WEEK 8 Class Info
- Date: 10/20/23: WEEK 8 IS THE MIDTERM PRESENTATION OF YOUR INKED POSTER. This is a key part of your grade — don’t be late — find a way to get on track
DUE WEEK 8/This Week
- Poster: Fully INKED 8.5″x12″ Poster
- FINAL IS DUE THIS WEEK: -Inked -On Bristol board/Illustration Stock. -No Digital. -No Color (B&W Ink only)
- Week 7 Reading: Art Licensing: Is it for you? How does it work? https://jennarainey.com/art-licensing-if-its-for-you-and-how-it-works/ • Illustration Licensing 101 By Maggie Enterrios: https://www.littlepatterns.com/blog/illustration-licensing • A guide to copyright, licensing and illustration fees: https://www.lisamaltby.com/blog/a-licence-to-bill-understanding-copyright-licensing-and-illustration-fees • Licensing vs. Work for Hire: https://diymfa.com/writing/licensing-vs-work-for-hire/ • History Matters: A History of Ink in Six Objects: https://www.historytoday.com/history-matters/history-ink-six-objects • Timeline of Printing: https://printinghistory.org/timeline/ • Printing Newspapers 1400-1900: https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2022/04/printing-newspapers-1400-1900
Objectives
- Week 8 hops, skips and jumps into our laps having been made familiar of art & illustrations evolution alongside mankind (week 7). We delve deeper into the impact print has made for Illustrators, namely “Editorial Illustration,” while setting the scene for future weeks discussion of Political/Humor/Sequential Comics. Settle in to connect the dots of history that are alive in the present. Stay for insights that make impactful Editorial Illustrations and apply those insights across your work in the future. From here on out, we are stepping beyond the basics of Illustration and into the world that uses those basics to make a career for themselves. Future weeks will focus on the field available to Illustrators, not so much a focus on pen/pencil techniques but will keep Sketchbook assignments active to implement what we learned Weeks 1-6
Activities
Discussion
- Transition from Week 7 to Week 8 with a focus on Print and its impact on culture and how Illustration as an Industry came into it’s own.
“History is not an exploration of the past—it is an explanation of the present.”
- Lecture: Knowing how the Blombos Cave Paintings connect to the Newspaper Wars, we take a historical look at the seismic impact print has made on the modern world and the opportunities it brought about for Illustrators. Then, we go over established concepts and practices in the world of Editorial Illustration and consider the use of visual metaphors for your Assignments.
Review Assignments and Expectations for Next Week’s Class
LAB: Not expected, take off early as a reward for your hard work.
WEEK 8 PRESENTATION HERE:
Due Week 9
WEEK 8 READING
- 8 Examples of Inspiring Editorial Illustration: https://www.creativebloq.com/inspiration/8-inspiring-uses-of-editorial-illustration
- 1900–1910 A Decade for Illustrators: https://www.illustrationhistory.org/history/time-periods/the-decade-1900-1910
- Illustration: a History: http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/illustration.htm#american
- 22 Iconic Brand Mascots Since 1877: https://erinsweeneydesign.com/marketing/a-history-of-the-most-iconic-brand-mascots-since-1877/
- TMNT TimeLapse Poster by Tomer Hanuka: https://vimeo.com/105326758
HOMEWORK: Drawing The News: Intro to Editorial Illustration: STEP 1
- Source & Supply THREE (3) News Stories that inspire you personally or professionally. Seek out articles that include text that helps build visuals, look for metaphors, comparisons, analogies and components within the text that inspire visual interpretations of the article and its primary take-away. Just like Step 1 in Ideating that we know from Weeks 1-6, reading the article and doing research is part of the process before leaping into sketches or visuals. Often times there is a phrase, quote or sentence that will inspire you, or cracks the code for you to use something within the text or that you can imagine ideas that would compliment the authors intent for the article.
- Leave a comment on this post with a 1-sentence summary (expand upon the purpose/primary point/essential contents of the article being conveyed to you/the reader) and the link to the article. No Paywalls.
- If you dont post 3 articles—you’ll be assigned 1 (difficult) story. (You’ve been warned!)
- Can be magazine/fashion/tech/animals/travel/entertainment/art article or book/play/art/movie review as well!
