We spent our time in class this past week doing critiques of Project 3. From the start I noticed that most people chose to incorporate specific words in their designs that held special meaning. Many people chose not to hide the fact that they were using text in their design, contrary to the approach that I took. Richard, for example, choose two words and revolved his designs around these two words. After hearing Richard talk about the idea behind his project, I found that I was more attracted to it. I liked his choice of the word "fight," and I also enjoyed the blood red color of the texture he used and the image of the skull with wings that he scanned in. I think that his choice of color and imagery created a solemn and dark mood. I was especially attracted to Nicole's designs. Right when she placed her images on the sill of the white board my eyes lit up. I really enjoyed the fact that she used photo paper to print her two images on. The colors she chose were so vibrant and appealing. I really liked her use of blues, purples, and hot pinks. Her decision to keep her text simple was a good move on her part as well.
During my own critique, I found it very interesting that it was pointed out that my decision to work with a grid pattern perhaps says something about the way that I am apt to work as an artist. I know that I am someone with an eye for detail, but I never really considered how much I like to see order and consistency in my work. Looking back on the projects that I created in my art class last semester, I recognize that I worked in a very orderly way with not a lot of randomness in my designs.
I am really looking forward to working in Flash next week, and I am very curious to learn about digital animation because I have never tried anything like it.
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