Briana Carter
11-25-14
Reading
To me, this article displays how different people achieve success and also how they personally define success. Personally, I believe that art has is no right or wrong, as there is in other subjects such as math. I believe success in art has gone in an awkward direction because I see some pieces of artwork where there is just boxes or a bunch of scattered lines that do not make any since to me. In all though, I believe if you do not personally love your own art then you will never be successful in the world of art. So many people in this world only believe they are successful if the world tells them they are, but personally I believe no matter what the people say on the outside, if you can love what you do, you are already successful at it.
Monday, November 24, 2014
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Briana Carter
11/19/14
Project
I was fairly happy with the outcome of my project. I think that other viewers seemed to like it more than I did. The whole reason behind it was the fact that my family has been broken apart by hoarding. My grandmother is a compulsive hoarder and it has torn her away from everyone. Instead of being there for us, she has consumed her life with her things. I wanted people to know that people who are hoarders are not just crazy. They have a illness and they need help. I liked the font and boldness of my letters on the final project, but my equal sign did not come out as clear as I had hoped. The equal sign had pictures of my grandmothers warehouse where she lives, but they seemed to sketchy to me. I liked the comments I got and it did turn out good on a big sheet. A lot of the posters that I saw were really good. Some had few issues, but overall they looked like posters that should be hanging around campus.
11/19/14
Project
I was fairly happy with the outcome of my project. I think that other viewers seemed to like it more than I did. The whole reason behind it was the fact that my family has been broken apart by hoarding. My grandmother is a compulsive hoarder and it has torn her away from everyone. Instead of being there for us, she has consumed her life with her things. I wanted people to know that people who are hoarders are not just crazy. They have a illness and they need help. I liked the font and boldness of my letters on the final project, but my equal sign did not come out as clear as I had hoped. The equal sign had pictures of my grandmothers warehouse where she lives, but they seemed to sketchy to me. I liked the comments I got and it did turn out good on a big sheet. A lot of the posters that I saw were really good. Some had few issues, but overall they looked like posters that should be hanging around campus.
Friday, November 14, 2014
Briana Carter
11/18/14
Weekly Post
11/11- Today we had to bring in our rough draft ideas for this upcoming project. Mine were vey rough because I was still on the edge of what my words should be and how to arrange them .
First, we got into our small groups and discussed what we thought of each others posters. A lot of people did not really have theirs, but instead had a drawing and that did not give me the same effect that a actual poster would give me so I was probably no help to them. I did get some great comments though about how long my poster was and I got to describe to my group members the true meaning behind my piece. After that, we went around to write a note about everybodys ideas. I got some really helpsul comments. They told me to arrange my photograph differently, and they thought that one of them was too wordy. That I should just say Hoarding=Illness, and I had a couple spelling errors. I had a clear idea of what I was going to do after that class to fix my mistakes.
11/13- Today, we did a full class critique.
I had some wonderful remarks about mine. They liked the one where the trash was the equal sighn, but wished that the words were in a different font and did not resemble each other. Also, Illness needed to be capitalized and my words needed to be bigger. I also am going to try and make my picture a little more clear so that people will know what the items are inside the = sighn.
11/18/14
Weekly Post
11/11- Today we had to bring in our rough draft ideas for this upcoming project. Mine were vey rough because I was still on the edge of what my words should be and how to arrange them .
First, we got into our small groups and discussed what we thought of each others posters. A lot of people did not really have theirs, but instead had a drawing and that did not give me the same effect that a actual poster would give me so I was probably no help to them. I did get some great comments though about how long my poster was and I got to describe to my group members the true meaning behind my piece. After that, we went around to write a note about everybodys ideas. I got some really helpsul comments. They told me to arrange my photograph differently, and they thought that one of them was too wordy. That I should just say Hoarding=Illness, and I had a couple spelling errors. I had a clear idea of what I was going to do after that class to fix my mistakes.
11/13- Today, we did a full class critique.
I had some wonderful remarks about mine. They liked the one where the trash was the equal sighn, but wished that the words were in a different font and did not resemble each other. Also, Illness needed to be capitalized and my words needed to be bigger. I also am going to try and make my picture a little more clear so that people will know what the items are inside the = sighn.