- “The News” doesn’t have to be depressing!
FIND & POST YOUR 3 STORIES BELOW….
Honestly? just grab a paper over the weekend, find a spot to sit and get lost in the world and see what strikes you. Using your phone for this project is a great way to half-ass something you’d arguably be more effective at with a solitary focus like a newspaper…heck, odds are with a paper you’ll see more art or even an editorial illustration for the story that can serve as a reference-point for your own unique idea.
There is a false sense of urgency that is an undercurrent in the homework I receive. I can see folks grasping at the first and third ideas without the patience or dedication to understand that the 5th idea and 7th attempt are vastly more successful, having been refined and re-worked. Have confidence in yourself, but don’t be so over-confident to think that your instincts would not benefit from some re-consideration. I assure you that taking a moment to collect your thoughts and process the assignment and giving time for the answer to reveal itself naturally is a more effective and rewarding process than demanding an answer from yourself as soon as possible. Always give yourself time to let ideas sit, percolate and brew for more potent results.
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(Prof. J. messed up and forgot to make this ‘Week In Review!’ post a discussion where you can comment to leave your 3 stories — that issue is now fixed and you can post stories here)
1 example of a story I would assign (fwiw, i don’t think this one’d be *TOO* difficult to conceptualize a compelling Editorial Illustration for!)
“Watching a Solar Eclipse Without The Right Filters Can Cause Eye Damage. Here’s why” • Nell Greenfieldboyce wrote an informative Health-based article for NPR informing people of the upcoming April 8th eclipse and how to safely view this rare event by outlining certain methods and manufacturers that wont permanently damage your vision. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/03/18/1238944697/get-ready-april-8-eclipse-glasses-eye-safety-damage-protection-doctors
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/platonic-love/202311/finding-your-chosen-family
Franco, Marisa G. Finding Your Chosen Family, 2023, http://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/platonic-love/202311/finding-your-chosen-family.
Love the people you love, that’s it.
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2024/01/trends-hope-greater-meaning-life
Abramson, Ashley. “Hope as the Antidote.” Monitor on Psychology, American Psychological Association, 1 Jan. 2024, http://www.apa.org/monitor/2024/01/trends-hope-greater-meaning-life.
The current situation isn’t all there is.
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2023/06/cover-story-science-friendship
Abrams, Zara. “The Science of Friendship.” Monitor on Psychology, American Psychological Association, 1 June 2023, http://www.apa.org/monitor/2023/06/cover-story-science-friendship.
Love your friends, they deserve it.
U.S hits new low in World Happiness Report
https://www.axios.com/2024/03/20/world-happiness-america-low-list-countries
Although this article talks about some countries being lower than others in terms of happiness, I think I could visualize a world where everyone is at peace.
See ‘Arthur’ gang all grown up as series ends in emotional finale
https://www.today.com/parents/parents/arthur-gang-grown-pbs-series-finale-rcna17202
The ending of the tv show Arthur was emotional for many fans who grew up with the show including myself. I think that I could try and visualize the impact of the show on our world or at least the lessons that Arthur tried to teach us.
‘Ted Lasso’ is not what you think
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/09/opinions/ted-lasso-season-2-perry-gabriele/index.html
Ted Lasso was an important show for us as a society. It taught us life lessons and to never give up on our goals. One possible way that I could visualize this is someone chasing their goals with depictions of hurdles on a track before hitting the finish line.
1st News Story
Title/Article Name: Smartphones and social media hurt teens. What choice do parents have?
Summary: The article is about teenagers spending too much time with their phones that will cause anxiety, stress, depression, and how it can lead to increased risk of mental health problems.
Link: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-05-22/smartphones-and-social-media-hurt-teens-but-parents-face-a-hard-choice
Where did you get the article from?: The LA Times (The Los Angeles Times)
Citation: Guerrero, J (2023). Smartphones and social media hurt teens. What choice do parents have? Los Angeles Times
2nd News Story
Title/Article Name: Crowded Subways? Yes, in Neighborhoods Where People Have to Go to Work
Summary: This article is about a surge of commuters in other boroughs reacting to what it’s like to be on a crowded NYC Subway car and how it is struggling for them to get to their homes, their jobs and their destinations.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/nyregion/subway-ridership-mta.html
Where did you get the article from?: The New York Times
Citation: Goldbaum, C (2020). Crowded Subways? Yes, in Neighborhoods Where People Have to Go to Work. The New York Times
3rd and Last News Story
Title/Article Name: A viral tsunami: How the underestimated coronavirus took over the world
Summary (One Sentence): This article is about how COVID-19 has turned the world upside down. Everything has been impacted. Also it explains how the Coronavirus pandemic became a global threat in society from 2020 to present.
Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/03/09/coronavirus-spread-world/
Where did you get the article from?: The Washington Post
Citation: Achenbach, J (2021). A viral tsunami: How the underestimated coronavirus took over the world. The Washington Post
Plant trees. Save lives.
George, Z. S. (2022, July 13). Can planting a trillion new trees save the world?. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/13/magazine/planting-trees-climate-change.html
“mental illness is like any other illness”
Malla, A., Joober, R., & Garcia, A. (2015, May). “mental illness is like any other medical illness”: A critical examination of the statement and its impact on patient care and Society. Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience : JPN. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4409431/
The menace of air pollution doesn’t command public attention as it did in the 1960s
Appelbaum, B. (2022, April 19). Enough about climate change. air pollution is killing us now. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/19/opinion/air-pollution-fossil-fuels.html
1st News Article Title: Video gaming may be associated with better cognitive performance in children
Summary: This article talks about a study of the benefits of playing video games in children.
Link: https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/video-gaming-may-be-associated-better-cognitive-performance-children
Citation: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2023, April 20). Video gaming may be associated with better cognitive performance in children. National Institutes of Health. https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/video-gaming-may-be-associated-better-cognitive-performance-children
2nd News Article Title: Why eating colourful food is good for you
Summary: This article explains about the importance of implementing a variety of fruits and vegetables to your diet.
Link: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210917-why-eating-colourful-food-is-good-for-you
Citation: Brown, J. (2022, February 24). Why eating colourful food is good for you. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210917-why-eating-colourful-food-is-good-for-you
3rd News Article Title: Nintendo Switch ‘Suyu’ emulator offline following DMCA takedown
Summary: This article talks about the DMCA shutdown of a nintendo switch emulator.
Link: https://overkill.wtf/suyu-emulator-removed-from-gitlab/
Citation: Brandrick, C. (2024, March 21). Nintendo Switch “suyu” emulator offline following DMCA takedown. overkill.wtf. https://overkill.wtf/suyu-emulator-removed-from-gitlab/
Researchers found that smartphone use diminishes enjoyment and pleasure derived from face-to-face engagements
Life Advice: Put Your Phone Away, Please https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-interrogated-brain/202403/life-advice-put-your-phone-away-please
Neuralink can control computers only using the brain.
Neuralink livestream shows paralyzed person playing chess on laptop https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/neuralink-livestream-shows-paralyzed-person-playing-chess-laptop-rcna144374
Apple is being sued by the US for monopoly power.
Apple sued in a landmark iPhone monopoly lawsuit https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/21/tech/apple-sued-antitrust-doj/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc
Brittany Greene-Lee
1st News Story
Title/Article Name: NYC unveils first anti-littering campaign in 15 years
Summary: The Department of Sanitation launched an anti-littering campaign to stop littering in NY to help keep the city clean.
Link: https://www.silive.com/news/2023/04/nyc-unveils-first-anti-littering-campaign-in-15-years.html
Where did you get the article from?: Si Live
Citation: Ostapiuk, Joseph. “NYC Unveils First Anti-littering Campaign in 15 Years.” Silive, 10 Apr. 2023
2nd News Story
Title/Article Name: NYC unveils first anti-littering campaign in 15 years
Summary: The importance of mental awareness and explaining what mental illness is. Also, it lists common health conditions such as anxiety and mood disorders.
Link: https://www.pinerest.org/newsroom/articles/mental-health-awareness-blog/
Where did you get the article from?: Pinerest
Citation: Holthaus, J. (2019, May 2). The Importance of Mental Health Awareness – Pine Rest Newsroom. Pinerest.
3rd News Story
Title/Article Name: The Importance of Good Nutrition for Kids
Summary: The importance of healthy eating for children and lists the benefits of it and the main nutrients.
