Overall time took 3hours 40minutes
urban artifacts: phase 2
Author: Marcus
Certified photographer, Beauty retoucher, graphic designer, and artist
Urban Artifacts: phase 1
The three items I acquired are a rock, feather, and a broken, wooden clothes pin. Each of these have a distinct shape from one another and not one is alike. The rock is very flat on the bottom but smooth and bumpy above. The feather is small and light, as usual, very organic. Lastly the broken clothes pin just holds a unique shape but one that is mostly geometric instead of organic. I found the rock on a corner just down the block on tillary street. I assume this appeared due to the construction going on nearby. The feather was found in the center of metro tech just across the alligator floor sculpture. I predict a bird, pigeion most likely, had dropped a feather as it flew away. The broken clothes pin was found in a park in the back of a community dwelling. The most valid suggestion would be that someone had dropped, or the wind blew a clothes pin from the clothes line above. In terms of color, all three objects are dull. Hours spent working on each was about 25 minutes overall totaling to 5 hours overall.
Discovery: Avatars
Member’s Avatar
Phoenix
Observations
- Sillouette of a man
- An ipod
- The color green
- Looks as if the man is in a dance position
Interpretations
My initial interpretation of Phoenix’s avatar is that he loves music in general. I am familiar with this being an old Apple I-pod advertisement and there is an I-pod in the image therefore concluding music plays a significant role in this person’s life. Im also guessing this person’s favorite color is green just for the simple fact that these ads come in a variety of colors and dance positions but to specifically pick green i think that there’s some relevance. In all, it’s a very symbolic photo.
Paragraph
After reading Phoenix’s bio, I can justify that I was correct on the part that music plays a big role in this person’s life. Phoenix is very much into hip-hop and rap which is where the ipod comes in. It symbolically stands for his interest in the music culture. Phoenix says he sometimes draw rappers and can even have full out conversations soley on that topic. Being a person who’s into design, i can also view how this graphic relates to him. Yes its a simple silouette but there is a very effective strategy to it. For example, the contrast between the figure and the background and the contrast between the figure and the ipod. In addition, colors play a humongous role on emotions and psycology of others so i feel as if this clearly represents who phoenix is as a person and i love the icon that was chosen. Simple yet very much straight to the point.
