Typography Video Analysis

                                        

In CyberARTS, I had to find a Kinetic Typography video that displayed 3-4 principles of animation. I found and chose this one. This is Savior by Rise Against.

The colour choice for the font and background suit the lyrics and the heaviness of the song. Red, black and grey are dark and angry colours, which goes with the way the song sounds, and Tim Mcilrath's voice. 

I think the font used works with the lyrics because it's a font that looks rough and the song used is quite rough, so I think it works.

The timing through out the whole video was great. Except for 0:16 where song got fast and the lyrics didn't keep up for a little bit.

Still Life Drawing

In CyberARTS, my class did a still life. We had a table with a bunny, a vase with flowers, a weird sculpture, a smaller sculpture, blocks and a male torso mannequin. I chose to draw the mannequin torso, weird sculpture and the smaller figure. The key of the assignment to make the drawing look as realistic as possible. 

The hardest part for me was trying not to show any outlines while drawing because that is another key to make something look realistic. 

I think it looks okay :)

CyberARTS Surrealism Culminating Artist Statement

My culminating is about teen girls being sexualized by the media.

My intended message for this image was to tell all the teen girls that they don't need to listen to/watch the media to be beautiful or sexy. I used the Cosmo magazine because that is one of the most go-to magazines for fashion, make up and sex advice, especially for teens. I also used it as way of communicating a use of media to influence the sexulization of girls.

How I made this image: At the very beginning, I made some sketches of girls taking "Selfies" in the mirror because selfies are the #1 trend on social media at the moment. I also started researching how the media portrays women in magazines, music videos, images, advertizements and more. Once I was ready to take my 3 pictures, I went to the girl's bathroom at my school and took a few shots of the full-body mirror to get my first shot. For my second shot, I asked my friend Ivy to stand and hold an iPhone to make it look like she was taking a selfie. After that, I opened Photoshop and started working. I used 3 layers to to put the picture of Ivy and the magazine on the picture of the bathroom. I used the spot healing brush to remove stray hairs or other issues, and then I used the refine edge tool to make Ivy's edges and curves blend into the background. With the magazine layer, I placed that under the bathroom layer so that it'll show up behind the mirror and look like a reflection. To blur the magazine, I used the blur filter and adjusted how high or low I wanted it blurred. After that, I decided I was finished and saved it.

I learned alot while making this image. When i first started the project, I didn't quite know what I was doing and needed alot of help. But after finishing it, I now know how to use filters, layers, masks, image selection and alot more. I am very satisfied with the end result because I feel like I can communicate the message that is very important for every youth to hear.

Rick Mercer Report Photo Challenge

    This is the original image that Rick Mercer want to change for the Photo Challenge.

 And here is my image.












For those who don't know who Rick Mercer is, he is a host for hist show, The Rick Mercer Report on CBC who makes fun of the Canadian politics. Every week he does a "Photo Challenge". That's when he puts a picture just like the one on the very top, and people send in pictures like the one I made. But the rule is that the image must be edited in Photoshop.

Here's the link to Rick's Website:

http://www.rickmercer.com/Photo-Challenge.aspx

Modern and Post-Modern Art Styles Prezi

In CyberARTS, our class had to pick a style of Modern or Post-Modern art and find 3 artists from that time period and research them; then put them into a Prezi.

Here is the link to my Prezi about Surrealists Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte and Victor Brauner:


 https://prezi.com/vtzjswtgdg5l/surrealism/

Digital Surrealism Prezi (Part 1)

In CyberARTS, everyone had to choose a surreal artist from a list and do some research about him/her. Then we had to put the research into a Prezi. (Presentation software)
I chose Max Ernst.

Here's the link to my Prezi: 


https://prezi.com/9uuwjdjqnbpa/the-history-of-max-ernst/

Mr Meli's Math Poster

This is the Math Poster that i designed on Adobe Illustrator for my old math teacher. He asked my CyberARTS class to design some math posters to hang in the Math Department classrooms. 

The one I did describes how I think when I'm in math class.