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Fall 2017 | COMD1100_LC08 | Prof. Spevack

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Midterm Post

November 13, 2017 / / 0 Comments

So far this semester I’ve learned a lot and accomplished way more than I thought I would and if I’m going to be completely honestly I’m extremely proud of myself. From project #1 to project #3 I’ve had so much fun learning new things and really pushing myself to do the best I can. The strange thing is that these projects actually changed the way I view things for example I was talking with my friends one day and we were Times Square and we saw this really cool billboard and without thinking I started talking about how it was a good use of figure ground relationship and they stared at me with a blank look on they’re faces and it was so funny to me because not to long ago that would’ve been me giving the blank stare. Overall I’m extremely pleased with what we’ve been doing so far and I can’t wait to learn more.

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/spevackcomd1100fa2017/2017/09/14/urban-artifacts-phase-3/

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/spevackcomd1100fa2017/2017/10/18/sound-visualization-phase-3/

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/spevackcomd1100fa2017/2017/11/13/value-added-portraits-phase-3-5/

Midterm Post

November 9, 2017 / / 0 Comments

I have to sum up everything I learned from the three projects we’ve completed.

I’m always late, that’s what I’ve learned, but also…

 

I liked Urban Artifacts

This is where we first started doing work. I had fun with this one. This is where I throw in vocab words so it looks like I’m following instructions; 4-step design process taught us how to be organized and present our work in a professional manner, figure/ground relationship is basically subject and anything supporting it, and thumbnails is just a professional way of saying doodles.

 

Sound Visualizations was so wavy!!!

I want to do more work like this! The Adobe suite programs honestly intimidate me, but when we started doing this project (!!!) I had so much fun; I wish I could’ve made a whole video for the Runaway song I used.

This project, if you strip the vocab terms and details, was basically listening to music, drawing shapes, and making them move. I COULD DO THAT ALL DAY!!!

More vocab. I picture Staccato and Legato as two people; staccato is short and runs as fast as they can, and legato has long legs and takes their time to take a step. Boom! Explained (drops mic)

 

(picks mic back up)

Grey is STILL grey in Value-Added Portraits

I really JUST explained it in the previous post. I wanted to come back as a dog in the next life. I changes my mind because of this project. Cool project IDEA, but grey is still just grey to me. It’s very neutral. Apparently, professional artists have provided even MORE vocab to explain grey.

First, I wanna call out the guy who made ‘WHITE’ the ‘KEY’ in black/grey art; is he LOWKEY racist (pun completely intended)?

I kinda like this set of vocab, it sounds artsy. Lowkey and Highkey are the differences between the amount of light in a grayscale piece. We learned spectrum and I got so excited, but then Professor Spevack showed us greyscale and I died a little inside. A broad spectrum is where everything in the whole spectrum is included, and narrow is where only a few shades are included. Monochromatic is the use of a single shade of either black, white, and/or grey, whereas chromatic is the use of multiple shades of B, W, and/or G.

 

I learned I’m bad at keeping a steady hand when painting.

I feel like we were working in the dark ages with all of these colourless projects! I did learn a lot from these projects; photography, drawing with microns, listening intently to music, seeing figures, doodling as homework, photoshop’s features, and grey.

I’m excited for colour.

Midterm Post

November 8, 2017 / / 0 Comments

Urban Artifacts: Phase 4

Sound Visualizations: Phase 4

Value-Added Phase 4

 