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Briana Carter
11/11/14
Weekly Post
11/4- We started out class by getting into our groups and discussing the reading and art 21 videos. While discussing the reading, we got stuck on Daniel Martinez' self portrait that he done of himself. We were so fascinated by the such reality of him getting shot in the head. We discussed how his work really expresses his culture and how most people could do that for this poster project. With the art 21 videos, Ryan was discussing the artist Krzysztof Wodiczko. I really wish that I would have picked this artist to watch instead, because he sounded really interesting. Ryan was telling us that his work was very intense and on a large scale. He made a globe and had a woman in it talking about how she got raped. Another one was of people talking, but he only video taped their hand expressions. It sounded like his work was very powerful and I am very interested now. It makes me think how our work does not have to be quiet, but it can be loud and straight to the point. We also discussed in the group, our mission. I really did not ever think about a mission before, so I really had nothing to say in class, but I have been thinking about it more and I believe that my mission is to educate to others everything I have learned about art and that it is okay to be creative. I strongly feel this way because around middle school, they start to loose their focus on art. They want to be popular or play sports, so art gets pushed to the side. Then, when they start trying to draw again, they are out of practice, so they tell themselves that they are not good artist, so they never go back to it. I really want to stress to younger generations that practice makes perfect. I also heard in my group discussion that I could be a curator of a cheerleading team, which crafts creativity through routines and banners. Everything has a little bit of art in it. At the end of the class, we talked about how our projects are going and what we are thinking of doing. I have a picture, but I feel like it is a little too busy. I also feel like that is okay though because hoarding is busy. I do not really know how I am going to place the words though or what words to even say. I was thinking about making the words tiny, so that the clutter seems to be too much and say something like "feel clutered?" or maybe just go straight to the point and say "Hoarding is a health risk and mental illness." I am still on the edge of what I am going to do, but I am going to brainstorm on our day off.
11/11/14
Weekly Post
11/4- We started out class by getting into our groups and discussing the reading and art 21 videos. While discussing the reading, we got stuck on Daniel Martinez' self portrait that he done of himself. We were so fascinated by the such reality of him getting shot in the head. We discussed how his work really expresses his culture and how most people could do that for this poster project. With the art 21 videos, Ryan was discussing the artist Krzysztof Wodiczko. I really wish that I would have picked this artist to watch instead, because he sounded really interesting. Ryan was telling us that his work was very intense and on a large scale. He made a globe and had a woman in it talking about how she got raped. Another one was of people talking, but he only video taped their hand expressions. It sounded like his work was very powerful and I am very interested now. It makes me think how our work does not have to be quiet, but it can be loud and straight to the point. We also discussed in the group, our mission. I really did not ever think about a mission before, so I really had nothing to say in class, but I have been thinking about it more and I believe that my mission is to educate to others everything I have learned about art and that it is okay to be creative. I strongly feel this way because around middle school, they start to loose their focus on art. They want to be popular or play sports, so art gets pushed to the side. Then, when they start trying to draw again, they are out of practice, so they tell themselves that they are not good artist, so they never go back to it. I really want to stress to younger generations that practice makes perfect. I also heard in my group discussion that I could be a curator of a cheerleading team, which crafts creativity through routines and banners. Everything has a little bit of art in it. At the end of the class, we talked about how our projects are going and what we are thinking of doing. I have a picture, but I feel like it is a little too busy. I also feel like that is okay though because hoarding is busy. I do not really know how I am going to place the words though or what words to even say. I was thinking about making the words tiny, so that the clutter seems to be too much and say something like "feel clutered?" or maybe just go straight to the point and say "Hoarding is a health risk and mental illness." I am still on the edge of what I am going to do, but I am going to brainstorm on our day off.
Monday, November 3, 2014
Briana Carter
11/4/14
Reading
Daniel Jospeph Martinez reminds me a lot of Alfredo- Jaar. They both are part of the Spanish speaking culture, and use that in their artwork to express their feelings. Martinez "asserts, "we are living in a period of extreme crisis. The production of hatred and division is a disease that is killing the country."" He is very in tune with how the world is effected by racism and job related issues. I think that it would be a good idea to use my hoarding topic to address everybody like he does. He addresses everybody's issues in the world through his art. Maybe if I could address how hoarding is a health issue to anyone who is around it because of the smells. I know from experience how bad the smell is for the nose and throat. I like Martinez's' work because it is straight forward and to the point. He is not trying to get around any issues that is being addressed. The metal tags is a good example of this because he made them colorful and shiny so they could stand out, and there is not only one line of them, there are six multiple lines of it. Takes up more space on the wall and it is bolder.
11/4/14
Reading
Daniel Jospeph Martinez reminds me a lot of Alfredo- Jaar. They both are part of the Spanish speaking culture, and use that in their artwork to express their feelings. Martinez "asserts, "we are living in a period of extreme crisis. The production of hatred and division is a disease that is killing the country."" He is very in tune with how the world is effected by racism and job related issues. I think that it would be a good idea to use my hoarding topic to address everybody like he does. He addresses everybody's issues in the world through his art. Maybe if I could address how hoarding is a health issue to anyone who is around it because of the smells. I know from experience how bad the smell is for the nose and throat. I like Martinez's' work because it is straight forward and to the point. He is not trying to get around any issues that is being addressed. The metal tags is a good example of this because he made them colorful and shiny so they could stand out, and there is not only one line of them, there are six multiple lines of it. Takes up more space on the wall and it is bolder.
Briana Carter
11/4/14
Weekly Post
10/28- Today, we discussed what our next project is and how we are supposed to do it. It is going to be a political poster, but it is not really going to be about politics. Some questions that got me thinking was, "What makes you mad?" and "Have you lost friends over this?" My first thoughts went to my grandmother. She is a hoarder and it makes me so mad because it is effecting her mental and inner health. We have tried for many years to help her, but she will not let go of anything. We had to make a list of things that we felt are important to us and we feel like would be good topics. Here are a few of mine.
