You can't judge a fish by how well it can climb a tree

Project Critique Form

What ideas did I incorporate
I wanted both pieces to be similar but still be able to have opposites idea. So it started with the way same way but just different end points. I chose to go with school and the different ways people think. The original idea was too complex. Because I stared with the "creative" piece it was easier to experiment and more acceptable for it to be messy

Was it successful?
I think it was successful in it's simplicity. It got the point across without too much clutter There was much more thought put into this piece than the previous one.

What skills did I learn. How did I employ these.
I learned how to animate in photoshop. I also learned to change the time/seconds per frame that can change the rhythm to match the idea.

What challenges did I face?
Once again I would do transformations and color adjustments once it was layered, because I wanted the two pieces to be as similar as they could, it would have been nice to copy and paste. But because I didn't do transformations on separate projects I couldn't copy and paste to the second piece. Also I didn't know how to sync the two so they start together once on the blog, so they're about two frames behind from what I wanted.

Solution

I tried to transform the elements as closely as I could to the first piece. To change this I would do transformations and adjustments before layering. I don't really mind the time difference, the idea is still there. I do however prefer it to be sync. 

Revisions

I wouldn't really change anything major. It does what I wanted to and followed my basic idea. If I could change it, I'd make me less cartoon-y

The Internet as an Art Medium

     The internet age has created a new society. It has changed and still continuing to changing our way of thinking and approach to life. With a click of a button, information from all over is at our disposal can be accessed. On the other hand, with another click of a button we can expose and spread out information all over as well. Art, is no exception from this.

    The evolution of the internet helps facilitate the evolution of art. With new technologies arising, there are more and more mediums of art appearing. This however still brings up the age old question of defining “what is art” are memes and GIFs created online considered art? Most people wouldn’t consider those as art, because it isn’t the standard canvas painting or sculpting. They believe that because the individual (can they be considered as artists) did not spend long arduous hours handcrafting their “art”. The individual however did put some thought into it and was trying to show their own perspective. So in that sense, it is art.

     Internet as a medium of art makes art more accessible, and creates more freedom for both the artist and the general public. An artist can quickly and easily showcase their work all over the world through social media. There isn’t as much censorship, there is more freedom with art when posting online.  However there isn’t much security with art and the internet. There is very little stopping an individual from copying the art and slapping it on a project without crediting the artist

    The internet as a medium of art is a very gray area. It will continue to evolve technologically and bring forth new mediums and creations. Despite new mediums, the same issues arise such as “What is considered art, is it intellectual property and should it be censored?”

Ceremonies

The Ecstasy of Influence summary

Denise Diokno

AVT 180-006

Summary

In Lentham’s article, he begins by showing the overlap and similarities between Nabakov’s popular novel Lolita, with a previous work by Heinz von Lichberg published 40 years prior. He continues to show that there is no completely pure and original idea; music, movies and poetry (and he believes it may apply to all of art) all borrow elements of each other. Could other things be viewed as “borrowing” rather than “plagiarism.” For example, things that one draws upon from their culture, or when a photographer take a photograph of something. Lentham  continues to prove that there really is no such thing as an original idea or intellectual property. Everything was from either from our culture, given to us, or from an old unknown text. We unconsciously draw from other sources. He makes this metaphor that life, and art is this huge collage. It is woven in with each other and sourced and cited. Towards the end of his article, Lentham proves exactly this. He cites, and shows that the majority of this article is borrowed from other text. The main idea of his article is supported and summarized by using Donne’s quote “All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated. . . .”

Successful and Unsuccessful elements

Unsuccessful
* Image was pixely, might have been due to bad scanning
* Things looked like they were obviously photoshoped in there

Successful
* Managed to figure Photoshop out. Yay!
* Improved with layering through every picture.

What is bit depth?

Bit Depth is used as the measurement and value to describe the resolution of a sound data/sample that is stored in audio file. The higher the bit depth is the more accurate the audio is capturing more sounds.

Denise Diokno

September 3, 2014

AVT180-006

Interviewer: Hi there Mr. White, how are you? How’s everything going?

Wayne White: Mr. White? Haha, don’t call me that it me feel old. I am old but I don’t want to feel like it. I’m good, I’m good thanks.

Interviewer: So let’s start with a common question Artists get. What does art mean to you?

WW: That’s a real loaded question.  I hate the word artist, there’s so much pressure that comes with the word. It’s so judgey. You’re either so insecure about being judged or full of yourself and judging others. Actually no, you’re usually both.  Art can mean different things for different people. It’s all up to perspective. There’s the pretentious view where art is part of the higher echelon of life and is supposed to be serious. I think that’s bullshit. Art is whatever, to me it’s all about the humor, it’s a way of expression.  So you can’t really define it.

Interviewer: You talk about humor a lot, why is that?

WW: It lightens the mood, it’s one of those things that are vital to human life. Well let’s face it, we’re all going to die. My sister made sure that I knew that. Humor is that escape from that truth. But ironically humor also provides truth. It’s intellectual and emotional at the same time. That’s why I try and put humor in my art.

Interviewer:  Humor and art, those two usually don’t go together. Why do you think people separate those two entities?

WW:  Well it’s the whole class system thing. People have this notion that art is usually for the rich and more intellectual and that humor is for the lower class. So they think that there really is no room for humor in art. I don’t really get it, I don’t think there’s anything more intellectual that art.

Interviewer: Last question, why “beauty is embarrassing?”

WW: Because it is. There is beauty in truth, and we all try be true to ourselves but embarrassed by it. We always want to be who we are, but so scared about being judged by society. Especially for me in the south, art wasn't a big thing, it was somewhat of a sensitive issue. So yeah beauty is embarrassing.