Chosen Artist

I found Aaron Dysart's work very interesting.  I like the wood work and how he changes these images.  I could imagine almost any of his images to be works of art around households/buildings/anything that wants to use nature as a decor.  I have always liked using sticks or wood as decor in my house for example and i really liked the Aaron's "cut" that he had at the gallery at school.  The way he changed the edges and made the piece look very clean and cut.  Could really use his work for any occassion really.  Could be used in any instance and that i guess is why i liked it so much.   Its different compared to the rest.  Not something that you see or look at on a daily basis.  Not really considering that wood is art.  But it really is. And Aaron protrays that well.  I would recommend anyone to check out his work. 

another tower

Redid some one of my photos only because i wasnt happy with my other picture of the Foshay because it ended up turning out very pixilated so i changed it up a bit and came up with this.  Overall not too shabby.

foshay towers

I had a lot of fun with the foshay tower project.  Messing around
with different aspects and colors I over all enjoyed it and am happy with the outcome. 

RESPONSE!

I found it very interesting when they mention about how arguements are somehow re rooted twards war.  Like our conversations/arguments or the way we use are words are related to war.  I have even used the concepts either when i have been angry or when i have been in some sort of conflict with another person or explaining to a friend about how I feel about something..  Like the first chapter mentions it becomes or has become so common for us to talk that way that we dont even think about it any more. 
As the book says our language is metaphorically structured and i agree with that.  They proved it to me by giving examples of conflict with concepts of both war and language.  Becuase we automatically defend and attack the other person.  Now most of the time this does not happen physically its all mentally. The book gives some great examples.

makeover move poster

New updated version of my movie poster. The previous seemed not to work but overall satisfied with this.

new business card

This is my new business card!  i decided to go with a bit different font and size.  i also decided to go with a different color than the green because i feel this makes the card come more together than the green did.  overall I'm very happy!

15 artists....

1~Ewa Wnek Webb: Amazing color in her paintings and the texture/feeling behind the images are awesome.
2~Michael Alford: I have always been a fan of landscape paintings and he captures the feeling as if you were standing right there in the painting itself.
3~Angela Filo: Creates much depth in her photos
4~Kristin Giordano: amazing photos that has a stillness and creates depth with meaning
5~Karin Muller: has a specific photo in particular that is of a shoreline with fog above. It is amazing how she captured that one moment so well.
6~Chris Jorda: Expresses mass media in one picture and us as a society are today by displaying a huge amount of cell phones scattered about.
7~kosoff: black and white pictures that he has taken are astounding
8~Jim brandenburg: many animals especially loons but the clarity of the photo is just amazing.
9~Sally Gail~very contemporary but seems to find a way to connect human with nature.
10~Kelly Fitzgerald: another landscape artist that i'm very fond of. Really captures the size and dominance of nature.
11~Sandra Russell: Love the color in her photos. As if she used sepia: she makes them look very romantic
12~Alan Shulik: Very unique, does more combonations between organic figures with architecture.
13~Stephen Johnson: Does mountains with ice and percieves dephth and curiousity in all of his photos.
14~Mark Citret: Very elegant with his paintings. Very 19th century.
15~Bill Schwab: shows a lot of balance in his photos.
The SAYING:
"Don't worry about your originality, you could not get rid of it even if you wanted to." by Robert Henri

was a fun experience making this card.  The most fun was coming up with an idea for the card.  I came across the idea by attempting to find a backround.  When I finally decided i wanted to do raindrops i realized that i had the same backround on my blog so from there decided to have the main theme of the card tied to my blog.  Overall happy with it.  the umbrella was a challenge by trying to get it to fit correctly and the color balance to fit but over all happy with the outcome.  It was a fun little project.

REDO!

This is my redo!  I decided to go to a larger print to bring the images together with the help of some fellow classmates!  I decided to stick with the white color for the font because against the black or darker backround i think it sticks out more.  Overall I am happy with the ending product.

Movie Poster

Ok now this was fun!  I had fun and got frusterated many times  but finally came through!  My first thought was to go for more of a top gun look.  I am totally into airplanes and the  guy in the poster is my little brother actually. I was trying to use a sunset as my back round first time but then realized that the poster just looked boring so i changed to this.  I first started off with my brother and cropped him out of a regular picture then i inserted the wave following with the lighning.  One of the many things that i learned in photoshop this time around was the smudge effect.  Now with the water i used the smudge tool to kind of blend things together.  That is the thing i was having the hardest time with was blending.  But when i started using the smudge tool i started to make what almost looks like a monster at the top of the wave and i kind of went with it.  It was cool i thought with the almost pink lightning in front of it.  And after that i inserted the airplane.  Now this is what i had the most difficulty with in making it look somewhat realistic.  I tried adding shadows or anything and I am still unhappy with it. But overal was a fun exerience.  O yes and lastley the font.  I ended up using Nueva Std along with makeing it bold and not completley huge.  and at the bottom dedicated this first poster of mine to my brother. overall i had a blast. 

Escape to Freedom

I orignally was going to pick something funny but decided to go with something more serious.  I have this book called What Would You Do If You Had No Fear? by Diane Conway.  I have read the book in the past and I remember it because it is a really inspiring book about life and how you shouldn't be afraid to take any chances in life.  And i do believe that very much.  I created this picture by distorting an image of a lion to make the image more intense.  I chose a saying that is from To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.  I think the saying tells you that courage is not what everyone thinks or what we made it out to be.  Courage is what you make it.  I chose a more faded font that almost becomes apart of the picture because the lion in itself, I believe shows COURAGE.

not so good

Found this movie poster and found it very boring.  When you look at it seems like any other type of ocean movie with sharks.  They could have done a lot better.  With all of the same color and not much for the viewer to think about.
http://www.best-horror-movies.com/image-files/open-water-2-movie-poster.jpg

Good

Found this poster when I was mostly snooping around google and came across this.  I find this most amazing because of the black and white contrast.  And how the light seems to be shining through the windows from the backround.  This one caught my attention the most because I want to know what it is about by the way this poster looks.  With the red color usage that they used at the top it makes the poster more dynamic. Red, black and white are one of the best color combonaitons.  Even though they are not that bright they make the loudest statement.  This poster is simple yet complicated at the same time and to me that is what makes it awesome.  I think they did really well with this because it is well put together with not alot in the back round.

awesome post

Found this awesome blog spot that talks about and teaches you how to make amazing looking birthday cakes or for any occasion!  GOTTA CHECK IT  OUT!!  All I have to say is A-Mazin!
http://elegantcakesandpartydates.blogspot.com/

Me in a NUTSHELL

I consider my self to be a pretty laid back person.  I like to go with the flow and like to have a good time all the time.  I go by my saying at the top of my blog because I honstley believe the harder you work and the harder you put your mind to something the more you can make things no matter how talented you are.  The picture that I picked for my profile picture represents how I feel inside.  The look of a sunset on the beach is so relaxing to me and calming.  I took that picture when I was in California two years ago.   I probably took a dozen pictures of just that one suset because I found peace in.  Mostly I am intersted in working hard and going after what I believe in.  I like to get things done when I can, be with the people that I love and can't wait till tomorrow but live in the moment as much as possible. The reason why I have Lady Gaga on my page because I look up to her.  I recently saw one of her concerts and realized how much of a role model she actually is.   She believes in believing in yourself and not caring about what other people think.  She is different in her own ways but flaunts that and shows what she has and that is why people like her and that is why I respect her and her work.  Which brings me back to my saying at the top of my blog.  Yes, she has talent but she also has worked very hard to get where she is and I respect that and that is what I believe in. Hard work pays off.