Problem in Social Media

An issue in social media is the whole situation with the Starbucks. People were making a big deal about how Santa Claus were on the cups. For the past couple of years, Santa was on their cups with reindeer or some sort of Christmas related design. People were complaining about how there are no other holidays on the cups. People were saying that Santa has to do with religion, such as Christianity. Other religions weren't represented on the cup, such as Hanukkah. It is crazy that this is what society has come to. People are worried about what is on a coffee cup. There are so many other issues in the world that are important, and this is what they are worried about. So Starbucks had to change their cup to an all red and no design.

French Poster Craze Questions

1. What characteristics of the Japanese wood block prints attribute to the French posters during the 1880s?
The Japanese wood block prints attribute to the French posters in the sense that they were both trying to advertise a message that each culture had. The Japanese wood blocks were trying to show off the beautiful Japanese women. The French posters were also advertising the women in their country. 

2. Of the Early European Illustrated Posters- which poster and designer attracted your eye? What about their design style do you like? Do you see it's relevance in graphic design today?The poster that attracted my eye was the lady on the bicycle. (Edward Penfield) The design caught my eye because the whole poster has dark colors, then the lady's hair and parts of her bike and shirt are also orange. The small touches of color drew me into the picture. Small splashes of color allow for a larger attraction for me. I do see a relevance in the sense that people today use programs to make pictures like that. 

3. In the Cubism Meets the Airbrush tab- How are these posters different than the Early European work? How would you describe the style? 

These posters are more linear and structural. They do not look as "drawn" as the Early European work. The style is more abstract and modern. I feel like I see a lot more posters like this today, then the Early European. In NYC, there are many posters that look like these types. 

4. For the Photographic Posters- choose one of the artwork that appeals to you and how do you think they created these posters without Photoshop? Brief explanation on how you think they did it. 

One that appealed to me was the Photomontage or collage because I feel like it is a mellow yet drastic piece of artwork. The colors are soft, but the pictures are busy. This was created without photoshop because the artist took these photos, cut them, then put them together on a poster or a piece of paper. The didn't need to use photoshop in order to create this piece. 

5. From the Swiss Posters, choose one poster where the composition has a clear focal point, then choose one where the composition has movement/dynamic. Explain why you chose them. 

The Swiss International poster's clear focal point is the yellow point that begins in the center of the poster and rises to the top of the page. It is clear that the mountain is the focal point because the rest of the poster are dark colors, and the mountain is a bright gold/yellow. 

GIF Symbol Project

Symbol Blog Reflection:

1. My self symbol project concept is to show that I have different personalities. In order to show the different personalities, I had a face reveal another face underneath it. I also have to confetti at the end to show that I am creative. I also added all the colors in each slide to represent that I am outgoing and to show that I am fun and exciting. When I think of colors, I think of someone being fun and not boring. I feel like small things like that can easily represents me. 

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3. My GIF file has changed from my thumbnail sketches. I did not have this concept on my thumbnail sketches. I wanted to do something with a girl and different glasses on. I kept the same concept of showing my different personalities, but I decided to show it a different way. I thought that the glasses idea wasn't going to turn out the way I wanted it to come out. So I decided that I wanted to do something like my final project to come out. I added the face and hair to add more of a person like quality. 

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Transformation Project

Reflection:

1. The concept of my project is dancing. Since I dance, I thought it would be interesting to do my project about dance, which is something I love to do. Then I thought it would be clever to make the background something about the Irish aspect of it. I thought it would funny to add the pot of gold because people always make fun of me. The think because I Irish dance, I am a leprechaun.  

2. Shannon ft. Ireland

3. I am happy with the results. I knew I wanted to use the picture of me, but I wanted to make it funny so I added the rainbow and pot of gold. I thought by doing this it would be funny and add something more to the photo of me dancing.

Shannon Maher ML4

Letter Project Reflection

Reflection

1. Describe your process. How was the process helpful or not so helpful to you? Show us your brainstorming ideas and thumbnail sketches. How did you arrive with your concept/idea for your letter? Did the peer feedback help? Show us your brainstorming ideas, thumbnail sketches, and two drafts.

• I felt like the process was long, but necessary. It wasn’t a quick and easy project because there was a lot that went into it. Before I could even begin my project, I had to create twenty thumbnail sketches in order to decide which one I wanted to do for my final project. By creating these thumbnail sketches, I was able to look at all the different ideas I could choose from to do this project. Even though it took forever to complete, it helped me in the long run when I needed to choose what to do. I arrived with the idea to make a candle to represent the letter “I” with the help of Ms. Lee. She thought of a candle and then the flame to be used as the dot in the “I.” I felt like the peer feedback I got back helped me decide which thumbnail sketch was the best out of all of them. It gave me the chance to get another person’s perspective on my project.

2. What did you do to represent your concept visually in your design? (Give 2 examples and post close up and full design images)

-What I did to represent my concept visually was use the candle stick as and lowercase “i” part, and then use the flame as the dot in the “i.” This was a good representation of the lowercase “i.”

3. What was the most challenging aspect of this project for you? Why?

• I feel like the most challenging aspect for this project was coming up with the design to blend in the letter “I.” I felt like there was so much I could do with an upper case “I” but not a lot to do with the lower case. It was difficult because I wanted to get both aspects of the two letters so I could choose which one I liked the best. I am glad that I talked with Ms. Lee because she gave me ideas for a lowercase “i.”

4. Are you satisfied with your project? Explain your answer.

• I am satisfied with my project because I feel like the idea I went with accurately represents my letter. You would never know what the project was or that it was the letter “I” becuase it is hidden. It looks like I was just drawing a candle on a table. I am happy that my candle is also colorful and different. If the candle was white or yellow, it would of came out differently. Using pink and blue stripes on the candle made it pop off the page.

5. If you can change anything about your design, what would you change or do differently?

• I do not think I would change anything about my design because I think it came out well. If I had to really choose something, I would maybe make it and uppercase “I” next time, just so it is something different and I could create a hockey game on the bottom line in the “I.”
  
  
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