Homework #4: Movie Poster

In all honesty, I am in love with the appearance of this poster.  I love the comic book effect of the image and how the characters and background are complementary colors.  There is so much going on in this poster, but not in a bad way; the way the characters and colors are arranged give me this strong feeling of power.  For some reason, looking at this poster inspires me to never stop reaching for my goals as an artist because some really amazing images are bound to be created through time and thought process.

Album Cover: A Jazz-Old Fashion

Homework #3 Response

After reading this article, I realized that Dave pretty much picked up a love for graphic design just through simple everyday activities.  A lot of his inspiration developed from other artists in how to approach his work and classes in college that went more in depth of how to create a pleasant design.  I appreciate that he recognizes the fact that everyone should be their own unique artist in the way that he or she should always consider originality as part of creating a piece.  Every artist is different, so it is best to use our unique qualities to the fullest extent possible.  Rather than taking advantage of someone else's idea, take advantage of your own artistic mind because it can certainly lead to awesome places,

The Rain Sprinkler

The Drop N' Dry (Invention)

Alien Invasion

HW #2: Rethinking the Way We Sit Down

In this video, Niels talks bout how as a child, he fell in love with airplanes.  He explained how there was a certain "romance" about them, meaning that there was a factor of airplanes that truly made him happy.  Unfortunately, getting a job in the field of airplanes allowed him to discover that he did not feel the same about airplanes that he once had felt before.  The romance was gone, so he quit and went into the field of furniture since he spent a lot of time designing the interior of airplanes.  In turn, he designed a chair to conform to the human body that creates comfort for people so they do not have to keep adjusting themselves due to discomfort.  He designed this chair to have a headrest for cranium support and to recline a certain way so too much pressure is not put on a person's tailbone while sitting for extended periods of time.  The chair was designed with the same materials as bicycle seats so the weight of the person is evenly distributed throughout the chair to avoid eventual pain due to elongated periods sitting.