Form and Space Week 7

One of the most unique ways to use space is through spiral staircases. What I love is that through the use of spiral staircases, we have created an appealing, yet still functional piece of art. While these staircases are still functional, I don't like climbing up and down them because I feel very unsteady being able to see the ground and see through the stairs. But the concept of a spiral staircase is a unique way to preserve space and be appealing to the eyes.

Form and Space Week 6

This is the silliest thing I have ever seen. I'm not sure if this was a shoe taken into Photoshop and manipulated, or if this is an actual piece that was photographed. If it is an actual piece, I think it would serve better as a piece of art rather than a functional shoe. The edges would get caught on pants and the sharp edge of the front might be a hazard.

Layout Design

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This is an ad for one of my favorite companies. I like the use of navy stripes with the red logo. The model in the front has a striped shirt on that is different colors and opposite stripes than the background, which is goes against traditional design but really catches the eye and works!

Form & Space/ 3D class

I think this chair is a great piece of furniture, and furniture only. I do not think anybody can actually sit on it without falling; one would have to be very careful. It is actually very simple and clean cut yet interesting. The chair plays with negative spaces. What makes it interesting though, is the fur on top, without that I do not think that chair would caught anybody’s attention. The fur plays with light since the fur makes many different shapes, shadows, and brightness. By the fact that fur is thin and light, it moves according with the wind, also giving a lot of movement since the chair itself and the fur move. The oval shape guides our eyes around the chair.

Layout Design // New Home

I just don't get it. It's about a home, but there's no home in the ad. The colors are bold and aggressive, not soothing or inviting. This looks more like a drug prevention ad than an entreaty to sign up a decades-long financial contract. I would've used a softer color palette, serif typeface, and some sort of imagery- a smiling face, relaxing family scene, or a warmly lit house. Something that would convey a sense of comfort, not the opposite.

Layout Design

I like this ad because of the colors used and the overall design. I like how the black backround and the shadows or clothes on the guy aren't seperated and lines are only defined by the change in colors. The ad looks balanced to me because even though the main image is off center there is a logo on the other side.

Form & Space Wk 9

I don’t know if the artist meant for this to be funny, but it made me laugh! It’s totally out of proportion which is obviously what caught my attention. I’d like to think the artist’s message with this sculpture is that the world is upside down in the way we view people and their proportions, and all are beautiful with a purpose… like art!

DESERT FUR// LAYOUT DESIGN

This layout is very sophisticated. He looks as if he's wearing a mink coat in the desert. Nice contrast/scale. This is more of a boutique style layout because of the cropped image followed by the list of retailers in well placed text at the bottom. Similar to fragrance ads. This brings high fashion to a Hip Hop ad.

This is a hard ad not to like. It's so simple, yet its message is crystal-clear. Personally, if I ever saw my cat doing this I wouldn't even get mad at him for messing on the carpet! Burying the slogan so far down on the page is an interesting choice; the designer(s) must've known the image was more than powerful enough to carry the meaning if the reader overlooked the copy. At a glance, all I see is a cat and a box of Fresh Step. Well done!

Form & Space/ 3D class

This is a new software for 3D designs.
In this image is interesting to see how 3D designers think and work. As you can see the grids help a lot when developing shapes and shadows. The squares became smaller when placed on a part of the face where there is a fold and they became larger on the larger part of the face like the fore head. The cool think about this software is that even though it is a flat image, you can see all the angles of what it is been designed, you can also play with light, and negative spaces.

PASS THE CO. // LAYOUT DESIGN

I like how the colors in this AD not only compliment each other, they also represent the holidays. I also like the way the liquor logo is incorporated into the design as well as the color fade within the text.

This is a sculpture enterly out of glowers. I’ve always thought that sculptures out of flowers were really interesting. Every year I like to watch the rose parade to see what kind of things people can create. Even though this isn’t a float its just as cool.

halloween sand sculpture

Even though it’s late for Halloween, I found this picture and thought it was really cool looking. It’s made interlay of sand. I know for a fact that I could never do something this elaborate. The detail is amazing, the face coming out of the gate is really crazy looking.

Form & Space Week 8

This sculpture is something that we as art students are used to seeing from figure drawing class; however, this is a giant skeleton which is why it caught my attention. The sculptor is Gino De Dominicis and the skeleton is currently being displayed in Milan. Imagine seeing this in the town square if it’s a subject you’re not used to?

Form & Space Week 7

OK! Interesting perspective! A full size man looking at a smaller version of himself in a birdcage; this makes one wonder about the artist and his concept behind the piece and if it is kind of a self portrait or self-expressive piece. Or maybe the goal was to make the viewer picture themselves in this way as if telling them to take a look at themselves..? I think it is well done and interesting to look at. It makes the viewer stop and think.