-hoarding
-inaccurate news
-split families
-dying ecosystem
-littering
-putting children in bad situations where they can not help but be in them
-abortion
-not paying attention to children's needs
Our project has to be a 18X24 poster, 200dpi. It has to be saved under JPEG, TIFF, or PDF. This poster has to incorporate words and visual and we will have to show it to people around campus. We probably will be setting up a space outside of Rowe to show them as a class. I am really scared about this project because I know nothing about computers and I do not know anything about graphic design. Hopefully, I can get some help from somebody in the class.
10/30- Today, we went over many examples of how this project could look or make the audience feel. We saw a couple pictures of Miton Glasers work which I think is amazing. I love all of the colors and designs he uses. It really catches peoples eye. I really want to catch peoples eye, but how can you do that without all of those crazy colors? We also watched a video about Helvetica Type. I do not know how I really feel yet about this video because I like simple. I am a simple, but to the point kind of person, but they do not like this kind of stuff. They want something that has many pieces to it. I hope that I can somehow meet them in the middle. Not to crazy, but simple at the same time. After we were done watching the videos of the two committed artist, one being Susan Coe, we got into our groups and discussed what we were thinking and what our ideas were for this project. I am committed to family and I am sticking with that. Coe showed me that if you are committed, then you can do anything and make your audience think whatever you want them to think.
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Briana Carter
11/4/14
art 21
Laylah Ali- Something interesting that I noticed about this artist would be the way she uses instances in her childhood to make all of her paintings. She states that she loved cartoons when she was little, and that dodge-ball and racism had a big impact on her experiences as a child. I think that it is a great idea to do something for this upcoming project based on something that means a lot to me. I have had some great examples, but I don't think that it would work unless I was passionate about the topic. I am very passionate about my family, so I am trying to incorporate this project with my family life. She reminds me a lot of the Sue Coe who is very indulged in her work also. Both are very committed to their beliefs and sticking to one area of concentration. Alis' work can also be very vulgar with its reference to slavery which reminds me of Kara Walker. All together, I have never been a fan of cartoons, but Ali is using a very clean method to her work, and I am all about being neat and clean, so hopefully I can incorporate this into my project as well.
Alfredo Jaar- He also incorporates his background into his artwork. Most of his work appeals to the Spanish speaking community because that is who he is trying to talk to. He is from Chile', so that is all he knows. I have never really thought about who I want my audience to be. I have always figured that people would like my art if they were like me at all. I guess since I want to do something that incorporates my family, I am going to speak to viewers who are also family lovers. They will understand family more than a person who has no communication with their family would. Jaar said that all of his work incorporates beauty because life is nothing without beauty. Since we are doing posters that make us mad, I don't know how I will be incorporating beauty, but I do like his point behind it. Some of his work reminds me of the Helvetica video that we watched. It is simple, but it catches your eye and speaks to you, but this is what the people in the video disliked about the old graphic designs. I do not know where I will settle in this project yet. I am going to start taking pictures soon to see what I like and what my style will be. I know I like clean, but also want something that people will look at and feel some type of weight on their heart.
11/4/14
art 21
Laylah Ali- Something interesting that I noticed about this artist would be the way she uses instances in her childhood to make all of her paintings. She states that she loved cartoons when she was little, and that dodge-ball and racism had a big impact on her experiences as a child. I think that it is a great idea to do something for this upcoming project based on something that means a lot to me. I have had some great examples, but I don't think that it would work unless I was passionate about the topic. I am very passionate about my family, so I am trying to incorporate this project with my family life. She reminds me a lot of the Sue Coe who is very indulged in her work also. Both are very committed to their beliefs and sticking to one area of concentration. Alis' work can also be very vulgar with its reference to slavery which reminds me of Kara Walker. All together, I have never been a fan of cartoons, but Ali is using a very clean method to her work, and I am all about being neat and clean, so hopefully I can incorporate this into my project as well.
Alfredo Jaar- He also incorporates his background into his artwork. Most of his work appeals to the Spanish speaking community because that is who he is trying to talk to. He is from Chile', so that is all he knows. I have never really thought about who I want my audience to be. I have always figured that people would like my art if they were like me at all. I guess since I want to do something that incorporates my family, I am going to speak to viewers who are also family lovers. They will understand family more than a person who has no communication with their family would. Jaar said that all of his work incorporates beauty because life is nothing without beauty. Since we are doing posters that make us mad, I don't know how I will be incorporating beauty, but I do like his point behind it. Some of his work reminds me of the Helvetica video that we watched. It is simple, but it catches your eye and speaks to you, but this is what the people in the video disliked about the old graphic designs. I do not know where I will settle in this project yet. I am going to start taking pictures soon to see what I like and what my style will be. I know I like clean, but also want something that people will look at and feel some type of weight on their heart.
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