Link: https://www.nationwidechildrens.org/family-resources-education/700childrens/2021/03/importance-good-nutrition-kids
Where did you get the article from?: Nationwide Children
Citation: Decker, E. (2021, March 11). The Importance of Good Nutrition for Kids.
Title:
THE PROPERTY BROTHERS
Link: https://www.hgtv.com/shows/property-brothers-forever-home
Article found at HGTV & DREAM HOME MAGAZINE
This HGTV show with the Scott Brothers are inspiring and entertaining. I enjoy watching and also like looking through their magazines for inspiration for my personal and professional interests. I am interested in Architecture, home remodeling and decoration. This is all about that. It’s fun and inspiring to see their work.
Title: STATUS and CULTURE
Author: W. David Marx.
Link: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/659558/status-and-culture-by-w-david-marx/9780593296707“
Editorial Reviews
Review
Praise for Status and Culture:
“The best explanation I’ve read for our current cultural malaise comes at the end of W. David Marx’s forthcoming Status and Culture, a book. . . that subtly altered how I see the world.”
—Michelle Goldberg, New York Times (“The Book That Explains Our Cultural Stagnation”)
“Status and Culture is a valiant attempt at one of those grand cultural theories that academics don’t do so much anymore, one that argues that the internet is better at driving ephemeral fads than era-defining trends and explains why our collective vibe feels so stuck in time.”
—Vulture (“Books We Can’t Wait to Read This Fall”)
“Marx is engaging. . . . He’s done his homework, collating the zingers and wisdom of some of our best cultural critics, sociologists, and philosophers — from Chuck Klosterman and Glenn O’Brien to Mary Douglas and, naturally, Pierre Bourdieu.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“Marx’s book is wide-ranging, touching on everything from music to mega-yachts to explain the mechanisms of culture: the way trends work, how taste is formed, why Roman emperors were totally obsessed with squashing purple dye-excreting sea snails.”
—GQ
“Marx’s Status and Culture is a disarming, engaging study defined by its contradictory features: It’s a depressing book that’s fun to read, it’s heavily sourced while always seeming original, and it consistently posits theories I’d never previously considered that instantly feel obvious.”
—Chuck Klosterman, author of The Nineties
“Why are you the way that you are? Status and Culture explains nearly everything about the things you choose to be—and how the society we live in takes shape in the process.”
—B.J. Novak, writer and actor
“Definitive. Status and Culture is a dazzling survey of status in all its aspects—how it operates and why we crave it. A major achievement.”
—Nik Cohn, author of Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom
“Status and Culture is both a rigorous social analysis and a delightful guilty pleasure. And that may be Marx’s whole point: it is in our pop and countercultural fascinations that we find the clues to what matters to us as a society. A rich, deliciously detailed celebration of our indefatigable drive to create, and a heartfelt call for us to retrieve the virtuosity that distinguishes the true art of any age.”
—Douglas Rushkoff, author, Present Shock, Team Human, and Survival of the Richest
“Working with a delightfully boundless palette of references—Chanel jackets, grain silos, Jacob the Jeweler, Japanese pop star beauty standards, and a surprisingly revelatory diversion into Magnolia Bakery and the cupcake craze of the mid-aughts—W. David Marx constructs a fantastic treatise on why things become popular and how our own impulses and choices contribute to trends. Marx has framed a truly original and engaging dissection destined to sit alongside Paul Fussell and Digby Baltzell on the bookshelves of aspiring Whit Stillmans.”
—Rachel Seville Tashjian, Fashion News Director of Harper’s Bazaar, and writer of Opulent Tips newsletter
“Marx thoroughly explains complex subjects, breaking down the necessary elements and bolstering his points with research and examples that are both plentiful and entertaining. . . . Compellingly readable—essential for anyone desiring a deeper understanding of status inequity.”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“An ambitious and invigorating look at how the pursuit of social status drives cultural change and innovation. . . . Marx lucidly synthesizes a vast array of academic theories amid sharp and entertaining discussions of the Beatles’ moptops, sneakerhead culture, episodes of Lassie and Sex and the City, and more. This is a stimulating and persuasive explanation of how culture works.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“W. David Marx has done it again. He tackles the ‘Grand Mystery of Culture’ this time with all the verve of a Thorstein Veblen and all the research of a Pierre Bourdieu in his examination of the significant theories of what culture is and how it actually works. I can’t think of another study of this subject that is so much at the nexus of anthropology/sociology/philosophy/and social psychology today as this one in understanding where the concepts of class, status, fashion, personal identity, mass media, and technology come together to give us a map of how culture functions as a system, and offers us a conceptual framework for what we identify as culture.”
