Illustrator Projects - Cartoon and Bus Project

Cartoon of my Sister, Sarah

Bus Drawing

Levitation Photos

In our photography class, we had to take 50 photos a week with a common theme. I chose the theme of levitation, and had fun taking photos while people were jumping in middair.

AISB 40th Anniversary Logo

Final Logo

Logo Sketches

Logo Sketches

Elements of Logo Design

Elements of Logo Design

Herb Luballin

The shape of this logo creates interest because the title creates a picture of a child being protected by the mother.  The "O" in 'MOTHER' has a little "&" sign inside of it, making it look like a child. This sign also serves as the title, which is "Mother and Child". This logo is made in black and white, simplifying it, and drawing the attention to the picture of the child. There is a contrast in the scale, because the word "Mother" is in large, bold letters, and the word child, is in smaller letters. This indicates the physical size difference between a woman and an infant. Also, the child, is inside the word "mother", indicating that it is being protected. I think the logo is easily understood. It is very simple, and the & sign serves as a double meaning.

Guo Chunning: Beijing 2008 Olympics

This logo is advertising the Beijing 2008 Olympics. The designer made the top Chinese character look like a person running, bringing ideas of sports and Chinese culture together. Also, the font that says "Beijing 2008" looks like calligraphy, and brings a very Asian feel to the overall logo. I think the colour conveys meaning because this shade of red, is very popular in Chinese culture. In the top, the red serves as a positive space, in contrast to the person created with the negative space. The same shade of red is repeated in one of the olympic rings below. The scale creates meaning, since the red character is the biggest, drawing attention to it first. The logo is fairly simple, and mixes the concepts of the olympics with Chinese culture to create a new message.

This logo also uses shapes within the letters to create a message. There is an 'a' in the shape of a penguin, and below it say the words 'antarctica'. It is a fairly simple idea, but at the same time very creative. the colors  black and white, the colours of a penguin. Also, the words are in white, conveying ideas of snow and cold, such as antarctica. The logo of the penguin is larger than everything else, emphasizing it more. 

Stop Motion Project

You're A Star Project: Art Music

Art Music Project

Musical Research Images

Art Music 

• serious music, legitimate music
• contrasting term to popular music, traditional or folk music
• "a music which requires significantly more work by the listener to fully appreciate than is typical of popular music." In her view, "[t]his can include the more challenging types of jazz and rock music, as well as Classical."

Types of Art Music

• Experimental
• classical art music
• art music traditions
• electronic art music
• minimalist music
• jazz (although some forms are excluded)

Art Musicians

Milton Babbit - (1916 - 2011) Music theorist and composer. Piano, clarinet. Makes people think through his works. Later become an electronic art musician. Combined sounds and instruments that wouldn’t normally be put together delicately 

Hayley Westerna - 

Young Classical Musician. New Zealand. Most famous for her album “Pure”. Can sing in English, Japanese, Welsh, Italian, German, Latin, Chinese, Taiwanese, and Maori.

Location study

Poster Sketches

Master Photographers- Portraits

Master Photographers- Portraits

In many of Dennis Stock's photos, the background is just as important of the subject. He captures moments in which the people aren't posing for anything, they are just being themselves. This woman seems like she is on stage singing at a concert. She is larger than the other people, perhaps to signify fame. Her position seems like she's enjoying herself; she's having fun. Dennis Stock captures many tributes about this woman, without even showing her face. 

In Milton Green's photography, there is a high contrast between darks and lights. The viewer looks at the whiteness of the woman's face first, since it is the brightest part of the photo. The white is framed by the darks of her hat, and her coat. Green makes his portraits different, so they aren't a person looking straight at a camera, but rather someone in a different pose to make the photo more interesting

Phillipe Halsman takes photos of people jumping in the air. This requires capturing the right moment, and a fast shutter speed. His works make it seem like the people are having fun, almost as if they are flying. There is a contrast between the darks of the person, and the lighter background. By pairing this person with an airplane, the viewer gets a sense of flight. It seems ironic that the person is in the air, and the airplane is on the ground

Robert Mapplethorne generally creates bust shots in which the person in the picture is not looking has a creative expression. In this photo, the viewer gets a sense of sadness from the woman's timid position, and eyes looking away. Her hands against her face also add to the gloomy mood. Her skin seems almost pale, and stands out against the pure black background. In fact, it seems like her black shirt blends in with the black background 

This photo of Frank Sinatra captures his love to be in the spotlight. The spotlight provides a vivid contrast between the silhouette of the person, and the background. The triangular shape of the spotlight, frames the person, and draws our attention to the subject. It seems like this photo was taken while he was rehearsing his singing, and wasn't planned or anything. The shadow of the person on the floor is larger due to the lighting.