All three projects were all very different.  I first learned about the design process and the four phases that consist of the process (discover, define, develop, and deliver). The urban artifacts project I learned the elements of figure (positive space) and ground (negative space).  practicing with thumbnails I cropped and re-positioned my compositions. Creating organic and geometric shapes of ambiguous and obvious figure/ground inked compositions. The sound visualization project we started with sounds creating lines of monotony and variety.  Learning the elements with sound and lines I was introduced to two forms of music, Legato and Staccato. With these forms of music  I created three different patterns. Then a  mashup composition of repetitive lines, framed and scaled, creating rhythm with lines. I then finished with an animated the composition, using Photoshop and two songs. Changing shape,  position, motion and opacity of each pattern. The value-added project I used a photo of myself to create four collages.  With the elements of value I created two predominately high key narrow range, and two predominately low key broad range collages. Using shadow, contrast, highlight, emphasis and a focal point I was able to form a sense of a mood with black an white at different scales. Cutting  and tapping my portrait into rectangles and squares in each collage I formed a compositional flow to the focal point. I also had to use my taped collages as a guide, to create a narrow range high key digital collage on Photoshop, and gouache paints that I had to mix to create the closest hues to make a painting of my broad range low key collage. I didn’t know what to expect as a finishing result with any of the projects. After the delivery of the first project I realized that there is design in everything around us. Whether its with a figure/ground element, sound, or value. And in some way its all related to one another, all making more sense to me as I learn. Each project is a challenge because I go in never really know what I’m doing but create design work that now I am enjoying and giving me a broader insight on how the design process works. Its okay to make mistakes or not understand. The repetitiveness of a design creates great work and a better understanding of what your doing, why your doing it and the process of doing it.

Sound Visualization: Phase 4

November 3, 2017 / / 0 Comments

When it came to animating my mashup I thought to myself how certain thing would move around the page and fade in and out. I decided to have my staccato patterns bounce around the page to represent that staccato feel and I decided to make my legato patterns slowly fade in and out to represent a more calmer feel. The two songs I chose were Shockandawe by Miguel (staccato) and Can’t Bring this Down by Bridget Mendler ft Pell (legato). In my animation I worked on trying to get the music to match up to what was happening on screen and I feel like it somewhat does.

Time spent on animation 3 hours.

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/spevackcomd1100fa2017/2017/09/19/sound-visualization-phase-1-2/

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/spevackcomd1100fa2017/2017/09/28/sound-visualization-phase-2/ ‎

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/spevackcomd1100fa2017/2017/10/18/sound-visualization-phase-3/

 

 

 

Sound Visualizations: Phase 4

October 26, 2017 / / 0 Comments

I’ve learned how to use keyframes in order to move and change the shape of objects by converting them to smart objects. The hard part about this project, for me, was cutting up the music and trying to match it up with the movements of the smart objects. I really enjoyed putting the work into this project. I wish I was able to make a video for the whole song I used without cutting it into a short clip.

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Sound Visualizations: Phase 3

October 19, 2017 / / 1 Comment

The animation was honestly really tough because I really wanted to blend and mix properly so things sounded fluid, but in the end, I’m fine with how it turned out for my first piece of animation. From this project, I’ve learned to master timing and patience. The thing that really stuck to me was the fact that I worked on this for over 7 hours just trying to get all the work to play out smoothly. I only used the instrumental for this piece of Runaway by Kanye West, but I used two different versions of the song to mix together. (Also, I have no idea why that left corner of stars is darker than the rest of the drawing…)

Enjoy!

Sound Visualizations: Phase 1

October 11, 2017 / / 1 Comment

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.

 

Sound Visualizations: Phase 1

September 25, 2017 / / 0 Comments

Runaway, by Kanye West, always chilled me out and kept me mellow. The vibes of the sounds made me visualize a dance, as it did in the music video. With each pattern, I created lines that emulated the sounds—short and abrupt, rippley, wavey, curvy, echoing, and buzzes. The consistancey in the singular bass is where I got the spiral from. The buzz patterns (lightening bolts) were my favorite sound because they were short and reverbed in my headphones. The pings of the piano sounds were visualized as stars, in my head. The wavy/squiggley line was the dancey pattern from the short movements of the sounds. After really listening—and having to visualize and draw—I started to understand the thought process of the music video and why the director made the choices he did in order to create the piece and why Kanye produced the sounds he made.

 

RUNAWAY — KANYE WEST (FEAT. PUSHA T)

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