Fall 2017 | COMD1100_LC08 | Prof. Spevack

Author: ericdeon1

Sound Visualizations: Phase 1

The song I chose for this project is “Black Star” by The Faceless. The song starts up with heavy snare hits and a staccato style riff that is is repeated for different verses within the song. The Faceless are a death metal/ prog band from LA that encompasses legato and staccato playing to give their songs depth and diversity for droned out tranquil atmosphere yet hellish speedy breakdowns.

While interpreting the sounds, I envisioned circles, loops (which identify  their legato moments that stem from the bass and guitar)  and a lot of straight geometric lines (which identify their drum patterns and even rhythmic guitar patterns) fusing to create the uproar that is Black Star.

 

Urban Artifact: Phase 4

Our first project “Urban Artifact” consisted of many design principles. We learned to play around with space, ultimately understanding the basics of ambiguous vs obvious figures. We learned about different shapes and how organic or geometric figures can change the entire landscape and emotion of a project. Personally I thoroughly enjoyed project one because the base of it began with our own experience and connection with the initial pictures we took right outside of class.  We steadily became familiar with the ground work of graphic design and mapped out the steps to creating a cohesive project.

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Urban Artifacts Phase 1

 

 

 

The history of each photograph is intriguing as there are limitless possibilities on how each snapshot came to be. My favorite of the bunch is the picture of the cigarettes butts with random trash around it. Its clear that the spot these cigarettes were snapped are popular among City Tech students as it was on the pavement on campus property. The image captures both organic shapes like the cigarettes and organic shapes like the crumpled paper towel.

The ambiguous photos capture a lot of the “nature” and organic ground that make up the city sidewalks. You can’t pinpoint exactly what is in the small patches of rock and dirt but there’s a ton of garbage, sticks, leaves and random organic shapes. Im particularly fond of the ambiguous style in the sense that you can manipulate the imagery with the right imagination to see something different every time.