—G. Bruce Boyer, author of True Style
“If you’re reading this, you are a human person in this world and you fit into society one way or another. With Status and Culture, W. David Marx has taken on a task I considered impossible, and he peeled off every single layer to get to the answer of why we are who we are in the eyes of others.”
—Jason Diamond, author of The Sprawl: Reconsidering the Weird American Suburbs
“It feels good to be asked to ‘blurb’ a respected author’s book, and Culture and Status explains exactly why that is—why we all seek status—in a way only the very particular David, who seeks truth about the human condition through examining why we want the things we want, could. The examples of status struggles and successes in popular culture, from Metropolitan and My-So Called Life to Coco Chanel and John Waters, couldn’t be more spot on—and satisfying for the reader.”
—Lauren Sherman, Chief Correspondent, The Business of Fashion
“[Status and Culture] really gave me a new way to think both about these hidden forces of the zeitgeist and also about this feeling that I think a lot of people have of stuckness with where we are now and the particular role of the internet in creating that feeling.”
—Michelle Goldberg, on the “The Ezra Klein Show”
“W. David Marx is one of the great culture writers at work today, and this book—which manages to balance an astute contemporary pop sensibility with the elegance and clarity of public-facing sociology in its midcentury heyday—is both a revelation and a pleasure.”
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, author of A Sense of Direction
“Marx points a brilliant x-ray at the atomic units of human behavior, exploring how and why people do the things they do—meticulously crafting individual identities while all having the same haircut. A useful (and detailed!) framework for postmodern existence.”
—Dan Frommer, founder of The New Consumer
About the Author
W. David Marx is a longtime writer on culture based in Tokyo and the author of Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Lapham’s Quarterly, Popeye, The New Republic, and Vox. –This text refers to the hardcover edition.
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This book got my attention, because the media is a big influence in almost everyones’s life. One of the many social media like Instagram for example has big impact
on the young generation’s behavior, and how they want to portray themselves and be influenced by strangers. The social rank and the approval from strangers on social media
became popular and many people can’t live without it. Sometimes loosing themselves and becoming what the media influences them to be.
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Title: The RE:Fashion Wardrobe
Sustainable Wardrobe.
This book inspired me because I care and value sustainability. There are great ideas and teachings about how to re-use used clothes to make new ones.
That a great way to save money, recycle and to help the environment.
Link: http://www.followingthethread.ca/2023/10/weekend-review-refashion-wardrobe.html
1.’How Bad Can It Get For Hollywood?’ Opinion Article from TheNewYorkTimes
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/01/opinion/oscars-hollywood-extinction-event.html
Article from March 1st, about the Hollywood box Office and the upcoming award season. The illustration (by Tomi Um) attached to this one already does a good job at conveying the article as well as getting my attention, as I had the thumbnail for this article saved on my phone and used it as reference when thumbnailing for my midterm illustration as to what an editorial illustration could look like. The articles headline also provides for a variety of ideas I could possibly illustrate.
2. ‘One man’s Army of Streaming Bots Reveals a Whole Industry’s Problem’
https://www.wired.com/story/streaming-bots-spotify/
Article is about a man from Denmark who was arrested for faking streams on to Spotify and Apple music for profit. The topic is relevant to me as I have some interest in the shadiness of the music industry and always want to know more about the ‘Record Breaking’ new music that is measured by streams instead of physical sales. The topic and headline also feels open to interpretation.
3. ‘A Group Of Artists Just Replaced the MTA’s Ads with Pro-Palestine Posters’
https://hellgatenyc.com/artists-replaced-mta-ads-with-pro-palestine-posters
This article is about artists (graphic designers specifically) using their talent for a good cause. The guerilla marketing tactic is bold and creative, reminding the masses of the horrific events occurring outside of our bubble. This article appeals to me in more then one way and for that reason I think it’d be a good candidate to make an illustration for.