posters, like the one pictured below were among the first to introduce the Art Nouveau style to America.
William H. Bradley, American, 1868 - 1962
Thanksgiving No. from "The Chap-Book," 1895
color lithograph
50.8 x 33.7 (20 x 13 1/4)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was born in 1864 in southern France to an aristocratic family that dated back 1000 years. As a child he was sickly and began to draw and paint. He was a short man due to breaking his legs as a kid and thus became more dedicated to his art as he was unable to partake in other physical activities. As a teenager he become a student of the artist Fernand Cormon, whose studio was located on the hill above Paris, Montmartre. He hung around cabarets, racetracks, and brothels constantly sketching. However because of his unusual appearance, people made fun of him and he turned to alcohol. This was to be his death as he died at age 36.
Ambassadeurs: Aristide Bruant
1892; Lithograph in six colors (poster), 141 x 98 cm
Leonetto Cappiello
Leonetto Cappiello was born in Livourne in 1875. In 1892 he moves to Paris and becomes well known for his newspaper charictures. In 1905 he gives this up and dedicates himself entirely to making posters.
Helene Chauvin
Refs: http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/mucha.htm
http://www.nga.gov/education/tchan_5_18.shtm
http://www.cappiello.fr/anglais/hislife.htmhttp://www.lautrec.info/biography.html
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Art styles Research - DADA
Blog research on each of the style that you use. This will consist of:
1. List between 5 and 10 aspects of design that is associated with this
movement.
2. Focus must be on at least four designers/artists that belong to this era.
3. You must NOT copy and paste text, write your own content.
4. Include images.
5. Upload all your resource images and inspirations
DADA
Characteristics of Dada
-Typography is chaotic. Mix of font faces. Unorthodox punctuation. Mixed sizes and upper/lowercase.
-Abstract
-Photomontages. Cutouts of photos from newspapers/magazines etc.
-Collage - paper, fabric and other 2D items combined to make abstract visuals
-Assemblage - 3d sculptures made from found objects
Some Artists
Kurt Schwitters
Kurt did many collage pieces and drew inspirations from the Dadaists of Germany. He named his collage pieces "Merz". He has also done abstract drawings and used many other mediums for his creativity. He fled Germany during WW2 so he could continue to practice his art, as the Nazi's tried to eradicate many free thinking artists.
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Max Ernst helps to arrange the first DADA exhibiton in Cologne and was involved in many DADA publications as well. He was originally going to be a psychiatrist but becomes a painter instead. His artworks can be very complex.
Pieta or Revolution by Night - Max Ernst
Man Ray was a dada artist and a surrealist artist. His first pro-Dada object was an assemblage titled "Self Portrait" and was exhibited in 1916. He lived in New York City and was friends with Marcel Duchamp. He was disappointed with his Dada experiments in New York and left for Paris, stating that "Dada cannot live in New York".
Sade - Man Ray
John Heartfield used his art to protest Hitler and the Nazi party. He used photo montages and had a satirical approach. His protest against war, greed and corrupt powers attributes him to the DADA movement.
John Heartfield - Seeds of Death
REFERENCES
http://www.towson.edu/heartfield/art/5.html
http://www.artpages.org.ua/index.php?option=com_datsogallery&Itemid=104&func=viewcategory&catid=6
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2006/dada/techniques/typography.shtml
http://greenlanddesign.org/coleg/2009/01/dada/
1. List between 5 and 10 aspects of design that is associated with this
movement.
2. Focus must be on at least four designers/artists that belong to this era.
3. You must NOT copy and paste text, write your own content.
4. Include images.
5. Upload all your resource images and inspirations
DADA
Characteristics of Dada
-Typography is chaotic. Mix of font faces. Unorthodox punctuation. Mixed sizes and upper/lowercase.
-Abstract
-Photomontages. Cutouts of photos from newspapers/magazines etc.
-Collage - paper, fabric and other 2D items combined to make abstract visuals
-Assemblage - 3d sculptures made from found objects
Some Artists
Kurt Schwitters
Kurt did many collage pieces and drew inspirations from the Dadaists of Germany. He named his collage pieces "Merz". He has also done abstract drawings and used many other mediums for his creativity. He fled Germany during WW2 so he could continue to practice his art, as the Nazi's tried to eradicate many free thinking artists.
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Merz Pictures, 1921. montage on board.
Max Ernst helps to arrange the first DADA exhibiton in Cologne and was involved in many DADA publications as well. He was originally going to be a psychiatrist but becomes a painter instead. His artworks can be very complex.
Pieta or Revolution by Night - Max Ernst
Man Ray was a dada artist and a surrealist artist. His first pro-Dada object was an assemblage titled "Self Portrait" and was exhibited in 1916. He lived in New York City and was friends with Marcel Duchamp. He was disappointed with his Dada experiments in New York and left for Paris, stating that "Dada cannot live in New York".
Sade - Man Ray
John Heartfield used his art to protest Hitler and the Nazi party. He used photo montages and had a satirical approach. His protest against war, greed and corrupt powers attributes him to the DADA movement.
John Heartfield - Seeds of Death
REFERENCES
http://www.towson.edu/heartfield/art/5.html
http://www.artpages.org.ua/index.php?option=com_datsogallery&Itemid=104&func=viewcategory&catid=6
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2006/dada/techniques/typography.shtml
http://greenlanddesign.org/coleg/2009/01/dada/
Monday, September 14, 2009
Stuff I like: Ancient ruins/art, Mayans, Aztecs, Egyptians
I'm fascinated by ancient civilisations. Their art and architecture is amazing.
http://psychedelicadventure.blogspot.com/2009/06/aztec-spirit-bird-crop-circle-uk-2009.html
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