Tech Blog Post #2 Logo Analysis

            The first logo I  am analysing is the Olympic logo. This logo is an abstract logo because it isn't a picture of anything and it doesn't have any text. This logo has many colours, circular shapes and a very balanced feeling. I think the designer used many colours to display a sense of diversity because the Olympics is a global, welcoming and diverse competitions. I think the circular shapes are to represent a welcoming and friendly feeling. The circles being connected, I think is to represent happy and diverse people coming together as one. I think the target audience is everybody world wide. Te reason for this is because not everyone would see this logo the way I have described it ,but I think everyone would understand its purpose and know that it is meant to be a happy and welcoming thing.

           The second logo is the Seventeen Magazine logo. This logo has one very bright colour and no emphasis or value what so ever. It is has balanced and rectangular shape and form. This logo is a typographic logo. I think the reason this logo is bright and bold is to grab peoples attention. I think the reason there is no value is because it is a typographic logo. I think the balance in the logo os to make it easy on the eyes and to look proper and uniformed. I think the rectangular shape is because this logo runs across the top of a magazine which is also rectangular. I think the target audience is modern day young women the reason for it is because if the colour and the font.

          The third logo is the Canadian TD Bank logo. This logo is an abstract typographic logo with retangular logo with thick rectanguler strong colours and shape. It is ment to appeal for bissness men and

Repetition & Rhythm Assignment

      I created, in the first comp, a rhythm that becomes greater and then smaller again. I did this by using oblique lines in a 1-1,2-1-1,2,3-etc. In my second comp I created a steady rhythm that gets greater and thicker longer it lasts. I did this by using a curved line that I copied and repositioned 26 times. As the lines get more curved the beat is getting louder/thicker. I think my first comp works because you could actually clap it out, even though it looks like a magnified suit pattern. I think my second comp works because it is more of a visual representation of a beat getting thicker, but it is clear that the curve in the line is getting greater and greater and if I was to clap it out for you the beat would be getting thicker and louder. I think my first comp works because it is more obvious and doesn’t need as much explaining as the second one. I think they are both pleasing the eye because I think to the untrained eye ,who                              

had no idea the purpose of the assignment they would just see lines. 

Art Critique of Emily Carr's Reforestion

           

            In terms of Imitationalism the painting does not have many literal qualities, but Carr's use of shape and colour blending does display some realism.  The line and shape of the painting is to perfect. What I mean by this is, a tree isn’t a triangle. There is more to the tree than that. I think it is the imperfection in nature that makes it beautiful. Although I am in no way saying that the painting was unsuccessful.

            I think that Carr did a great job at portraying a Meaning without forcing the meaning. I think she used line, balance and shape very well. Creating a sense of calmness and serenity, but still, I think , displays empowerment and respect towards the tree. I think her colour palette is sort of dark, but with some light hues, this creating value and emphasis. I think the reason for this is because Emily Carr may have some anger or sadness towards the way people treat the trees and disrespect nature. I think in terms of general meaning Emily has a great love for nature and is not pleased with the fact that not everyone has that same feeling. I think this painting and many of her other paintings are her expressing her feelings about this subject.

            The Emotionalism displayed in this painting is dark, gloomy almost like nighttime. The painting although still has a feeling of peaceful content. I think this stems from the use of horizontal lines throughout the whole painting.  In some parts of the painting, Carr uses lines of texture to show the roughness in the bushes. The sky is dark as if dusk or nighttime but there is no moon. I think the reason for not having a moon is because a moon could imply mystery. I don’t think that is what Emily was trying to portray with this painting.

            My Opinion is that Carr used colour to show light in an amazing way. I think this because the way uses the amount of line and texture she used it can be come difficult to do. I still think that she could have mad it more clear weather or not it was night or day, dusk or dawn.

On another topic I think this painting is interesting because most times the objects in the foreground are larger and the objects in the background are smaller. This displays depth. Now the reason for this could be because Carr didn’t paint this from ground level or it could be another way she displays greatness in the trees and mountains. There is contrast in this painting, but I think that there is emphasis on this middle ground. I know this because the lightest section of the whole painting is the trees in the middle.

            

Adobe Illustrator CS4 Swirl Tool Tutorial

       I found this tutorial to be mostly helpful. On a scale of 1-10 I would rate this tutorial a 6. I would give it this rating because it made sense in the beginning  but it got confusing after the 2nd or 3rd step. The image above is not what the tutorial said it would look like. This is the result of me exasperating a little bit and my tech teacher, we'll just call him "coach" teaching me some other tricks on illustrator that went along nicely with what i already had.
      How this finished product was made was by following the tutorial for the first two steps then using the rotation tool, copy and paste/ alt,command arrow key right.
Click here to go to the robcubbon tutorial I used

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