Week 4 - Che Guevara

I was thinking about what I should do for my poster and was inspired by the many different depictions of Che Guevara in art form. Che Guevara was a revolutionary socialist guerilla fighter that freed Cuba from fascist dictatorship in the 1950s and his famous photo of him with the hat is seen everywhere in the world today.

Different forms of this famous photo have been depicted in different ways and been manipulated to mean or represent different styles of art.

Here are some:

(Original)

 

Week 3 - CRAP

CRAP


Contrast

This piece strongly shows the contrast aspect of CRAP. This can be seen from light blue sky at the top contrasted with the extremely dark and black clouds in the middle, and then again with the red and bright yellow sunlight at the bottom (which is sandwiched with more darkness by the dark land). This bright-dark-bright-dark sandwich demonstrates strong contrast. Although this piece strongly shows contrast it lacks much of the other CRAP aspects along with colour.

Repetition

This piece demonstrates the repetition aspect of CRAP. As can be seen, there is a strong sense of repetition in the bronze mailboxes that seem to go on to infinity. This is a great example of repetition as the colour is not only the same but the design of the bronze boxes is identical as well. The only thing that is not repeated are the mailbox numbers. This piece use good alignment and proximity properties of CRAP as well as the boxes are aligned perfectly and the proximity of shape and lines are seen throughout. There is not much contrast in this picture.

Alignment

This picture demonstrates the alignment portion of CRAP. As you can see, the buildings are perfectly aligned in many ways. Not only are their shapes aligned, but the lines criss-crossing from their windows are aligned in parallel and perpendicular fashion! This creates a smooth dynamic for viewing the picture. This piece also uses good colour balance, contrast, fair repetition, and proximity.

Proximity

This artwork uses the proximity aspect of CRAP. This can be seen with the proximity of the rocks themselves, the shapes of the rocks (mostly oval), the designs of the rocks (they are transitioned well and very close to each other), and the different balances of colour (the dark and light blue are pushed together to make a smooth mix in their proximity). This picture also uses good contrast (dark, light blue, and black background) and alignment!

The helmet is moving fast.

Week 2 - Digital Footprint

Week 2's lecture was very fun and interesting as we talked about the "digital footprint" and how everything online or on any digital device is permanently recorded FOREVER. Each person has a digital footprint and it gives us a sort of online "identity". The digital footprint is the accumulated web information on one person: for example when an individual is googled.

My digital footprint is very similar to my "non-digital footprint"; since I am a basketball player and I have played all over the world, basically my entire digital footprint has to do with my basketball career when I am googled. Although this is very fun and interesting, I believe that every person has a right to his or her privacy. I think it is a little dangerous to be sharing the entire world's identities online because many individuals have bad intentions but then again each person has the right to choose whether they would like to input their information online and take whatever potential risks go along with it.

I am happy almost all my information online has to do with my basketball career and not my political orientation/opinions, personal life, religion, or my family. If it did, my identity would be prisoner to "Big Brother" so to speak. Many sites are pushing for this and many governments from different country have this type of control in their regions where people have no rights and freedoms online or offline. I just hope it doesn't end up like that here.

Some screenshots of my digital footprint:

My Las Vegas postcard

First Post - Week 1

Before my first digital media class I thought of the term "digital media" to mean the entire culture of communication through technology. Any kind of messages created with computers and other digital devices would be considered digital media. After my first class I saw that digital media is basically the most powerful type of media with widespread use of social-media such as Facebook and twitter. Digital media is the becoming the most predominant media source in the world. People are putting away their telephones and televisions and becoming more in-tuned to the internet and its social networking or video blog sites.

An RTA student should take a digital media course because it is very fun and at the same type he or she will learn many different tools for many different digital mediums that will enable them to have skills in a growing industry. Along with this, an RTA student will learn and master the social networking aspects, working with different types of digital mediums; i.e. visual, video, web (photoshop, aftereffects, and html).

There is no doubt this course is valuable and very diverse. The planet and global village are becoming more and more digitally oriented, and a course like this teaches a student the basic principles of this field of knowledge!