- arrangement in a straight line, or in correct or appropriate relative positions. These are typically left, right, center, top and bottom.
having parts that fail to correspond to one another in shape, size, or arrangement; lacking symmetry.
Source: Google Translate
I learned those word from the COMD1100. When I draw the any type of the figure, I have to understand of the balance of the principles. Those is the the one of the balance, called Asymmetrical balance.
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Xingfu, Ye
From zhejiang, China
Great Position
Pigma Micron 05, and PITT artist Big brush.
To convey a great postion, Xingfu draw Lines and solid bridges to support the center where the words “Great position” are. He is trying to show that how a great position is like, a great position is where the surrounds are supporting the position to make it a great position.
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Xingfu, Ye
From zhejiang, China
Death and life
Pigma Micron 05, and PITT artist Big brush.
To convey life and death in the image, Xingfu drew circles and line taps, half of which were filled in with black ink and the other half left blank. The idea was came from the text, the words “dead,” and “live”. He’s trying to express that live and death are so close.
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Xingfu, Ye
From zhejiang, China
Twisted space
Pigma Micron 05, and PITT artist Big brush.
In Twisted space, Xingfu drew a snake like tape goes in circle like a sea shield. He is trying to express how a twisted space look like, a twisted space in his mind is like a space that has no end and it keep continue twisting.
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YingYang Zhang
Born in KaiPing, China
Route of Dreams
X-Acto knife, black bristol, and glue
To represent Of Mice and Men’s themes of dreams and loneliness, Yang used an X-Acto knife to cut out shapes of a dark cloud, lightning, and a bird from black bristol, then glued them on the page to create the obvious composition. The dark cloud and the lightning stand for the obstacles of our dreams, and the bird is used to represent loneliness.
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YingYang Zhang
Born in KaiPing, China
Broken
No. 6H pencil and black big brush
To represent Of Mice and Men’s theme of sacrifice, Yang used a No. 6H pencil and a black big brush to create the concept of pattern. Yang used the No.6H pencil to draw the shape of the pattern, then filled it with the black big brush. The irregular lines staggered together makes it look like a broken mirror, represent the idea of sacrifice.
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YingYang Zhang
Born in KaiPing, China
Freedom
No. 6H pencil and black big brush
In Freedom, Yang used a No. 6H pencil and a black big brush to create the concept of overlap. Yang first used the No.6H pencil to draw the outline, then filled it with the black big brush. In this page, you only see part of the heart. And the heart is separating in birds shape. Presenting the idea of freedom.
New York city, one of the most sumptuous cities in this universe. Consisting of surplus people who come from different backgrounds, distinctive cultures, who all hold different values. Contrasted through physical features; black, white, tan,tall, thick, skinny, but still remaining as one. New York is an overlap personified and has been for many centuries. Despite differences, people come together through an aesthetic consensus which eventually varies from generation to generation. Ultimately, the aesthetic of older generations revolved around large scale public works in comparison to today’s generation who’s aesthetics are based more on public art. Although they are two different views they can be found in overlaps.
In the past, New York was never as upgraded and innovative as it is today. In fact, New York’s progressive era did not begin until the 20th century. But through out this period, the country’s economy hit a crisis on October 19, 1929 known as The Great Depression. The crisis caused many negative factors to outburst such as deflation, a drop in demand for credit, disruption of trade and ultimately a widespread of poverty and unemployment. In response to this crisis, A New Deal was proposed and the birth of The Public Works Administration (PWA) was created. Seeking to revive the country’s economy, the PWA provided numerous jobs dealing with the building of public infastructures. In all, the PWA helped build the economy, provide people with a better way of living, and introduce prominent structures that were much needed. Projects that provided public welfare was aesthetically pleasing for this time, especially since the country was in need of all the help possible.
Present day, aesthetics aim toward public art. Introduced by The New Deal, public art carries a whole new genre today. In the past, it was predominatly used for propaganda purposes. Current time, it is used as an outlet to engage people with reality and provide conceptual messages. An example is Olek Says’: Rule #1 never be #2. This artwork sends a message to viewers about self-exaltation. Olek connects individuals to reality by reminding that there are people out there who suffer from self abasement. To interpret the concept, critical thinking is involved. One viewer may interpret and apply this message personally or another may ponder about the treatment of others. There are numerous assumptions that can be made. Artwork of all mediums can be found throughout the city whether its murals or sculptures themselves. Benches in Brooklyn Bridge park consist of weird shapes and colors, the Brooklyn Queens expressway underpass is home to two beautiful murals. It is evident today’s generation finds incorporating artwork into the public domain visually appealing and significant in keeping humans aware.
