Art

Something that I have been interested in learning more about has been art. I remember my middle school teacher talking about the different forms of art, but within middle school I was a very naive kid; I didn’t really enjoy learning about art. Lately, the issue has caught my eye again. I know that many people are not familiar with the different forms of art and artist. From what I have heard, art is very complicated because it consist of a mixture of different color, creativity, and it must be attractive to the eye. For example, I heard that an artist Chester Higgins, Jr.

In this project, you start by opening the Scratch program. You have to learn to use Scratch first. Make your own backgrounds at Stage and either import or create your own sprite. Give them things to do like speak, think, make noise, move and lots of other things. You will have to assign these things to a specific sprite. You will have to give the background something like switching its “costume”. To make a continuous conversation one after another, you will have to use hats and to broadcast things to make it work well.

Edgar Degas: La classe de danse(The Dancing Class) France c. 1873-75

Historical background

Degas regularly went to the Paris opera house, not only as a member of the audience, but as a visitor backstage and in the dance studio, where he introduced by a friend who played in the orchestra.From the 1870s until his death, Degas's favorite subjects were ballerinas at work, in rehearsal or at rest.He tirelessly explored the theme with many variations in posture and gesture.Degas closely observed the most spontaneous, natural, ordinary gestures, the pauses when concentration is relaxed and the body slumps after the exhausting effort of practicing and the implacable rigour of the class.

:) :) How do you see yourself? Maybe using a mirror, or psychology, a general description of judgement. By creating an avatar, you can look into a mirror and see a whole new you; inside and out! The requirements of this project were to have a symbol to represent each of the following:
--Your ethnicity/culture
--Your personality, talent, or interests
--What school you attend
--A modified picture of yourself

For the last unit in my school, I was learning about online profiles(avatars). This is an online profile I created. To create an avatar like this you will require the computer, photo-editing programs, an avatar-making website(in this case "tektek.net"). You choose what you want your avatar to be like and customize it to your liking. You add extra items and things that you will want your avatar to have to show your character physically and mentally. You should also add things that involve culture, hobbies, and religion.

Throughout this semester, I learned a lot of different concepts in photography. I also discovered one of my favorite ways to shoot is through portraits. Portrait shots always turn out different than planned, but that is what I enjoy most about it. While shooting the "Book Worm" photo, I played with angles. It gave an impression like she was standing up and I was shooting from above her, but in reality she was laying down and I was above her.

Using blog and twitter searches to find information about Ai Weiwei was interesting because for the most part I just came across stuff that I already know about him. They were for the most part about Ai's use of his Twitter and blog to spread the word about social justice. Something interesting that I learned about him is that Ai has used strategies that the government uses to oppress him to humiliate the government.

The first article I read focused on how Britain, during 1939-1945, had three arms for fighting: the army, the navy, and the air force. Propaganda was so prevalent that it was considered to be the fourth arm. “Its basic aim was to break the enemy’s morale and ultimately the will to fight and, in so doing, boost the morale of friendly elements under enemy occupation.” Forms of propaganda included rumors (“whispers” or “sibs” in the jargon of wartime), radio, and printed material. Printed material usually consisted of leaflets.

Is graffiti art or a crime? I remember once my brother and I were having a conversation about whether graffiti is art or a crime and we were debating about the difference between art and graffiti.

We came to a decision that graffiti is something that expresses people's emotions or messages that they want to show to the public. Something positive was okay. Yet we did say that graffiti, if it represents gang territory or to get some fame for their hood, was just plain wrong.

When I take pictures, its really hard to be "artsy" as some people say. When taking photographs of nature and objects, you have to have just the right angle and lighting. I've been the best at doing those kind of photos, and prefer taking photographs of people - whether alone or in groups. My stepfather is letting me use his camera, a canon EOS rebel, and when I started taking pictures I noticed how much detail the camera is able to capture (either on the subjects face or clothing).