Ways of Seeing – FYLC Fall 2019
First Year Learning Community
This was part 1 of the project, which was to posterize the original photo
This was part 2 of the project, which was to paint the posterized image with black and white colors
And this was the 3rd and final part of the project, which was to merge our painted image with the photographic image
This project wasn’t that hard for the most part, I felt like I could’ve done better with my painting, but i feel like i did a great job.… Read More...
To get here from City tech, you’ll have to leave the school from the Johnson st exit, then across the street and you’ll find yourself on Adams st, and quickly back on Johnson st. You then walk down a block on Johnson st and make a left turn and find yourself towards the west of Cadman Plaza, so you across the street, make a right, and make your way onto Pierrepont st. From there you walk 4 blocks down, and that’s when you’ll reach 70 Pierrepont st, where i took this picture.
This picture is … Read More...
adjective
of, relating to, or being an individual or unit of mixed or diverse background or composition
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hyphenated
In, “How better photos can help you document, and shape, your neighborhood ” by Patrick Sisson he states, ‘Wolfe outlines a philosophy that reflects his multihyphenate nature, blending the artistic approach of a photographer with the rigor of a lawyer.’
In this sentence, the author uses the word Multihyphenated to describe how he has a broad way of thinking.
To get here from City tech, you’ll have to leave the school from the Johnson st exit, then across the street and you’ll find yourself on Adams st, and quickly back on Johnson st. You then walk down a block on Johnson st and make a left turn and find yourself towards the west of Cadman Plaza, so you across the street, make a right, and make your way onto Pierrepont st. From there you walk 4 blocks down, and that’s when you’ll reach 70 Pierrepont st, where i took this picture.
This picture is a great example of … Read More...
Noun
a statue of gigantic size and proportions
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colossus
In, “The Way We Live Now 11-11-01; Lost and Found” by Colson Whitehead, the author states ‘who is starting her first week of work at a Park Avenue South insurance firm, that colossus squatting over Grand Central is the Met Life Building, and for her it always will be’.
The author Colson Whitehead meant that the Met Life Building is a huge building that towers over New York City, and is one of many tall buildings in NYC that are notoriously noticeable.… Read More...
There were so many pieces of work that were amazing in their own ways, but the only one that caught my eye was this one. The repetition of shapes of colors stood out. This is a prime example of positive negative space. Overall i learned a lot from this field trip, really opened my eye to other perspectives.… Read More...
Discover:
This is where everything started, i sketched every pattern that i heard in my song which is, Drake ft Bad Bunny- MIA, this may not be 24 but these were the patterns i liked the most.
I chose my two best designs and sketched it. A lot of the patterns were wavy lines because the song has repetition.
Develop:
This was my last and final sketch with my two favorite patterns.
Something that i learned during this project is that sounds or beats play a big role in how patters are shaped. Something i would change would be my … Read More...
Samson Charles is a creative minded person whose artistic point of view shapes his academic interests in graphic design and can lead him on his path to a career in the design field. He now studies Advertising Design which is a COMD major at New York City College of Technology, in hopes of broadening his knowledge on design.
My avatar is actually a piece i created on Adobe Photoshop. One day i was just scrolling through my social media and saw these three words, “Real eyes, Realize, Real lies.” Once i saw those three words, an immediate thought was, how … Read More...
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