Despite the distinctive aesthetics, they can be found overlapped in current day. A great example that showcases an overlap are the “YES!” murals located under the BQE underpass. The works from the new generation literally overlap the BQE which in fact is a prominent structure to NYC. Although both overlap, they work together to create emphasis on one another. The color from the mural helps the underpass stand out while the large scale of the underpass helps to project the mural. This is how using both artistic tastes can balance each other out while still upgrading the overall look. The overlap generates more audience from all over. In a conceptual way, the underpass is like a doorway into Dumbo. In a reading titled City Limits , Colson Whitehead writes “The city also puts a lot of effort into making your hometown look really drab and tiny”. This line showcases that regaurdless of generation, the focus is to make the city appear superior and utopian.
Throughout time New York has lived to see many phases go by. Whether it was the 20’s, or the 40’s or the 70’s, New York has survived many marks and scribbles from countless generations. That being said there are overlaps all around us but sometimes arent that noticeable to the eye because they work seamlessly into your mind. There is a balance between what is and what was and together those two things will always coexist side by side. Like Whitehead says “The city saw all that. Remembers too.” (City Limits, 9) That quote displays how the city has been through history of all kind and remembers through various stains left behind.\
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My five locations are:
Hill Country Chicken
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It’Sugar
My Little Pizzeria
Juniors
Camden Plaza Park
I chose these places because I love food and these are some of my favorite places to eat downtown. They’re also some of the best places in Brooklyn, if I do say so myself. Of course when someone comes to Brooklyn, you have to take them to the first Junior’s ever. For one thing, the food and service are great, but the desserts are to die for. The desserts are also really big, but I’m not complaining. I chose Camden Plaza Park because I also like being outside and listening to the sounds around me or lay on the grass and look at the clouds. This park also contains a special monument to those who participated in Brooklyn during WWII. Since I was born and raised in Brooklyn, I know the area pretty well and there are so many great things downtown that people would probably over look.
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Brandy Ortiz
Born 1997 in Bronx,NY
Lives and studies in New York
Picture Perfect Family 2015
Pigma Micron Pens(0.2, 0.5 and Brush) and Faber-Castell Brush Pen
Ortiz transformed Brimstone and its thriller theme into one with a theme of family gathering. Behind this composition through the revealed text, the artist depicts a family that enjoys getting together. By outlining the frame with micron pens followed by blacking out the rest of the page, the frame within the margin area transforms the text to make it look like a family portrait.
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Brandy Ortiz
Born 1997 in Bronx,NY
Lives and studies in New York
Love exist 2015
Scissors and Pencils(HB-6B)
The artist transforms Brimstone theme of thriller into a theme of love. The concept behind this composition is that through the revealed text, Ortiz depicts that love is a great feeling to have in the world we live in. Most of the page is shaded by pencil and represents low key. The heart shows that love will always be there even when surrounded by darkness.
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Brandy Ortiz
Born 1997 in Bronx,NY
Lives and studies in New York
Picture Perfect Family 2015
Pigma Micron Pens(0.2, 0.5 and Brush) and Faber-Castell Brush Pen
Drawing inspiration from Phillips’s Humument project, Ortiz transformed Brimstone and its thriller theme into one with a theme of relaxing. The artists uses inking pens to create a figure and ground image of a boy relaxing on a beach. The revealed text brings a setting of a cool sensation from being surrounded by an ocean breeze.
Every day we walk on the same route to school or work. We are tired of the view on our route. We no longer feel curious about the view or want to look at it one more time. Our life becomes boring. Life should not be like that, life should be full of vitality, passion, coloring, changes, and new things. When you discover a new thing, you would feel your passion and curiosity again. And this app will guide you discover a new route, which can rekindle your passion and color your life. A new route is not just a new route, you are going to find out lots of unexpected things on it.
New York City is the most populous city in the United State and one of the biggest city in the world. The huge population makes the city become fast-paced and noisy. Every day after the sun comes out, the city is awake. Then the noise starts permeating in the air. People are making noise; trains are making noise; cars are making noise; etc. The more people, the more noise. And we are tired of those noises. But we can’t stop them. Even though we can stop them, the place we are living in is no longer New York City. The noise is New York City’s voice. But what can we do to those noises? The answer is we don’t need to do anything to them! We just need to find a quiet place and take a good rest. And this app would guide you escape from the noisy and enjoy a moment of quiet and peace!
