After reading Art Vs Design, I am in agreement with the fact that if an artist creates a piece that is a replica of past artists, they are simply a designer. Art should be individual and unique. If I am an artist, I want to convey my message in a way that is unique to me.
However, I also feel that it is okay to take some influence from past artists. For example, in my final project for my ART204 class last semester, my entire project was inspired by Andy Warhol (although, the project was to mimic another artists). If that were not the project, though, I feel that there is nothing wrong with me creating a piece that hints at inspiration from Andy Warhol, so long as I am not completely copying his style, as I did in this project.
In my opinion, artists are designers, and designers are artists, and there is a blurry line that separates the two. If you would like to check out the article for yourself, the link is in the beginning of this post, or you can simply click here.
And, as I have discussed it in this post, I leave you with a picture of my final ART204 project, because it would be a shame to mention it and not show it off.
For my next assignment, I had to watch Raul Cuero's interview about creativity.
This video was interesting, but honestly there were only a few key points that sparked my interest.
The fact the Dr. Raul Cuero came from nothing, yet still became a successful scientist is interesting to me, but more interesting is how he did it. When he was discussing his college career, and how he was able to attend college due to a basketball scholarship, I was honestly not surprised that he said he was discriminated against, and thought of as 'less than' when he was off the basketball court and instead in the classroom.
But what I loved about his response to this, was that when others told him he was wrong, he took that comment not as a negative, but as a positive. He used that comment of people telling him he was doing something wrong, and instead of letting it tear him down, he used it as inspiration to try and do better. It is inspiring how he used what is normally thought of as a demeaning comment to build himself up.
The second comment he made that I agree with was his statement about children playing and connecting with one another. In today's society, children area playing more with video games and computer screens than with toys and each other. The fact that children are losing this interaction is damaging our society, because, as Dr. Cuero stated, ideas are formed in nature, not through a screen. When children are playing with toys and talking to one another, they are forming ideas and building off of one another. When children are staring at a screen during 'play time' the ideas are being lost.
The final argument that Dr. Raul Cuero makes that I agree with is the problem he has with the American educational system. In the American education system today, we are teaching children to get jobs. We are not teaching children in order for them to gain knowledge. The problem with this is that now, children are focused on getting through school to get their degree to get a job to make money to send their children to school to get a degree to get a job to make money...It's an endless cycle. If you instead teach children simply for the purpose of gaining knowledge, they will not turn into a product of the cycle.
The rest of what Dr. Cuero had to say, while important, honestly did not capture my attention all that much. If you would like to check out the video for yourself, I have attached it below.
For the first assignment for my ART211 class, we are supposed to create ASCII art. ASCII art is where you create (or recreate) a picture using ASCII characters (characters on a keyboard).
To do this, I selected an image, uploaded it to http://picascii.com, and generated the picture. ASCII art can be made in black and white or in color, and as you can see, I decided to use both.
Below is my ASCII art image, along with the original image I used.
I know I've really been slacking about posting on here this summer, and for that I apologize, but the good news is, I'm taking another class that has projects that I will be posting on here!
The class is called Art and Technology, and I'm not going to lie, I was a little disappointed when I found out that Santi usually teaches the class, simply because he's such an awesome teacher and I with I was taking it with him. I'm sure it will be fine without him, but still.
I'm looking forward to this class, and am especially looking forward to posting more on here for everyone to see what I'm up to! I'm really looking forward to seeing what this class has to offer.
As my summer is coming to an end, I realize that I have not posted nearly as much as I would have liked to post. The truth is, this summer has just been busier than I expected.
While back at school, hopefully I will find more time to post and share. I am looking forward to all that this school year has to offer and am excited for my new adventures in life. I am so very much looking forward to this new beginning, and am looking forward to sharing more and more with everyone.
That being said, please enjoy this picture of a giant field of sunflowers take earlier this summer on my iPhone, and edited in Photoshop.
Yesterday, me and Zach went downtown, got some pizza, and walked around. I took my camera with me and decided to take a few pictures.
After editing some of my favorites in Photoshop, here's some of the good ones (yes I put my logo on them as a watermark...I've had problems with people taking my work and claiming it as their own in the past)
Continuing with my love for sunflowers, I am now going to share a drawing that I did during my Beginning Drawing class in Fall 2015. While I would like to make something new, I really want to make a drawing or painting, but currently do not have any of my art supplies at my house. No worries though, as soon as I get them back I will start making something awesome.
Anyways, like I said, this is a drawing that I did in my Beginning Drawing class during my first semester of college. Prior to this class, I had never taken an art class in my life. I mean, I always liked drawing and painting and photography and basically anything art related, but I had never taken a class before. So, I took this class, and learned all about the drawing process.
This sunflower drawing was actually part of a bigger picture, where I had to set up a still-life with ten different objects, and one of those objects had to be a plant of some sort. Hence, the sunflower.
This drawing was the first project that I had to complete for this class, and the sunflower is by far my favorite part of the entire thing.
So, since I don't have my art supplies yet, here is the sunflower that I drew as a part of the first art project I ever did in college.
