Animation

For this post I chose the sharks from Finding Nemo as an example of animation. They exhibit human qualities such as the ability to talk, be friendly, and set up groups even though they are animals

Bauhaus influences

I chose this image to show the influences the bauhaus movement had on graphic design. The background features an almost tan color that is not a simple pure color. It uses negative space and use of strait lines to separate objects and colors. The use of black is balanced out with the rest of the colors and the background. The image shows a subject that is not clearly defined, but is balanced and full of color with out being too distracting to the viewer. It uses geometric shapes to and lines to create an enjoyable image.


http://abduzeedo.com/bauhaus-influence

Infographics

My artist for this weeks post James Gulliver Hancock. He is one of the graphic artists from the Wall Street Journal and creates info graphs, illustrations, and typography for the news paper. The image conveys facts and knowledge about the Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin. It does this by giving pictures that grab the viewers attention and then using arrows and type to inform the viewer about the astronaut. The colors used are black, white, grey, and brown. The colors make it easy to balance out the piece and does not give bright colors to distract the viewer from the image and the information in it. The illustrations in the image are almost similar to doodles, with the type and the arrows to give it a feeling that it was drawn in a students note book. James Hancock uses this style in a lot of his images with the doodle cartoons and distinct lettering that makes it easy to read and follow. The artist created this image along with many others for a book about dreamers, artists, thinkers, and writers. I think this is a fun image and a good idea for a book comprised of only the artists work that conveys information; however, as a stand alone image I do not think that it conveys a lot of important information and doesn't even tell the viewer who the astronaut is.

http://jamesgulliverhancock.com/projects/artists-writers-thinkers-dreamers-prints/

Saul Bass Outline Revision

Do we dare?

1.     Early life

a.     Schooling

2.     Film title sequences and movie posters

a.     Spartacus

                                               i.     Opening credits showed basic symbols of slavery and Rome

1.     Saul was asked to help design scenes and sets in the film

                                              ii.     Movie poster showed a blocky almost deformed man who seams tortured, in pain, and angry

1.     Saul created an art style that was uniquely his while infusing it with the style of Roman paintings

a.     This can be seen when comparing the movie poster from Spartacus to that of The Man With The Golden Arm, or Anatomy of a Murder

3.     Style for designing

a.     Differs from movies, to movie posters, to logos

                                               i.     Movies

1.     Opening scenes that keep the viewer interested, but don’t take away from the opening credits

                                              ii.     Movie posters

1.     Bold type and easy flowing graphics that balance each other out

                                            iii.     Logos

1.     Logo’s are easily identifiable while still being a little abstract

b.     Projects rely heavily on negative space

c.      Saul uses only two or three to create the design

                                               i.     The minimum necessary to give a design its full meaning

d.     Projects are composed of either strait lines and blocky shapes or simple curving lines

4.     Logos and other designs

a.     Girl Scouts of America

                                               i.     Took traditional aspects of earlier designs and created a more appealing logo that contained meaning

1.     Fellowship

2.     Diversity

3.     Courage

                                              ii.     Saul’s logo has been changed but not very much

b.     United Airways

                                               i.     Got rid of the shield in exchange for a swoosh

1.     The swoosh gives the logo its iconic U shape that has been easily identified

2.     The logo’s colors are red, and blue with a white background enforcing the company as an American travel company

                                              ii.     Changed the text

1.     Not by much but the text has a more blocked and unified design

a.     Incorporates strait lines horizontally and curves vertically

                                            iii.     Logo changes

1.     United Airways commissioned a design firm to redesign their logo

2.     The firm refused to change the logo calling it a perfect logo, and instead just changed the text

3.     United Airways sent the logo to another firm who only changed the text and the blue to a lighter color

Saul Bass Outline

1.     Early life

2.     Film title sequences

3.     Selected film title sequences

4.     Logos and other designs

a.     Girl Scouts of America

b.     United Way

c.      Quaker Oats

5.     Movie posters

a.     Vertigo

b.     The man with the golden arm

c.      Anatomy of a murder

Will Rogers Memorial

For this assignment I was asked to go to the Will Rogers Museum and take a picture of one of the movie posters that featured Will Rogers and describe it. I chose the movie poster from the movie David Harum. The poster features big capital letters placed across a white banner that sports the title of the movie, and the lead actors name in red letters above it that pop against the contrasting yellow background. The Poster also shows a painted image of Will Rogers for the viewer to know who the lead actor is. Underneath the image are the names of secondary actors that sport a blue color with last names all in capitals while the first names are in smaller italics. Along side the names of the secondary actors is a picture from the film, letting the viewer know what the movie is about.

Public Service Announcement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub_a2t0ZfTs

For this assignment I was asked to chose a public service announcement that appealed to me and discus it. As a child I would always grow up and see my dad with tourist shirts saying this is your brain in Denver and places like that, so it is kinda weird that I have fond memories of this commercial. I love how short and simple the message is. Drugs fry your brain. There is nothing more to say. I love how they literally translated their message into frying an egg. They make the message so blunt that they don't even tell you what the message is, they just ask you if you have anymore questions about drugs and what they do to your brain.

Modern Day Illuminated Manuscript

For this post I am supposed to wright a response to the Odessa Steps scene from the movie The Battlattleship Potemkin. I thought it was a very interesting piece of footage that made great use of the black and white contrast and I enjoyed the editing tricks used on surrounding statues and objects within the scene.

For this post I've been asked to find images that show the 4 aspects of visual cues. These are color, form, depth, and motion. I also decided to get all of my examples from that Mad Max trilogy directed by George Miller. These films are Mad Max filmed in 1979, Mad Max 2 The Road Warrior filmed in 1981, and Mad Max 3 Beyond Thunderdome filmed in 1985.

This image is the original movie poster for the 1979 film Mad Max. This uses color to make the viewer focus in on the movie title and the police officer.

This is probably the most recognizable image from the Mad Max series and comes from the film Road Warrior. This is an example of form. Notice how Max has a powerful stance that gives the viewer a sense of movement; however, Max has both of his feet placed side by side and is standing in a fixed position.

This is another clip form the move Road Warrior where the biker villain known as Wez begins to climb along the top of a fuel tanker as it drives along the road traveling at an almost insane speed. This is a visual cue not because everything is moving, but there is so much moving in these scenes that your eye is drawn the what is moving the most.

Finally for the visual cue of depth I chose the dying time scene from the 1985 move Beyond Thunderdome. In this movie the cage known as Thunderdome is so big and so empty that the viewer has no choice but to pay full attention to the announcer of the dome. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHU6K47qgc8

Optical Illusion

In this optical illusion the elephants legs play a trick on the eyes. If you count them you will notice that the elephant actually has 5 feet and several extra legs. This is caused by the continuos line connecting the feet to the legs and the perception that the feet of the elephant are where they would normally be if the elephant would be standing still.

About Me

My name is Zachary Bettinger. Im in my junior year at Rogers State University and transferred here from Tulsa Community College. I love the art of ancient Greece and Rome especially that of the hellenistic period. I also am extremely fascinated and enjoy studying different styles of tattoo art, mainly realism and american traditional. Other forms of art that interest me are photography, sculpture, an oil paint. I my hobbies involve scuba diving with my family, hunting, and just generally spending time in nature.