The five new places we are going to experience today are Cadman Plaza Park, Hillside park, Hillside park, Harry Chapin Playground, Fort Stirling Park, and Brooklyn Heights Promenade. All those five places are related to our theme today– quite. If you look at the map, you would find out that they all located around Brooklyn Heights. Take a left turn after you head out of City Tech. Then turn right on Tillary Street and go straight to Cadman Plaza W. Finally Turn right on Cadman Plaza W and keep going to Old Fluton Street. And you will see our first place — Cadman Plaza Park. If you meet that park in summer, it would give you a feeling of fresh and lively. It has a big area of lawn and trees around. People play around on the lawn. And you would have an impulse to lay down on the lawn and listen to the trees. Since it is fall now, the park seems not as lively as summer. But for instead, it would give you a feeling of quiet and peace. The park becomes yellow. Not many people in the park, birds are gone. I would say the park is sleeping. It is so quiet and calm. When you walking in that park, don’t forget to close your eyes for a while. You would forget this noisy city and feel unprecedented peace. Let’s turn left on Old Fluton Street, then turn left on Vine Street. There is the Hillside park. This park is smaller than the Cadman Plaza Park, but it also has a lot of trees around it. There are tables and chairs in the park. Eat your lunch without any annoying voices here! Keep walking on Vine Street then turn left on Columbia Heights and keep going down. You would see the Harry Chapin Playground, the Fort Stirling Park, and the Brooklyn Height. All of them are the good places for you to take a good break from this noisy city.
After walking on this route and seeing so much green. You must feeling brand new now. You must discover the tranquility that you have been seeking for. This tranquility might change you, becasue it would calm your irritable mind or comfort you from something that goes wrong. The noise in the city is just like the things that make you upset. And we just need to take a break. Everthing is going to be as easy as open this app~
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. If you take time to really look at simple things you will come to realize that they really are beautiful. The surrounding beautiful, natural scenery spreads out before our eyes. It makes our spirits are cheered up and refreshed. True happiness comes from nature, the peaceful and beautiful environment is indeed enjoyable. Take some time out of the working day to enjoy by walking through into the environment.
This route begins at the General Building, when you exit to the Johnson st and turn right side to the Cadman Plz E. Walk through the Tillary St, the Brooklyn War Memorial will appear in front of you. There have the memorial,that designed by the architectural firm of Eggers and Higgins. Building adorned by two large figures, one at either end of front facade. That depict a male warrior on the left and a female with a child to the right – symbols of victory and family. The other one of my location is Hillside Park, is one of the dog parks in New York City. This park can be the one of the green lungs of an urban area. A walk in the park can calm our strained nerves, which is very quaint, very clean, and quite beautiful.
The other beauty in nature place is Brooklyn Bridge, is a park on the Brooklyn side of the East River in New York City. It’s a recreational, environmental and cultural destination enjoyed by visitors to New York City. There have a perfect view of the Manhattan, when you gaze afar into the Manhattan, the skyline at night from the those Building at Brooklyn Bridge Park. The panoramic view are marvelous. Also, the park have an alley when you walk through the alley, the surrounding view make you feel more comfortable and enjoyable into the nature environment. Looking at beauty in the alley, make me remind to the life is not always perfect. Like the alley, it has many bends, ups and down, but that’s its beauty and silent. “Nature is good for us launched scores of studies. Researchers reported stress reduction, improved attention, “mental restoration,” better health, increased longevity.” (Begley, Sharon Do We Really Need Nature? August 12, 2015 Web. November 18, 2015). Everyone have to take sometime into nature, because we never noticed the beauty in nature that we were too busy trying to enjoy it. Look deep into nature, then you will understand everything better.
Keep walking to the end of the Brooklyn Bridge Park, you will see the boat ramp on the right side, have the other perfect view of the Manhattan. Then you can completely see the Pier 2 at Brooklyn Bridge Park in front of your face. It is dedicated to active recreation, contains over five acres of basketball, and over half an acre of artificial play turf, fitness equipment, and picnic tables available for walk-up use. A wide promenade wraps around the pier. It is one of the park have perfect promenade view includes the physical exercise fitness equipment and places. This is the different location of other places, is cross-over with physical exercise and beauty-in-nature. There is able to enjoy quietness and provide the area for visitors strengthen muscles & keep fit. It is kill two birds with one stone.
Where the beauty of nature and the freedom to breathe fresh air is all part of what is worth living for. Making the first change of your routine, you will really gains a different experience of your day, while it is the simple easy step. Every step can bring a lot of unpredictable things happen, but never ever stop to find the beauty in nature. Tale a moment to enjoy the beauty of nature, take a deep breath, relax…enjoy the rest of your day.
noun plural
source: Merriam
I encountered this word from one of someone’s bibliography: ” The Advantages of a New Perspective: A Literary Walk in Brooklyn Heights”. I know “illuminate”, but never heard about “illuminati”. Most people don’t know this word because this is not a universal word, so I put it as one of my glossary to let more people learn the meaning of it.
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